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The search function has been a little funny for me lately, and generally doesn't work (once in a while it does)

I cleared my cache/history, but that didn't fix it. Any other thoughts?
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Senses and the Thought-1, 42:53

"Those who create constructs about the Buddha,
Who is beyond construction and without exhaustion,
Are thereby damaged by their constructs;
They fail to see the Thus-Gone.

That which is the nature of the Thus-Gone
Is also the nature of this world.
There is no nature of the Thus-Gone.
There is no nature of the world."

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I've never found the built-in function to be useful. I do a Google search like:
site:dhammawheel.com search
site:dhammawheel.com search


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Yeah that's usually better! Good point. But it did used to work on forum, now it just times out, its weird.
"People often get too quick to say 'there's no self. There's no self...no self...no self.' There is self, there is focal point, its not yours. That's what not self is."

Ninoslav Ñāṇamoli
Senses and the Thought-1, 42:53

"Those who create constructs about the Buddha,
Who is beyond construction and without exhaustion,
Are thereby damaged by their constructs;
They fail to see the Thus-Gone.

That which is the nature of the Thus-Gone
Is also the nature of this world.
There is no nature of the Thus-Gone.
There is no nature of the world."

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MMK XXII.15-16
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Hmm, yes it does take a long time doesn't it?

search.php?keywords=search

does work for me, though.

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Re: Forum search

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mikenz66 wrote: Sun Oct 29, 2017 6:55 pm Hmm, yes it does take a long time doesn't it?

search.php?keywords=search

does work for me, though.

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yeah sometimes it takes forever but does work, but generally it just fails! hah.
"People often get too quick to say 'there's no self. There's no self...no self...no self.' There is self, there is focal point, its not yours. That's what not self is."

Ninoslav Ñāṇamoli
Senses and the Thought-1, 42:53

"Those who create constructs about the Buddha,
Who is beyond construction and without exhaustion,
Are thereby damaged by their constructs;
They fail to see the Thus-Gone.

That which is the nature of the Thus-Gone
Is also the nature of this world.
There is no nature of the Thus-Gone.
There is no nature of the world."

Nagarjuna
MMK XXII.15-16
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I also can't search in DW. HTTP error 500.
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Re: Forum search

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Greetings bhante,
Subharo wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2018 5:53 am I also can't search in DW. HTTP error 500.
I'd be interested to know if that was still the case in 15 minutes time.

No issues here...

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OK, I just tried again, again got the HTTP 500 Error:

This page isn’t working
dhammawheel.com is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500
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Re: Forum search

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Greetings,

Very odd. Thanks bhante.

I'll ensure David sees your message, so he can make the relevant inquiries, if necessary.

In the meantime, there's some good workarounds, and you can also use the Google Saffron - Theravada Search Engine.

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Re: Forum search

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Personally, I think the built-in search function of this particular software is not very good, even when it is working. It's working for me, but slowly.

I find it much faster and more useful to do a google search along the lines of:
site:dhammawheel.com keywords
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