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Isaac

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If there is one small thing that does kind of still annoy me about this site's functionality (and this is really all there is - I think the site is highly functional as a whole!) - it is the Search function. Generally, I'm searching for my own posts with a keyword. The search results can't even be sorted! Although you would expect that would naturally be sorted by Date descending, they are not - so even if I made a post yesterday with the keyword "freddy spaghetti", it's NOT the top result.

Can this be changed or improved? A search function without filters and even with sort is the worst.
Or am I missing it?
 

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don't have it.

this is the top of my screen after searching:
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and this is the bottom, just load more and more..

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Gasman

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It is on advanced search?

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Oh wow, I never would have guessed sorting was relegated to "advanced"! Thank you
 

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I believe the default sort is "Relevance", so it is sorted, just not to your preference.
 

Uncle Gizmo

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The Search facilities of this site are fantastic!

The old sites search facilities were poor to say the least! I promoted the use of a Google search focused on he sites URL.

No longer!
Now, I use the built in search all the time!

I keep discovering more of its features....
 

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Yeah now that I know I need to use the advanced search I'm sure I'll have a much better time! I was just using the search button and wasn't too happy with those results at all but now I know I need to just always use the other one.
 

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