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Ox:
As the title says, I tried searching for furu's excellent posting pictures thread and I couldn't get a thing, no matter how I worded my search.  Nothing is coming up for any searches I do. 

Figured I'd raise a flag for you smart guys that know computers and the internet and how to fix this stuff!  :)

starmac:
I have not been on many forums, but the only one with a search function that I have had any success is the cast bullet forum, it uses some google something or other.

Kirk Allen:
Not sure what you're seeing or not seeing. I typed "picture", without quotes, and a bunch of threads pop up to include one FURU started on posting pictures.

Ox:
I typed in "posting pictures" and it came back with no results.  lol  Then again, no results using post pictures.  Maybe I just need to simplify it to the bare bones.

Sorry to bother you, bud.  :)

furu:

--- Quote from: Ox on December 25, 2017, 10:40:32 AM ---I typed in "posting pictures" and it came back with no results.  lol  Then again, no results using post pictures.  Maybe I just need to simplify it to the bare bones.

Sorry to bother you, bud.  :)

--- End quote ---

Being me (yes I am weird) and not being able to be with my family today (another story but I did just get to talk to the wife for a bit) I was reading Ox's post and Kirk's response. 
I have never used the search function on this site so  I started to "play" with it out of curiosity. I put in the same "posting pictures"  terms as Ox did and got three responses; all from the post he started.  I played around a bit more and suddenly had 7 pages from the search. 

What I determined or at least think I determined, if my supposition is correct, is if you are in a thread and do a search it will only search on posts inside that thread.

If you want a full search of the site you have to be at the index of the site http://www.sawmillandtimberforum.com/index.php

Every search I did from the index of the site yielded great results. If I went to a specific thread and was in that thread and did a search I only found things that were included in that thread. Could be wrong but that would seem logical for the software design such as it appears to be.  Some sites have an option to search the whole site or just the specific thread that you select  as you start the search.   This software appears not operate that way.  It is most likely built into the code to work as I described.  But I could be wrong.  Try the searches from the index of the site and see if it helps.

Oh my wife tells me that they have a white Christmas with 6 inches of snow, for oh so many reasons I wish I was there. 

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