How do you search thread archives?

POSTED BY: IndigoStarblaster
UPDATED: Saturday, September 23, 2006 18:52
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INDIGOSTARBLASTER

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:09 PM

A while ago, someone on this site told me how to access Easter eggs for both Firefly and Serenity. I watched them, enjoyed them... and promptly forgot how to find them again.

I have this bright idea that I'll find out again and post instructions on the Wikipedia entries on Serenity and Firefly, but before I can do that, I have to figure out how to find the thread that told me in the first place...

Any help would be appreciated!

Indigo S.

PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:12 PM

Google it. I'd tell you, but I'm tired and can't sentence properly, nor can I remember the easter eggs off top of my head. But google is your friend.

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EMBERS

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:17 PM

yeah, pheonixrose is right..
the easiest way is to google "fireflyfans Easter eggs" if you include the fff name then it will give you the times that was mentioned here.

INDIGOSTARBLASTER

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:20 PM

Shiny. Thank you :)

MAVOURNEEN

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 5:24 PM

I can never remember exactly HOW to phrase the search parameters for google, so I just hit the "Advanced Search" option to the right of the bar, and then put my search words in the top where it says "all of the words" and "fireflyfans.net" under domain. That limits your search to this site.

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UBERGEEK

Wednesday, September 20, 2006 4:19 AM

some one really needs to sticky this.

the way you can search the site with google is:

Type in google search bar:

site:fireflyfans.net Your Seacrh Query Here

that will search ALL of FFF. every nook.

If you only want to search the forum:

site:fireflyfans.net/thread.asp Your Search Query Here

So what you would type in order to search the archives for the easter eggs is:

site:fireflyfans.net/thread.asp Easter Eggs

this wile return any result form the FFF forums containing the words Easter and the word egg(s)

if you want to search for the prase "easter eggs" type

site:fireflyfans.net/thread.asp "Easter Eggs"

hope that helps. I think I will make a thred dedicated to showing people how to search this site. there is too much confusion.

If you have any other questions just ask

SIGMANUNKI

Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:11 AM

http://www.fireflylabs.ca/misc/fffsearch.html

I submitted the above a little while ago for inclusion on this site. Hasn't happened, but I still have it up on my site.

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UBERGEEK

Wednesday, September 20, 2006 5:43 AM

The only problem is it still searches the enitre site. not just the fourms. In order to do just posts on these forums you would need to do:

fireflyfans.net/thread.asp Search Query

Im going to make a big tutoral for people that dont want to dig though search results when they know what they are looking for is in a certan section.

And as for what you have done, All FFF needs to do is copy and paste the HTML/Javascript. 3 miutes of work. Oh well, if you are using FIREFOX http://getfirefox.com <----- Which you SHOULD BE IF YOUR NOT!!!!! (You wont get virsus by *visiting* websites anymore, but if you download them and install them your self you will still get them) You can just press F6 which highlights the address bar, the type in the *word* google then add a space then your search query so in the end your address bar would look like this:

google site:fireflyfans.net I love Firefly

End the end I should just wright a PHP script that in which one could choose from a dropdown menu where they want to search and then their search query is sent to google with out people haveing to remember all the commands. But there is one problem with this. Firefly Fans runs on ASP which, i do not know.

Eventuly what I would like to do is *try* to get me and some other fans (preferably Web Desinger like myself) and redo this site or make a new site and have everyone transfer to the new one.

No Offence to the creator to this site but, Not only is this site ugly, but it has huge usablity issues (for example what this topic is about, the inablity to search, which is a basic function of any real fourm.)

uh, ya so rant over :(

MAVOURNEEN

Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ubergeek:

Eventuly what I would like to do is *try* to get me and some other fans (preferably Web Desinger like myself) and redo this site or make a new site and have everyone transfer to the new one.

No Offence to the creator to this site but, Not only is this site ugly, but it has huge usablity issues (for example what this topic is about, the inablity to search, which is a basic function of any real fourm.)

uh, ya so rant over :(

Wow. How utterly innappropriate.
And you've been a member for a month.

Please, send me an email when your new site is up and running. I'll be sure to sign right up!

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WHOISRIVER

Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:57 PM

Quote:

No Offence to the creator to this site but, Not only is this site ugly, but it has huge usablity issues (for example what this topic is about, the inablity to search, which is a basic function of any real fourm.)

Uhm, it's also by far the largest Firefly website in existence, and has been running for nearly 5 years. At the end of the day, if you don't like it fair enough - but it's just your opinion that it's ugly etc. The evidence that a huge section of the Firefly community for 5 odd years has used this site tends to suggest people might not agree.

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