Vintage Wargaming: Blogger problem

Sunday, 1 December 2013

Blogger problem - search box

I have just noticed that the Blogger search gadget (at Search Vintage Wargaming at the right of this page) has stopped working. I have now replaced it with another gadget which seems to be working.

My apologies to anyone who has tried to use the search and was unsuccessful. In such cases it is always helpful to be informed by comment, as it is easy for me to miss.

Thanks

6 comments:

Robert (Bob) Cordery said...: How did you solve the problem?

The search facility on my blog has stopped working and I cannot get it to work.

All the best,

Bob; 1 December 2013 at 20:40
Vintage Wargaming said...: Bob -I've emailed you the fix I used, a bit long winded to put in a comment; 1 December 2013 at 22:12
Robert (Bob) Cordery said...: Thanks very much. I'll give a go.

All the best,

Bob; 1 December 2013 at 22:18
James Adelaide said...: I just found the search function not working; 29 October 2015 at 10:15
Vintage Wargaming said...: I'm afraid widgets can stop working and I won't know unless you tell me. Even then I may not be able to do anything about it. I will look into this.; 1 November 2015 at 20:50
Vintage Wargaming said...: just used it myself with no problems; 2 November 2015 at 15:14

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