It seems to me that many of you don't know
a)what the search button is
or
b)how the hell to use it correctly.

Step One: Get to the search screen.
Before you make a topic, you should always use the search button. It is located on the top right of your screen in between live chat and members. Here, I'll make it even easier: SEARCH BUTTON PAGE

Step Two: Find what you are looking for.
Type in your key phrase/words in the box named "Enter a keyword or phrase".
Then, this is probably the step most of you miss, go down to where is says "Search posts from... and chose ANY DATE. This will show any topic that has to do with what you searched for. THIS IS THE MOST IMPORATANT STEP DAMNIT

Step Three: Post your topic/post in the topic.
If you did not find a topic that matched what you were going to post, then please post it up!

Buuuut if you did, just bring back the old topic and please make it worth while. If the topic had something to do about colours and you were just going to insert a one word response, don't bother.


See, now that wasn't hard was it?! Please embrace the search button

This post has been edited by xxcrazyjewxx: Jun 16 2005, 12:20 PM

I thought you left cb

someone should pin this topic too about using the search button.

came back
along with the others that "left cb"

yeah..but only because people dont read every thing on the search page skip over the "any date" selection and end up searching only for the last 30 days

No matter how many times people say to use the search button, there's always that one person who doesn't.

She felt sorry for your asses!! ok she didn't but cB was not the same without rachel.

Anyways, good job poo

thats great, rache

That's great, Rachel! I hope this will get pinned soon!

if only people would read this!

^ they will if it's pinned.

What a great tutorial Rachel! Now people would acually search (hopefully) before posting a new topic.

again, shouldn't this be pinned?

But even if it IS pinned, many newbies just skip over the rules and the pinned sections. U_U;; or at least, from what I know...

its true, people usually do skip over the pinned section, but nonetheless

topic pinned

Not all newbies. Some will some wont. If this isn't pinned, people won't even notice it.

EDIT// pheww nicki to the rescue.

Umm. I'm not back. Besides, I said when I left that I would still be lurking. Why don't you mind your own buisness and IDK, maybe get over youself



Anyways guys, thanks for pinning it =). Hopefully it will help some poor lost souls and cut down on the repeat topics.

Fantastic job with the info, Rachel!

i really hope it does!

Kudos for a very much needed topic. While some members will still overlook this topic and post a duplicate topic with out searching anyways, at least now we have a place to send them to and educated them about the importance of searching.

No need to get so defensive i did not mean that in a mean way

rachel,, ilu

btw i mighta missed this, but aare you back?

Repeating that in PM would be much better.

was this made in honour of me? lol

Not really. Does it matter at all? No.

Paul, meh not really.

Heathasm, I was just joking around

And my lovely Nicole: Not back, just lurking with random posts

^ Rache, you're a genuis for creating this topic.

If I was a newbie, I would probably think "use the search button" is just an expression to confuse newbies.

I never thought the searching page would actually need a tutorial... but now I think no one can ever have an excuse to post duplicate topics anymore.

Thank you for making this topic.