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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Oak Harbor, WA, USA
Posts: 616
April 14th, 2017, 08:38 PM
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The format of the forum search here has been driving me crazy since day one. I have used forums for years so I know what I'm doing. If I have a question about something I always search the forum but for LWD forum this doesn't seem to be easily done. If I want to do a search of "search by phrase" in LWD forum the search shows every article that has "search" or "by" or "phrase" even if I put the whole phrase in quotes. Other forums I have used I can select the option to use the whole phrase as typed but this one does not give me that option. I prefer to narrow my search by using a phrase to see if I can find an answer before posting to the forum. Will someone please explain to me how to do a search of a phrase instead of each word of a phrase before I punch out monitor?
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Rochester, MN
Posts: 1,516
April 14th, 2017, 09:17 PM
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This should work at Google, Bing, or DuckDuckGo:
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"your phrase here" site:forums.wolflair.com More info on advanced searching for the above three engines: Google Advanced Operators, Bing Advanced Operator Reference, DuckDuckGo Advanced Search Syntax. Last edited by Parody; April 14th, 2017 at 09:27 PM. Reason: Added help documents. |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Oak Harbor, WA, USA
Posts: 616
April 15th, 2017, 11:20 AM
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Senior Member
Lone Wolf Staff
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,090
April 15th, 2017, 02:29 PM
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The forum uses vBulletin software. Here is a post at vBulletin that describes how to use search effectively:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=253432 It seems that searching by phrase is accomplished by enclosing the phrase in double-quotes. I tried it with "search by phrase" and it showed only this single thread. It is true that when I viewed the thread, it highlighted the individual words, also. |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Greater London, UK
Posts: 2,623
April 15th, 2017, 02:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Oak Harbor, WA, USA
Posts: 616
June 6th, 2017, 08:39 PM
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Is there anyway to search only in Realm Works forum so I don't have to wade through the Hero Lab results?
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Rochester, MN
Posts: 1,516
June 6th, 2017, 09:53 PM
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Here: the Advanced Search lets you pick which subforum (optionally including its children) to search.
Search Engines: try adding "Realm Works Forums" along with your query, so you have: Code:
"your query here" "Realm Works Forums" site:forums.wolflair.com |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Oak Harbor, WA, USA
Posts: 616
June 10th, 2017, 08:44 PM
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Thanks Parody.
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Linear Mode
