Advanced searching

[supergaijin]

Can someone please tell me if there is a way to search specific forums for threads> For example I want to search the Instr-to-Instr forum (only) for selected keywords.

Many thanks.

 

[knotical]

This thread: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/site-support/437339-multi-word-searches.html
especially posts 3 and 4 might help.

 

[diversteve]

Even though it's not obvious - the Search Forum drop-down in the blue menu bar at the top of every forum is forum + child sub-forums specific.

While in a sub-forum it only searches within that sub-forum.



I think you'll still have better results with Google - site:scubaboard.com/forums/instructor-instructor/ your search term here.

 

[HowardE]

Can someone please tell me if there is a way to search specific forums for threads> For example I want to search the Instr-to-Instr forum (only) for selected keywords.

Many thanks.

Hi. Here's a detailed explanation of how to use advanced search.

1) Click "ADVANCED SEARCH" under the search box:
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2)Click Search Single Content Type:


3) Select Detailed Options



I've upgraded our search function from the basic vBulletin search. Our search allows for additional search operators like many (but not all of) these:

• operator OR:hello | world
• operator NOT:hello -world
  hello !world
• field search operatortitle hello @body world
• field position limit modifier (introduced in version 0.9.9-rc1)body[50] hello
• multiple-field search operator(title,body) hello world
• all-field search operator* hello
• phrase search operator:"hello world"
• proximity search operator:"hello world"~10
• quorum matching operator:"the world is a wonderful place"/3
• strict order operator (aka operator "before"):aaa << bbb << ccc
• exact form modifier (introduced in version 0.9.9-rc1):raining =cats and =dogs
• field-start and field-end modifier (introduced in version 0.9.9-rc2):^hello world$