Help navigating the new forum "Searching"

[TIB3300 455]

Hello peeps

Ever since the new forum arrived I have been struggling with searching the forum. On the old forum I would click "recent activity" or something.

I would then see all new post, but only the heading title's 

 

But on the new forum I have been seeing every single post,            

 

So here's my guide to creating a search very similar to the old forum 

 

 

 

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Firstly

From the home page ,click   " Activity "

 

 

 

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***  Remember to name save at the bottom   ***    

 

 

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I found this to be my favorite search criteria , highlighted by the red rectangle  .

 

Click on the little tick to make it you default search 

 

 

 

 

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[Neil. 118]

I've altered the menu at the top so you have the option of unread content/all content showing newest first

 

This is by far the most configurable version of the forum up to date. if anyone is not sure how to use it, then create a new topic in forum help, someone will usually have an answer, if not I'll try to help

[nogE 92]

Very helpful...as I was getting very frustrated with all activity showing every reply etc...👍

[Neil. 118]

in Unread content you can also filter whatever you want using

 

 

 

If you change the search criteria, you are then given the option of whether you want to save it so you can use it again by clicking Activity & selecting the search you saved

 

[TIB3300 455]

On 4/13/2019 at 11:10 AM, nogE said:

Very helpful...as I was getting very frustrated with all activity showing every reply etc...👍

Thanks Nog for the feedback

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Everyone OK now with the searching ?

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[D-FENS 80]

I was trying to search the members list the other day and got nowhere .

[D-FENS 80]

Tried searching for members again and had no luck . Apart from the basic reading unread posts I find most things on here much more difficult now . On some of the older versions of this forum i found it much easier to do stuff , makes you feel daft when you have to ask how to do things . 

[waltermk3 15]

Agree with Tibbs. It was better before. Don't mind change if it is for the better. Not for the sake of it

[Neil. 118]

4 hours ago, D-FENS said:

Tried searching for members again and had no luck . Apart from the basic reading unread posts I find most things on here much more difficult now . On some of the older versions of this forum i found it much easier to do stuff , makes you feel daft when you have to ask how to do things . 

 

 

Unfortunately we don't get a lot of choice in regards to upgrading the forum, if you leave it as an older version you risk being hacked as any security holes may become widely publicised on the dark web. I don't like doing it either as the database is very large and it takes a few of days planning & testing to do. 

This version of the forum is probably the most configurable for both user & admin, and also works on mobile phones, which until this version it didn't very well. Most of our traffic is via mobile these days.

It was my fault the search wasn't working well, as I wasn't aware of the option to disallow certain member groups being searched. It is now turned on so much easier to find a member.

 

If you ever come across anything you think should work and doesn't, then please let me know & I'll look into it.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Neil