Fi Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I must be doing something wrong. I want to search the gite owners and b&b owners forums only for any info about information manuals. I select those forums only in the advanced search page, only for all the forum to be searched. With a word like manual I get a lot of diy/electrical/tv stuff which is totally irrelevant. What am I doing wrong?I enter the keywordsselect selected forums (sorry fora) onlyselect the relevant onespress searchFi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Maybe manual used in this context isn't the best word ? How about 'guide' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 [quote user="Russethouse"]Maybe manual used in this context isn't the best word ? How about 'guide' [/quote]A good point and I will use that search criteria, but how do I select the specific forums? When I do, it still gives me everything from everywhere.I've a bad feeling I am being very dense and it is blindingly obvious. Oh dear...Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Well if you are, so am I, but I have 'senior moments' as an excuse [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Try going to the actual section itself and searching from there rather than using the advaced search option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Tried that. Sends me to the advanced search screen which doesn't seem to have any selectivity (sorry, was a direct marketing database manager in a previous life - selectivity was all!). This is still quite annoying though. Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 [quote user="Fi"]Tried that. Sends me to the advanced search screen which doesn't seem to have any selectivity (sorry, was a direct marketing database manager in a previous life - selectivity was all!). This is still quite annoying though. Fi[/quote]Well mine doesn't. Earlier today I needed to find a thread so I went to the TV and Internet section and typed in VISTA in the search box top right. It brought up a list of the postings in a thread I started recently which has the word VISTA in the title. Are you clicking on the search function without putting anything in the search box by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 I found this thread (and only this thread), by putting the words "information manuals" in the search box top right within the "Gite Owners" section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Not sure that this a solution but this is what happens:if I enter a search term in the box and hit the return key it sends me to the advanced search screenif I enter a search term and click on the search button with the mouse it does the search as requested.Edit: this only works within a thread. If I search on the advanced search page, and either click or press enter, it still searches the whole forum.I am not a great user of the mouse - too time-consuming - typing, then fiddling around with the mouse, then typing again. I (nearly) always use the keyboard - I'll just have to slow down a bit I suppose ..Thanks for all the input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Often you can find the information you need but under a different name.'Information manual' seems a bit bizarre for me when talking about gîtes.Are you looking for "regulations"?There are lots of entries under that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 My problem isn't really with the search terms to use (in fact I was looking for any previous threads about welcome guides/house rules that kind of thing) it is more with selecting specific forums (fora I s'pose!) to search. From the advanced search screen, I found it impossible to select specific forums to search, it would only search everything so I got a lot of irrelevant stuff from, for example, home improvements.Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Go on Fi, start a new thread on guide manuals [I] [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 [quote user="Fi"]I was looking for any previous threads about welcome guides/house rules that kind of thing)[/quote]Can I ask, was the thread that I linked to what you were after?Edit: You need to click on the word this (in my original post) using your mouse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fi Posted July 15, 2009 Author Share Posted July 15, 2009 [quote user="teapot"]Go on Fi, start a new thread on guide manuals [I] [:)][/quote]Do I have to? It could start a war......[:D]Maricopa - thanks for the link (sorry I haven't done this before) - pretty much perfect! Now all I've got to do is find a nice kind French person to read the French version and point out any howlers...Fi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 More tips on this thread: http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1/890814/ShowPost.aspx#890814 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 In my experience the search function seems quite crude and inaccurate. To illustrate try this:Click SEARCH without typing anything into the box, quick way to get to the advanced search page.Type in keywords BUGATTI AND VEYRONClick SELECTED FORUMSClick ABOUT THIS FORUM (READ ONLY) then scroll down to the end and whilst holding down SHIFT click on CORSICA & NOM-TOMS. This selects all forums.Scroll back up and whilst holding down CTRL click DRIVING IN FRANCE. You have now excluded that forum from your search.Now search.Of the 7 results returned 4 are from the excluded DRIVING IN FRANCE forum !I rest my case [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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