Simple tip - how to search for short words
#1
Sorry if this is painfully obvious or covered many time before.

Short strings cannot be searched for in the forum's native search tools.
Quote:One or more of your search terms were shorter than the minimum length. The minimum search term length is 4 characters.

I struck this when searching for 3D and MVC. Very frustrating. However google comes to the rescue.

Simply enter the search into google with the site: tag, eg enter your search term as:

Quote:3d mvc site:forum.xbmc.org

Of course this works with any website that has restrictive searches enabled, or no search capability at all.
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#2
Good tip. I use this on quite a few websites that don't allow for short searches.
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#3
Indeed, it's what I've been using. We also use custom site search from google that does "site:wiki.xbmc.org" for the wiki, because they do such a better job than MediaWiki's search.
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