Forum:Search question

Is there a way to set my wiki or my preferences so that if I type a word in the search box that is the exact name of a page on my wiki, the search doesn't take me directly to that page? I want to be able to search my entire wiki to get a list of any page that has that word in it.

Also, there are some words I can search for that may bring me to a list of pages with that word, but not every page that mentions the word will be listed in the search results. Is there a way to fix that?

Teknomage 18:31, September 16, 2011 (UTC)
 * Go to Special:Search. 18:33, September 16, 2011 (UTC)

Okay, special search may... not take me directly to a page, but the list of pages it brings up still doesn't include every page with that word. I can remember enough of the work I've already done on creating and editing my wiki to know there are more pages than the search lists, but I can't trust my memory to catch everything I've written in the past. (In fact ironically, searching for a word from special search doesn't even always include the page that bears that name in the results.) Teknomage 18:49, September 16, 2011 (UTC)


 * While we're asking search questions, is there a way to set the main Wikia search bar so it behaves like the Monobook search bar? I mean, I know you can get the same effect by going to Special:Search and changing some settings, but I'd like to make it so that the average user can get matches on redirects again, like it was/is in Monobook.  18:43:40 Fri 16 Sep 2011


 * oasis/Wikia is different. About the original post, you can first press enter when you are in the search field, so it brings you to Special:Search page and then do the search from there. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 20:09, September 16, 2011 (UTC)