Happy New Year to all.
I am not really one for New Years resolutions, but this year I have one. I resolve to stop asking stupid questions on this forum. By stupid I mean questions that have already been asked and answered a dozen times. Sure, I am aware that UU has a search feature, but...
Back when I first started using this forum I gave the search feature the old college try. I searched things like scale length, bridge placement - topics that have definitely been covered and then some. Ironically, each time I searched for these common topics the result list was topped by a Pete Howlett post in which he politely suggested using the search feature before posting questions about, well, scale length and bridge placement, etc. [this doesn't seem to be the case anymore as more recent posts top the result list]. That did make me smile, but it did not get me closer to answers.
And so I have posted a few of "those" questions. To be fair, many of you exhibit considerable generosity and patience in helping out newbies with these perennial topics. But as a firm believer in doing one's own homework before involving others, I want to believe that my problem with the search feature is only my ineptitude.
I do have better success going outside the forum to Google and searching for "insert topic of interest here: ukuleleunderground.com".
And still it seems to me that there must be some tips to using the built-in search feature. There has been so much time put into this forum that it seems wasteful to miss out on what has already been said.
Does anyone have any tips/tricks related to the UU search feature? I would appreciate the help, as it might just help me keep my resolution.
Tobin Crooks
I am not really one for New Years resolutions, but this year I have one. I resolve to stop asking stupid questions on this forum. By stupid I mean questions that have already been asked and answered a dozen times. Sure, I am aware that UU has a search feature, but...
Back when I first started using this forum I gave the search feature the old college try. I searched things like scale length, bridge placement - topics that have definitely been covered and then some. Ironically, each time I searched for these common topics the result list was topped by a Pete Howlett post in which he politely suggested using the search feature before posting questions about, well, scale length and bridge placement, etc. [this doesn't seem to be the case anymore as more recent posts top the result list]. That did make me smile, but it did not get me closer to answers.
And so I have posted a few of "those" questions. To be fair, many of you exhibit considerable generosity and patience in helping out newbies with these perennial topics. But as a firm believer in doing one's own homework before involving others, I want to believe that my problem with the search feature is only my ineptitude.
I do have better success going outside the forum to Google and searching for "insert topic of interest here: ukuleleunderground.com".
And still it seems to me that there must be some tips to using the built-in search feature. There has been so much time put into this forum that it seems wasteful to miss out on what has already been said.
Does anyone have any tips/tricks related to the UU search feature? I would appreciate the help, as it might just help me keep my resolution.
Tobin Crooks