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Tech Support (Parent and Student Access)/Search not working correctly
10-04-2012, 01:31 PM
I was searching for a particular thread and could not find it via the Search function. I manually looked for the thread, then tried to find out why it hadn't come up in my searches. After doing several tests, I finally tested the Search feature by copying the subject from the thread and pasting it into the search box. Nothing was returned.
The text I entered was "a child's history of the world" (without the quotes).
Since this is the actual subject of the thread, why does it not show up in the search results?
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Tech Support (Parent and Student Access)/RE: Search not working correctly
10-04-2012, 08:03 PM
(10-04-2012, 01:31 PM)lklivingston Wrote: I was searching for a particular thread and could not find it via the Search function. I manually looked for the thread, then tried to find out why it hadn't come up in my searches. After doing several tests, I finally tested the Search feature by copying the subject from the thread and pasting it into the search box. Nothing was returned.
The text I entered was "a child's history of the world" (without the quotes).
Since this is the actual subject of the thread, why does it not show up in the search results?
I just want to second that I have experienced this myself on several occasions with respect to finding threads, even when using the title nearly verbatim.
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Tech Support (Parent and Student Access)/RE: Search not working correctly
10-04-2012, 08:22 PM
And yet if you search for words in the body of posts the search finds what you're looking for. I think that it may not be looking at post titles - even if that option is selected. Strange.
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Tech Support (Parent and Student Access)/RE: Search not working correctly
10-04-2012, 08:55 PM
Jeanne Webb Wrote:And yet if you search for words in the body of posts the search finds what you're looking for. I think that it may not be looking at post titles - even if that option is selected. Strange.
I was wondering about that, Jeanne, but didn't have time to test it last night.
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