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RE: News search function reactivated (was: News search function temporarily disabled)
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Newsgroups:
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Tue, 2 Jan 2001 23:03:02 GMT
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David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> > Is that the sort of functionality you're looking for?
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> Pretty much... actually, I was thinking more along the lines of
> an advanced search form though:
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> Search for: ______________________ (uses +'s and -'s as is)
> Search for text in subject line [] (checkbox)
> Posted by: _______________________ (uses +'s and -'s... or no
> symbols, too)
> Search only for heads of a thread [] (checkbox)
> Posted before: ___ /____ / ____
> Posted after: ___ / ____/ ____
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> But throwing in symbols/wildcards on the command line instead of in a form
> works for me too :)
I think a multi-field advanced search is the way to go...much easier to use,
IMO--something like the DejaNews power search:
http://www.deja.com/home_ps.shtml
The actual search keywords are in one field, and then there are numerouse
ways to limit the search.
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/
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