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Original poster

Advanced search...wtf

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Valpollicella · 18/03/2011 00:29

Why have you got rid of the 'exclude' option Confused

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NetworkGuy · 21/03/2011 13:52

~ is the wiggly tail of a Daemon, PoWoo :)

(sorry, that could be a bit too geeky for some... )

PurveyorOfWoo · 21/03/2011 10:35

Nice avoidance of our other requests Damian!

(What's with the ~D, not trying to convince us you are cute and fluffy are you?) Grin

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DamianTech · 21/03/2011 10:15

@PaperView: You can just use the "Include the words" box for your search query, and ignore the other fields, and it will behave as a simple search.

~D

PaperView · 20/03/2011 21:33

Is there an ordinary search too?

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Valpollicella · 20/03/2011 21:32

Purveyor, very good point

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PurveyorOfWoo · 20/03/2011 20:54

Oooh, if you're going to add the +sign searches then PLEASE (pretty please) can we have -sign searches too (i.e. exclude a word from the results).

To continue Vals example we could have bum +sex -rimming (to preserve my delicate disposition)

mmmwine · 20/03/2011 20:49

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BertieBotts · 20/03/2011 18:10

Oh good. Glad to hear it will be reinstated. And hooray for exact phrase search! :)

Polgara2 · 20/03/2011 13:42

It is very annoying when you desperately wanted to search for something I agree!! When will it actually be re-instated then?

WhoKnowsWhereTheTimeGoes · 18/03/2011 17:34

About how long will it be till the next code release? I am finding this quite annoying.

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HelenMumsnet · 18/03/2011 10:20

Hello. And yes, sorry.

We were trying to line up Advanced Search on the mobile site with Advanced Search on the regular site - and, er, some bits got 'lost' in the changeover. Blush

Choose Topics and exclude have now been put back and will go live as soon as we do the next code release.

And, Valpollicella, we are looking at the quote marks/+sign thing...

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Valpollicella · 18/03/2011 10:12

C'mon then MNHQ, explanation pleeease? Grin

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BoysAreLikeDogs · 18/03/2011 07:05

tis annoying and stupid

a retrograde step

BaroqueAroundTheClock · 18/03/2011 00:44

and yes I agree it is no longer an "advanced" search - it's a very very basic search.

BaroqueAroundTheClock · 18/03/2011 00:43

no Val - that was a fantastic example Grin

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Valpollicella · 18/03/2011 00:34

Completely less advanced.

Why not make it more tailored to specific searches so you can search within quote marks or + sign

Ie bum + sex? Otherwise you still end up with every post containing bum, sex, or bum and sex

(sorry, bad example Grin)

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RespectTheDoughnut · 18/03/2011 00:31

Oh, that's really annoying. I liked the topic bit.

tethersend · 18/03/2011 00:31

It's less advanced than it was.

tethersend · 18/03/2011 00:30

And the topic option?