Search Function not working correctly

[OARmaster]

When searching for words used in the title of a thread...it brings up results which include both the use of those words in the title of the thread and threads where those words appear within posts in the thread, but not in the title.

Make sense?

Example:

I was looking for the old Die Hard (1) thread. Went to "Search" and selected "Search titles only". I should have received only the threads which use the words "Die Hard" in the title. Instead, I got every thread that contains posts which mention Die Hard.

[Steve]

I would also like to add that it won't search for multiple words at one time, which is very frustrating. For instance, in your case above, if I typed in 'Die Hard' it would only search for 'Hard' since that's the last word.

[OARmaster]

Originally Posted by fireman325

I would also like to add that it won't search for multiple words at one time, which is very frustrating. For instance, in your case above, if I typed in 'Die Hard' it would only search for 'Hard' since that's the last word.

Oh really? I hadn't even noticed that.

[scweb13]

Actually, it disregards words of 3 letters or less. However, there is a wildcard (*) that can be used in place of a letter.
So, if you want to search for Die Hard. Type in "Die* Hard".

Also, below the key words to search for, you can sellect "search title only" and it will only look in the titles.

[OARmaster]

Originally Posted by scweb13

Also, below the key words to search for, you can sellect "search title only" and it will only look in the titles.

No. That doesn't work. I have done exactly that and this is what I get in return:




I get this when I try your wildcard suggestion:



Even though there are threads with the words die and/or hard in the title.

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On other forums the use of the search by title function only yields results with those words in the actual title. Here, it includes results for the title and the posts contained within threads.

[scweb13]

Yeah, you're right. I just tried it and got the same results.

[jw]

There is a trick to everything guys, well not really
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Go to the forum you want to search, in this case
>Blu-ray Movies - USA and Region A
>clickSearch this Forum
>Then click advanced search

At the top, where it says keywords, change it to titles only

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then type the word, small common words dont always work so It may take a try or two but it grabs those keywords
Now UP is a killer so you have to add like Disney or pixar and hope its in the title or you get the error message
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[OARmaster]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

There is a trick to everything guys, well not really
Attachment 7546

Go to the forum you want to search, in this case
>Blu-ray Movies - USA and Region A
>clickSearch this Forum
>Then click advanced search

At the top, where it says keywords, change it to titles only

Attachment 7548
then type the word, small common words dont always work so It may take a try or two but it grabs those keywords

That doesn't work either. You still get results that don't have those word(s) anywhere in the title of the thread. You may find what you are looking for, but you have to wade through dozens of unrelated results too.

[king_patrick_7]

is there anyway to default the pull down to "forum" instead of "movies"??

I always type in something then search movies by mistake