The forum search button

[Dr Dave]

I remember someone posting about Rommel - Sam Mustafa's "operational level" rules. The search button reveals nothing for "Rommel", but several hits for Mustafa - the same posts that mention Rommel. What's that  about then? Why doesn't the search find "Rommel"? 

[fred.]

It seems to work for me. I find lots of posts with Rommel in the title, including ones about the game (which is a game  I really lilke)

What I have found with the search, is that it works much better from the home page. I suspect (but haven't bothered to test) that if you search from a board, the search is constrained to that board.

[Dr Dave]

You're right. It seems to work best from the top, and not so well once you're in the forum. Odd?

[fred.]

Just done a couple of tests, and it does seem to be that if you are in a board, the search only returns results for that specific board (and I assume its child boards).

I now always remember to click home, then search.

While I can understand there is some logic to defaulting to search child boards, I'm not sure its what people expect - not sure if this can be configured, or its just home the forum software works.

[Ithoriel]

Advanced Search seems to work from anywhere with the Check All box ticked.

[Leon]

I've noticed that with the Search as well, so like Fred I always go to the Home page before trying it.  I'll see if I can find any settings in the Admin.

[Dr Dave]

 

Now I know what to do, but a fix might make life easier. Cheers.