Effective way to use forums

[scot80]

To check for information on this forum instead of repeating the same questions, is there any tips how to search for a specific topic as there are so many threads some probably dated. Looking for telephone interview tips/suggestions any help on how to do this would be greatly beneficial, is there any quick search tolls we can use on this?

Many thanks

 

[table38]

Using ordinary google might help as the forum's built-in search is a bit woeful, just add site:railforums.co.uk in the search.

Eg: site:railforums.co.uk Stalybridge

 

[Crossover]

Google is the best one to use - this forum gets indexed frequently and the built in search is next to useless

In Google do (without quotation marks)
'site:railforums.co.uk <search term>'

 

[scot80]

Google is the best one to use - this forum gets indexed frequently and the built in search is next to useless

In Google do (without quotation marks)
'site:railforums.co.uk <search term>'

Yeah the built in search is frustrating at best, cheers guys

 

[SpacePhoenix]

Does the built in search system use Sphinx?

 

[PG]

Based on information from here and there I'd hazard a guess it doesn't use Sphinx since the forum runs on vBulletin Version 3.8.8.

I'm sure someone with a far better understanding of these things will be along soon to correct/confirm this

 

[jon0844]

There are many mods to improve vBulletin searching but Google works fine, and works now.

 

[infobleep]

If only one could get Web links from Google to redirect to Tapatalk on my mobile. That is what I use to read and post on this excellent forum.

 

[jon0844]

Most of the time a link opens Tapatalk (Android) automatically. Even for forums I'm not a member of (and it's then quick and easy to register).

 

[infobleep]

Most of the time a link opens Tapatalk (Android) automatically. Even for forums I'm not a member of (and it's then quick and easy to register).

I can't seem to get that to work for his forum using Chrome on my Android Lollipop OS. May be I'm doing something wrong or different.

 

[jon0844]

Try clearing the defaults? Maybe once you were asked and chose Chrome over Tapatalk, and selected Always not once.

 

[infobleep]

As far as I'm aware, I've never been asked for this forum as opposed to Tapatalk in general.

Anyway I'm not going to clear my defaults in case it affects loads of others. Not sure if I can clearly individual defaults as opposed to everything Chrome redirects to.

Thanks for your suggestion though.

 

[jon0844]

You can clear defaults individually (per app), and resetting them is easy. If it needs doing, you'll be asked. If it doesn't, you won't!

Try thia though. Settings/Apps/Downloaded/Tapatalk/Clear defaults.