# searching forums via the web interface?

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/searching-forums-via-the-web-interface/23708>\
**Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\
**Created:** [March 7, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/searching-forums-via-the-web-interface/23708 "2013-03-07T15:52:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/searching-forums-via-the-web-interface/23708/1 "2013-03-07T15:52:28Z")

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Is it not possible to search the chat forum? Every search I try  
returns no results. I even searched on “KVM” since I had a recent  
posting about that. No results. ?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/searching-forums-via-the-web-interface/23708/2 "2013-03-07T18:10:00Z")

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Ken:

No, the chat forum was excluded from the search feature, based on the  
notions that, at the time, the volume in chat was high enough to choke  
the indexing of the forum, and that it’s not a support forum, and the  
search is intended for support. : )

–  
Susan  
Novell Community Chat Moderator

[http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq\_rules](http://forums.novell.com/faq.php?faq=novfor#faq_rules)  
[http://www.ncci.org](http://www.ncci.org) NCCIrregulars Web Site  
[https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars](https://www.facebook.com/groups/NCCIrregulars)

Please read the following before posting in here:  
[http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy)

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**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/searching-forums-via-the-web-interface/23708/3 "2013-03-07T18:47:21Z")

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Hey KeN Etter,  
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> User-Agent: XanaNews/1.19.1.320[/color]

What Susan sez. Xana has a decent search/filter function. Give that a  
go.

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Kim - 3/7/2013 9:46:50 AM

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/searching-forums-via-the-web-interface/23708/4 "2013-03-07T19:20:05Z")

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Susan wrote:  
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> Ken:
> 
> No, the chat forum was excluded from the search feature, based on the  
> notions that, at the time, the volume in chat was high enough to choke  
> the indexing of the forum, and that it’s not a support forum, and the  
> search is intended for support. : )[/color]

Ok. Thanks for the info.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/searching-forums-via-the-web-interface/23708/5 "2013-03-07T19:20:42Z")

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kgroneman wrote:  
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> Hey KeN Etter,  
> [color=green]
> 
> > User-Agent: XanaNews/1.19.1.320[/color]
> 
> What Susan sez. Xana has a decent search/filter function. Give that  
> a go.[/color]

Ok…I’ll give it a try.