ghw9132 Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 I'm not sure if it is possible with this forum, but is there any way to modify the search feature so it will find two or more separate words in a post instead of an exact phrase? ie: search) hi you would not find the post: hi, how are you? So often are people told to use the search function, but unless you know the exact phrase, it won't return any hits. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4844-better-search-function/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnniecarcinogen Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 I'm not sure if it is possible with this forum, but is there any way to modify the search feature so it will find two or more separate words in a post instead of an exact phrase? ie: search) hi you would not find the post: hi, how are you? So often are people told to use the search function, but unless you know the exact phrase, it won't return any hits. use google. just put "site:http://forum.osx86project.org" in the query. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4844-better-search-function/#findComment-31379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Just use the 'and' command, so like install and nvidia for example. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4844-better-search-function/#findComment-31659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Just use the 'and' command, so like install and nvidia for example. Don't work if I have 4 keywords: ati 'and' osx 'and' 10.4.3 'and' centrino or without the ' ati and osx and 10.4.3 and centrino I still get and error message. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4844-better-search-function/#findComment-31798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghw9132 Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 Just use the 'and' command, so like install and nvidia for example. Wow, it has been at least a decade since i used boolean terms in a search field, hadn't thought to do that. (ok, well i do use -keyword sometimes to omit certain bogus results on google) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4844-better-search-function/#findComment-33937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikos Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Let me know if there is already a way solve my problem with the search function. When I search for a word (i.e. boot), it returns posts that have the word boot in the individual posts. That's good, but I also want a way to search for a word only if the word appears in the topic of the post. The problem with the search-all-posts-method is that I get too many pages of threads that don't address the topic I want to see, which makes my search inefficient. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4844-better-search-function/#findComment-56966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbjonas Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 When you're in the forum, put your mouse over the forum tab on top and choose search. The advanced search has a feature to search titles only. It took me much longer than it should have to find that feature as well Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4844-better-search-function/#findComment-57046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kikos Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 When you're in the forum, put your mouse over the forum tab on top and choose search. The advanced search has a feature to search titles only. It took me much longer than it should have to find that feature as well That will save so much time. Thanks, jbjonas! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4844-better-search-function/#findComment-57087 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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