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* Searching for '''casp''' (all lower case) matches the article title [[CASP]] as well as CASP, Casp, and casp in page text. | * Searching for '''casp''' (all lower case) matches the article title [[CASP]] as well as CASP, Casp, and casp in page text. | ||
You can put double quotes around a phrase to restrict hits to the phrase, rather than getting hits to all pages that include any word in the phrase. See more tips [[#More powerful searching|below]]. | You can put double quotes around a '''phrase''' to restrict hits to the phrase, rather than getting hits to all pages that include any word in the phrase. See more tips [[#More powerful searching|below]]. | ||
You can | You can '''exclude [[Proteopedia:Namespaces|namespaces]]''' that you specify. For example, the automatically-generated ''Category:'' pages may flood your search results, but you can exclude those. See the namespace checkboxes at the bottom of the results from any search. Also, when logged in, you can set your default namespaces for wiki searches in ''my preferences'' (see link at the top of every page to ''my preferences''). | ||
Redirects are excluded from searches by default, and this cannot be changed in ''my preferences''. However, the very last checkbox at the bottom of the search results page is ''List redirects''. Check it and run the search again (using the button near the checkboxes) to see redirects. | '''Redirects''' are excluded from searches by default, and this cannot be changed in ''my preferences''. However, the very last checkbox at the bottom of the search results page is ''List redirects''. Check it and run the search again (using the button near the checkboxes) to see redirects. | ||
<blockquote>What is a redirect? If you enter CRABP in the wiki search box and click ''Go'', you will be redirected and arrive at the page [[Cellular retinoic acid-binding protein]]. Beneath the title, you will see ''Redirected from [http://www.proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=CRABP&redirect=no CRABP]''. Click on [http://www.proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=CRABP&redirect=no CRABP] to see the page titled CRABP that redirects to [[Cellular retinoic acid-binding protein]]. | <blockquote>What is a redirect? If you enter CRABP in the wiki search box and click ''Go'', you will be redirected and arrive at the page [[Cellular retinoic acid-binding protein]]. Beneath the title, you will see ''Redirected from [http://www.proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=CRABP&redirect=no CRABP]''. Click on [http://www.proteopedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=CRABP&redirect=no CRABP] to see the page titled CRABP that redirects to [[Cellular retinoic acid-binding protein]]. | ||