Help talk:Searching

Is there a way to have the Search function NOT go directly to a page that is named exactly what you are searching on? For example, in the Fallout wikia, if I search on "Kevin", it brings me directly to a page for a character named Kevin in the game Fallout Tactics. But what I want to do is find all uses of "Kevin" in the wikia for the Fallout *3* game. You can see that there are some Kevins in Fallout 3 by searching on e.g. "Kevin radiation"... but I want to find all mentions of Kevin on the FO3 wikia, not just those tied to some other term. Clear as mud? Thanks if you can help! -RedKnight7 17:02, 18 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Aye, the normal way search works on the Monaco skin is as a "go" button (for simplicity). However, you can avoid this by clicking on the search button (arrow with magnifying glass) with an empty box. This brings you directly to the advanced search page, Special:Search. Kirkburn (talk) 15:45, 19 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks Kirkburn, that was easy! Do you think it's worth putting on the Searching page? While the page mentions using the "+" as one way to search, it doesn't specifically say it will help with this problem. Then again, I don't know how many of your wikias use the Monaco skin. I do know, though, that this isn't the first time I've come across this problem. -RedKnight7 22:49, 19 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I've tweaked it a bit more, hopefully making it a little clearer. Kirkburn (talk) 16:37, 20 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I appreciate that greatly. It still doesn't specifically address the problem I experienced, though. Prior to your telling me about the "+", I assumed that the "+" was going to have the same problem as using the Search box already there, so I didn't bother to try it. So, see why I asked whether this might be specifically addressed on the Page? However, if there aren't many wikias using the Monaco skin, it may be more clutter to explain, than is worth the space on the Page. I leave the decision of whether it's worth including, up to you. Thanks for being here! -RedKnight7 17:14, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Monaco Search Bar
Any way to adjust the search bar for the Monaco skin to do a search similar to the Monobook skin search bar? Under Monobook, it drops down very similar to Wikipedia (in fact they are probably the same skin). Having this drop down though allows a MUCH easier search. Is this something that is possible to include under the MediaWiki common pages, or is it something that needs to be looked at under future versions of MediaWiki? Any ideas on how or if it's possible to change it will be helpful. --M1shawhan 05:04, March 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * Do you mean how suggestions pop out under the search bar as you type? That functionality is already around - possibly you searched a title without its namespace on this wiki? (Everything is in the Help: namespace.) By the way, Monobook is the skin currently used by default on Wikipedia. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  09:39, March 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * In a way, yes, the suggestions. The type of search Wikipedia is using is more of a "true search", which will find all types of searches, even those under different namespaces. It also will create a scroll bar which extends itself to fit the longest word of the search suggest. I have been trying to find out if this something that can be updated on wikia as a whole or if it is a script we can "adjust" under our own sites. Any ideas? --M1shawhan 23:18, March 23, 2010 (UTC)