Question about the search function
CaptHenway
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When you do a search for "abcde" or whatever, is there any way to make the results appear in chronological order, either newest first or oldest first?
Just did a search for something from last week and the first result was from 2008. WHat followed was completely jumbled time-wise.
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same question here
I have always wondered that so I did a little playing around. At the bottom of my attached screenshot you can pick a time like I did (today) and do a search. It seemed to work. Use the drop down arrow on the right
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Yeah, picking a date is the only way to do it. But the search is so weirdly implemented that I do a google search and time restrict it. That helps me find what I’m looking for faster.
I try to us the forum search to find a relevant thread for a post I want to make. Most of the time I get a jumbled list of old posts or bst posts. I guarantee it takes time to manually search through the threads page after page. I also am not tech savvy 😉
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Great information. Thank you as I did not know to use the drop down arrow. Have utilized Google for this very reason. Tried and it worked great for me.
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The software gurus at our host could make a change and all search items could be made to appear chronologically. And a choice on the search function could allow new to old or old to new. It could be done, not sure it if will. Cheers, RickO
There’s a drop down arrow on the search bar that lets you filter results by date. A more refined option is to search on google and include “forums.collectors.com” with whatever you search + a filter on your date preferences. An old trick of mine.