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  • John Brown

    May 16, 2008 11:55 a.m. John Brown UltimaDork

    I know that more than one of us will be interested in a searchable archive... Plans?

  • Tim Baxter

    May 16, 2008 11:55 a.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor

    Of the old board? Yes, definitely planned.

  • John Brown

    May 16, 2008 12:00 p.m. John Brown UltimaDork

    I think all the good questions have been asked.

  • donalson

    May 19, 2008 11:01 a.m. donalson New Reader

    good good... so much good stuff would be lost with out it :(

  • TJ

    Nov. 8, 2009 8:19 p.m. TJ HalfDork

    Is this ever going to happen? Now that there is almost a year and half worth of posts to have the older stuff available would just let us read old threads that said the same things in slightly different ways.

    If I get a vote I'd say don't waste your time on it. Mostly I just wanted to find a thread on the last page and bring it up to the top. Recycling because I care about the children and all.

  • EvanB

    Nov. 8, 2009 8:28 p.m. EvanB HalfDork

    http://archive.grassrootsmotorsports.com/board/

  • Woody

    Nov. 8, 2009 9:11 p.m. Woody SuperDork

    John Brown wrote:

    I think all the good questions have been asked.

    I'd like to know if the answer has always been "Miata".

  • Sultan

    Nov. 8, 2009 10:31 p.m. Sultan New Reader

    I have to say the the search function on this forum can be a bit of a pain in the pipe. When I want to search for info on a car I can't narrow the results. So If I want to learn about Miatas then I get results from everybody who posted their car in reader's rides.

    I hope you can tell me I'm doing it wrong and show me the way.....

    As for the digital version of the mag, the only feature I would want is to be able to search articles about specific cars.....I would then print them out so I can read them in my "Executive library".

  • Dr. Hess

    Nov. 9, 2009 8:37 a.m. Dr. Hess PowerDork

    Woody wrote:

    I'd like to know if the answer has always been "Miata".

    No. Sometimes it's "20 valve."

  • 914Driver

    Nov. 9, 2009 9:10 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork

    No Woody, sometimes the answer is Wartburg.

  • Adrian_Thompson

    Nov. 9, 2009 9:31 a.m. Adrian_Thompson Reader

    No No no.

    THE answer is forty two, come on guys.

  • Adrian_Thompson

    Nov. 9, 2009 9:31 a.m. Adrian_Thompson Reader

    The problem is'what's the question?'

  • GameboyRMH

    Nov. 9, 2009 1:59 p.m. GameboyRMH UltraDork

    I never had a problem searching the archives

  • Schmidlap

    Nov. 9, 2009 2:46 p.m. Schmidlap Reader

    Sultan wrote:

    ...When I want to search for info on a car I can't narrow the results... I hope you can tell me I'm doing it wrong and show me the way.....

    Sultan,

    when you type "miata" into the search field at the top of the page you will get results from where ever "miata" is found, whether it's in the forums, articles, reader's rides etc. However, when looking at that enormous list of results, over on the right hand side of the page is an advanced search function that you can use to narrow down your results. You can select results from just the forums, back issues, project updates, readers rides etc. It really helps to narrow things down.

    I don't know how long it's been there as I just noticed it last week after complaining (in my head) for months about the same problem you've been having.

    Hope this helps,

    Bob

  • Nov. 9, 2009 3:46 p.m. Nashco SuperDork

    Go to google. Type (with the quotations) "grassroots motorsports" and then whatever else you are searching for. Example:

    "grassroots motorsports" miata end links

    I've found this method to be the most time efficient when trying to find something specific on the GRM forums.

    Bryce

  • Jeff

    Nov. 9, 2009 3:53 p.m. Jeff Dork

    Use Google site search. Type the following

    miata girls car site:grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum

    Works every time

  • Nov. 9, 2009 8:05 p.m. Nashco SuperDork

    Jeff wrote:

    Use Google site search. Type the following

    miata girls car site:grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum

    Works every time

    Keep in mind that this won't search the archived forum, you'd have to do that seperately using the site search.

    Bryce

 

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