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= Searching MoodleDocs =
There is a seach facility located in a block on the left hand side of every MoodleDocs page. You can enter your search text and then click either 'Go' or 'Search'.
There is a seach facility located in a block on the left hand side of every MoodleDocs page. You can enter your search text and then click either 'Go' or 'Search'.


== Go ==
== Go button ==


If you select Go, or press Enter, it first looks for an article with exactly the given string as its title, and if one is found immediately goes to the indicated article. If Go fails to find an article, it then automatically executes Search.
If you select Go, or press Enter, it first looks for an article with exactly the given string as its title, and if one is found immediately goes to the indicated article. If Go fails to find an article, it then automatically executes Search.


== Search ==
== Search button ==


Search is a full-text search for the given words listing Articles with titles that match first, then articles with matches in the main body of the text.
Search is a full-text search for the given words listing Articles with titles that match first, then articles with matches in the main body of the text.
= Searching MoodleDocs and Moodle.org forums with Google =
The search box at the top right of the [http://moodle.org Moodle.org homepage] will search both the contents of the Moodle.org forums and the MoodleDocs wiki at the same time. This search is powered by [[Google]] which has some unique search features but this means the results are not updated immediately when the content changes.


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Revision as of 13:42, 13 April 2006

Searching MoodleDocs

There is a seach facility located in a block on the left hand side of every MoodleDocs page. You can enter your search text and then click either 'Go' or 'Search'.

Go button

If you select Go, or press Enter, it first looks for an article with exactly the given string as its title, and if one is found immediately goes to the indicated article. If Go fails to find an article, it then automatically executes Search.

Search button

Search is a full-text search for the given words listing Articles with titles that match first, then articles with matches in the main body of the text.


Searching MoodleDocs and Moodle.org forums with Google

The search box at the top right of the Moodle.org homepage will search both the contents of the Moodle.org forums and the MoodleDocs wiki at the same time. This search is powered by Google which has some unique search features but this means the results are not updated immediately when the content changes.