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    Is there a way to have the search function override the invalid search terms by using quotes or something? I'm kinda new and I've found it a bit frustrating to look up some relevant terms -- most of them are invalid because they're too short. Some examples:

    Just about any acronym. I know about the acronym page now but like most people I had to be directed to the page by a senior member.

    Specifically, I've been recently trying to search words like; pre, oil, red, imp, DMT.

    I wanted to look up olive oil as a pre shave, information about Red Imps, and I just purchased some DMT hones as my first set. I found each search to be quite difficult because the key terms were all discarded. If I could use "olive oil" (with quotes) for the exact phrase it'd really help. Thanks for any info or clarification!

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    you might try a google search

    something like
    pre oil red imp site:straightrazorplace.com
    might be helpful

    Like you though I would still like to see the VB search improved for greater in-house functionality
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    Quote Originally Posted by hoglahoo View Post
    you might try a google search

    something like

    might be helpful

    Like you though I would still like to see the VB search improved for greater in-house functionality
    Yeah, that's how I wound up finding the oil stuff. But instead of searching "DMT hone" in a specific forum on SRP, you'd have to go to Google and then do "DMT hone" site:straightrazorplace.com/forums/ to exclude classified ads.

    I'm content to do it that way but, if it's possible to do on SRP and agreed upon, I think it'd be helpful. Most people don't know the various Google search options.

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    There are some easier ways than manual search mentioned in here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/gener...ful-stuff.html.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BeBerlin View Post
    There are some easier ways than manual search mentioned in here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/gener...ful-stuff.html.
    Just reminded me that IRC was another term I tried searching for to hop onto the restoration chat a few weeks back. I first read it on Lynn's thread so I searched the forums -- searching the Wiki for "chat" brought up the IRC server info that I was looking for.

    I'll stick with Google's site: option for now. Most of the time I can find what I need with SRP's search -- just seems that recently everything I've been looking for has been too short of a term.

    The "use the search button first!" response has been pounded into my head so it's usually the first place I go for answers. Thanks for that link, too!

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    Where did you find a link to the wiki (just out of curiosity)?
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    Quote Originally Posted by hoglahoo View Post
    Where did you find a link to the wiki (just out of curiosity)?
    I did the normal forum search for "IRC chat" and that didn't help me, so I went to the wiki and looked up "chat".

    Forum search brought up a billion threads containing the word "chat" but the wiki brings up "Using the SRP Chat" page first.

    I think it was shortly before the wiki facelift. I received a bunch of auction razors on May 18th and was joining the May 19th restoration chat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by commiecat View Post
    I did the normal forum search for "IRC chat" and that didn't help me, so I went to the wiki...
    Right - but how did you find the wiki? The chat link is next to the wiki link in the forum titlebar. Or did you come across the wiki a different way?
    Quote Originally Posted by commiecat View Post
    I received a bunch of auction razors on May 18th and was joining the May 19th restoration chat.
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    Quote Originally Posted by hoglahoo View Post
    Right - but how did you find the wiki? The chat link is next to the wiki link in the forum titlebar. Or did you come across the wiki a different way?
    Ahh, now I understand. I clicked the Wiki button along the top. The Chat button loads Java chat -- I have an IRC client and I was looking for the server/channel information because I didn't want to do the Java chat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by commiecat View Post
    Ahh, now I understand. I clicked the Wiki button along the top. The Chat button loads Java chat -- I have an IRC client and I was looking for the server/channel information because I didn't want to do the Java chat.
    Ah, I wondered if that was the case. I wonder if we could turn the chat link into a dropdown menu including links to "Join Java chat now", "Chat info for #srp on IRC", "How to get into chat using a standalone client", etc
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