Forum Search?

Submitted by brittney24 on Mon, 12/01/2014 - 13:30
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If there is a forum (topic) search, I can't see it.
Is it possible to add one?
Wouldn't that reduce some repetitive posts?

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ROCKNROLLKID

Mon, 12/01/2014 - 18:50

As I said in your other post, this forums is old and source forge limits a lot of things, I believe this is done to reduce spam attacks. Maybe Andrew can look into updating it one day.

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andrew

Mon, 12/01/2014 - 20:33

To the primary navigation bar across the top, there is a new search link that leads to a new search page. The search page is powered by Google Custom Search Engine. I removed the CSE last year because it seemed no one was using it, but I will give it another chance.

Besides searching this site and the official forum, it also indexes many BleachBit-related pages on other sites.

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andrew

Mon, 12/01/2014 - 20:40

Old? :) Maybe I don't have all the bells and whistles turned on, but this is the latest version of maybe the most popular open source content management systems.

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brittney24

Wed, 12/03/2014 - 10:37

Thanks - I now see the Search link. FYI - for other users - the search function requires allowing Google AJAX search API.

Some search capability is better than none. For me, it shows the search will be: "BleachBit-related sites including this site, the official forum, bug tracker, GitHub and more."
Does (could) this Search feature allow specifying where to search or limit results? Like, search on forums?

andrew

Fri, 12/05/2014 - 20:43

I added a "label" that limits the search to the forum. Type your search normally, and then after the results come up click on the "forum" tab at the top.

Also, I added a note there about the JavaScript. That's a good point many users here may have it turned off.

Alternatively, you can use regular Google with a site search like this site:bleachbit.sourceforge.net "forum search"

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