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I've been subscribed to both Dragon and Dungeon since November 2001. Consequently, I've got quite a few copies of each magazine. I generally enjoy every issue I receive. Each issue always has some content I can use.
And that's the problem. There's so much content that it becomes near impossible to sort through.
You really ought to create a search function on this website that would allow people to type in a particular subject ("drow armor," for instance) and find exactly which articles in which issues pertain to that topic. Diggings through dozens and dozens of magazines can be a real pain.
By that do you mean you didn't notice the search function on the upper left of every page, or that it's not working as well as you'd like?
I have not used this function (looks at box in upper left with delight) as of yet. But how many issues/years does the search function go back?
Senior Software Developer
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I have not used this function (looks at box in upper left with delight) as of yet. But how many issues/years does the search function go back?
It includes the tables of content for every back issue we have in stock (and many of the others). This is pretty good, as long as the terms you're searching for were included in an article's summary, and works well enough in practice.
We would like to index every word of every article ever published in Dragon and Dungeon, but as you can imagine, that is a daunting task!
It includes the tables of content for every back issue we have in stock (and many of the others).
Far be it from me to dispute our Postmonster General, but this is not actually true, at least not yet. We have all of the recent issues (going back at least 3 years) done, and many others besides, but we are not done with all of the ones we have in stock yet.
Thanks for the reply. I will check it our when I have the chance <looks for co-workers>...;P
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Far be it from me to dispute our Postmonster General, but this is not actually true, at least not yet. We have all of the recent issues (going back at least 3 years) done, and many others besides, but we are not done with all of the ones we have in stock yet.
D'oh!
I bow in the face of superior knowledge from One Who Certainly Knows.
I just found this post as I posted a similar comment on Dungeon General. I just typed "sorcerer" into the search box and got 100 results, 30 products, 1 page, and the rest message board threads and posts. No magazine articles. I am pretty sure that some article or summary in some magazine recently published mentions sorcerers...
I could be wrong, though.
Either way, would it be possible to have a search of only dragon and/or dungeon articles?
Bolie IV
Today we added a dropdown menu underneath the search box, where you can select what area of the site you want to search. Try it and let us know if that's what you're looking for.
Neat!