How to search this forum

[dickhob]

Will someone please explain how to effectively search this forum.

I do it all the time, and I get zero results or get unrelated results. For example, "red oak salad bowl" returns no results.

Are there instructions available somewhere?
Thanks
Dick

 

[ray hampton]

Try a different combination of words "oak salad bowl " will yield something

 

[dickhob]

Ray,
Tried a search using your word combination. Got 5 posts including this one. Rather than search the combination, it broke it into separate words. I just can't believe that in a forum this size there are only 4 other posts.

I'm definitely missing something.
Dick

 

[Bill Boehme]

Use Google to search rather than the forum search function -- and use fewer words.

 

[ray hampton]

Ray,
Tried a search using your word combination. Got 5 posts including this one. Rather than search the combination, it broke it into separate words. I just can't believe that in a forum this size there are only 4 other posts.

I'm definitely missing something.
Dick

this internet sure are funny to search, one thing that will work with some search engine is the one word phase " need " and sometime if you switch the words around , you can find more results
this forum are quite big for a meany 5 posts

 

[Odie]

I just can't believe that in a forum this size there are only 4 other posts.

I believe a very large amount of forum postings and information was lost a few years ago when these forums changed over to new software. That was unfortunate, because there was a LOT of good information that is gone forever. I guess that's the price you pay for upgrades!

ooc