Forum “Search” feature - ANSWERED

DeplorableDan

edit- I was suggesting new features for the “search” function, but I did not realize they had already been developed within the forum. My mistake, thank you guys!

U1chicago

One workaround is to search on google with a term like “loupe collectors universe”

U1chicago

This is what I got doing that.
Is this the thread you wanted?
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1083503/suggestions-on-a-new-loupe

DeplorableDan

@U1chicago said:
One workaround is to search on google with a term like “loupe collectors universe”

You’re right, it worked! I found the thread I was looking for. I guess I’ll just do this for now one, although I still think filters would be helpful.

MasonG

If you do a search for "loupe", this is what you get:

Click on the arrow, and you get these options for filtering:

DeplorableDan

@MasonG said:
If you do a search for "loupe", this is what you get:

Click on the arrow, and you get these options for filtering:

Ahhh ok, thank you. I always use the forum on my phone and i didn’t notice the arrow. Seems to have everything I suggested lol. However, even using the filters when searching the word “loupe” and setting it to “within 6 months” of “today”, it doesn’t bring up the thread from November that I was looking for, which has “loupe” in the title. Not sure why it doesn’t want to show that particular thread

MasonG

@DeplorableDan said:
However, even using the filters when searching the word “loupe” and setting it to “within 6 months” of “today”, it doesn’t bring up the thread from November that I was looking for, which has “loupe” in the title.

It works well to narrow things down if you know who the author is or what category the thread was posted in but I haven't been able to figure out exactly how the time filter works either.

LanceNewmanOCC

fwiw, if you type loupe into the Title field, with no restrictions on date, although i do use that field from time-to-time, the thread in question is the 6th one down the list. fwiw

the only thing i currently have against the advanced search is the lack of sorting by most recent and or perhaps a couple more variations of searchable dates.

it'd be nice if the basic quick search returned queries chronologically as well. imo

glad it works as well as it does though.

ricko

Google will turn up most recent threads.... I usually use that first before the forum search. Cheers, RickO

winesteven

I may have mentioned this previously, but my neighbor told me she deleted Google from her husbands computer. I asked her why she did that?

She told me he doesn’t need Google, because he knows everything! 😂

Steve

davewesen

@MasonG said:
If you do a search for "loupe", this is what you get:

Click on the arrow, and you get these options for filtering:

thanks, I am tired of getting results with over 200 pages in random order from the last 20 years