Searching forums

[ferrall]

Am I blind or is there no way to search specific forums anymore? I see the general search at the top of the page but that just lets you search in all forums. THanks

 

[GA_Boater]

Advanced search to choose a forum section.

 

[BWR1953]

But still no way to search a specific thread. :grumpy:

 

[GA_Boater]

But still no way to search a specific thread. :grumpy:

Never had that ability, but there ways. Got an example you want to search for?

 

[southkogs]

Tossing some stuff out - and illustrating for those who don't know what GA's describing:

Click on ADVANCED SEARCH at the top of your browser window:


And then a menu will appear under your cursor. Select FORUM SEARCH:


Then a new dialogue window will appear with all kinds of options and filters:

A few things worth mentioning:

• Very few members tag their posts, so that search is generally not helpful.
• For topic searches where you're not remembering a specific thread, sometimes a Google search will turn up more options for you. Just type the subject you're searching for and add "iBoats" into your string.
• Keyword searches can be topic titles only or entire posts - just check the box on the right side to limit to titles only
• The "types" check boxes won't help you out too much in that we really don't use that functionality in the forums very much.
• At the bottom there is a scroll menu called "Sources." That's the different forums themselves, so you can limit to a particular forum (Dockside Chat, for example) if you want to try to narrow it down.

Hope that helps a little.

 

[BWR1953]

Never had that ability, but there ways. Got an example you want to search for?

I was trying to search for something in my Kingfisher thread 5 or 6 weeks ago. Can't remember what it was now. But I do remember how annoying it was not to be able to search for something within that thread. Arrghh.

I'm a member of several non-boating forums and they all have the ability to search inside a given thread.