Privateer Press Forum Search, Boolean Operators, and a Workaround Option

So, I love Privateer Press (PP). No surprise. Great customer service. Great company to volunteer for. Great merchandise. There is, however, one thing I would change: the search functionality on their forums.

At present, each of the multi-keyword searches done on the PP forums behaves as an "or search" as I like to call them. This means "apple orange carrot" produces results containing "apple" or "orange" or "carrot". Not all three. If PP would turn on boolean operators for searching, it would be so nice.

A quick explanations of boolean operators and logic for the programming-impaired follows the cut.
Boolean logic is a simple kind of logic used both by people and computers. It is most easily described using a Venn diagram. (Thanks, Wikipedia!)

The two operators "AND" and "OR" are binary operators, meaning they work on both sides. AND (for instance "A AND B") represents the part of the Venn diagram where the two circles overlap (in purple). OR ("A OR B") represents the entire colored part of the diagram because it all contains either A or B. NOT is a unary operator, meaning it only acts on one side (whatever's on the right of the word NOT), and represents the part of the Venn diagram that represents one object but not the other. "A NOT B" (or just "NOT B" in this limited example), for instance, is the pink part, but not the purple or the blue as these contain B.

When chaining things together, it gets a little more complicated. Just keep it down to one NOT item and keep it to the far right.

As it stands, if I were to search for "apples oranges carrots" on the PP forums, it would treat it as a chain of ORs ("apples OR oranges OR carrots"). But I want all three. Using boolean operators does not help, unfortunately. So, if I were to search "apples AND oranges AND carrots", it would again assume a chain of ORs, turning it into "apples OR and OR oranges OR and OR carrots". Yeah, it's that messy. If PP were to turn on Booleans, "apples AND oranges AND carrots" would return results that only contained all three. That would be nice. Very nice.

My workaround for this problem, while it persists, is simple:

1. Go to Google.com
2. In the search bar type what you are looking for, remembering that 1: Google assumes AND operators between each keyword unless another operator is there, 2: Google does not support the NOT operator, and instead uses the minus sign (-)
3. Before hitting Enter/Return or the Search button, type (at the end of the search terms) "site:privateerpressforums.com".
4. Hit Enter/Return or the Search button

Examples of how this works:

• Using the instructions above, I type in "Kaya Laris site:privateerpressforums.com". This gives me all results from the forums that include both the name "Kaya" (a Warlock for Circle of Orboros) and the name "Laris" (Epic Kaya's puppy).
• Using the instructions above, I type in "Kaya OR Laris site:privateerpressforums.com". This gives me all results from the forums that include either "Kaya" or "Laris", as well as results that contain both.
• Using the instructions above, I type in "Kaya -Laris site:privateerpressforums.com". This gives me all results from the forums that include "Kaya" but not "Laris"

I hope you find this useful and informative!