why doesnt the search option work

whatever i search on the search option it always says "sorry no matches were found" even when i search very commoin things like cfl

it does, just not very well.

but it has been a problem for a while, so idk, maybe rollis fixing it...

go to advanced search and search tags. better than nothing.

Unfortunately, I've never gotten it to work. I've even copy-pasted exact words from a post I was just reading, just to make sure I got the exact spelling... no matches found.

Oh well, this forum has still been a great resource; just reading through stuff randomly.
Maybe someday it'll work though.

Leothwyn said:

Unfortunately, I've never gotten it to work. I've even copy-pasted exact words from a post I was just reading, just to make sure I got the exact spelling... no matches found.

Oh well, this forum has still been a great resource; just reading through stuff randomly.
Maybe someday it'll work though.

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its been broke for a minute now.... you can still search tags, as already mentioned.. works fairly well, still not as good as the search though

all you have to do is when it takes you to advanced, fill that out. ive made it work a few times. not exactly the way it is suposed to but idk...

I've wondered that myself, but being new to the boards, I figured I was just missing something obvious and was a bit embarrassed to ask, lol.

they purposely made the search not work so we have to spend more time browsing RIU

what happens when stoners run a forum lol just joking yea i cant get it to work

Works fine for me... Advanced search, thrad title only... perfect everytime...

Let's say you want to search for miracle grow soil, don't just type that, type it like this... "miracle grow soil" that way it will search for the whole thing, not just words...

go to google. For a CFL search type in...

CFL site:rollitup.org

even if they fix the search button I will probably use google. It is amazing.

car washer said:

go to google. For a CFL search type in...

CFL site:rollitup.org

even if they fix the search button I will probably use google. It is amazing.

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I was just going to post that, lol.

you can use the "site:" thing for any site as well guys.

I always use google and search this way because it simply is a much more powerful search engine than what most message boards are using to search their own archives.


Also, "use your words" when searching, meaning that just because you click "search" doesn't mean it will find it for you. Key words, combinations of words, different spellings of a word, abbreviations, even slang plays well in a search. My wife will seach google for 15 minutes looking for something, get pissed and ask me to help. I usually can find exactly what it is she wants within a search or two, even if I know very little about it.

just like I was wanting to know the distance that a metal halide should be from the tops of the plants while vegging, so I typed......

metal halide distance site:rollitup.org and I had more results than I needed for my answer to say the least, and I was also familiar with the website they were coming from, since I hand picked it.

shage said:

what happens when stoners run a forum lol just joking yea i cant get it to work

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yep thats what i've been doing, works great. even without the site: bit, RIU seems to be the first thing found most times. also just try searching in the tags part of the advanced search, that still seems to work for me

wait, wrong quote for some reason?!!

DodgeDread said:

wait, wrong quote for some reason?!!

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may have been wrong quote, but he's right all the same, lol