Question regarding SEARCH ARCHIVES
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wonderwoman
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Question regarding SEARCH ARCHIVES
Tex, when I used the SEARCH feature before, the word I searched on appeared in YELLOW in the article. Now the word is not highlighted so I need to skim all the articles in the thread to find the reference I'm looking for. I wonder if this happened when you made the new larger line SEARCH THE ARCHIVES OF THIS DISCUSSION BOARD. I have tried using both search areas with the same results.
Charlotte
The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine, or the slowest form of poison. Ann Wigmore
The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine, or the slowest form of poison. Ann Wigmore
Hi Charlotte,
I'm sorry that you're having a problem. I thought that it was still working correctly, but I just tried another search to make sure, and sure enough, it worked correctly this time, also. Actually, on my computer, the color appears to be orange, but the key search words are definitely highlighted.
The interpretation of Bulletin Board Code is a function of the php interpreter built into your browser. It's possible that something is amiss there. I've had that happen to me before, and after my computer decided to straighten out and fly right, everything worked correctly again. Sometimes just reloading the browser, or rebooting the computer can correct that sort of problem. Also, sometimes when a browser is updated, it contains a glitch that prevents it from interpreting certain types of code correctly, until a "fix" is issued. I'm using Firefox 3.5.
I just now tried Internet Explorer, 8, to make sure that it works correctly, also, and it did, so evidently the problem is either in your browser settings, or possibly in your profile settings, on the board. Make sure that BBCode is not deselected in your profile. To do that, go into your profile, and look in the "Preferences" section for the line that says "Always allow BBCode:", and make sure that "Yes" is selected.
I hope that resolves the problem, because if it doesn't, I'm not sure where else to look. All I did to the operating code of the board, was to add a second link to the search function. I didn't change anything at all in the search subroutine, itself.
Tex
I'm sorry that you're having a problem. I thought that it was still working correctly, but I just tried another search to make sure, and sure enough, it worked correctly this time, also. Actually, on my computer, the color appears to be orange, but the key search words are definitely highlighted.
The interpretation of Bulletin Board Code is a function of the php interpreter built into your browser. It's possible that something is amiss there. I've had that happen to me before, and after my computer decided to straighten out and fly right, everything worked correctly again. Sometimes just reloading the browser, or rebooting the computer can correct that sort of problem. Also, sometimes when a browser is updated, it contains a glitch that prevents it from interpreting certain types of code correctly, until a "fix" is issued. I'm using Firefox 3.5.
I just now tried Internet Explorer, 8, to make sure that it works correctly, also, and it did, so evidently the problem is either in your browser settings, or possibly in your profile settings, on the board. Make sure that BBCode is not deselected in your profile. To do that, go into your profile, and look in the "Preferences" section for the line that says "Always allow BBCode:", and make sure that "Yes" is selected.
I hope that resolves the problem, because if it doesn't, I'm not sure where else to look. All I did to the operating code of the board, was to add a second link to the search function. I didn't change anything at all in the search subroutine, itself.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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wonderwoman
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I went to profile and BBC was on. Apparently it was because I was searching on the hyphenated word L-glutamine that it wasn't working. I tried other words and it works. Sorry I didn't think of that before questioning. I must have been searching on that word yesterday also. I found it is an amino acid using a google search.
My computer is relatively new. It is a MacIntosh computer and my search engine is Safari. Altogether different than windows. I love it.
My computer is relatively new. It is a MacIntosh computer and my search engine is Safari. Altogether different than windows. I love it.
Charlotte
The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine, or the slowest form of poison. Ann Wigmore
The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine, or the slowest form of poison. Ann Wigmore
I'm glad you got it figured out. It's possible that the combination of a single letter and a dash, may have confounded the interpreter. Sometimes, certain symbols will confuse the php interpreter in browsers, and cause them to yield unexpected results, because symbols are used for certain php commands. For example, I've received weird results from trying to put quotation marks, slashes, etc., in subject lines.
You can't even "Google" certain symbols. Try "Googling" the symbols "<", or "/", for example. With or without the quotation marks, you won't get a single "hit".
Presumably that's because those symbols are also valid commands in HTML code, so Google's search engines have to filter them out, in order to prevent any corrupted searches.
Those are good computers, and when you use one, you pretty well eliminate any worries about all the viruses and trojans that so many people with too much time on their hands love to write for Windows operating systems.
Tex
You can't even "Google" certain symbols. Try "Googling" the symbols "<", or "/", for example. With or without the quotation marks, you won't get a single "hit".
Presumably that's because those symbols are also valid commands in HTML code, so Google's search engines have to filter them out, in order to prevent any corrupted searches.Those are good computers, and when you use one, you pretty well eliminate any worries about all the viruses and trojans that so many people with too much time on their hands love to write for Windows operating systems.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.