blind_elk Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Prompted by a new post regarding head torque on a RB20, I decided to test out the Search functions on the forums. In the "Search by Keywords" box, I typed in: torque +"cylinder head" (as per the advice in the "Advanced Usage" sidebar), from 180 days and newer then searched. Among the threads returned, I ended up with: "Porting RB26 Cylinder Head", by Mik, from Oct 13, 2005. Now, be buggered if I can find both terms anywhere in that thread. So, is the search engine so bloody finnicky, or am I just too stupid to understand how to make it work properly (if so, how should I have constructed the query?) Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/100032-searching-the-forums/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkymonkey Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 yeh the search function on this forum software is severely lacking... try: +torque +"cylinder head" every term you want in the search must have a + so it reads as: find all threads that contain torque AND the term "cylinder head" if you leave out the first plus you get find all threads that contain torque OR the term "cylinder head" Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/100032-searching-the-forums/#findComment-1823247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sl!m Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 well thats Ghey and why are the forums 1 minute ahead now? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/100032-searching-the-forums/#findComment-1823252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkymonkey Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 and why are the forums 1 minute ahead now? maybe you're just 1 minute slow? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/100032-searching-the-forums/#findComment-1823325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sl!m Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 sif.. both work and home pc is one minute ahead of sau.. and I are not slow <_< Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/100032-searching-the-forums/#findComment-1823327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R31Nismoid Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Or you can try torque on its own Might bring up a lot of threads, but you can skim over the pages it will return pretty quickly by thread titles. Might take 5mins longer, but thats how i do it. I make it an general as i can within the topic im looking for. Cant say ive had a problem yet Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/100032-searching-the-forums/#findComment-1823434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
krzysiu Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 well thats Gheyand why are the forums 1 minute ahead now? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah they are even 1 minute ahead for me too Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/100032-searching-the-forums/#findComment-1823546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind_elk Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 I can now see why ypeople can't get anything out of <search>. Just tried to retrieve a For Sale I put up last week. Entered my user_name in the <Filter by member name>, and specified "Last 30 days" <or newer>. Search Classifieds + all sub-forums. My thread was not among the single thread returned. I knew that the title was "Garage Sale", so I tried both "garage" and "+garage" in the <Search by keywords> field (all the other fields as above). On both occasions, all I got was: "Unfortunately your search didn't return any results." Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/100032-searching-the-forums/#findComment-1849274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sl!m Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 just click on your name . and then click on "Find member's topics" but yeh.. the search sucks. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/100032-searching-the-forums/#findComment-1850492 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slide Posted January 10, 2006 Share Posted January 10, 2006 (edited) I have been posting and some are 5 miutes ahead and/or 5 minutes before others. ie person time of post = 12:10 my post after = 12:05 The is a glitch in the Matrix Edited January 10, 2006 by Slide Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/100032-searching-the-forums/#findComment-1854736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza750 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 search dont work properly for me most of the time either today i tried to do a search for *mines* about my gtr ecu but cME back with couldnt find anything then after a few comments in new post a made about it a mod must have done a search and found stuff and linked it into my thread then locked the thread which i dont think is justified when the search engine is full of bugs not working properly. link to my thread http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=118215 searches i did for it included mines mines ecu gtr mines ecu all searches came back negative this isnt the only time i have tried using the search function and it hasnt worked Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/100032-searching-the-forums/#findComment-2176988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sl!m Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 haha Ash strikes again Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/100032-searching-the-forums/#findComment-2177198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R31Nismoid Posted May 18, 2006 Share Posted May 18, 2006 Indeed i did Sam search dont work properly for me most of the time either today i tried to do a search for *mines* about my gtr ecu but cME back with couldnt find anything then after a few comments in new post a made about it a mod must have done a search and found stuff and linked it into my thread then locked the thread which i dont think is justified when the search engine is full of bugs not working properly. link to my thread http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...howtopic=118215 searches i did for it included mines mines ecu gtr mines ecu all searches came back negative this isnt the only time i have tried using the search function and it hasnt worked I locked your thread I searched using "mines" I can 100% say its definately working, sometimes the search button is a little funny, but i just tried it again and i came up with the same results for "mines" However, i bet you forgot the following crucial search option, and thats why it is not working for you. You must change the Search posts from... box if you wish to search back further The default is 30 Days... You must change this depending on how far back you wanna go. I used 365 days Cheers Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/100032-searching-the-forums/#findComment-2178606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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