<Please feel free to move this thread - the reason I picked this forum is
because I felt that more people might see the information>
If you want to search for information on a topic before formulating your
question (if it isn't answered by the time you've finished your search) the
following pointers might be of help.
You probably only need to use the first one - the rest is extra detail that
can safely be filed under "more than you wanted to know about searching".
1. Basic search
Right at the top of the page is the BCUK leaf logo. Below this and to the
right (in white text on a brown background) is the basic search button,
with a little white 'down arrow' next to it.
Click on this to open up a mini dialogue box into which you can enter your
search term(s). Press 'enter' on your keyboard or click 'go' to run the
search.
Example
If you wanted to find out a bit more about preparing nettles for cordage
you could type in "nettle" (or 'nettles'), "cordage" or the two terms together
("nettle cordage").
Here's what I found when I searched for "nettle retting"
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/search.php?searchid=878144
Note that the words nettle and retting are highlighted in red which is rather
helpful.
2. Advanced search
There are two ways to access this - click on the same 'search' button as
above, but this time, notice the small 'advanced' link at the bottom left of
the little dialogue box. Click on that, or use this link:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/search.php?
Again type in your keywords and you can now restrict your search to
certain forums and / or by date and you can 'find posts by user' or 'find
threads started by user'.
To search in more than one forum, hold down the CTRL (control) key
as you click on the forum names.
Press 'search now' at the bottom, or click 'enter' to run your search.
Example
Here's one I tried earlier, searching for 'cordage' within only the
'resources' or 'lovely grub' forums.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/search.php?searchid=878170
3. Advanced search (variant)
To the left of the 'community' tab (beyond the leaf logo) are "reviews",
"articles" and "200[degrees]", click on any one of these.
Scroll down the page, keeping a close eye on the menu on the left until
you spot "Search BushcraftUK" and click on that, or use this link:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/content/search.php
I've not played around with this one yet so will have a play with it at some
point in the future and edit.
4. Search a user's posts
First catch your user - you can do a search for them to find any thread
they've posted in. Click on their name / avatar and watch as a little
menu unfurls before your eyes.
Click on the "find all posts by [user]"
Alternative - click on their Profile and use the "Find all posts by [user]".
5. Using Google to do the search
I'm lifting this from a previous thread - cos I'm lazy / efficient like that.
When you search for words or phrases in Google it searches in all of the
available web pages - and there are millions of them.
You can restrict things so that Google just searches for that word or phrase
within a particular website. The way to do that is to add the word site: in front
of whichever website you want to search in.
Example
eg. "site:www.bushcraftuk.com/community firesteel"
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=site:www.bushcraftuk.com/community+firesteel&meta=
It's also possible to restrict your search to particular filetypes, eg
filetype
DF bushcraft hunts for anything where 'bushcraft' is mentioned in
a PDF.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=filetype:pdf+firesteel&meta=
Happy searching
Jo
because I felt that more people might see the information>
If you want to search for information on a topic before formulating your
question (if it isn't answered by the time you've finished your search) the
following pointers might be of help.
You probably only need to use the first one - the rest is extra detail that
can safely be filed under "more than you wanted to know about searching".
1. Basic search
Right at the top of the page is the BCUK leaf logo. Below this and to the
right (in white text on a brown background) is the basic search button,
with a little white 'down arrow' next to it.
Click on this to open up a mini dialogue box into which you can enter your
search term(s). Press 'enter' on your keyboard or click 'go' to run the
search.
Example
If you wanted to find out a bit more about preparing nettles for cordage
you could type in "nettle" (or 'nettles'), "cordage" or the two terms together
("nettle cordage").
Here's what I found when I searched for "nettle retting"
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/search.php?searchid=878144
Note that the words nettle and retting are highlighted in red which is rather
helpful.
2. Advanced search
There are two ways to access this - click on the same 'search' button as
above, but this time, notice the small 'advanced' link at the bottom left of
the little dialogue box. Click on that, or use this link:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/search.php?
Again type in your keywords and you can now restrict your search to
certain forums and / or by date and you can 'find posts by user' or 'find
threads started by user'.
To search in more than one forum, hold down the CTRL (control) key
as you click on the forum names.
Press 'search now' at the bottom, or click 'enter' to run your search.
Example
Here's one I tried earlier, searching for 'cordage' within only the
'resources' or 'lovely grub' forums.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/community/search.php?searchid=878170
3. Advanced search (variant)
To the left of the 'community' tab (beyond the leaf logo) are "reviews",
"articles" and "200[degrees]", click on any one of these.
Scroll down the page, keeping a close eye on the menu on the left until
you spot "Search BushcraftUK" and click on that, or use this link:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/content/search.php
I've not played around with this one yet so will have a play with it at some
point in the future and edit.
4. Search a user's posts
First catch your user - you can do a search for them to find any thread
they've posted in. Click on their name / avatar and watch as a little
menu unfurls before your eyes.
Click on the "find all posts by [user]"
Alternative - click on their Profile and use the "Find all posts by [user]".
5. Using Google to do the search
I'm lifting this from a previous thread - cos I'm lazy / efficient like that.
When you search for words or phrases in Google it searches in all of the
available web pages - and there are millions of them.
You can restrict things so that Google just searches for that word or phrase
within a particular website. The way to do that is to add the word site: in front
of whichever website you want to search in.
Example
eg. "site:www.bushcraftuk.com/community firesteel"
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=site:www.bushcraftuk.com/community+firesteel&meta=
It's also possible to restrict your search to particular filetypes, eg
filetype
DF bushcraft hunts for anything where 'bushcraft' is mentioned in a PDF.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=filetype:pdf+firesteel&meta=
Happy searching
Jo
