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Theme views search results just like core
The views module is often used in place of or in addition to Drupal's core search module or other search modules when more control is required. By adding exposed filters, a site's visitors can narrow a search by the value of any field and many node object values.
The results can quickly be themed to highlight the search keys just like core search.
Add a views display as a tab to a forum listing.
I've been building the community pages for a client's site where one of the most popular areas is the forum. The design called for the forum listing to be the default menu tab with a second tab for searching the forum. I wanted to use a view with an exposed filter to search the site index and limit the results to this specific forum.
User profile tabs mélange
Drupal's profile module is basic, but sometimes it's just right for the job. You can add categories that appear as tabs when you edit your profile, and you can add a variety of basic fields to the categories.
Fuzzy Search now with fuzzy misspelling corrections
Using the Fuzzy Search module, misspelled search keywords now highlight the correctly spelled word in the text. Usually. It is fuzzy after all.
This is currently in the dev version only.
Fuzzy search module ported to Drupal 6
I've just released a Drupal 6 version of the Fuzzy Search module. The module works independently of Drupal's core search, using its own index and settings.
Fuzzy means that it will return partial matches. If you search for treat, it would match treatise, treatment and treating. It also sorts results based on how accurate the match is. Treat would sore higher than treatment, becase treat matches the full keyword in your search.