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Post Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:53 pm 
 

Hey, Didn't know where else to post this.

Can we have quotes around multiple words in the search field find those words "together".

Like "Monster cards" would actually find the phrase Monster Cards.

I'm not sure what this is called... But it would help a lot.

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Post Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 6:33 pm 
 

TheMilford wrote:Hey, Didn't know where else to post this.

Can we have quotes around multiple words in the search field find those words "together".

Like "Monster cards" would actually find the phrase Monster Cards.

I'm not sure what this is called... But it would help a lot.

cheers,
David


In order to do a forum search here for multiple words, you have to include the word "and" in between each seperate word that you are looking for in the search.  

In other words, when you go to the search function looking for "monster cards", you'd search: monster and cards.


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Post Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:21 pm 
 

bclarkie wrote:
In order to do a forum search here for multiple words, you have to include the word "and" in between each seperate word that you are looking for in the search.  

In other words, when you go to the search function looking for "monster cards", you'd search: monster and cards.


I just tried that and that is the same as checking the AND or OR Boolean checks.
Not quite what I mean.

In a Google search when you put two or more words in quotes it will find them together consecutively and in that order. When I put and "monster" and "cards" might be on the same page or post but they are not consecutive like "monster cards".

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Post Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:46 pm 
 

Try Google directly: site:www.acaeum.com "monster cards"

Won't pick up everything but might hit on what you are looking for.

  

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Post Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 8:08 pm 
 

Nope, it's not possible to add the search-by-phrase function.  Or rather, it may be possible, but nobody's written such a mod.  It's not even a function available in phpBB3.

Your best bet is to do as the previous poster suggested; use Google.  Conveniently, we have a Google search engine built into the site; use the Search feature off the home page, and it will search the forums as well as the main site.

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Post Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:28 pm 
 

I am not an expert, but maybe a mod does exist?

Link. Although, it may be useless if SQl / MySQL is not being used... and, may not be compatible with PHPBB3 or whatever it is now.


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Post Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:16 pm 
 

I use both radio button options for searching the forums regularly, and use the top button "Search for any terms or use query as entered" and use quotation marks regularly with that one.  When I'm not happy with such search results, I use the bottom button "Search for all terms" and enter terms without quotation marks.  

I also make regular use of the search by author option, too, which obviously helps to reduce the search results when I have a good idea of who wrote something.


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Post Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:28 pm 
 

serleran wrote:I am not an expert, but maybe a mod does exist?

Link. Although, it may be useless if SQl / MySQL is not being used... and, may not be compatible with PHPBB3 or whatever it is now.


I'll take a look at this and see if it will work!

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