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Nicholstones


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I have been trying to do a  search for a particular topic, but no matter what I enter in the search box the results only show me 5 topics, with no option of scrolling to the rest of the topics that may match.

For instance, if I search for 'free', it tells me that there are 77 topics that match the search, but it only shows me 5 old ones, and at the bottom it says page 1 of 1. Am I doing something wrong, or is it something to do with my settings (I had a look but couldn't find anything that appeared relevant) or is the search thing not working? It doesn't seem to matter whether I use the quick search box or the advanced search, I have the same problem.



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The short answer....No.

I have found it to be too "flakey" (for want of a better word) to be of much use.

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just tried that and no it don't not work propper, suggest you contact Cindy and ask the question



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Try google.....

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_wombat_ wrote:

just tried that and no it don't not work propper, suggest you contact Cindy and ask the question

 As the forum is third-party hosted by Sparklit Activeboard, Cindy probably has little control over the problem.

As Bill suggests try Google.



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Google can't help if you are looking for a specific topic on this site.

Cindy can contact Activeboard and they should be able to fix it.



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Google can't help if you are looking for a specific topic on this site.

Cindy can contact Activeboard and they should be able to fix it.

 Try entering this in google "thegreynomads.activeboard.com camp oven"

 oops, forgot to mention; without the quotation marks.



-- Edited by 03_troopy on Sunday 13th of November 2011 09:16:10 AM

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Why search for camp oven when they are looking for the word free?

but I do see what you mean it did bring up a list of camp oven's I also tried the word free and it did show the free site option's hope that is what John & Wendy are looking for, thanks for the help 03 troopy



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_wombat_ wrote:

Why search for camp oven when they are looking for the word free?

but I do see what you mean it did bring up a list of camp oven's I also tried the word free and it did show the free site option's hope that is what John & Wendy are looking for, thanks for the help 03 troopy

 Hahaha.. yeah it was only meant to be an example Wombat, for finding a thread in The Grey Nomads Forum by using Google.. Just to show that it does work.



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Thanks troopy, a little cumbersome but your method certainly works a lot better than the search facility supplied with the forum.

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