How to search for exact phrae?

Elrond · Post by **Elrond** » Thu Aug 08, 2024 1:55 am

Is there a way of searching exact phrase? e.g. I’m looking for post with “soft feet”. But it comes back with anything containing either ofthe words as oppose to the exact term. I’ve tried single as well as double quotes but to no success.

Post by **Tsall** » Thu Aug 08, 2024 1:52 pm

I just tried with double quotes and every post from the search result had "soft feet" in it.
See: search.php?keywords=%22soft+feet%22&ter ... mit=Search

The double quote in your post above is not the normal one, looks like you are using a different unicode character.
“ vs. "

Elrond · Post by **Elrond** » Thu Aug 08, 2024 6:53 pm

Tsall wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 1:52 pm I just tried with double quotes and every post from the search result had "soft feet" in it.
See: search.php?keywords=%22soft+feet%22&ter ... mit=Search

The double quote in your post above is not the normal one, looks like you are using a different unicode character.
“ vs. "

Oh! Thanks for noticing. Hmmm now to figure out how to get those double quotes to come up!

Noobster 8-64 · Post by **Noobster 8-64** » Thu Aug 08, 2024 8:03 pm

You can also search for forum content directly from Google. In my experience, even though they’re external, Google does a good job. Just type 'soft feet site:dollforum.com' in the search bar. Good luck!

Elrond · Post by **Elrond** » Fri Aug 09, 2024 2:07 am

Noobster 8-64 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 8:03 pm You can also search for forum content directly from Google. In my experience, even though they’re external, Google does a good job. Just type 'soft feet site:dollforum.com' in the search bar. Good luck!

Thanks for the tip!

Elrond · Post by **Elrond** » Fri Aug 09, 2024 4:33 am

Tsall wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2024 1:52 pm I just tried with double quotes and every post from the search result had "soft feet" in it.
See: search.php?keywords=%22soft+feet%22&ter ... mit=Search

The double quote in your post above is not the normal one, looks like you are using a different unicode character.
“ vs. "

Just in case someone else is getting what I'm getting with double quotes ... I'm using a Mac (but I'm pretty sure it's for any computer) and this is actually a feature in Settings -> Keyboard to use "smart quotes". So by turning this off, it will revert to "straight" quotation marks as oppose to the "curly" quotation marks.