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nvilletele · October 22nd, 2009, 12:16 PM

I encountered something odd when doing a search for "Hot Rod" trying to find the thread for the 52 Hot Rod club . . . when I do such a search, whether in all open forums or just the Guitar Clubs forum, I get the response: Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms. Is this maybe because the words

It doesnt matter whether I search for threads or posts, or entire posts or just titles.

But there is a thread with such words, which I found by going through the Guitar Clubs thread listings . . . and there are certainly other posts with the words hot rod (including the one I started yesterday), so I thought I would mention this anomaly for you admins.

Is this maybe due to the words being too short, only 3 letters? Note that I get the same results when trying to search for "Hot Rod" with quotes as well.

Is there any way to search for such terms with short words? Thanks. . . .

J-man · October 22nd, 2009, 12:27 PM

The forum's built in search function ignores any word less than 4 letters long.

Under the Search tab on the blue bar towards the top of the page is a Google Search, this should give you the results you're looking for. :)

Here are the results for Hot Rod:
http://www.tdpri.com/forum/gtsearch....ORID%3A10#1234

TDPRI · October 22nd, 2009, 03:01 PM

Yeah, what he ^ said.

October 22nd, 2009, 12:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
nvilletele Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: California Age: 52 Posts: 639	search issues I encountered something odd when doing a search for "Hot Rod" trying to find the thread for the 52 Hot Rod club . . . when I do such a search, whether in all open forums or just the Guitar Clubs forum, I get the response: Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms. Is this maybe because the words It doesnt matter whether I search for threads or posts, or entire posts or just titles. But there is a thread with such words, which I found by going through the Guitar Clubs thread listings . . . and there are certainly other posts with the words hot rod (including the one I started yesterday), so I thought I would mention this anomaly for you admins. Is this maybe due to the words being too short, only 3 letters? Note that I get the same results when trying to search for "Hot Rod" with quotes as well. Is there any way to search for such terms with short words? Thanks. . . . __________________ Everybody gets the blues sometimes . . . . Best thing to do is rock 'em out.

October 22nd, 2009, 12:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
J-man Moderator Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Wales/Scarborough Age: 21 Posts: 7,382 19 Photos	The forum's built in search function ignores any word less than 4 letters long. Under the Search tab on the blue bar towards the top of the page is a Google Search, this should give you the results you're looking for. :) Here are the results for Hot Rod: http://www.tdpri.com/forum/gtsearch....ORID%3A10#1234 __________________ "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." - Oscar Wilde

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