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Curious Novice Tiro Offline Slinging: Getting the most bang for you buck Posts: 33 South Carolina Gender:	Broken search feature (actually not: just an inobservant user) Oct 30^th, 2018 at 10:38am For some reason, I cannot get the forum’s search engine to function. Is it broken, or is it just that I am not doing it right?
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4481 Finland	Re: Broken search feature Reply #1 - Oct 30^th, 2018 at 11:47am Are you using the search bar or the search button in between "Help" and "Members"? It's best to use the button and then be sure that you the right boards selected. I usually just tick the "Check all" box.
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Curious Novice Tiro Offline Slinging: Getting the most bang for you buck Posts: 33 South Carolina Gender:	Re: Broken search feature Reply #2 - Oct 30^th, 2018 at 12:06pm Here are two examples of what I am getting Oh, I am so stupid. The time range is too tight
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4481 Finland	Re: Broken search feature Reply #3 - Oct 30^th, 2018 at 12:09pm Yeah that's the other thing to watch is the time frame. I've done the same thing many times
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Broken search feature (actually not: just an inobservant user) Reply #4 - Oct 30^th, 2018 at 8:37pm yep stickied thread around about using it somewhere. Basically you need to select oneresult per thread and post made without time limit.
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Slyngorm Funditor Offline Slingit... Posts: 508	Re: Broken search feature (actually not: just an inobservant user) Reply #5 - Oct 28^th, 2020 at 6:38am Why not search all posts by default?
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