Use $wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault in LocalSearch.php as explained here:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault
This article is also useful, and explains how to change the search defaults of existing users:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_FAQ#How_do_I_change_default_user_pr eferences.3F
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Ross Xu Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 8:20 AM To: mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Mediawiki-l] "Go" doesn't search for article title first
Hi there, As we know, the difference between "Go" and "Search" buttons beside the search box is that "Go" first looks for article's title and first lists search results found in titles, and immediately goes to the indicated article if one is found. If "Go" fails to find an article, it then automatically executes "Search" which is a full-text search for the given words. However, it only works well for default namespaces. If the given keywords string is in articles under a customized namespace, the "Go" doesn't look for (or list) article titles first, which means there is no difference between "Go" and "Search". Is there any way to do to make the "Go" to work for customized namespaces? BTW, in case there is something to do with the search engine, I am using Lucene-search/MWSearch. Thanks in advance, Ross Xu
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