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Quick Info: There
are several features to the display of the database that you might
find useful. When an actor or film is displayed you will see two
small icons next to them. One is a "person" ( The "person" icon is always next to the actor name. If you click on it you will be taken to a new screen showing more information about that particular actor. I am always enhancing this data so you might find this section interesting. The "star" icon is always next to the movie title. Clicking on this will take you to a new screen that shows you more about the film. You will see who else was nude in the film (if any), and a quick review (if I have completed one for that film), and (again, if there is data entered) what each person's nudity was in the film. Basically, a "per scene" review.
If you have any suggestions on improving these ratings please let me know! I am always open for new ideas and concepts.
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SEARCHING THE DATABASE The first screen is pretty self explanatory. "What do you want to do?" gives you three options. You can search the database by actor name (person), by movie name, or see a list of celebrities that have birthdays this day in history. Quick and Dirty Searches: If you decide to search the database by PERSON you will be taken to a new screen that has options for searching. The quickest way to start your search is to leave all the options alone and simply hit the "search people" button at the bottom of the options screen. This will start at the first celebrity name in the database and will continue on until the end. Alternatively, you can selectively retrieve records by setting the "Name Starts With" option to the first letter in the first name of the celebrity list you want to see. If you want to see only those people whose name starts with "B" (i.e.. Betty, Brinke, etc..) you would select "B" in this section. You can also elect to use the "Name Match" option for searching. Entering the first name of the celebrity will show you all people with that first name. It will also show you all people with the same last name or any relationship with what you typed in. An example of how this works is defined later in the enhanced searches section. Finally, for the
fun of it you can change the "Date/Age" option to only
show folks that have certain birthdays. You can enter your birthday
and see if anyone matches you. You can also change the "Month"
field to see people who were born this month. Enter "1"
in the first field and "1" again in the second to only
show people who were born in January. By Person Enhanced Searching: Name Search Options:
Name Match: The name match option is a very powerful tool. It is both strict and flexible so care must be taken to achieve the results you want. It will search both the first and last name of all listed celebrities for a match. If you type in "Kari" it will return a result of anyone with "Kari" in either their first or last name. You were probably looking just for Kari Wuhrer but the result will also show Anna Karin, Anna Karinia, etc.. The way around this is to be more specific. Put in a space after "Kari" so that it only searches for "Kari ". You could also type in "Kari W" to search and it would return "Kari Wuhrer". Entering just "wuh" in this field will do it too. As I said this option is both strict and flexible. Name Starts With: You can use this option to only show those people listed whose first names start with the character selected. By itself this will show only those people whose name starts with "A" if that is what you selected. But it can also be used in conjunction with the Name Match option to be very effective in limiting criteria. The perfect example of this is "Moira Kelly". In fact, it was both Kari and Moira whose names inspired the search options for the database. Kari Wuhrer was too hard for many to remember how to spell (and Kari also uses Salin as a last name so that was a chore too). MOIRA is just as bad for some people as most think it is spelled "MORIA". So, when searching you could type in "Kelly" for the Name Match and "M" for Name Starts with. Moira Kelly would be found and displayed. You could also type in "a kelly" in the Name Match to find Moira Kelly. You might not remember how to spell "MOIRA" but you will probably know that her first name ends with an "A". ;) Date/Age Options: This section is pretty self explanatory in itself but some might find the criteria a little difficult. It really isn't so don't fear. The options can be use separately or in combination. Year would find only those stars
born in the specified year range. Month would find only those people
born in a specified month range. Day would find only those born
on a specific day or day range. If you wanted to
see anyone born on the first of June you would do this:
Any combination would work. Most people just want to find stars with the same birthday as themselves or just those born in a specific month. However, you can specify any combination to find anything for fun or research. Film Options: This section is more for power users than anything else. Most times you will never need to change these options but sometimes you might want to see only specific things like how many stars have done over 10 movies with nude scenes. The Scene Type option allows you to search my ratings for only specific ratings like "Tons!" or "Unknown". Since my ratings are personal opinions (as all such things are) this is probably useless to most searchers. Now, why did I say
"Power Users"? Some folks search for "Unknown"
(films I have not yet rated) and if they have seen the film they
let me know what the rating should be. Some even search the other
ratings to find films they have different opinions on so that they
can inform me when I underrate or overrate a film. Power users indeed!
By Movie Enhanced Searching: General Options:
Name Search: Search the database by movie
name or partial name. A simple example of this would be:
Name Starts with: You should not need to change this unless you want to find movies that start with specific characters. For the most part this is used to test for "The" (i.e.. The Bounty Hunters) and "A" or "AN". For most users the Name Search will work best. Date: Enter the date or
date range you want to display. If you know a film was made in 1974
but cannot remember the name of the film you could use this option.
You could also see all films made between 1900 and 1950. Or whatever
you want. Other:
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