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    Searching HowTO

    You will notice several types of searches.

    First of all good news, I completely had to reindex searches and included some common 3 letter words that people would search for, otherwise the min word size is 4.
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    Search: (all pages)
    Click Search on the top menu bar and type a query for a quick search or click Advanced Search and you are taken to a self explanatory search screen.

    Forum Search: (When browsing a single forum)
    Click Forum Search and type a query. If you select Advanced Search here you are sent to the same Advanced screen as above but the Forum is selected.

    Thread Search: (When viewing a thread)
    It will search the thread and display the results with a few lines of text around your search word(s). Great for long thread with many replies!

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    Re: Searching HowTO

    Quote Originally Posted by Don Tomas
    You will notice several types of searches.

    First of all good news, I completely had to reindex searches and included some common 3 letter words that people would search for, otherwise the min word size is 4.
    STI POP SDQ ASS DR

    Search: (all pages)
    Click Search on the top menu bar and type a query for a quick search or click Advanced Search and you are taken to a self explanatory search screen.

    Forum Search: (When browsing a single forum)
    Click Forum Search and type a query. If you select Advanced Search here you are sent to the same Advanced screen as above but the Forum is selected.

    Thread Search: (When viewing a thread)
    It will search the thread and display the results with a few lines of text around your search word(s). Great for long thread with many replies!
    Believe me, it was the first feature I went to last night. It's wonderful!!!

    Thanks DT!!!!
    Helpmann

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    Re: Searching

    Not everyone is familar with vBulletin. Definitely more features with better code. To look at a thread is only 6 queries, it was 88 with Nuke...

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    Re: Searching

    i believe you can also use "*" as a wildcard incase you need it. to search for don tomas's posts you could try "don*" if you were unsure of the spelleing or whatever. it's also handy to make a 3 letter searh 4 characters
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    Re: Searching

    great info
    new format is great as well as the speed
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    Re: Searching

    Nuke was definitely too slow! I'm having the time of life today...Thanks, DT!!

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