The search function is found toward the top of the page as a navigational link. It will bring you to:
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?action=searchFor a basic search, remember the following tips:
1) For the fastest search, type what you're looking for in the "Search" box toward the top of the page and click the "search" button to the right of the search box.
2) For a more advanced search, you can click "Advanced Search" located next to the search box, or you can click on the "Search" radio button under the search box. For the advanced search, type what you are looking for in the "search for" box, and leave the radio button on the default "match all terms" if you are using more than one word. An example might be if you are using the keywords "suspension upgrades". If you want to broaden your search, click "match any words."
a. If you're looking for an exact match, enclose your search words in quotations. E.g., searching for black bike could
return something like "I painted my car black and then bought a bike", because it contains both words
from the search string, but not together. Searching for "black bike" would return only results where black
and bike were in order, adjacent to each other.
b. If you want to search for two terms at the same time, use a +. + is the AND operator. E.g., Searching
black + bike + painting would return more results than just black paint or black bike, and they'll be more pertinent.
c. If you want to search for one OR the other, use OR. E.g.: Using the terms painting OR black bike would return
more results than painting + black bike, because it will return results with painting and the results with black
bike, not just one or the other. If you use the OR function, make sure to capitalize both letters, because if
you type "or" in lower case, the search function will ignore it.
3) If you know a certain user has posted a lot information about a certain topic, you can perform a search using his/her nickname in the "by user" field. Simply replace the * with the username of your choice.
4) You can limit your search to General (most likely if you are looking for technical information), or any of the other forums or just search all of them which will yeild the most results.
5) Under options, which is beneath the "search for" area, you'll have a choice to "Show results as messages" or "Topic subjects only". You'll find more results if you choose "Show results as messages."
6) If you prefer to have more recent responses, change the defaulted "Message age" to reflect your narrower range of days (for example, if you want only results from posts in the last 30 days, choose a range between 0 and 30).
7) If you're not able to find the information you're searching for, if the number of results is daunting, or if you're unsure what terms to use to search, feel free to post a new thread and if it has already been discussed, I am sure another member will point you in the right direction.
8 ) Knowing some history of the site and its users will reveal things like the following:
a. If you're looking for tires, look for posts by GSJack and runsilent (and a few others),
b. Electrical help - John Bates (and others),
c. Racers: Bob Broussard, the werace's (there's a few), D-Day (and more),
d. For general know-hows: Kerry and seshadri_srinath, pablo (and others),
e. And big helps are: Phaedrus, AlphaFire X5, scratch, starwalt (and many others).
Darnit..I can't do an 8 and a ). 8 + ) =
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