Search function

dtruex

New member

Equipment
L35
Oct 31, 2010
10
0
0
middle TN
FWIW the search function will not allow a search for "L35". Says it's too short or too common. I'd like to be able to search a forum for posts relevant to my tractor model.

Thanks

ps Great forum by the way.
 

olthumpa

Active member
Lifetime Member

Equipment
L275
May 25, 2011
1,501
2
38
Maine
FWIW the search function will not allow a search for "L35". Says it's too short or too common. I'd like to be able to search a forum for posts relevant to my tractor model.

Thanks

ps Great forum by the way.

Try L35**
I got 167 results.:)
 

Mr. K

Administrator
Staff member
Feb 14, 2009
522
138
43
www.orangetractortalks.com
Hello there and welcome to our little place on the internet! :)

Most forums have a size limit to reduce the server-side stress for searching for really short words like "and", "the", "how" and so on. As olthumpa as pointed out, there are work-arounds.
 

olthumpa

Active member
Lifetime Member

Equipment
L275
May 25, 2011
1,501
2
38
Maine
Hello there and welcome to our little place on the internet! :)

Most forums have a size limit to reduce the server-side stress for searching for really short words like "and", "the", "how" and so on. As olthumpa as pointed out, there are work-arounds.
Sorry for letting the cat out of the bag Mr. K :eek: :eek: :)

Are the servers close or at capacity?
 

coachgeo

Well-known member

Equipment
L225 w/woods Few Mowers & Back Blade, D722 in Motorcycle (Triumph Tiger), LMTV
Nov 16, 2012
2,460
32
48
Southern OH
3 characters and less is the norm search limitation of bulletin boards.

Surprised that ** worked. Google and probably other search engines have removed that wildcard and other wildcard ways of searching. Was told that did it cause too many discovered it was a back door to hidden portions of website data etc.
 

rmasonjr

New member
Mar 16, 2015
19
0
1
brookhaven, ms
For an even better search that wont bog down their servers, just use google:
PHP:
site:orangetractortalks.com/forums l35
 
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