Search tips for Journeys across Karnataka

A few years ago my brother had mentioned that searching posts in JaK wasn't easy. The blog template used has a few options which requires some familiarity with the layout, and of course patience too is needed. So, I came out with this post about these search options.

1, Blog Search box - On the top-left corner just below the URL bar is the simple search box. Type your keyword or key-phrase in the box and click the lens icon. Posts containing the word or phrase are shown in the results. This feature is available only while viewing the blog in web version and not in mobile version.

2. Search by labels - Every blog post has one or more label(s) at the end of the post. These labels are like categories. For example; this screenshot shows 3 labels and they are linked. If you click on Baobab, then all posts labelled Baobab will be displayed. Same works for other labels as well.

3. Labelled posts - This section shows a few labels for quick reference. Except for two labels, all are Indian state names. If you click Himachal Pradesh, then you get to see all posts having that label.

4. Blog archive -  can be seen on the right hand side. This image below is a collage of series of images. In the home page view you see the completely collapsed view, only the years (number of posts) is displayed. If you click on any of the year, the view expands showing months of that year. For example; here you see December 2022. If you click December, the view expands further showing the post names in that month. Like wise other years and months. Of course this a manual search. Search box, labels, labelled posts and archive features are available only while viewing the blog in web version, and not available in mobile version.

5.  Internal links - Most articles have hyperlinked words or phrases. When you click on such text, you are taken to a related blog post. For example; in a post listing Baobab sites in India, the place name is linked to a separate post on that site.

6. Google search - This is an external way of searching within JaK. In Google use site search. For example; if you search site:karnatakatravel.blogspot.com ficus, the result will include all posts with the word ficus.

Hope this post helps.

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