Search function

[dtruex]

FWIW the search function will not allow a search for "L35". Says it's too short or too common. I'd like to be able to search a forum for posts relevant to my tractor model.

Thanks

ps Great forum by the way.

 

[olthumpa]

FWIW the search function will not allow a search for "L35". Says it's too short or too common. I'd like to be able to search a forum for posts relevant to my tractor model.

Thanks

ps Great forum by the way.

Try L35**
I got 167 results.

 

[Mr. K]

Hello there and welcome to our little place on the internet!

Most forums have a size limit to reduce the server-side stress for searching for really short words like "and", "the", "how" and so on. As olthumpa as pointed out, there are work-arounds.

 

[olthumpa]

Hello there and welcome to our little place on the internet!

Most forums have a size limit to reduce the server-side stress for searching for really short words like "and", "the", "how" and so on. As olthumpa as pointed out, there are work-arounds.

Sorry for letting the cat out of the bag Mr. K

Are the servers close or at capacity?

 

[coachgeo]

3 characters and less is the norm search limitation of bulletin boards.

Surprised that ** worked. Google and probably other search engines have removed that wildcard and other wildcard ways of searching. Was told that did it cause too many discovered it was a back door to hidden portions of website data etc.

 

[rmasonjr]

For an even better search that wont bog down their servers, just use google:

site:orangetractortalks.com/forums l35

 

[ShaunBlake]

For an even better search that wont bog down their servers, just use google:

site:orangetractortalks.com/forums l35

That's a *great* suggestion! Mr_K outta make it a 'stickie' or put it in the How-To since Giggle has already cached all our pages!