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    Posted: September 09 2010 at 12:21
Last few times I've tried to perform a search on the site, it hasn't given me any results or the "no results found" text. Even when I search for things that I know are on the site. Anyone else having this problem?
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2010 at 12:53
This usually happens when the results are from more than 6 months ago, as the default setting is for "Last 6 months". Try changing the search criteria to "any date".
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2010 at 13:04
Just did a search for Genesis.....no problem.
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Points: 7028 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2010 at 13:19
Originally posted by TheGazzardian TheGazzardian wrote:

Last few times I've tried to perform a search on the site, it hasn't given me any results or the "no results found" text. Even when I search for things that I know are on the site. Anyone else having this problem?
I always find it more successful to do a google search with filter on the home page than the topic search on the forum. Try thatSmile
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Points: 8826 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2010 at 13:35
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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

This usually happens when the results are from more than 6 months ago, as the default setting is for "Last 6 months". Try changing the search criteria to "any date".

I should clarify that I was searching on the site, not the forum. However, I just tried again, and I now know it to be a google chrome issue, not a progarchives issue.

When you type in a website in google chrome, it lets you press tab to do a search on that site. If you have performed a search on the site before, chrome is supposed to remember the search URL so you can search easier, so if you haven't performed a search on the site before it doesn't let you.

But it seems Google Chrome somehow got the wrong search URL...if I actually search on the site, I get this search:

http://www.progarchives.com/google-search-results.asp?cof=FORID:10&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Sub+Rosa&cx=partner-pub-0447992028883143:j1syec-2iv1&sa=search&siteurl=www.progarchives.com/

And if I search using Google Chromes shortcut feature, it gives me:

http://www.progarchives.com/google-search-results.asp?cof=cof&ie=ie&q=Sub+Rosa&cx=cx&sa=sa&siteurl=siteurl
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 09 2010 at 13:54
Good to know there was an answer.Thumbs Up
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