Joined: Jan 31, 2004 Posts: 1769 Location: NH, USA XP: 171,140
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject: Suggestion - Forum Search - "Phrases"
Hi, I would like to suggest that the forums search feature support the searching of exact phrases like you can do in Google.
If search Google like "orange box" or "Half Life" you can get an exact phrase match instead of just combinations of the words.
This can help in search for exact words you need info on and make so people do not have to post new topics if a topic already exists.
Like in the examples of the orange box, I was looking for forum posts on it because I was jipped on some achievements. 360 thinks I only have 1 achievement of 5 points for the Orange Box but I really have more and 5 or 6 achievements in the game. That sucks! So if i could search here for the orange box phrase then I could learn what everyone has posted on this game here.
If there is a way to already do this please inform me. Thanks! _________________________________________________________ 10% VIP Discount (Coupon Code: HQ-VIP-001 ) - Signup for web hosting at www.TweakedHosting.com/clients/aff.php?aff=004 and earn the HQ network of sites recurring income!
gamexxover Moderator
Joined: Feb 17, 2007 Posts: 2131
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject:
Untill they have something like that here you can use google to do kind of the same thing, Look for an exact phrase in the 360-hq site.
This is how you do it,
Go to Google and type in the word SITE then the site you want to search ( without the http://www. or the com at the end, then put in the : then "put phrase between quote marks" So if I wanted to look through the 360-hq site for places where the quote "i love that game" was ever used i would go to google and put in the exact following
site 360-hq: "i love that game"
then click on google search button.
Try it out
tweaked V.I.P. Lifetime
Joined: Jan 31, 2004 Posts: 1769 Location: NH, USA XP: 171,140
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:22 am Post subject:
I ended up finding my answer on utube using google. I need to replay the areas they did not get accounted for which sucks.
Anyway thank you for the tip using google to search the HQ sites. That will come in handy.
I still think the search feature can someday be improved as I suggested above. _________________________________________________________ 10% VIP Discount (Coupon Code: HQ-VIP-001 ) - Signup for web hosting at www.TweakedHosting.com/clients/aff.php?aff=004 and earn the HQ network of sites recurring income!
forahobby Administrator
Joined: May 22, 2003 Posts: 23948 Location: NSW, Australia XP: 3,060,914
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:26 am Post subject:
The forum search is intergrated into the forums. I know you can search many different features of the forums using this page here:
I don't particularly feel like rewriting the script for the forums. I was always wanting to write my own forum but as always never get the time with chasing work and normal everday stuff as well as my admin on the sites.
Id really like to upgrade the forums to something more secure but the sites are so large now it would take way too long on my shitty pc's. lmfao
Lastly:
If your ever looking for information on a particular game it is always best to just view our xbox 360 games area.. Then it will link you to everything on our site for that game.
Joined: Jan 31, 2004 Posts: 1769 Location: NH, USA XP: 171,140
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:42 am Post subject:
Thanks Forahobby, I never noticed the main search page. That should help _________________________________________________________ 10% VIP Discount (Coupon Code: HQ-VIP-001 ) - Signup for web hosting at www.TweakedHosting.com/clients/aff.php?aff=004 and earn the HQ network of sites recurring income!
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