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The quickest way to find what you're looking for is probably with the search function of the Wiki. However, if you don't know exactly what you're looking for or what to call it you'll miss a lot with the build in search function. Searching with Google is recommended, unless you know exactly what to search for. | The quickest way to find what you're looking for is probably with the search function of the Wiki. However, if you don't know exactly what you're looking for or what to call it you'll miss a lot with the build in search function. Searching with Google is recommended, unless you know exactly what to search for. | ||
== Wiki Search function == | |||
The built-in search function is quickly accessible on the left but has a few limitations: | The built-in search function is quickly accessible on the left but has a few limitations: | ||
*It can't search for substrings (''AddScriptPackage'' won't show up when searching for ''Package''). | * It can't search for substrings (''AddScriptPackage'' won't show up when searching for ''Package''). | ||
*Searching for any word with 3 characters or less will yield 0 results, without a warning. | * Searching for any word with 3 characters or less will yield 0 results, without a warning. | ||
*Searching for 2 or more words will only yield pages with ''all'' of the words on it. | * Searching for 2 or more words will only yield pages with ''all'' of the words on it. | ||
*It takes some time to update the search index, but this also counts for Google. | * It takes some time to update the search index, but this also counts for Google. | ||
If these limitations won't affect your search result there's no harm in using the search bar on the left. | If these limitations won't affect your search result there's no harm in using the search bar on the left. | ||
Manually adding [[Portal:Scripting/Search_Terms|search terms]] to pages is an attempt to improve the search functionality on the Wiki. For more information about the MediaWiki search engine see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Searching Wikipedia:Searching]. | Manually adding [[Portal:Scripting/Search_Terms|search terms]] to pages is an attempt to improve the search functionality on the Wiki. For more information about the MediaWiki search engine see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Searching Wikipedia:Searching]. | ||
== Google == | |||
Searching the Wiki with Google with get you better results because none of the flaws above apply to the Google search engine, except the last one. Google has currently indexed almost 3,500 CS Wiki pages, but it doesn't cover most of the function pages. To search the Wiki with Google you can click the link below. | Searching the Wiki with Google with get you better results because none of the flaws above apply to the Google search engine, except the last one. Google has currently indexed almost 3,500 CS Wiki pages, but it doesn't cover most of the function pages. To search the Wiki with Google you can click the link below. | ||
[http://www.google.com/custom?domains=cs.elderscrolls.com&sitesearch=cs.elderscrolls.com Search the CS Wiki with Google] | [http://www.google.com/custom?domains=cs.elderscrolls.com&sitesearch=cs.elderscrolls.com Search the CS Wiki with Google] | ||