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I have looked and can't find the answer so sorry in advance if this has been asked and answered somewhere already.

Is there a way to search the forums so that it displays results other than just the threads that start with the search word. I searched for metaverse and only found threads that started with metaverse.

Thanks.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
On another similar note, has the developers ever considered changing over to a more powerful forum software like vBulletin, which runs about $140, since the user participation is only going to continue to grow? The more features available to forum members the better besides the opportunities it can bring for overall organization.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I think it's been addressed. I believe the response was basically, "We'd have to divert resources from GalCiv support over to StarDock support." No one wants that. :)


~SDC~
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Ok, I really don't understand much about how all that would work, or not work for that matter but figured it was worth mentioning. I frequent another forum board that was around for over 3 years and when we updated to vBulletin at the beginning of this year it made a tremendous difference.

Any insight on the search feature. I would like to find threads that include my search word but are not limited to the word having to be the first word in the thread title.
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Does anyone know how to actually use the search correctly or not? It would be nice to know.
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
I'm afraid our webskills are tied heavily to ASP. PHP isn't a viable option.

I hope at some point we'll be able to do something with Microsoft's ASP.NET forums sample, but no time yet.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
Why doesn't the galciv team turn over the forums to some trusted admins? I'm sure the people here have the skills and desire to manage a small forum system. $140 can't be a big dent in the GalCiv budget at this point, one would hope. And they can pick out someone they've known for a long time and just let them remotely administrate on a (controlled) machine of thiers it should be possible.
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
As a further note on what Ironhawk just said, on the other board we had several members anonymously donate $10 to cover the cost of the software. Another member set it all up in a couple of hours and the server space is provided free of charge. At least something to consider. Here is a http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/index.php?s= to the site incase anyone is interested in seeing what I am talking about.