Doodlecat.com

If the site looks a bit odd, please 'refresh' the page - not all browsers refer to the CSS every time - and you will see that we now have a little 'search' facility at the top of the page.

Why?

Well, there's now quite a bit of stuff on Doodlecat, and I have noticed a growing number of Google searches for articles and trail diaries hosted here. I have therefore shamelessly cribbed a bit of code in order to include a search facility. This is powered by Google, so you can search just this site, or the whole internet.

This obviously relies on Google having indexed all the stuff here, and, thanks to the number of people visiting, Google updates quite regularly. However, the 'site search' will only search pages that we at Doodlecat actually host, not the sites we provide links for.

This is a trial for now -I'll try to make it work better over time, as it ain't perfect. If it misses more than it finds, I'll take it off, but hopefully this will become a useful widget, especially if you're trying to track down something that you know is here ... somewhere. It works especially well with the 'blog' posts on this page, so if, for example, you vaguely recalled the piece about lightweight gear from the Eagle comic, just typing 'eagle' in the search box will find it instantly - and every other reference to an eagle on the site.

Generally I find it works best with just one word, or two at the most, as the search is very specific. For instance 'eagle' and 'lightweight' together will find the piece, but 'eagle' and 'camping' won't, as the word 'camping' is not in the text.

Anyway - it's there if you want it!