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New "Search" Feature

announcements.jpgAs you’ll notice just above the “Navigation” section on this site, I’ve added a “Search” function aimed at allowing you, as the title implies, to search this site for journal entries by any key word you deem relevant. For example, if you want to find a post you read some time ago but can’t recall the date or title, just enter a word or words you think are contained in the article, then key “enter” (or the little arrow to the right of your entry) and you’ll be presented with a list of entries containing that word or words.

For example, let’s say you remember an article about a sports car. Enter “sports car” or “sports” or “car Nash”, hit “enter” and shazzam, you have a list, with short excerpts, of every article I’ve posted referencing your word or words.

Simple? Give it a try. Experiment and then let me know how it’s working for you.

Oh, and yes, I realize the search box is larger than my column width and the arrow carries over to the next line. I’m working on fixing that. Meanwhile, it works fine so don’t be afraid to use it. Got the box fixed. Have fun!

And by the way, the “Archives” function still allows you to search the site by category or month…

Posted on May 3, 2007 at 04:16PM by Registered CommenterDoug in | Comments4 Comments

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Reader Comments (4)

Works just fine. I tried finding your posts on hiking and Rosie O'Donnell and found them instantly. Very nice!

I use a third party search program on my site and don't get nearly as fast nor as accurate results. In fact, much of the search results on my site are off the Internet, not just my site. You have done it right. I would be interested in knowing how you built it.

May 4 | Unregistered CommenterJeff

How nice. You are beginning to look like the big boys. Just kidding :-)~

May 4 | Unregistered CommenterShari

A suggestion: Add "Digg" as an option.

May 7 | Unregistered CommenterRon

Ron: I'm looking into Digg. We'll see. Thanks for the suggestion!

Doug

May 7 | Registered CommenterDoug

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