'search'

[Deleted]

I know up at the top is a search option but how does it work? I go to search and type in whatever topic I want to read previous posts about and it always says there isn't anything. I know there is because I've seen posts about then. I want to be able to look up old posts on questions I have.

Thanks,
Uhura

[picklepot]

It seems to be working for me. Split + cage give me 477 threads going back over a year, except 'pup' gave a message that words must be 4 characters long - Why?

Have you changed the search 'messages in the last' box from 7 days to maybe 1000?

[Genieee]

to find more possible posts, u need to change it from 7 days search to say 30. I tried 100 this morning to find some threads You could also change it from posts to threads, im not sure if this searches the title then instead of inside posts.
Yeah, the words need to be longer than 4 letters, because otherwise everytime say you searched pup, it would come up with everything for puppy too. Bad example, but hope you get my drift

[Deleted]

I had changed the message from so to 30 or 40. I didn't know it needed the + signs so I will try it again with that.

Thanks,
Uhura

Edited after trying that:
The first time it didn't work. It would say something like 'messages 1 of 30' at the bottom of the screen and that is when I'd alread scrolled all the way down.

The second time it showed the messages. But how do I read replies to those messages? For example if someone askes something I'd like to ask 'search' will show that post but not anyone's answers, it would just go to another thread. What do I do to get to the replies to that?

Uhura

[picklepot]

Try leaving everything at the default, except:-

Write the words you want to search for e.g. introduce pups (no need for + sign).
Change 'posted within the last' to 1000 days.
Change 'maximum results' to 1000.
Change 'view results as' to Threads.

Those last 3 choices will ensure you don't miss any posts you're searching for, however you might want to use lower numbers if you have a slow internet connection.

I think(?) you're keeping ticked the 'view results as posts' circle. If so change it to 'view results as threads'. And that way you don't miss a useful post just because that person doesn't specifically use the words 'introduce' and 'pups' in their post.

[RitzieAnn]

search function works fine. Try the advice given. You'll need to change the days results too. I usually search the past 30 or 60 days.