+Teacosies Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 how do you search the forum I was looking for the big post about cows searched cow = not enough letters searched *cow* = not enough letters searched for my name came up with my last 4 posts only any ideas Quote Link to comment
+Birdman-of-liskatraz Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 how do you search the forum I was looking for the big post about cows searched cow = not enough letters searched *cow* = not enough letters searched for my name came up with my last 4 posts only any ideas A search on bovine worked for me. Quote Link to comment
+MartyBartfast Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 (edited) how do you search the forum I was looking for the big post about cows searched cow = not enough letters searched *cow* = not enough letters searched for my name came up with my last 4 posts only any ideas search for calves, it's got enough letters and they came up in the thread. Edit to add, it finds 11 threads (including this one now ) Edited September 5, 2009 by MartyBartfast Quote Link to comment
+MBFace Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 how do you search the forum I was looking for the big post about cows searched cow = not enough letters searched *cow* = not enough letters searched for my name came up with my last 4 posts only any ideas A search on bovine worked for me. cattle Quote Link to comment
+Teacosies Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 Thanks all, Easy when you think about it, Doh! Quote Link to comment
+Sussex Leprechauns Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I was searching for a thread i believe was called 'what else do you use your GPS for?' Doomed because of the ridiculous (and unique to Groundspeak?) 5 character restriction Quote Link to comment
Neath Worthies Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Or use google - search for something like: cow site:forums.Groundspeak.com It brings up a lot besides what you are searching for but at least you can use fewer than 5 letters. Quote Link to comment
Neath Worthies Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I was searching for a thread i believe was called 'what else do you use your GPS for?' Doomed because of the ridiculous (and unique to Groundspeak?) 5 character restriction Google "do you use your GPS" site:forums.Groundspeak.com Quote Link to comment
+JeremyR Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Google "do you use your GPS" site:forums.Groundspeak.com But be aware that following a link from Google to these forums will probably set your view mode to 'Outline' and you'll need to set it back to 'Standard' to resume browsing the forum as you normally do by clicking the Options button near the top-right of the page. Don't ask me why this happens, I don't know. And I personally think the 5-character search limit is silly too. I appreciate that lowering the setting to 3 (the standard, I think) has implications for server load but 5 is too high - it can make searching an intellectual challenge sometimes Quote Link to comment
+Sussex Leprechauns Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Brill - Prof Google will be handling all my queries from now on Quote Link to comment
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