search feature

[fusername]

simply becasue of all the excitement of upgrades and stuff, I thought I would make a small request. over on TOS they have a feature where at the top of the page in a fora you can search within only that forum. real helpfull and quick. not sure how big a deal it would be to add that feature with the upcoming revamp, but I figured I would throw it out there.

[david58]

simply becasue of all the excitement of upgrades and stuff, I thought I would make a small request. over on TOS they have a feature where at the top of the page in a fora you can search within only that forum. real helpfull and quick. not sure how big a deal it would be to add that feature with the upcoming revamp, but I figured I would throw it out there.

Click search there is a drop down box that lets you pick the forum you want to search if you don't pick one it searches all the forums.

[fusername]

i realize that, I just like features that let me be lazy.

[david58]

I looked at the samba's search engine the layout is basically the same as the one we have. But thanks for posting by looking at their search engine I discovered a link to a tutorial in it.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=271515
There are some things in there that could be useful here as well when searching. We need a link to a tutorial.

[fusername]

top left, right next to start new topic. you can type a search in there and it searchs the forum you are already in. usefull as I often thiink of things to search for while in teh forum of interest, or to check and make sure my question hasn;t been asked yet.

[Darth Weber]

Guys, you need to modify your search function so it works properly (like it used to). I can no longer enter a number to search like 2276cc or (Engle) 120, etc.

[doc]

Interesting observation about numbers not searching. I'll look into it.

Don't know if we can get the search box to every page or not.

Appreciate the suggestions.

doc

[Chris V]

Sometimes it's easier to use Googles search engine... I'll type what I'm after and add "shoptalkforums"

[doc]

Isn't there a specific syntax for using the independent search engines to search a specific site? I think it has been mentioned before.

[Chris V]

I believe you use the quotes "shoptalkforums" - Sounds like something they taught me in HS that hasn't had much practical use 'til now

[david58]

Test this out for free. It can be added to the site.
$ ADD GOOGLE TO WEBSITE $

[david58]

Hi guys,

Just set up this google search portal for Shoptalkforums:

http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=00070 ... fhcxaqf3jo

Try it out, this tool's a great addition to our current search engine.


thanks,

Oscar

If this could be made into a button and open in a new window it would be a great addition to have.

[david58]

+word
Placing a plus sign in front of a word will require that all records returned by the search contain that word.
-word
Placing a minus sign in front of a word will ensure that no records returned by the search contain the word.
“phrase search”
Placing quotes around a string of words will direct the search to return records containing the string of words in the specified order.
+“phrase search”
Placing a plus sign in front of a quoted string of words will require that all records returned by the search contain the string of words in the specified order.
-“phrase search”
Placing a minus sign in front of a quoted string of words will ensure that no records returned by the search will contain the string of words in the specified order.
substring*
Placing an asterisk next to a word or string will return records that contain the word or string as part of a larger string, dependant on which side of the word or string the asterisk is placed. For example, searching for “bar*” would return “barber”, “*bar” would return “foobar”, and “*bar*” would return “foobarber”. Note that the asterisk does not require that the search string be preceded or followed by any other string: searching for “bar*”, “*bar” or “*bar*” would also return “bar”.

[fusername]

bottom left corner of every page, my wish appears to have come true!

thanks guys!

[AnticGod]

For me the search option isn`t working. It always says * no results*.
Admin, can you correct this problem?