Search and locate

We have upgraded the search facility in our directory to improve its functionality and ease of use, especially for children and young people.

As before, you can select the subject categories for the search from the pull down menu. This separates the categories even further to narrow the range of podcasts and speed up the search. However, the main change is that the search will locate a match in the podcast descriptions and will now highlight those located with blue text.

We have also included a few further enhancements to make sure that searches are more effective. Regardless of the format of the search text (which can be one or more words up to a total of 20 characters), the actual search process is not case-sensitive. Therefore, a search on "john james" would not only match john james but also highlight other permutations such as John James, JOHN james, john James etc.

Hopefully, children and young people in particular should find this improved search facility easier to use.