• Use specific keywords: The more specific your keywords, the better your results.
• Use boolean operators: Use "+", "-", and quotation marks to refine your search.
• Optimize content titles and meta keywords: These fields are given priority during search, so make sure they accurately reflect your content.
• Consider enabling the fast custom index: Especially beneficial for large websites or frequent filtered searches.

• Faster filtered searches: Significantly improves search speed when you add filters like category or author.
• Configurable stop words: Control which common words are ignored during search.
• Better stemming: More accurately recognizes variations of words (e.g., "like" and "liking").
• Multilingual support: Indexes content based on different language translations.

• Slight lag in indexing new content: New content takes a short time to be indexed.
• Less accurate ranking: Ranking is based on the most obscure keyword, not a blend of all keywords.
• Cannot perform blank searches: You must enter at least one keyword.

• Content type: Choose to search specific content types like news, forum posts, or Comcode pages.
• Author/Submitter: Search for content submitted by a specific member.
• Date: Limit your search to content submitted within a specific time frame.
• Category (for certain content types): Narrow down your search to specific categories within a content type.

• Using the search bar in the header: This is the simplest way to search. Just type your search term in the box and click the search button.
• Using the 'Search' module: This module offers more detailed search options. You can access it via the 'site:search' page-link (usually under About > Search in the default menu).
• From the Forum: Click the 'Search' button on the forum or use the contextual search box on the forum member bar. This will search within your current forum or topic.

written many tutorials via Arvixe

Made some key contributions to ocPortal

None available

Wrote many tutorials via Arvixe

Coded the chatroom, blogging support, the analytics system, and OcCLE (now Commandr)

Masters Degree in Computer Science degree from The University Of Cambridge

Other work has included helping out with Firefox, and ongoing work on GNOME

Original designer for ocPortal

Also conceived and coded the Theme Wizard and Point Store

Son of one of the early inventors of Internet protocols (Usenet, aka Internet newsgroups)

Token non-brit

Ran some of the early websites where ocPortal came from

Technically the original developer of ocPortal, in that he wrote the first few lines of code

Heavily involved in the feature design process

Hosted some of our early meet-ups

Original developer of ocPortal, former lead developer of Composr CMS

Masters degree in Computer Science from The University Of Sheffield

Undertaken work for over 15 FTSE-100 companies, as well as many small and mid-sized organisations. Includes a number of banks and major brands.

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