Search help

This page will tell you how to use the search in a more comprehensive way than already explained on the search page. It will also help you to make better use of the search and how to get more useful information from it.


Help screen layout


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1. Search field
In this field is where you enter what you are wishing to search the site for. Pressing enter after you have filled in what you wish to search for will begin the search.
2. The simple explanation
This paragraph gives a very simple explanation of how to use the search.
3. Search type
The search type allows you to select which method you wish your search to found. Each method produces different results and searched in different ways to the other.

Search for 'phrase':
This option will make the search engine look through the site for the exact phrase that is written in the search field.
Having a larger search string using the 'phrase' option will retrieve little or no matches this is because the larger the phrase, the less chance there is of actually finding a match.

Search for 'words':
This option will make the search engine look through the site for occurrences of one any one of the words in the search.
So if you enter many words it is probable that you will find many matched. But if you enter only one word it is likely that you will find only a couple of matches.

4. Search image
Clicking on this image will send your request away for your search to be executed. As well as clicking on the image you could also press enter when you are in the search field.

Things to note when using the search:
- Any non alphanumerical character will be stripped from the search field before the search commences, all with the exception of the space character. So if you try to search for 'help?' the search will remove the '?' then commence searching for 'help'.

- The search is case insensitive, so having capitals in your search will make no difference to the number a matches you get.

- You must enter a search phrase when you search for something or you will just be given an error.