Advanced Forum Search Options

General Discussion
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Most of you might not have stumbled into these yet, but this forum comes with some astoundingly powerful search options:

Tips

  • Title matches are prioritized – when in doubt, search for titles
  • Unique, uncommon words will produce the best results
  • Try searching within a particular category, topic, or user

Options

order:views
order:latest
order:likes
@username
user:foo
status:open
status:closed
status:archived
status:noreplies
status:singe_user
#category-slug
category:foo
group:foo
badge:foo
in:likes
in:posted
in:watching
in:tracking in:private
in:bookmarks
in:first
in:pinned
in:unpinned
in:wiki
posts_count:num
before:days or date
after:days or date
tags:one,two

Examples

  • rainbows #parks will search for topics containing the word “rainbows” in the category “parks”.

  • rainbows category:parks status:open order:latest will search for topics containing the word “rainbows” in the category “parks” that are not closed or archived, ordered by date of last post.

  • rainbows category:"parks and gardens" in:bookmarks will search for topics containing the word “rainbows” in the category “parks and gardens” that are bookmarked by you.

And of course, if all of that doesn’t work for you - you can just use Google to search the site too! (under “options” on the search menu)

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