Any tips on how to search these forums?

RE: Any tips on how to search these forums?

Phil Chouinard — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:41:47 GMT

The latest we have on this is in http://communities.bentley.com/help/f/9549/p/101733/302432#302432.

RE: Any tips on how to search these forums?

stuartw — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:32:09 GMT

I would like to be able to just search my Activity so that I can find threads that I have been involved in. Will this be possible?

RE: Any tips on how to search these forums?

Phil Chouinard — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:00:35 GMT

This thread is a bit old, but there is a way (with the current site) to search just one community's forums. For the MicroStation Programming community, that would be:

http://communities.bentley.com/search?q=bentley#serpgroup=444&serpcategory=forum&serpsort=date%20desc

Re: Any tips on how to search these forums?

Loren — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 03:00:06 GMT

Yes - I would like to limit the search results to a specific forum - in my example the programming forum. I guess I should have used "MicroStation Programming" in my example.

So to repeat, I would like to enter the search "view rotation forum=[Microstation Programming]" or some similar syntax so I don't see results from Ask Inga's blog or the main v8i forum.

And Yes, I know I have the pulldown option "Search Everything and Search Microstation Programming" when I first enter that forum but the option is gone after I do my first search. I then must use my browser's link to the programming forum to get back to the original page for my next search. Its very awkward.

Re: Any tips on how to search these forums?

Phil Chouinard — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:44:22 GMT

"forum:programming" looks like "google speak". Is there something in particular you are looking for on this site?

Re: Any tips on how to search these forums?

Loren — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:06:24 GMT

I thought I read something once here that you could enter "forum:programming" or something like that. Was that a different site cause I cant seem to find it again and didn;t write it down the first time.

Re: Any tips on how to search these forums?

Phil Chouinard — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:37:48 GMT

The reference to Google for searching is an alternative. There are some indexing issues with some of the internal areas, and those are being looked into as they are found. That said, we are considering various options in "v2.0".

Re: Any tips on how to search these forums?

MaryB — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:33:48 GMT

Why should we have to go to Google when there's supposedly a Search function right here?
Why doesn't the on-site Search box work?

Re: Any tips on how to search these forums?

Lawrence Whitt — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:34:33 GMT

I think I can make this work, thanks.

Re: Any tips on how to search these forums?

Roy Gallier — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:41:23 GMT

Create a Shortcut or a Favorite with the following url and all you will have to do is add the search text to the search box:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acommunities.bentley.com%2Fforums

For posts in which you participated:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Acommunities.bentley.com%2Fforums%20Larry%20Whitt

Another good solution if you use RoboForm is to create a SearchCard.

HTH - Roy

Re: Any tips on how to search these forums?

Phil Chouinard — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:19:24 GMT

If you are looking for just forum posts, have you tried using Google with a site: qualifier? For example, to find posts on AccuSnap in MicroStation V8i:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4SKPB_enUS324US324&q=site%3Acommunities.bentley.com%2Fforums+V8i+AccuSnap&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

You can use a similar technique for Wiki articles:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4SKPB_enUS324US324&q=site%3Acommunities.bentley.com%2Fwiki+V8i+AccuSnap&aq=f&oq=&aqi=