Help:Search: Difference between revisions

[[File:CirrusSearch.png|alt=CirrusSearch is bold, blue text|thumb|250x250px|CirrusSearch logo]][[File:Location of search bar.png|alt=Location of search bar|thumb|400x400px|Location of search bar on pages]]Saintapedia's '''search''' can be used to locate material on Saintapedia.  The search bar, that is located at the top right on every page, is a little different that most search engines.  As you begin typing, it will automatically give you a list of recommended Saintapedia pages weighted by relevance.  When you hit enter, if a page's title matches what you entered in the search bar, Saintapedia will take you to the article that matches your query; otherwise it displays a more typical list of search results.

[[File:Search box.png|300px|The search box—found in the upper right corner of every Saintapedia page.]]

** Examples - <code>morelike:YouTube</code>, <code>morelike:YouTube|Contribution score</code>, <code>subpageof:"Training (Saintapedia)"</code>, and <code>portal:subpageof:"Help"</code>

* '''[[Saintapedia:Main namespace|Main]]''' (no prefix): contains all earticles, lists, [[Help:Disambiguation|disambiguation pages]], and [[redirects]]. Sometimes referred to as "mainspace".

* '''[[Saintapedia:User pages|User]]''' (prefix '''User:'''): contains user pages and other pages created by individual users for their own personal use. Pages under this namespace can still be viewed and modified by others, so do not keep any of your sensitive data here.

* '''[[Saintapedia:Saintapedia namespace|Saintapedia]]''' (prefix '''Saintapedia:'''): contains many types of pages connected with the Saintapedia project itself.

* '''[[Saintapedia:Template namespace|Template]]''' (prefix '''Template:'''): contains templates&nbsp;– pages that are intended primarily to be [[Help:Transclusion|transcluded]] or {{W|Wikipedia:Substitution|substituted}} onto other pages to insert standard text or boxes such as infoboxes and navigation boxes.

* '''[[Saintapedia:Help namespace|Help]]''' (prefix '''Help:'''): contains pages which provide help in using Saintapedia and its software, both for users of the collaboration tool and for editors.

* '''[[Help:Images and media|File]]''' prefix '''File:'''): contains file description pages (see [[Help:File page]] for image, videos or audio files, with links to the files themselves.  Saintapedia will not search the text of file themselves which is why adding a file description/summary to the file page is so important.

* '''[[Saintapedia:MediaWiki namespace|MediaWiki]]''' (prefix '''MediaWiki:'''): a namespace containing interface texts, such as the links and messages that appear on automatically generated pages. Pages in this namespace are permanently [[Wikipedia:Protection policy|protected]]. For a list of these messages, see [[Special:AllMessages]].

When you are logged into Saintapedia, you can change the default namespaces Saintapedia searches in [[Special:Preferences|your preferences]] under "Search options."

{{Notice|Very little content on Saintapedia has a location specified.}}

For information on the MediaWiki extension see {{Mw|article=Extension:CirrusSearch}}. If your question is not answered here, feel free to ask on Saintapedia's [[Help talk:CirrusSearch|Talk page]], use the [[Feedback tool]], or ask it on Wikipedia's {{W|article=Help talk:CirrusSearch|label=talk page}}.

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