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10-12-2009, 00:41
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Search Function
Does anyone else feel like CF's search function is inadequate? I can't quite put my finger on what it is but I don't always feel like I am getting the full story. Are the search results organized by date instead of significance?
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10-12-2009, 00:44
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Puget Sound
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Its a V-bulletin thing..all forums have the same issue...use the specialized google search..not perfect but much better.
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10-12-2009, 00:52
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: abbeville la
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Do not know how it addresses but really get some topics not related to search.
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10-12-2009, 00:53
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Puget Sound
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It only uses the first word
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10-12-2009, 01:19
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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I'm glad I am not alone. It drives me crazy. So much good info, so hard to sift through it all.
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10-12-2009, 01:32
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Quote:
Originally Posted by unbusted67
I'm glad I am not alone. It drives me crazy. So much good info, so hard to sift through it all.
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Ya what aggravates me the most is trying to find one of my own old posts when I know its there somewhere...that's almost as hard.. 
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10-12-2009, 01:36
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Originally Posted by Stillraining
Ya what aggravates me the most is trying to find one of my own old posts when I know its there somewhere...that's almost as hard.. |
Can't you use the username search function and just put your own name in there?
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10-12-2009, 01:45
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Join Date: Oct 2008
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OH you can get a list of all your posts right from your usercp section but its still a pain trying to search them.
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10-12-2009, 04:20
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CF Adviser
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Don't use the big "SEARCH" in the header bar. Use the small "Search" pull-down menu in the bar below it. That one contains the custom Google search function, which works a lot better than the VB search function.
It's the same one that's in my signature line.
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10-12-2009, 04:41
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: abbeville la
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That brought to google search when I tried it.Wide prameters pas bon.
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10-12-2009, 04:44
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario - 48-29N x 89-20W
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stillraining
Ya what aggravates me the most is trying to find one of my own old posts when I know its there somewhere...that's almost as hard...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stillraining
OH you can get a list of all your posts right from your usercp section but its still a pain trying to search them.
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The User cp (find more posts by ...) only archives your latest 500 posts, even though older ones could still be located by accurate keyword searches.
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10-12-2009, 04:47
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Senior Cruiser
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Quote:
Originally Posted by marc2012
That brought to google search when I tried it.Wide prameters pas bon.
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No, that should have brought you to "Google Custom Search - Cruisers & Sailing Forum"
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"If you didn't have the time or money to do it right in the first place, when will you get the time/$ to fix it?"
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10-12-2009, 05:06
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: abbeville la
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Yes custom search just google adds but still wide prameters.Addresses using key word for all, no option to narrow search.
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