(answered) Search function doesn't seem to work

[jason7]

I should have titled this "search function doesn't seem to work WELL", but I can't change it in editing. I know for a fact that there are threads and posts about LSZ and AL-LAD yet when I enter them in the search bar nothing whatsoever comes up. Even LSD, nothing. Admittedly entering the full names, like Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, does get returns. So I guess you can't use the standard abbreviations. Why can't it pick up the abbreviations?

 

[bronson]

Bluelight Search Behaviour & Methodology

The following should help you construct your search terms...

• The built-in search engine cannot handle three-letter terms.
• The search defaults to AND: e.g. goat monkey finds any threads with both of the words goat AND monkey anywhere in the thread.
• You can specify a search for one or more words using OR: goat OR monkey finds any thread with either the word goat or the word monkey
• Using quote marks will search for an exact phrase:"goat monkey" will find nothing except those exact words, in that exact order. So using the quote marked terms: "Infinite Jest can't" will find threads containing the phrase "Infinite Jest can't read", "Infinite Jest can't write", "Infinite Jest can't be librarian... surely", etc.
• You can use an asterisk as a wildcard to match letters: e.g. typing ecstas* will match ecstasy; blueligh* will match bluelight, bluelighter, bluelighters, bluelight's.

Google Co-op Search

This is a custom search engine found (top left of all pages) that permits three letter searches of Bluelight.​

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[Tommyboy]

I should have titled this "search function doesn't seem to work WELL", but I can't change it in editing. I know for a fact that there are threads and posts about LSZ and AL-LAD yet when I enter them in the search bar nothing whatsoever comes up. Even LSD, nothing. Admittedly entering the full names, like Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, does get returns. So I guess you can't use the standard abbreviations. Why can't it pick up the abbreviations?

I was under the impression that it is unable to pick up on abbreviations of 3 characters or less. Try using the asterisk after it to see if that helps.