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Posted: 15 June 2005 09:15 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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Let’s say I have one or more forums with say 1,000 entries.  I run either a simple or an advanced search, looking for the word “foobar”.  I’m returned say, 123 entries that have “foobar” in them.

Ecstatic, I click on the first entry.  It’s not exactly what I want, so I’m inclined to want to go to the next entry.  Due to the dynamic nature of the search page, I cannot go back, nor can I hit a “next” button.  I have to go all the way back to the Search screen, enter in “foobar”, and hit Search, again and again and again until I find the foobar I really wanted.  Not very efficient.

Please tell me there is a better way, and that somebody has figured it out already.

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Posted: 29 June 2005 01:56 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Village Idiot - 15 June 2005 09:15 AM

Let’s say I have one or more forums with say 1,000 entries.  I run either a simple or an advanced search, looking for the word “foobar”.  I’m returned say, 123 entries that have “foobar” in them.

Ecstatic, I click on the first entry.  It’s not exactly what I want, so I’m inclined to want to go to the next entry.  Due to the dynamic nature of the search page, I cannot go back, nor can I hit a “next” button.  I have to go all the way back to the Search screen, enter in “foobar”, and hit Search, again and again and again until I find the foobar I really wanted.  Not very efficient.

Please tell me there is a better way, and that somebody has figured it out already.

You could right-click on the results and open them in a new window?

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Posted: 29 June 2005 06:32 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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Gee, that was easy…  smile  Now I have to figure out how to train thousands of people to right-click, when appropriate.

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Posted: 30 June 2005 06:31 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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Village Idiot - 15 June 2005 09:15 AM

Let’s say I have one or more forums with say 1,000 entries.  I run either a simple or an advanced search, looking for the word “foobar”.  I’m returned say, 123 entries that have “foobar” in them.

Ecstatic, I click on the first entry.  It’s not exactly what I want, so I’m inclined to want to go to the next entry.  Due to the dynamic nature of the search page, I cannot go back, nor can I hit a “next” button.  I have to go all the way back to the Search screen, enter in “foobar”, and hit Search, again and again and again until I find the foobar I really wanted.  Not very efficient.

Please tell me there is a better way, and that somebody has figured it out already.

I don’t have an answer for you using pMachine Pro, but check EE’s forum search. It might be a solution for you.

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Posted: 30 June 2005 03:27 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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VI, thinking about it, there must be something in one of the files somewhere that lest you change the way the code works (ie. add a target=“_blank” option).

Perhaps one of the Admins could advise (seeing as I’ve hardly covered myself in glory of late! rolleyes )

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Posted: 30 June 2005 05:18 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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Edit Templates > search > Search Results.  You could add a target= attribute there if you wanted.

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