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Simple searches

A simple search typically finds what you’re looking for. Words like a, and, the, that, this and a bunch of others are considered to be noise, and do not participate in the search.

begin
Finds begin, begins, beginning, beginnings, etc. in all search properties.
happy creepy
Finds happy and creepy in all search properties.
happy OR creepy
Finds happy or creepy in all search properties.

The “or” operator must be typed as an uppercase OR.

Property searches

For those left unsatisfied by a simple search, you can search one or more specific properties.

title:happy
Finds happy only in titles.
content:happy
Finds happy only in content.
title:(happy creepy)
Finds happy and creepy only in titles.
title:(happy OR creepy)
Finds happy or creepy only in titles.
title:happy OR creepy
Finds happy only in titles or creepy in all properties.
title:happy OR content:creepy
Finds happy only in titles or creepy only in content.

You can search on the following properties:

title
The title of an item. For example: title:episode guide
content
The content or description of an item. For example: content:sitcom
fullname
The first and last name of the person that created an item. For example: fullname:tony+danza
member_name
The member name of the person that created an item. For example: member_name:whostheboss
tags
The tags applied to an item. For example: tags:eighties
category
The category of a post. Values are skinny, fat, or public.
kind
The kind of an item. Values are is_member, is_post, is_portfolio, is_piece, is_comment, is_feature, is_world. You can combine values, for example kind:(is_comment is_world) will find all comments associated with World of Creative Possibilities 2.
date
The date the item was created. The date format is YYYYDDMM. See Range searches
address
The city, state, province, and country of a member or an event.

Range searches

date:20080426
Finds everything published on April 26, 2008.
date:[20080401 20080430]
Finds everything published in the month of April, 2008.
date:>20080101
Finds everything published on or after January 01, 2008.

Must Have,
Must Not Have,
and Should Have searches

+happy -creepy good
Finds items that must have happy, must not have creepy and should have good.
+happy -creepy good day
Finds items that must have happy, must not have creepy and should have both good and day.
+happy -creepy good OR day
Finds items that must have happy, must not have creepy and should have either good or day.
* -content:spam
Finds all items (the star) that do not contain spam in the content.

Phrase searches

“deranged Manga cartoons”
An exact phrase search that looks for the phrase “deranged Manga cartoons”.
“deranged <> cartoons”
An approximate phrase search that looks for the phrase “deranged whatever cartoons”. Results may have deranged Manga cartoons, deranged children’s cartoons or just deranged cartoons.
“quick red|pink|brown fox”
A multiple phrase search that looks for the phrases quick red fox, or quick pink fox or quick brown fox.
“red-faced politician”~4
A sloppy phrase search that looks for phrases where the words red-faced and politician are within 4 words of each other. Results may have red-faced Canadian politician or politician that was red-faced.

Wildcard searches

color~
A fuzzy search that looks for words similar to color. Results may have color, colors, colour, cover and collar, for example.
me?t
A single character search looks for words starting with me and ending with t. Results would have meet or meat for example.
m*r
A wild-card search that looks for words starting with m and ending with r. Results would have Mr, muscle car, and monster, for example.