29.06.2009, 15:26
[anchor=top]Searching
While the sa-mp forum (SMF) naturally incorporates a powerful search engine, knowing how to use it is not surprisingly the key to returning successful results!
Contents:
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You can get to the search page by clicking search in the menu, at the top. Or by clicking on the icon at the search box on the right top corner.
For the people that are to lazy to click there, here's a link [b]Click
[anchor=syntax]Syntax
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While you can just type (and search for) any combination of characters, you should consider using quotes to make your search really work for you:
[anchor=quotemarks]Quote Marks
To put this in a nutshell, searching for San Andreas Multiplayer will return any or all of these three words, but enclosing the search string in double quote marks (ie "San Andreas Multiplayer") will return only the entire phrase.
[anchor=search]The Search
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While the sa-mp forum (SMF) naturally incorporates a powerful search engine, knowing how to use it is not surprisingly the key to returning successful results!
Contents:
- 1. [iurl=#starting]Starting a Search[/iurl]
- 2. [iurl=#syntax]Syntax[/iurl]
- 1. [iurl=#quotemarks]Quote Marks[/iurl]
- 3. [iurl=#search]The Search[/iurl]
- 4. [iurl=#notes]Writers Notes[/iurl]
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You can get to the search page by clicking search in the menu, at the top. Or by clicking on the icon at the search box on the right top corner.
For the people that are to lazy to click there, here's a link [b]Click
[anchor=syntax]Syntax
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While you can just type (and search for) any combination of characters, you should consider using quotes to make your search really work for you:
[anchor=quotemarks]Quote Marks
To put this in a nutshell, searching for San Andreas Multiplayer will return any or all of these three words, but enclosing the search string in double quote marks (ie "San Andreas Multiplayer") will return only the entire phrase.
[anchor=search]The Search
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- Despite initial appearances, there are really three options for how to search, with Match all words and Match any words being available from the drop-down, and "Match as phrase" still being available as described [iurl=#quotemarks]above[/iurl].
- The default * in the by user field is essentially a wild card matching any poster. Please note that, while you can replace this with any single user name for a more specific search, it's not currently possible to search for posts by multiple users except as that single wild card.
- Show results as messages returns the full message containing the search string (with a reply option) instead of the usual linked excerpt, but will naturally result in much larger results pages which might be significant if you are searching for a popular word or phrase.
- Message age sets the minimum and maximum ages of posts to search.
- Choose a board to search in provides you with another tool to narrow the scope of the search, with the default being 'all' (the whole forum or, more properly, all the boards to which you have read access).
- The Search button not surprisingly sets the whole thing in motion, but hitting 'Enter' direct from any of the search fields is sometimes more convenient.
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- I created this because many new people, don't use the search function. They just post a topic and wait for an answer.
- I got irritated because of that. So i created this tutorial.
- I hope this helps allot of people.
- I am dutch so my English is not my first language.
