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Search (pants) and archive question

Ted_Bloke
Ted_Bloke Posts: 24,868 Forumite
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edited 10 November 2011 at 4:20PM in Site feedback and Forum Help
1 The Search function here was always rather pants. I don't say uniquely as I have the impression that many forums on the net use the same software.

Maybe not everybody knows the useful fact that if a search turns up 0 results though you know your word is there in a post, then waiting for half a minute and repeating often does turf up results.

Today I searched a word in my own posts. It was in about 10 pages of them. The post I was looking for was not in the first page. When I clicked on page 2 or Last Page it gave me the 'Not found - try another term' message. What can I do?

2 Anyway for how long are posts archived? Sometimes I manage to retrieve one of mine from 2006, sometimes not.

I think it would be a pity if the World Heritage of my posts were to be lost to humanity. :cheesy:modest
Sorry my posts so long - not time write shorter ones.

Comments

  • Ted_Bloke wrote: »
    I think it would be a pity if the World Heritage of my posts were to be lost to humanity.
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    Come on, it's not rocket surgery is it?
  • meher
    meher Posts: 15,910 Forumite
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    Yes; the search function is moody. I thin Webby has posted somewhere recently that it is being fixed.
    Ted_Bloke wrote: »
    I think it would be a pity if the World Heritage of my posts were to be lost to humanity. :cheesy:modest
    you really need to get out a little more darling :snow_grin you'd get rid of that vanity of yours when you find the wonders out there
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