Search Option!!!

[eddspira]

Like to see a big search box!!! Thanks

[Meat-Head]

yeah - can the "this forum needs 10 seconds bewteen searches" be disabled during peak hours - 745AM - 6PM

Thanks

[Devilfish]

yeah - can the "this forum needs 10 seconds bewteen searches" be disabled during peak hours - 745AM - 6PM

Thanks

This is a security feature which stops someone sending hundreds of search queries every second, bringing the server to its knees. Otherwise known as a DoS Attack.

So Sorry, no, it can't be changed.

Some good reading...

Denial-of-service attack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Meat-Head]

This is a security feature which stops someone sending hundreds of search queries every second, bringing the server to its knees.

Cool - you learn something new everyday.

So how come with our top poster GMB45 it doesn't shut down - or does he have his own seprate server that can cope with a 'DoS attatck' or 'Multiposting GMB45'

[didi_du_93000]

How can i make a multi word search please?

[Devilfish]

Use a string like this...

"Satellite" AND "technomate"

[Meat-Head]

Just on phone so aquard to try

When searching for ~~~~ on google sometimes find this helpfull

"Tracy barlow OR "hot bird from parts place"

Also usefull. "Sheep" -"wellys"

Finds webpages of sheep but excludes pages with wellys

Never figered. "Goat" +"wellys". Search

[berny6969]

10 seconds to search ?