xenia
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Post by xenia on Jul 23, 2011 21:08:36 GMT
I don't know if I am doing something wrong - but I have never managed to get any search results whatsoever on this forum? Even though I might search on keywords I have written in my own posts. Anyone having the same problem?
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Post by paulbarden on Jul 23, 2011 21:11:32 GMT
Yup, that was my experience too: zero searchability.
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Post by coldcoffee on Jul 24, 2011 2:03:01 GMT
Agreed, in fact I think this entire forum software client/server sucks. Scrap the whole thing. Functionality is poor. You can't even look up messages that you have PMed to other members as I recall.
There has got to be a better solution out there IMHO. Better yet, we should write our own.
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Post by ICPS-bob on Jul 24, 2011 15:57:25 GMT
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Post by ICPS-bob on Jul 24, 2011 16:10:07 GMT
Concerning the PM area, have you tried your "outbox" where all of the PMs that you sent should be stored?
Your outbox is the button in the blue area just above the messages.
I have not tried the "backup messages" feature.
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Post by coldcoffee on Jul 25, 2011 7:49:50 GMT
He he, oh yeah....
Step 1: Pick up foot
Step 2: Insert into mouth
Step 3: repeat
(wait, did I miss a step....)
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I do still dislike this client though, always have. I suppose I should not gripe unless I have a solution to suggest (WARNING: Logical fallacy eminent... Ok, its 1 am and I am rambling...)
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Post by Not a Number on Jul 25, 2011 18:29:24 GMT
There are better ways to distribute this but it takes more effort than my level of innate laziness allows. Any way to add a google search of this forum to the search bar on Firefox copy the following code into a text editor (Notepad/Wordpad) and save it as a file ICPS.xml in the searchplugins folder of FireFox. More on that later. You will have to edit out the square bracket URL and /URL tags that proboard is adding onto the urls in the code below. See the <image height and <SearchForm lines. <SearchPlugin xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/" xmlns:os="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
<os:ShortName>ICPS Forum</os:ShortName>
<os:Description>ICPS Forum</os:Description>
<os:InputEncoding>UTF-8</os:InputEncoding>
<Image height="16" width="16" type="image/x-icon">http://carnivorousplants.org/favicon.ico</Image>
<SearchForm>http://www.google.com/search</SearchForm>
<os:Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="http://www.google.com/search">
<os:Param name="sclient" value="psy"/>
<os:Param name="hl" value="en"/>
<os:Param name="safe" value="off"/>
<os:Param name="client" value="firefox-a"/>
<os:Param name="rls" value="org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial"/>
<os:Param name="source" value="hp"/>
<os:Param name="q" value="site:icps.proboards.com%20{searchTerms}"/>
<os:Param name="btnG" value="Search"/>
<os:Param name="aq" value="f"/>
<os:Param name="aqi" value=""/>
<os:Param name="aql" value=""/>
<os:Param name="oq" value=""/>
<os:Param name="pbx" value="1"/>
</os:Url>
</SearchPlugin>Restart FireFox and click on the icon with the down arrow on the search bar (upper right corner of Firefox). Pick "ICPS Forum" and type in your search words, e.g. Drosera capensis. The search engine should insert the string "site:icps.proboards.com " for you and submit this to Google. The follow helps and knowledge base articles will show you how to locate your Firefox profile folder on Windows. support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profileskb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_FirefoxIf you want to remove this engine either delete the ICPS.xml file from the searchplugins folder or click on the search bar icon and pick "manage search engines" |
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Post by John Brittnacher on Jul 26, 2011 2:33:01 GMT
I put in the code for our own custom search rather than relying on Proboards. Please let me know if it breaks in the future.
Enjoy!
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Post by ICPS-bob on Jul 26, 2011 3:49:01 GMT
If you have trouble finding the Google custom Search button, it is at the very bottom of each page (not the ProBoards search button at the top in the blue box).
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xenia
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Post by xenia on Jul 26, 2011 12:39:38 GMT
Thank you for all your replies!
May I suggest to either include a description on how to make a search on the "forum rules" thread or either have this thread made a "sticky"? It is fairly confusing as a new member to find informative posts when one can't perform a search (and the forum, just as with any other forum, asks you to do a search first).
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acd
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Post by acd on Jul 26, 2011 13:06:47 GMT
Thank you for all your replies! May I suggest to either include a description on how to make a search on the "forum rules" thread or either have this thread made a "sticky"? It is fairly confusing as a new member to find informative posts when one can't perform a search (and the forum, just as with any other forum, asks you to do a search first). +1 |
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Post by ICPS-bob on Jul 26, 2011 15:37:24 GMT
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