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elagache:
Dear WeatherCat forum netizens,

Occasionally it is really important to find something on the forum, and sadly, the forum search tool isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.  I learned from large Buick forum a trick that is really handy if you need to search a website.  Google searches - everything - including the WeatherCat forum.  There is a way to ask Google to restrict the results it finds to only the WeatherCat forum.  In any Google search box use the following syntax:

<text to be searched for> site:athena.trixology.com

For example, I wanted to find references to Foscam cameras and used this text in a Google search box:

Foscam site:athena.trixology.com

The key is appending to the end of your search text the text site: and immediately afterward (no spaces) the name of the site to be searched (no http:// prefix.)  If it works on v8buick.com it obviously works on any website that allows Google to index.  The forum software developers are trying to improve their search engines. Until those improvements are available, using Google to search can make the difference between finding a reference  :) and not finding it!  :(

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

Blicj11:
Thanks for posting this very helpful tip. You are not only a Buick Restorer, but an internet scholar as well. 

Felix:
I keep the following JavaScript stored away in a Safari bookmark. It'll search from the webpage root of any open webpage. Note: Requires the Safari Developer Menu to be turned on.


javascript:Qr=prompt('Search%20Site%20for','');if(Qr)location.href='http://www.google.com/search?&q=site:'+encodeURIComponent(window.location.hostname)+'+'+escape(Qr)

Bull Winkus:
Thanks Edouard! What Blick says goes for me too!

Felix, how do you add the search term(s)?

 [cheers1]

Blicj11:

--- Quote from: Felix on April 11, 2016, 11:32:11 PM ---I keep the following JavaScript stored away in a Safari bookmark. It'll search from the webpage root of any open webpage. Note: Requires the Safari Developer Menu to be turned on.

javascript:Qr=prompt('Search%20Site%20for','');if(Qr)location.href='http://www.google.com/search?&q=site:'+encodeURIComponent(window.location.hostname)+'+'+escape(Qr)

--- End quote ---

Awesome Felix. Just tried this and love it.

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