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guys... thanks for the replies. i had no idea my question would snowball soo much.  ok... the search might work as the smf designers intended. but i would argue if it works differently to all other bulletin boards... then that is bad design and ergonomics on their part. (assuming they are worng...

hey... thanks for letting us know.

but... nevertheless... my original very small point still stands: there is a fault (a very very minor fault) on the forum. 

Never had much problems with the search function. Only thing to keep in mind is, that when you search, SMF will search in the forum you're currently in by default. If you would like to search through all forums, you will have to navigate to the main forum page, or click the advanced link next to th...

welll someone had to do it. 

so i was right all along. 

well... ya... and i think this is a mistake.   
all other bulletin boards... you can just type in the username and search.

erm... well since you guys ask... all i did was just type my username in and search.
this work with all other forums.
(i'm sure by using a common search term like "a" would do the trick... but besides my point still stands - the search facility should work!)   

erm... well... i wasn't searching for anything critical and life threatening.    i was just searching for my own posts. i searched for posts that my username had made. the search didn't work. i posted here. and was told that the search for the forum AND the website didn't really work... an...

i still haven't got my head round joomla properly yet. but heck... i like what i see so far.  i think it's soooo damn silly to have a non functioning website.  there's lots of open source bulletin boards. install in minutes. but... ya the hard work is making it look and feel different to t...

hmmm ok. 
sounds dodgy to me though.
i still say the the search button has no right be there if it doesn't work.

if u guys need any help programming a working search function, let me know. 

The Joomla search function is not being used when searching on the forum. We are using the default SMF forum search function, and more people have trouble finding the things they need. doesn't make sense what ur saying. search not working? hey.. get rid of the button! default SMF? what's that? so.....

Wasn't sure where to post this message. I tried searching for message I had posted. I wanted a link someone had given in one of the replies. The search came up with no results. There must be something wrong with the search in that case...? I found my message in the end anyways. Can some let Mr Jooml...