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Search Widget not working

  1. justicewatcher
    Member

    I have on my blog a Search widget , but it is not functioning.
    I wonder why ?

    The blog I need help with is justicewatcher.wordpress.com.

  2. husdal
    Member

    And the address of your blog is http:// ??? We need to see the issue to be able to help.

  3. husdal
    Member

    If your blog is justicewatcher.wordpress.com, your search widget works just fine. Typing a word or sentence from your posts lists all the posts with that word or sentence. Everything is as it should be.

  4. justicewatcher
    Member

    http://justicewatcher.wordpress.com/
    I tried with search of the word LIKA
    http://justicewatcher.wordpress.com/?s=lika
    I could not see any result. I tried both Firefox and IE.
    I have Win7. I also tried on a public computer.
    Nothing. Zilch. Nada.

  5. thesacredpath
    Member

    I typed "lika" and "LIKA" into the search box and both searches returned this post: "We are not all equal in front of the law. Not in Sweden !" It works in Safari and also in Firefox 3.5.4 for me.

  6. thesacredpath
    Member

    I typed "bostadsrättsföreningar" into the search box and it brought back this post, "Likhetsprincipen."

  7. justicewatcher
    Member

    yes, that is what I also get. But it is not what I expect.
    I expect highlighting of those words. The search brings back a post, and not a word !
    A post can be long and contain several instances of that word

  8. husdal
    Member

    I know what you mean, but that is how the search works in wordpress.com.

  9. justicewatcher
    Member

    There is also a payed version of WP, does it work that way too ??

  10. husdal
    Member

    What do you mean by paid? On free-hosted wordpress.com it will only work that way. On a self-hosted wordpress.org installation you can install your own search plugin.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  11. justicewatcher
    Member

    By the way, once I submit this message, there is no way to edit ?

  12. husdal
    Member

    No. Once in, the message stays.

  13. raincoaster
    Member

    There is no highlighted version of Search on WordPress.com. There may or may not be a plugin for it on WordPress.org, but you'd have to ask over there.

  14. justicewatcher
    Member

    All of you folks seem to be linked to your sites. I just klick on your icon. I would like to do that too.
    I don't know how

  15. husdal
    Member

    Go to your Profile and add your blog URL to the Contact Info where it says "Website".

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