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Post by Cliché Guevara » 30 May 2013 07:30 am

Just a little niggle,I do use the search box (top right) before I ask a tech or how to question.But sometimes words are ingored.I just did a search on engine removal and engine was ignored and I got a load of results that were of no use.Although I know how to remove an engine,sometimes you can get valuable snippets of info from the experience of others.

Or am I using the search tool wrong?

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Post by Duvel78 » 30 May 2013 12:07 pm

With older versions of PhpBB, AND had to be used between the keywords... Since PhpBB3, + should be used before the keywords. Does it help?
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Post by jtbo » 30 May 2013 12:20 pm

Duvel78 wrote:With older versions of PhpBB, AND had to be used between the keywords... Since PhpBB3, + should be used before the keywords. Does it help?
Oh, I think this is problem with words ignored because they are too common words. For example searching other volvo love named topic, try to find it with that search box :)
Search found 3482 matches: other volvo love

ignored: other volvo
It simply is not possible to find many things because search considers some words too common and ignores them, I think there is some option in settings for that, but it is so long since I have administrated a phpBB board that I really can't remember if there was such or not.
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Post by Chris_C » 30 May 2013 01:06 pm

PHPBB's inbuilt search isn't great.

If it doesn't work (I always try it first for ease) do a google site search... something like

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engine rebuild site::http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/
In googles search box
'89(G) 340 GLE B172k
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Re: Search Box (top right)

Post by macplaxton » 30 May 2013 01:13 pm

Chris_C wrote:

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engine rebuild site::http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/
In googles search box
+1, but I do it as:

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site:http://www.volvo300mania.com/forum-uk/ engine rebuild
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Re: Search Box (top right)

Post by Cliché Guevara » 30 May 2013 01:32 pm

Ok Firstly sorry for not posting in the right place,cheers for moving it :wink:

I tried the + method with no joy.

Does the forum search tool monitor the forum content? If this was a forum about flower arranging would the search tool know to not ignore the word engine?

Is seems strange that a car orientated forum can not be searched for things like "engine type".It sounds like I'm moaning which I'm not and I know what it's like when the same questions get asked every week.

However I do like the idea of using the google method.I think thats how I first found this forum.

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Post by jtbo » 30 May 2013 11:18 pm

I don't use google, google is suspicious thing :lol:

Hmm, why my avatar is large aim messenger thing and not avatar pic I have set, that is odd.
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