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    Zachary Zrull
    Member

    @zackcentury

    Locale: Great Lakes

    I've seen a lot of cases where people create new threads complaining that the search function on this site does not work well, and then ask a question that has been asked many times before. This generally doesn't bother me because it is the nature of the internet and forums, but it seems to really irritate others. So, maybe those who flame could also suggest this method to fellow readers.

    To search within backpackinglight.com, you would include "site:backpackinglight.com" in your Google search. To get even better results, including the sub-forum name helps. For example, to search for posts about knives in the G-Spot forum, go to Google and search:
    "knife g-spot site:backpackinglight.com". To manipulate the results even more, you can explore the "search tools" in the new Google sidebar. Happy searching

    #1620617
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    It really works quite well that way. I never use the BPL search function.

    #1620620
    Larry Dyer
    Member

    @veriest1

    Locale: Texas

    "It really works quite well that way. I never use the BPL search function."

    The same. It's unfortunate not everyone knows about this.

    #1713902
    James McDaniel
    Spectator

    @bigearth

    I'm bumping this thread.

    I don't just believe in saving the environment but saving knowledge and not wasting peoples time;->

    #1713919
    Mark Hudson
    BPL Member

    @vesteroid

    Locale: Eastern Sierras

    While this may be a viable solution I believe this line of thinking is what has created most of the issues we face today as a nation.

    Instead of fixing the problem (of the site built in search working well) we create complex work arounds that require outside resources and special training to use.

    Now this may sound like a gross exaggeration, but not really, if google search was so simple then even the most basic users would already be doing it.

    We do this in goverment all the time… problem x arises, instead of addressing problem x, we hold hearings, we create a new controlling regulatory branch, we fund it, we hire 100 people, we create 10K pages of codes no one understands, and then we pay lawyers to interpret it to us, then we all pay more taxes to pay for all our new found protection.

    Or we could simply spend the money once, solve the problem (in the case of my government example, usually punish the offender) and move on.

    #1713924
    Nathan Baker
    BPL Member

    @slvravn

    Locale: East Coast - Mid Atlantic

    n/m

    #1713940
    Nick Gatel
    BPL Member

    @ngatel

    Locale: Southern California

    The Google search works well and you can also pick a date period.

    Building a better forum search function may not be a high priority for BPL. It probably does not generate enough money from members to even pay for itself.

    #1714055
    James McDaniel
    Spectator

    @bigearth

    How do you put in a date range?

    #1714068
    Chris Benson
    Member

    @roguenode

    Locale: Boulder

    While the pre-set date searches in Google are sometimes useful, custom date range searching with Google seems to be a pain. You can use "daterange:startdate-enddate" in your search, but the start and end dates must be in Julian format.

    However, this page allows for easy custom range searching with google.

    (On a side note, oddly enough the forum's profanity filter didn't like that site's web address, so I had to use a tinyrurl link.)

    #1714082
    Travis Leanna
    BPL Member

    @t-l

    Locale: Wisconsin

    Mark, while I totally agree with you, that was one Hell of a reach from linking BPL Google to the woes of our government! :)

    #1714198
    Mark Hudson
    BPL Member

    @vesteroid

    Locale: Eastern Sierras

    Yep cant argue with that, it was a reach, just one of my pet peeves…no one wants to fix the problems just mask them till we forget.

    Nick, i wasn't suggesting the new feature would generate more revenue, I was suggesting what revenue that is currently being generated should be used in part for upgrading the forum software to something competitive with similar forums outside of bpl.

    #1714322
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    We are aware of the limitations of the current software. Sometimes painfully.

    I believe work is in progress on another significant upgrade. But it costs money, and the GFC is not kind … so it will be a while before it is complete.

    Cheers

    #1714345
    BlackHatGuy
    Spectator

    @sleeping

    Locale: The Cascades

    From an old post of mine:

    Folks have mentioned on here a few times about doing a site search using Google instead of using the built in search engine. Macworld online has a great article about creating a javascript bookmark (including the javascript 1-line code, just copy and paste!) to make it easy. See article here.

    #1714414
    Russell Klopfer
    Member

    @fluxxball

    Locale: Pittsburgh

    If you're using Chrome you can go here:

    chrome://settings/searchEngines

    Then at the bottom of the page, add a new search engine with this URL:

    http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&q=site%3Abackpackinglight.com%20%s

    Give it a keyword like 'bpl'. Thence forth you can just type 'bpl' (or whatever your keyword was) and then your query.

    I know there's a way to do the same thing in Firefox, but I've forgotten how.

    #1801418
    Scott Pickard
    Member

    @gon2srf

    Locale: Southern California

    Very helpful post thank you very much. I belong to several other forums and for a moment I thought I going nuts trying to search for my previous posts here at BPL. Much better :)

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