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Re: Todd, can you explain the search function again?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 12 Feb 2001 17:16:19 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Richard Marchetti writes:
> I have read the search function described at:
> http://news.lugnet.com/admin/general/?n=8613
> but I can't see that the instructions there work. For example: when
> searching "brad justus <10 >10", without the quotes, what ideally should I
> get back as a result set?
You should get this:
http://news.lugnet.com/?q=brad+justus+%3C10+%3E10
It doesn't see anything posted by Brad himself, so it starts with posts
mentiong his name posted by others.
> What I got was stuff from about a year ago.
What URL appeared, and from what area (category) did you initiate the
search?
> Is that what it's supposed to do?
I'd have to see the exact URL that you were shown after you clicked the
Search button.
> I supposed that if Brad had posted
> something, I'd see it -- if he had *not* posted something, I'd get zero
> search results back. No?
No, you'd get things contain the word Brad and the word Justus.
> Did I miss an update to the search function and the corresponding
> description of it's use?
There's also this, which isn't linked in yet:
http://www.lugnet.com/help/search/news/
> Without offense, you do realize the search
> function kinda sucks now, right?
None taken. Thanks for the feedback.
--Todd
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