Changing Search Widget Settings

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  ssoridethrough · Member · Mar 7, 2013 at 9:18 pm

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  I want to change the settings of the search bar widget to only search for tags used on my post or to highlight posts, and not just words in the post itself. My blog is a walk through of an online game and I tag all of my posts with the name of each quest with the purpose that players with questions can search for the name of the specific quest they are having trouble with. Is there a way to do that?

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 7, 2013 at 10:06 pm

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  Afraid not; the search does not work on titles or tags, just on content.

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  ssoridethrough · Member · Mar 8, 2013 at 11:02 pm

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  :/ Okay.

  Is there a way that specific phrases can be searched? Not just single words. Like do putting the keywords in quotations work?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Mar 8, 2013 at 11:26 pm

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  It seems to me that there are some query stuff that can be used, but I can’t remember for sure. I’ll tag this for staff attention since they are likely the only ones that would know for sure.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 8, 2013 at 11:37 pm

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  Not really, we don’t have any specific query additions, but it does search contextually for the all search terms.

  So, if you search for two words (without quotes), it will only find posts with those two words.

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  ssoridethrough · Member · Mar 10, 2013 at 11:42 pm

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  Okay. Thanks. Is there a way to remove the search bar altogether?

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 10, 2013 at 11:52 pm

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  On some themes, it is built in, and you’d need the Custom Design upgrade to remove or hide it. You could just switch themes to one that does not have it built in, though. If you use one of those then it’s literally just a widget, and you can take it out or put it in the sidebar as you please.