I am wondering if other users experience the same problems with the search function as I do.
I can click the word 'Search', but I am only able to actually type in the text area if a specific type of banner ad is not there. On an incredibly rare occasion the search bar will appear over the banner ads that are not white, but, like I said, that is incredibly rare. Sometimes I am able to click on certain threads to make the search function of use because the white ads appear and the search bar can go on top of them, but it's difficult and incredibly frustrating. I am sorry if there is already a thread on this, I haven't been given a white banner ad the whole night.
I can't solve your problem, but here's how to get around it...
when you click on search, almost all of the little square goes behind the ad, but not all. if you look at the bottom right corner that is exposed, you noticed that the bottom of the square, under a line, is another clickable area, which actually says "advanced search", but the text part is hidden. so click on that bottom right corner, and it will take you to advanced search screen, but then you can just do a regular search.
hope that alleviates a little frustration.
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Thank you so much for helping! That will most likely work for the computer that isn't my laptop, but on my laptop not even that much of the search bubble shows, this is what it ends up looking like:
*source: me
that's fine, that's enough, just click on that little part on the bottom right corner that's below the white line, which is under the "go" part. that bottom area looks decorative, like a border, but it's not. is it not working for you?
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Last edited by mundodabolsa : 30-12-2006 at 07:41 PM.
Oh, wow! THANK YOU, for real! I was looking for the link text that says 'Advanced Search'. Thankyouthankyouthankyou! That definitely works now that I understand.
When you do an advanced search and change to "Search Titles Only", you still get loads of irrelevant hits. Eg, the first 10 hits for "Chanel" are various models' threads..
You usually find the right thread anyway, but as I experienced last night it can be rather tricky if you don't know the exact title nor which forum the thread's in, and have to search for a rather common word...
So, not a big issue, but is there a way to get around this and only find threads where "search word" is actually included in the thread title?
When you do an advanced search and change to "Search Titles Only", you still get loads of irrelevant hits. Eg, the first 10 hits for "Chanel" are various models' threads..
That (I think) is because the titles-only function searches the entire first post of any given thread, in actuality. You'll see threads for a particular model who 'did Chanel, LV and Prada this season' when this information is given in the introductory post, for example, when you might've wanted the LV Ad Archive... (Now, I'm not accusing anyone of liking LV, but if they do... )
I can't say it would hurt to correct this...?
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a quick question about the search engine: does the site record and moniter what searches take place? i've seen other forums do this where they feature a "most searched phrases" or a "last searched items" and they post them for everyone to see. i notice that this site doesn't post that, but do the admins still observe the search activity?
hi, seeing if anyone knows more about the question i had.
in addition to that one, i also wanted to know why the search sometimes doesn't pick up terms correctly it seems when u search by topics of threads. ill search for a name or issue, and non related thread topics will appear.
any reason why?
thanks, TFS is a GREAT resource. i really like how commited people are here to providing facts, or information to the best of their knowledge. it has a level of seriousness and touch with reality i rarely have seen on socially interactive websites. most net forums attract really disturbed people.
i want to be more familiar with TFS and know how to understand it/use the functions properly
does the site record and monitor what searches take place?
Andy R (Site owner) does record that. The sites Admins (Team Leaders) do not.
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why the search sometimes doesn't pick up terms correctly it seems when u search by topics of threads. ill search for a name or issue, and non related thread topics will appear.
any reason why?
I believe that it depends on the method you search by..
If you only want the threads where 'Chanel' is part of the title you have to do an advanced search selecting Search Titles Only/Show result as Threads.
If you do a standard search the criteria is Search Entire Posts/Show result as Threads..which would explain why you get threads without 'Chanel' in the title.
Hope that helps
Edit - went back to test the search machine.. I think our tech support needs to have a look at it.. because it is definately not behaving as it should..
what does he do with his findings from the history of searches? does he ever post them on the site so people can see what the most popular searches are, etc?
does it record the member who made the search, too? it would be cool to see what members search for.
what does he do with his findings from the history of searches? does he ever post them on the site so people can see what the most popular searches are, etc?
does it record the member who made the search, too? it would be cool to see what members search for.
What was shown to me did not list what members searched for what.
To my knowledge he has never posted the history on this site, you could pm him asking him to do just that
Im finding the seach function has changed. I noticed quite a while ago but thought it would change back. I search for something as i used too but instead of a the few threads with this persons name in, it seems like every single thread which might have this person mentioned once in appears. Im not selecting the "show posts" category.
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