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does the search function still work?

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GreenPenguin · 08/08/2009 20:39

Sorry if this has been asked before - I can't search to find out!
thanks

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HelenMumsnet · 13/10/2009 10:15

No problem, GreenPenguin. (Glad it wasn't us, for once!)

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GreenPenguin · 11/10/2009 21:55

OK - I am dim.
It is perfectly OK. (I expect to see the little hand/finger pointy clicky icon on a clickable link. On the advanced search button it's just the usual cursor pointy arrow, so I didn't even TRY to click it! I have now, and it does click through.)

I'm so sorry - and thanks to Helen and nannynick for explaining it in dim-arse terms for me.
Nighty night.

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HelenMumsnet · 06/10/2009 23:06

GreenPenguin: Can you send us a screenshot of what you are seeing (sounds most odd!)

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nannynick · 06/10/2009 07:11

Screen Shot of what you should be seeing.

nannynick · 06/10/2009 07:05

Or are you meaning you see this page (advance search) but only see the blue bar saying Advance Search not the two boxes below it saying By Keyword, By Time?
If you do see those boxes, do you see the purple search button at the bottom of those boxes?

nannynick · 06/10/2009 07:01

There isn't a text box next to the advance search button. Inside the purple shape are the words "advanced search" - do you see those words? If so, click on those words and that will take you to a page with lots of text boxes where you enter in your search criteria.

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GreenPenguin · 05/10/2009 20:32

hi -
I see the purple shape, but there's no text box beside it. thanks

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HelenMumsnet · 04/10/2009 22:56

So, Green Penguin, are you not seeing the Advanced Search button at all?

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GreenPenguin · 04/10/2009 10:48

Mozilla Firefox update - search goes through to Yahoo. No advanced search.
sorry!

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GreenPenguin · 04/10/2009 10:46

umm - I don't know. It's the one that comes up automatically. A bit blue, a bit purple.

Same thing as before with normal search: it does nothing. There's a header for advanced search, but no text box or anything to click.
(IE8 - I'll try with Mozilla later)

thanks!

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nannynick · 04/10/2009 00:16

Advance Search works fine for me. I'm NOT using Classic.
Glad you find my Google tip useful GreenPenguin.

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HelenMumsnet · 03/10/2009 22:44

Er, no, we weren't GreenPenguin!

Are you using MN Classic?

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GreenPenguin · 03/10/2009 21:01

Hi -
Sorry MN - search is defunct again, And I can't see the advanced search at all.
I don't use this regularly (especially since nannynick's google tip) so I couldn't say how long it's been down again.
Are you aware of the problem...?
thanks

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nannynick · 31/08/2009 11:32

Oh I couldn't do all that Tech (and the team) do... but would be great to be the Official Mumsnet Beta Tester, testing new 'features' before they are made available to all of Mumsnet. Wonder if Tech would give me a login for the backend system.

Furball · 31/08/2009 11:21

gosh Nannynick - maybe you should apply for the post of tech!

nannynick · 31/08/2009 11:05

Furball - I've worked out a way of getting Google to search limited by a date... it's not great though.

Example:
"babysitter" site:mumsnet.com/Talk/ +"Aug-09"

Put the word or phrase in the first set of quotes. Then in the last set of quotes put the Month and Year in Mmm-yy format. It seems to work, though not sure if it picks up every message post.

Furball · 30/08/2009 06:53

Blimey nannynick - thats brilliant! Thank you

nannynick · 29/08/2009 20:53

Furball - a workaround for that is to use Google (as google seems very fast at indexing mumsnet threads).

For example: "christmas pudding"

Would be nice though to have Advanced Search able to handle such search queries, as then we can limit the search to specific users, specific dates, specific topics etc.

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HelenMumsnet · 29/08/2009 15:11

I don't have "the list" in front of me today, Furball, I'm afraid - but I will check when I'm back in the office next week.

Furball · 29/08/2009 13:48

actually it worked for a millisecond a while ago then it reverted back again

Furball · 29/08/2009 13:47

me again! - how is the search for more than one word comming along?

ie - if you search for christmas pudding, you don't get all the posts with christmas in and all the posts with pudding in?

You said it was 'on the list' yonks ago.

Pretty please....

lynniep · 29/08/2009 13:14

just another note - my search won't work unless I actually click 'search' - using the 'enter' button on my keyboard just produces the same screen.

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HelenMumsnet · 29/08/2009 12:58

Our pleasure, GreenPenguin - sorry it took so long.

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GreenPenguin · 28/08/2009 19:23

Tried the basic search today and it now works through Yahoo. Is this what is supposed to happen? (At least I can search now.) thanks!

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