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Mar 13th, 2010 at 3:37pm

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I apologize if this isn't the right forum to ask this  but I find Simviation's search engine totally, utterly, completely worthless. Or is there some trick to finding a given thread? Sorry to be a grouch because otherwise I think the SimV is wonderful as are the helpful people in it.
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Reply #1 - Mar 13th, 2010 at 4:33pm

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The only time I've ever been let down by the search engine (the downloads section) was when I was running it on Opera. I am on Firefox and it is going just fine. Forum searching seems alright too.

What are you trying to find?
 
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Reply #2 - Mar 13th, 2010 at 5:15pm

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is there some trick to finding a given thread?

By this I suspect you mean the forum search feature. This is completely separate from the Site Search. It can be a tad quirky but I can usually find what I want by narrowing it down a bit. Don't be afraid to ask questions if you can't find what you're looking for.
 
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Reply #3 - Mar 13th, 2010 at 6:01pm

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Again, sorry to be such a grouch but I've tried to find a thread I started re faulty tachs in Mooneys and have had no luck even tho I used  Mooney, tach and my own sign-in name in various combinations the search. There was some advice in there that I wanted to review.  I haven't yet used the search for specific aircraft downloads. No big deal, but the forum's search engine could stand some improvement imho.
 
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Reply #4 - Mar 13th, 2010 at 6:41pm

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It would help to know which section of the forum you posted it in. Also roughly how long ago. That would narrow it down a lot.
 
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Reply #5 - Mar 13th, 2010 at 7:01pm

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I think I remember that thread...  I posted in it quite a bit.. Maybe I gave the advice ?
 
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Reply #6 - Mar 13th, 2010 at 7:06pm

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I know you can search up to 25 of your most recent posts in your user cp at the top of the page. Beyond that, it's the search bar.  Smiley
 
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Reply #7 - Mar 13th, 2010 at 7:18pm

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Not long after Denis joined, last two months of 08 or first two of 09.
 
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Reply #8 - Mar 13th, 2010 at 9:19pm

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Yes, I believe it was some guidance I rec'd from Brett & others. And TY Old for the timing. I believe you are right. I now feel somewhat guilty criticizing this great site but I've spent much of my life looking gift horses in the mouth. Or up the other end. ) 


Hell, I feel so bad now I may atone for bad mouthing Sim by signing on as gold when my next check rolls in.   Cheesy
 
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Reply #9 - Mar 14th, 2010 at 4:13am

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DenisH wrote on Mar 13th, 2010 at 9:19pm:
Yes, I believe it was some guidance I rec'd from Brett & others. And TY Old for the timing. I believe you are right. I now feel somewhat guilty criticizing this great site but I've spent much of my life looking gift horses in the mouth. Or up the other end. ) 

I also remember your topic. It  would be nice if we can find it. I tried an unlimited search of the whole forum using the key words you mentioned (Mooney & tach) & it came up blank. Unless the forum gremlins have been up to mischief again I can only assume we're using the wrong keywords.

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Hell, I feel so bad now I may atone for bad mouthing Sim by signing on as gold when my next check rolls in.   Cheesy

Nobody minds constructive criticism. However, in the case of the forum search feature I assume that is a matter for YaBB & not Simviation.
 
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Reply #10 - Mar 14th, 2010 at 4:24am

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Hagar wrote on Mar 14th, 2010 at 4:13am:
DenisH wrote on Mar 13th, 2010 at 9:19pm:
Yes, I believe it was some guidance I rec'd from Brett & others. And TY Old for the timing. I believe you are right. I now feel somewhat guilty criticizing this great site but I've spent much of my life looking gift horses in the mouth. Or up the other end. ) 

I also remember your topic. It  would be nice if we can find it. I tried an unlimited search of the whole forum using the key words you mentioned (Mooney & tach) & it came up blank. Unless the forum gremlins have been up to mischief again I can only assume we're using the wrong keywords.

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Hell, I feel so bad now I may atone for bad mouthing Sim by signing on as gold when my next check rolls in.   Cheesy

Nobody minds constructive criticism. However, in the case of the forum search feature I assume that is a matter for YaBB & not Simviation.


I always marvel at Doug's amazing ability to locate far distant Sim V Forum Threads.... Smiley....

It rarely works for me... Cry...!

Aircraft, etc, Search is generally OK.. Smiley...but Forum Threads?... Cry...!

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Reply #11 - Mar 14th, 2010 at 6:12am
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Cough...

Took me 0.5 seconds...

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Reply #12 - Mar 14th, 2010 at 6:28am

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See next post...

From my experience, and yours from the sound of it, it is much quicker to just go through every board.

I've just spent an hour doing so, and using the search function at the same time on my other screen, and I found it first by just going through every page in the FSX & FS9 section, from the date that you joined. Tongue

Found it in the FS9 Section on page 19: http://205.252.250.26/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1240563948
 
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Reply #13 - Mar 14th, 2010 at 6:30am

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Cough...

Took me 0.5 seconds...

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I've just spent an hour looking for that damn thread  Angry  Embarrassed, what EXACT search parameters did you use?  Huh
 
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Reply #14 - Mar 14th, 2010 at 6:32am
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Mooney

no more, no less.

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Reply #15 - Mar 14th, 2010 at 6:39am

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That's really messed up, because I did the exact same thing.

For all boards together, and then each one individually, and then posts by DenisH, and then all posts.

Never once did this thread pop up, in fact, most of the time it came back "No Results Found for Your Search"

Crash= the man with the magic search button.  Grin  Wink

Thanks for locating it.  Smiley
 
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Reply #16 - Mar 14th, 2010 at 6:44am
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It's nothing magical. I did a search for Mooney in the FS2004 forum by all members. I got 15 results (the max. amount) and it was the second or third given.

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Reply #17 - Mar 14th, 2010 at 6:45am

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Huh I just tried it again, and STILL got "No results found..."

So yes, for you, it is magical.  Cheesy   Undecided

I just don't use the search function enough I suppose  Embarrassed.
 
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Reply #18 - Mar 14th, 2010 at 9:50am

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ShaneG wrote on Mar 14th, 2010 at 6:45am:
Huh I just tried it again, and STILL got "No results found..."

So yes, for you, it is magical.  Cheesy   Undecided

I just don't use the search function enough I suppose  Embarrassed.

That's odd. Doesn't work for me either.

Edit. Got it now. I changed the time scale from (all posts) to year.
 
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Reply #19 - Mar 14th, 2010 at 10:10am

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That did the trick.

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Reply #20 - Mar 17th, 2010 at 4:32pm

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Edit. Got it now. I changed the time scale from (all posts) to year

That should be fairly obvious --  searching 6 years 1m posts is asking for trouble -- Yabb should have a default of 1 year or 10k posts as max with a warning over a year/10k posts as it uses a serious amount of resources and is unreliable
 
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