'SEARCH' feature messed up?

[treg50]

I did a search for a topic that I know exists but when I click search I get this:

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But when I go back to Search and see the history of recent searches I see my query and it says Results = 5 (i did it twice and my search showed up twice in the histor). That means it found 5 results buuuut why isn't it showing me?

[MudCrawler]

The search feature on this site generally is complete garbage.

[rage2]

The search engine isn't garbage, the end user (being you) has to know how to use the search features by clicking the right options. In any case, I've changed the defaults to make it easier for people that can't click the right options when performing searches.

[treg50]

Okay, well just saying it didn't working for me even though I've done searches before and it's always worked. I searched the way i normally do it and it didn't work this time. Just curious.

Searched for: Alias
In: Entertainment
Search: titles (or whatever it is, not entire posts)
Show as: Posts (not threads or whatever)

^This didn't work for me on the Search page.

However, when I did the search (using the field at the bottom of the page) while inside the Entertainment Forum it worked.

[MudCrawler]

Originally posted by rage2
The search engine isn't garbage, the end user (being you) has to know how to use the search features by clicking the right options. In any case, I've changed the defaults to make it easier for people that can't click the right options when performing searches.

I am fully aware how to use the search function properly, but there are many times where it still will not bring up a certain thread.