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Summary of search features in MediaWiki
== Interwiki ==
MediaWiki has an [[Help:Links#Interwiki_links|interwiki prefix]] system that lets you search, or link to, external wiki content. And it doesn't have to be "wiki"; it just has to be structured. So, because we have an entry for 'Google' in our interwiki table, you can link to Google results with [[Google:"Rail+Trail"+Paths+In+Salisbury+Massachusetts]].
And you can '''search Google''' directly from the search bar of this wiki: Just enter the "shortcode" (Google), followed by a colon (:), and your search query. This works for ALL interwiki prefixes. So, to search Wikipedia for "''roses''", just enter '<code>w:roses</code>' in the search bar.
== Templates ==
Templates are useful for linking other search engines. See [[Help:External_searches]] for example. You can create a template that makes it convenient for editors to post links to search or database query results in the wiki.
== Application (Internal) Native Search ==
The default search system for MediaWiki is based on [[MySQL]] database technology; and is not the most powerful search engine. To make it better, use the [[ElasticSearch]] system instead.
MediaWiki has an [[Help:Links#Interwiki_links|interwiki prefix]] system that lets you search, or link to, external wiki content. And it doesn't have to be "wiki"; it just has to be structured. So, because we have an entry for 'Google' in our interwiki table, you can link to Google results with [[Google:"Rail+Trail"+Paths+In+Salisbury+Massachusetts]].
And you can '''search Google''' directly from the search bar of this wiki: Just enter the "shortcode" (Google), followed by a colon (:), and your search query. This works for ALL interwiki prefixes. So, to search Wikipedia for "''roses''", just enter '<code>w:roses</code>' in the search bar.
== Templates ==
Templates are useful for linking other search engines. See [[Help:External_searches]] for example. You can create a template that makes it convenient for editors to post links to search or database query results in the wiki.
== Application (Internal) Native Search ==
The default search system for MediaWiki is based on [[MySQL]] database technology; and is not the most powerful search engine. To make it better, use the [[ElasticSearch]] system instead.
