Searching the forum fails

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toddh
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Searching the forum fails

Post by toddh »

I am a little embarrassed to ask, I feel I am missing something really obvious. :doh:

Most of my forum searches are failing. I try to look for answers before I post but in this case I am not coming up with much since I frequently run into a reply that my search was too common. Yet when I try to narrow it i still am unsuccessful.

Examples:
"The following words in your search query were ignored because they are too common words: mysql login default."

"The following words in your search query were ignored because they are too common words: password mysql default."

What do I need to do differently?

Thanks!

Todd
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pdwalker
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Re: Searching the forum fails

Post by pdwalker »

are you logged into the site when you do your searches?

I seemed to notice that searches were more limited unless you are registered and logged in.

that may not actually be the case, maybe I am getting better at picking my search terms.
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Re: Searching the forum fails

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I have better luck just using google...never been a fan of phpBB's search engine....

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<searchphrase> site:forum.efa-project.org
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pdwalker
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Re: Searching the forum fails

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:lol:

Yeah, that works too.
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Re: Searching the forum fails

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I added google search to the 'advanced' search item.

Just press the little 'gear' next to the search bar at the top and use the "GOOGLE SEARCH QUERY" at the top.
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toddh
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Re: Searching the forum fails

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Yes I am logged in.

Thanks for the tip on using the Google Search. I have use the Advanced Search but just thought the forum Search would be more effective that Google. I will use Google in the future.
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