The Invaluable Search Button

[Kazza]

Rootschatters,

You may have noticed a Banner Link to the Search Button has recently appeared.  

I would be lost without that little button.  Anyone who has not used it is missing out on a very powerful tool in Rootschat.

I have an interest in Railways,  so many of my ancestors seemed to work on them.  I have done a search on Railway and found so much to help me.  You can see:

- who else has a similar interest,  
- all of the posted links,  
- who has ancestors on the railway
- and who lived in Railway Terrace

all on one page.  All with shortcuts to their full threads.  

I use it to search for names,  categories and all sorts.  It really is worth doing a search before asking some more general questions as you often find it has been answered elsewhere.

Try a SEARCH today on your area of interest.  You may be surprised what you find.  

Kazza.

[Chris in 1066Land]

Rootschatters

I endorse every word that Kazza has said - it is a very powerful search tool - and I use it a lot myself to find messages that I have been working on a reply for.

But - There is a downside to it:

I used to sign all my posts "Chris in 1066Land (Hastings)" and one day when I had not been on line for a couple of days, I put 'Hastings' in the search button tool to see if anyone had posted anything to do with hastings whilst I was off line - and you know what !!

It came back with hundreds of messages that contained as part of the signature the word 'Hastings'

That is why I now only sign my name as

Chris in 1066Land

[peterbennett]

Chris
       I know how you feel I talk to myself all the time  
making very little sense most of the time
peterbennett

[kevan]

Hi,
   Thanks for this. I only searched for my names, but I guess I know how these things work, and they are extremely useful.
    Just a minor point, it is not entirely obvious (YES, I know it is, but) I would recommend a simpler message like ' search rootschat for' or something like this. I use a similar tool using google where people can search 'my site' or 'everywhere' depending on which checkbox they select, not as good looking, but more obvious.
   Kevan
   

[trystan]

Just a minor point, it is not entirely obvious (YES, I know it is, but) I would recommend a simpler message like ' search rootschat for' or something like this.

Which message do you mean Kevan?

[kevan]

Hi Trystan,
                I was referring to the new search button. I was just saying that it does not really state what you are searcging, although I know it is obvious.
Best
Kevan

[trystan]

Do you mean the "Advert" saying
"Use the  SEARCH BUTTON today -"  ?

[kevan]

Sorry,
         Yes, that's the one.
Kevan

[trystan]

Yes, you are right Kevan, its not terribly obvius what it's for - we are experimenting a little bit at the moment - we want to "FEATURE" the search button for a few days to get people to start using it (even thought the search has been there since day one!!)