Search tutorial (Enhanced).
sometimes, some people need a screenshot to understand how to use the advanced search, others are unaware of the use of special characters. that's why i made this tutorial.
so if an omniscient person reads this miserable topic.. please ignore ignorant people, your perfection is already known http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_smile.gif. Introduction: what's about here ?hello n00bs ! as I was called Search Bar Alternative by devilicioux and Search tool by Arkshine, I finally decided to finish this top of the search tutorial Content: quick hypertext links. Important. Useful links.top of the search tutorial Important: should be read !this tutorial may help you, no one is omniscient. if you find it too long and complicated, useless, or stupid.. no one is forcing you to read it. read before to post, only significant questions will be answered. all the underlined words are including links, read carefully ! don't use this thread to ask/search for something. avoid posts like "I'll try this", "useless thread", "lol", etc.. a clean thread is better than a spammed one, even if always on the top of list. if you find some errors in my tutorial, please correct me, or if you know better methods, share them http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_wink.gif. top of the search tutorial Search sources: where to search exactly.the Web: using a web browser. the most used one is google. AlliedModders Wiki: the official Alledmodders wiki. amxmodx.org & sourcemod.net: to search for and within the approved plugin threads. the advanced search: the embedded search engine. top of the search tutorial Searching correctly: seriously.if you are asked to search in the wiki, amxmodx or just to "search", at least you need to know where, exactly. The Web:there is no extra explanation about the web search, except that you may get better results if you add the website name in the search sentence (and the OP's username). also avoid long sentences and very common words, cause it will search for all the suggested keywords, and the result will be huge and vague. for better details, use the inverted commas ▼▼. Alliedmodders wiki:it's the official, wiki about amxmodx, sourcemod, and metamodsource. about amxmodx there are two (three about sourcemod & metamod source) sub-section: documentation: the main documentation about how to install metamod, and amxmodx, how to configure it, to add admins, the map specific plugins, everything. scripting: this section is for those who want to learn pawn language. making plugins isn't so easy, so you need a basic knowledge. CS Weapons Information: may be useful to edit basic stuff about some cs weapons, without any real pawn knowledge. amxmodx.org and sourcemod.net:there, you may find: the related news. The advanced search:it's the integrated search engine. it can be fully optimised to find almost everything you are searching for, but you need to know/use its advanced features:
Important: the search result links are ephemeral, never save or share them.top of the search tutorial Special characters (symbols): enter the Matrix.special characters are some limited symbols used to refine your research. Inverted commas:the inverted commas are generally used to search for a whole specific sentence and not to search for a group of keywords, it's useful to find something that we remember but can't find using the classic web search or the local advanced search. example: I need to search for this sentence "my name is two for we are two"no need to add the web site name or any other keyword, just search for this in the web (knowing that it may be notice:
the Number sign: this symbol # is used to search for two combined or separated keywords.syntax: keyword1#keyword2. bad example of use: keyword1 # keyword2. status: highly recommended to search for two (combinated or separated) keywords. the Asterisk: this symbol * is used to replace unknown (from zero to the maximum) character(s).syntax: *keyword1, keyword2*, *keyword3*, key*word4, *key*word5, key*word6*, *key*word7*. bad example of use: key* word8, *key* word9, key *word10*, *key * word11*. status: may find keywords only from a known part.
this brackets () are used for more detailed searchs, you must follow logical ways if you want to use them.syntax: keyword1+(keyword2 -keyword3) or keyword1 not (keyword2 or keyword3) bad example of use: keyword1 -( keyword2 + keyword3 ) or keyword1 + ( keyword2 or keyword3 ). Other characters:I personally ignore the use of other characters like !, ?, $, etc.. top of the search tutorial Logical Operators: 1+1=1 ? AND:syntax: keyword1 and keyword2. remark: it's highly recommended to avoid this operator (except when used with the NOT operator), because it's just ignored and the nearby whitespace characters will be translated as an OR operator. OR:syntax: keyword1 or keyword2. bad example of use: keyword1orkeyword2. NOT:syntax: keyword1 not keyword2 or keyword1 and not keyword2. bad example of use: keyword1notkeyword2. remark: recommended if you want to find a thread containing a keyword1 without containing a keyword2. plus sign "+"syntax: keyword1+keyword2 or keyword1 + keyword2. bad example of use: keyword1+ keyword2 or keyword1 +keyword2. remark: the perfect substitute of the AND operator. minus sign "-"syntax: keyword1 -keyword2 or keyword1 - keyword2. bad example of use: keyword1- keyword2 or keyword1-keyword2. remark: same as the NOT operator. the Whitespace character:syntax: keyword1 keyword2. remark: same as the OR operator.notice: logical operators may be written in small or capital letters. top of the search tutorial Useful examples: (notice that those examples are just here for reference) the Asterisk, the number sign & the plus sign: searching for other tutorials:notice: death*bones is different than death+bones or death#bones the first one is a single keyword with some unknown characters, the second and third one are two combined keywords. the whitespace character & the Parentheses: the whitespace character SHOULD only be used with OR, NOT, AND NOT operators: zombie# OR advance will search separately for those keywords even if they are in the same thread.notice that this is just a theorical example and should not be used to avoid any kind of confusion (afk and kick* are generally present in the same posts). top of the search tutorial Common Keywords: save your time. to search correctly isn't enough, you need to know some very common keywords to avoid missing the most important:
top of the search tutorial FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions): enter the Matrix.Q. I read everything, followed all the steps, but didn't find anything. A. you are off-topic ! this tutorial shows how to search, not to find results ! _____ Q. I can't find a working plugin. A. you are off-topic ! _____ Q. can I ask for something here ? A. only if directly related to the search methods. _____ Q. someone gave me a keyword, where to search for it ? A. firstly in titles, then in posts. _____ Q. I got too many results ! A. search within separated sub-forums/ change or add some keywords. _____ Q. wow, it's complicated ! A. less complicated than pawn language. _____ Q. is the search engine bugged ? A. Yes. I already pointed it out in two public posts, and in the Contact Us link. _____ top of the search tutorial |
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Very nice tutorial, good job :)
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Good TuT ANTICHRISTUS
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A tutorial on how to use the search bar.. that's awesome. :3
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generally I don't answer such comments, and knew that by making such a tutorial I may find myself in an awkward situation. but no, I'm not a fool.
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do you browse the requests section ? I made two screenshots to show people how to put correct keywords in the advanced search panel, some of them don't know how to find the wiki, or how to search minutely in amxmodx.org. by this tutorial, it will be easier for me or any other person to show a part of it, to customize it later, to always refer to the same link rather than writing "search". finally. I was asking for some new unknown methods, not for such comments. |
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The comment wasn't meant to be negative at all, but sort of humorous. I understand that you have spend a lot of time on creating this tutorial. Would you like me to remove it? |
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Well i think that this willnt help biggest part of people. Biggest part of people knows that there is a button for Search. The biggest part dont search because they are lazy. The only excuse for dont find at search something that exists, is search with wrong keywords. So if people are lazy to search, this willnt help because they will be lazy to read it all.
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another example of my methods: my friends works at GSK, when they upgraded his laptop from windows xp to seven, they formated it... http://illiweb.com/fa/i/smiles/icon_eek.gif. I don't format since several years.. any live OS will allow you to access your HDD, remove the whole system files before to reinstall easily. no need to move your gigantic files to another partition/HDD, knowing that will corrupt a lot of data. how to make a live cd ? "search" in the web for some keywords like live windows, BartPE, ubcd4win, winbuilder, knoppix (linux), etc. |
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