flowerdry Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Wasn't sure where to put this topic, so I figured studio operations would have to suffice. I have always been a bit frustrated when trying to search previous topics on the forum. Well yesterday I was reading one of Marcias comments about "bray wax" and as I had no idea what that was, I googled it. Came up with a great previous forum discussion on wax resists. Interestingly, when I then tried to search the topic on the forum search tool using various relevent words, I got no results. So, from now on, I'm just going directly to google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebekah Krieger Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 I have noticed i get less results when searching in a specific category. If you go to the home of the forums rather than in a section, you will likely find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 I often will check on titles, that are in the forum, using Google, to check spelling. When misspelled, I will change the title to be correct. When a title is ambiguous, I send the originator of the strand a message suggesting a clarified title. This has resulted in a corrected title that makes sense. I do this to ensure that the search engines will be able to include titles correctly in searches. I do meddle, hope I am not offensive. Best, Pres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 If you are looking for Bray wax, you could try emailing claybiz@archiebray.org I don't know if they still sell it. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Bridge Pottery Posted May 17, 2015 Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 I agree the search forum doesn't really find what you are asking for. Even when searching for my own topics and I know what the title/subject is about it struggles. Easier to go on my profile and find all topics I have posted. Google probably does it better with mixed user input. I think there is probably a skill to searching this forum with particular words and options getting you what's needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterH Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Adding site:community.ceramicartsdaily.org or site:community.ceramicartsdaily.org/topic to a google search can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebekah Krieger Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 As I said before- I think the reason people are not finding threads is because they are not searching from the home page but rather in a section or even a topic. Your search will be limited to the section or topic that you are searching from, so you need to go to the home page to broaden your search. I have made this mistake several times in the past, you may not even realize if you are doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sherman Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 Rebekah, that's a great point. I just tested as admin and as a regular member, and it worked just fine (with the very search flowerdry mentioned)---but then I have made that mistake before and have long since forgotten it was something folks might do. Sherman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 it is true, sherman, that your familiarity with something blinds you to the troubles of other people. there have been many members who have indicated dissatisfaction with parts of the forum but no, absolutely no, response from the administrators. a computer expert friend even wrote to a person by name. it took 2-3 months to be read, we never got a reply. i have since deleted the message to gain space. it might be educational to ask a passerby to try to do something like sign in as a new member and watch what ACTUALLY happens. it ain't as easy as you think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerdry Posted May 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Thank you Rebekah! What you said was exactly what I was doing wrong! Once I made sure I was on the forum home page to do a search, it works fine. Yea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudslinger Ceramics Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 Good thread, I've struggled sometimes too. Personally though......wish there was a 'Favourites' option so I could 'collect' all the subject titles I'm interested in in one place.....often lose things when I forget the title or lose great ideas altogether because I can't bookmark them for a later day. Any chance of "Favourite' or 'Bookmark' options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 doesn't using your ability to bookmark as per normal work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
florence w Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Copy and paste what tip you want to remember in an email to yourself using an easy to remember subject line. Save the email in "Pottery" folder. Works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 Either that or make a habit of posting in a strand you think you might return to. Then your profile will show your posts and put you back to it once you go through the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy_in_GA Posted May 24, 2015 Report Share Posted May 24, 2015 I have stopped relying on any internet site to save things I want to remember. Sites go out of business or they move the page you bookmark and you can't find it again. If a site offers "print this post" (like CAD does) or something similar you can frequently save rather than physically print. Google Chrome has on their print menu, a destination of "save as pdf. You can save it to your local drive, Google drive, skydrive ...whatever your preference. If they don't offer printing, you can usually copy the text, and sometimes the pictures, to a Microsoft word document (or whatever text tool you use) and save it that way. If I do ever want to refer to that topic again now I have a searchable library that I control! I also don't have to keep up with a bunch of printed material that I might never use again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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