Category Archives: Search

Search query to find pages in current site and all sub-sites [SharePoint]

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Bernado

I was given a challenge to develop a mechanism to list all pages in the current site and its sub-sites. Why not do it using Content By Search Web Part was my initial thought. In the end I managed to achieve this, … Continue reading →

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“Your query is malformed. Please rephrase your query.” when searching using “None of these words” query

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Bernado

You get the error message “Your query is malformed. Please rephrase your query.” when searching in SharePoint using the “None of these words” query. Spent hours trying to figure it out? I know I did.. This is actually an OOTB … Continue reading →

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How to add custom user profile properties to the People Search Options dropdown

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Bernado

If you are using the OOTB FAST Search Center site template then by default you get a tab for People search on the main page. On this tab you get a Search Options link, which  brings up the dropdown box … Continue reading →

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How to remove “No results are available. Either no query is specified, or the query came from advanced search (Federated Webparts do not support Advanced Search queries)” when no search keywords are specified

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Bernado

The OOTB Search Core Results web part will show the message below when no search keywords are specified (i.e. no k=blah in the queryString): No results are available. Either no query is specified, or the query came from advanced search … Continue reading →

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