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gazwhittle
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Post Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:35 pm

Hi all, been browsing the site since i baught my 85 chromie.

Im struggleing to search, im no stranger to forums but i cant seem to do a serch for topic titles it only throws up posts within a topic.


Any suggestions? saves me noobing out asking questions
adit
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Post Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:02 am

iinm it only picks up on a particuar word, e.g. Alpina, so if you type in a that word, it will come up with all threads with that word in it somewhere.

p.s. you could ask in the "Technical Help" section :wink:
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Post Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:41 am

Search for Keywords:
You can use AND to define words which must be in the results, OR to define words which may be in the result and NOT to define words which should not be in the result. Use * as a wildcard for partial matches

Have you tried to use the above when searching? I use to have the same problem, although the search feature isnt the best on here :(
Morat
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Post Fri Dec 09, 2011 9:34 am

Did you select the "Search topic titles and message text" option?

another useful tip is to put your search terms in quotes

"Hedgehog Damage" will return only results with both Hedgehog AND Damage

Hedgehog Damage will return results with Hedgehog OR Damage
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