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Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :

I tried putting 'justinian' in the line to search for his name, because I haven't seen any of his posts recently and wondered if he is still a member, but I must have done something wrong, because there was 'no match'. I'm sure it's really very simple, but I'm afraid I'll have to ask for a bit of extra help, as I use screen reader and magnification.
thank you.

Posted by Jengie Jon (# 273) on :

Still seems active to me.

Jengie

Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Jengie Jon:
Still seems active to me.

Jengie

Many thanks for your help. I'll look out for his posts. -

Posted by Spike (# 36) on :

Where were you searching? I don't seem to have a problem

Posted by agingjb (# 16555) on :

Search in the directory seems OK.

I wish that I could find the proper way to search all the forums at once for a word or phrase (including the name of a referenced forum member).

Posted by Moo (# 107) on :

quote:
Originally posted by agingjb:
I wish that I could find the proper way to search all the forums at once for a word or phrase (including the name of a referenced forum member).

You can't find the proper way because there is none. The search function leaves a great deal to be desired.

Moo

Posted by lily pad (# 11456) on :

quote:
Originally posted by agingjb:
Search in the directory seems OK.

I wish that I could find the proper way to search all the forums at once for a word or phrase (including the name of a referenced forum member).

Try using Google for that. It works well.

Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :

To search for a person's posts click on "Directory" at the top of any forum. Put part of the name in the search box that comes up, it isn't case sensitive. Then click on the name of the perso you are looking for and finally click on view recent posts which will get that member's last 50 posts.

I regularly do this to remind myself of the fora I have posted on.

Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :

Balaam, another way to do what you want to do is to click on your name and then on the right above the first blue line click view recent posts.

Posted by Ana (# 11667) on :

quote:
Originally posted by agingjb:
Search in the directory seems OK.

I wish that I could find the proper way to search all the forums at once for a word or phrase (including the name of a referenced forum member).

You may already know this, but for the uninitiated, "site:forum.ship-of-fools.com" added to your Google query works a zillion (and one) times better than the creaky board search facility.

[ 17. April 2012, 03:37: Message edited by: Ana ]

Posted by Balaam (# 4543) on :

Having the brain of an ass I cannot always remember where I've posted to find my name.

Posted by SusanDoris (# 12618) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Balaam:
Having the brain of an ass I cannot always remember where I've posted to find my name.

Ah, I smpathise! [Smile]

Having found this myself some years ago, I then put 'my latest posts' link on to the 'favourites' list!

I have had another try ... and having reached the 'no matches' again, checked through the 'search terms' and what I'd put in, and, after another try, realised that I just might be on the wrong page!!! i.e. I was on 'search' and not 'directory'! So now I can do it!

Thank you all for your help

Posted by agingjb (# 16555) on :

Thanks for the Google tip. Is there anything it doesn't crawl?

Posted by Latchkey Kid (# 12444) on :

It doesn't crawl the private boards.

Don't forget that the advanced search in google allows you to restrict your search to the SoF domain.

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