From 7c34a3676d294c9a1acc69f71ab3061074509160 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harald Eilertsen Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 06:59:19 +0000 Subject: Rework Help module + begin tests for Setup module --- doc/en/AdvancedSearch.md | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/en/AdvancedSearch.md (limited to 'doc/en/AdvancedSearch.md') diff --git a/doc/en/AdvancedSearch.md b/doc/en/AdvancedSearch.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a67c1fc1f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/en/AdvancedSearch.md @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +Advanced Directory Search +========================= + + +Advanced Directory Search is enabled in "Expert Mode" from your Settings => Additional features page. + +On the Directory page an option named "Advanced" will apear in the "Find Channels" widget (typically in the sidebar). Clicking "Advanced" will open another search box for entering advanced search requests. + +Advanced requests include + +* name=xxx +[Channel name contains xxx] + +* address=xxx +[Channel address (webbie) contains xxx] + +* locale=xxx +[Locale (typically 'city') contains xxx] + +* region=xxx +[Region (state/territory) contains xxx] + +* postcode=xxx +[Postcode or zip code contains xxx] + +* country=xxx +[Country name contains xxx] + +* gender=xxx +[Gender contains xxx] + +* marital=xxx +[Marital status contains xxx] + +* sexual=xxx +[Sexual preference contains xxx] + +* keywords=xxx +[Keywords contain xxx] + +There are many reasons why a match may not return what you're looking for, as many channels do not provide detailed information in their default (public) profile, and many of these fields allow free-text input in several languages - and this may be difficult to match precisely. For instance you may have better results finding somebody in the USA with 'country=u' (along with some odd channels from Deutschland and Bulgaria and Australia) because this could be represented in a profile as US, U.S.A, USA, United States, etc... + +Future revisions of this tool may try to smooth over some of these difficulties. + +Requests may be joined together with 'and', 'or', and 'and not'. + +Terms containing spaces must be quoted. + +Example: + + name="charlie brown" and country=canada and not gender=female + +#include doc/macros/main_footer.bb; -- cgit v1.2.3