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    • September 17, 2010 at 12:25 am
    Jerry from Cape Cod
    Participant

      Anyone else having problems retrieving posts from the archive search.  I just did a search and tried to open the post.  The browser brought me back to the NEW forum.  I hope that's a temporary problem otherwise we have lost our best resource….

      Jerry from Cape Cod

      Anyone else having problems retrieving posts from the archive search.  I just did a search and tried to open the post.  The browser brought me back to the NEW forum.  I hope that's a temporary problem otherwise we have lost our best resource….

      Jerry from Cape Cod

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        • September 17, 2010 at 1:37 am
        kwahlbin
        Guest

          Hi Jerry – it appears to be running really slow but it is returning the results for me and I can see the individual posts.  I will work on getting this fixed.  Sorry for the inconvienence.  – Kathy

          • September 17, 2010 at 1:37 am
          kwahlbin
          Guest

            Hi Jerry – it appears to be running really slow but it is returning the results for me and I can see the individual posts.  I will work on getting this fixed.  Sorry for the inconvienence.  – Kathy

            • September 17, 2010 at 2:06 am
            TinaR
            Participant

              Hi Jerry,

              I've been trying the search function all along and am unable to access info that I remember  in the archive. The search is very restrictive. It's virtually impossible to look for individuals. If you want to search  for someone because you remember they mentioned their treatment center…but all you  have is their name… you can't search if they used less than 3 letters IN their name …like JD ( who posted a lot on the Bulletin Board). The date requests are too open ended. How do I know how far the archive goes back or when the post was? I've not been able to search any one person since the changeover.

              I've been going back a few times this week checking to see if it works. I can't find a damn post, even using the names of people I know have posted quite a lot over the last couple of years. Virtually useless unless you  have the exact words or time-frame.  If I had those-I wouldn't need the darn search!

              How far back does the search go? Is the Archive of all posts on the site – Bullein Board and Off-Topic? Does the search extend to early MPIP posts or just MRF posts?

                • September 17, 2010 at 2:42 pm
                W.
                Participant

                  Parts of the archive are indexed by Google.

                  If you restrict your  Google  search with  "site:community.melanoma.org/cgi-bin/mpip", you will be able to find relevant results. For example: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:community.melanoma.org/cgi-bin/mpip+JD&hl=e

                  • September 19, 2010 at 4:21 am
                  TinaR
                  Participant

                    Thanks- it works!  Can you find old Darkside posts in in a similar manner?

                    • September 19, 2010 at 10:54 am
                    W.
                    Participant

                      No, I don't think so. If you try to find the darkside on the internet archive, it shows you this side: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mpip.org/mac/bb/index.html

                      In other words: the darkside has never been indexed by search engines…

                      • September 19, 2010 at 1:30 pm
                      TinaR
                      Participant

                        Oh, that's good and bad.  Good the gross stuff  is gone /  Bad the fun … even worse ( for me)- I'll never replace what I'm looking for — lost forever. Damn computer crashes and Internet inconsistency- why two archived and not the other!  Who's in charge of this World Wide Web thing anyway? They are not doing a very good job ( of pleasing me angel).

                        On the upside…the name of that site is really cute…the "Way Back Machine"- adorable!  Thanks :).

                        • September 19, 2010 at 1:30 pm
                        TinaR
                        Participant

                          Oh, that's good and bad.  Good the gross stuff  is gone /  Bad the fun … even worse ( for me)- I'll never replace what I'm looking for — lost forever. Damn computer crashes and Internet inconsistency- why two archived and not the other!  Who's in charge of this World Wide Web thing anyway? They are not doing a very good job ( of pleasing me angel).

                          On the upside…the name of that site is really cute…the "Way Back Machine"- adorable!  Thanks :).

                          • September 19, 2010 at 10:54 am
                          W.
                          Participant

                            No, I don't think so. If you try to find the darkside on the internet archive, it shows you this side: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.mpip.org/mac/bb/index.html

                            In other words: the darkside has never been indexed by search engines…

                            • September 19, 2010 at 4:21 am
                            TinaR
                            Participant

                              Thanks- it works!  Can you find old Darkside posts in in a similar manner?

                              • September 17, 2010 at 2:42 pm
                              W.
                              Participant

                                Parts of the archive are indexed by Google.

                                If you restrict your  Google  search with  "site:community.melanoma.org/cgi-bin/mpip", you will be able to find relevant results. For example: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:community.melanoma.org/cgi-bin/mpip+JD&hl=e

                              • September 17, 2010 at 2:06 am
                              TinaR
                              Participant

                                Hi Jerry,

                                I've been trying the search function all along and am unable to access info that I remember  in the archive. The search is very restrictive. It's virtually impossible to look for individuals. If you want to search  for someone because you remember they mentioned their treatment center…but all you  have is their name… you can't search if they used less than 3 letters IN their name …like JD ( who posted a lot on the Bulletin Board). The date requests are too open ended. How do I know how far the archive goes back or when the post was? I've not been able to search any one person since the changeover.

                                I've been going back a few times this week checking to see if it works. I can't find a damn post, even using the names of people I know have posted quite a lot over the last couple of years. Virtually useless unless you  have the exact words or time-frame.  If I had those-I wouldn't need the darn search!

                                How far back does the search go? Is the Archive of all posts on the site – Bullein Board and Off-Topic? Does the search extend to early MPIP posts or just MRF posts?

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