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[bernard]

Hi Guests and SomaSimplers,

The search tool is powerful but you may consider its strength within your membership.

If you're a guest, you can't find/search in private/hidden forums.
If you're a member, the search function will allow to find more responses.
If you're a Somasimpler, you'll find more.

An un-logged member is considered as a guest!

Conclusion: Join!

[bernard]

Hello SomaSimplers,

Here is a very simple but powerful link:
http://www.somasimple.com/forums/search.php?do=process&query=moseley

It will find all occurences of Moseley but you may replace the word (moseley) by yours separated with a space.

just copy the link and paste it in the adress box of the browser.

[bernard]

Hi All,

I had updated the search engine of the site.
It works quicker.:thumbs_up

[bernard]

Hi All,
You can submit a search to vBulletin with a URL, just like you can with the search form. The basic URL is:http://www.yoursite.com/forum/search.php?do=process&query=searchwordWhere searchword is the word for which you are searching.

Here is a list of the extra search parameters you can add to the URL. When you add a search parameter to the URL you need to add this to the end of the URL:&variable_name=valueSearch field: Search by Key Word

Variable name: titleonly
Values:
0 = Search Entire Posts
1 = Search Titles Only Search field: Search by User Name

Variable name: searchuser
Values: Enter a username

Variable name: starteronly
Values:
0 = Find Posts by User
1 = Find Threads Started by User Variable name: exactname
Values:
0 = Partial name
1 = Exact name Search field: Find Threads with

Variable name: replyless
Values:
0 = At Least
1 = At Most Variable name: replylimit
Values: Any integer values

Search field: Find Posts from

Variable name: searchdate
Values:
0 = Any Date
lastvisit = Your Last Visit
1 = Yesterday
7 = A Week Ago
14 = 2 Weeks Ago
30 = A Month Ago
90 = 3 Months Ago
180 = 6 Months Ago
365 = A Year Ago Variable name: beforeafter
Values:
after = and Newer
before = and Older Search field: Sort Results by

Variable name: sortby
Values:
rank = Relevancy
title = Title
replycount = Number of Replies
views = Number of Views
threadstart = Thread Start Date
lastpost = Last Posting Date
postusername = User Name
forum = Forum Variable name: order
Values:
descending = in Descending Order
ascending = in Ascending Order Search field: Show Results as

Variable name: showposts
Values:
0 = Show Results as Threads
1 = Show Results as Posts Search field: Search in Forum(s)

Variable name: forumchoice[]
Values: Do not include this variable in the URL to search all forums. If you want to search specific forums then you need to add an instance for each forumid. For example:&forumchoice[]=X&forumchoice[]=Y&forumchoice[]=ZWhere X, Y, and Z are the forumids of the forums in which you want to search.

Variable name: childforums
Values:
0 = Do not search in child forums
1 = Also search in child forumsAdd this to the URL to enable the boolean option:
&searchtype=1


Natural Language has no special operators. You just type in a word or words and it searches for posts containing those words.

Boolean search lets you use boolean operators:

AND, OR, NOT (-)

You can also search for a specific string by enclosing the string in quotes.

[nari]

Thank you Bernard for all your guides. :angel:

Boolean searches are always useful to use.


nari

[bernard]

Just try

http://www.somasimple.com/forums/search.php?do=process&query=pain posture (http://www.somasimple.com/forums/search.php?do=process&query=pain%20posture)
It finds the threads/posts containing the words pain or posture

http://www.somasimple.com/forums/search.php?do=process&query=+pain+posture&searchtype=1

It finds the threads/posts containing the words pain and posture

[nari]

Bewwdivul....(Oz for belle) :)

Nari