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Posted by: dalmedya
I have made an important discovery: inputting inurl:http://www.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=3 followed by the search term into Goolge's search bar will restrict the search to the Septagon.
For instance, putting inurl:http://www.bungie.net/Forums/topics.aspx?forumID=3 text returns this. While it successfully restricts the search, it also limits a) the number of results and b) the detail given in those results.
It can, however, be modified for all forums. Just go to the forum's main page, copy the forumID number, and replace the one I used.Not to detract from your discovery (because it is pretty handy), but that takes us right back to square one: a large portion of the people who should be using the search function won't because it smacks of effort.
It would be great if, instead of the "Forums - All" dropdown option, you could select a specific forum as suggested by AnalogWeapon. There are 12 public forums by my count - that doesn't seem like too tall an order... but then I know jack about programming.
*shifts weight in fine leather armchair resulting in psudo-flatulent sound*
Posted by: TOM T 117
Lol I just tried that search, there is too much nonsense on these forums for search to be effective for something like that lol! But my point was still valid, just a bad example :-/I agree. I chose that example because (a) it's a hot topic in the H3 forum most of the time and (b) I knew it would yeild a lot of *extra* information... it wasn't meant as a shot at you TOM T 117.
Posted by: odmichael
Another thing to think about when using the search feature is proper spelling. For instance if you spell equipment as equiptment, you will get inaccurate information.That's a good point. Just imagine how many valid posts don't turn up in a search because of spelling.
PS: I searched for "monacle" and got 15 hits... but not my previous post. I then searched for "monocle" and got 2 pages of hits... but not my previous post with the correction. Does the search function differentiate between formatted and unformatted text? If so, that would be another big filtering factor that I certainly didn't know about. The search input field appears to interpret formatting characters as literal text.