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Advanced search

The Advanced Search allows users to make a search with particular criteria corresponding to the object you want to find.

Perform your advanced search

1. Click at the top right of the Forum homepage when being in the Forum application or in the search pop-up or in the Search this category/Search this forum/Search this topic/ on the Action bar of each selected object.

Based on the criteria you want to search, such as category, forum or post, the search criteria will be changed accordingly.

2. Enter the search criteria.

3. Click the Search button to do search. Also, click the Clear Fields button to reset the inputted values.

Matched results will be shown in the Search Result form. There will be an alert message when there is no object matching with the search criteria.

Find in categories

Select Category from the Search in drop-down menu.

Details:

FieldDescription
Terms The search keyword.
Scope The search scale. With the "Full" option selected, returned results are those with both titles and content matching the keyword. With the "Titles" option selected, returned results are those with titles matching the keyword.
Username Filter search results by the category creator. Input the name manually, or click to select users from a specific group.
Created between - and Filter search results by categories created within an interval. Input the date manually, or click to select a date from the mini calendar.
Moderator Filter search results by the category moderator. Input the name manually, or click to select users from a specific group.

Find in forums

Select Forum from the Search in drop-down menu.

Details:

FieldDescription
Terms The search keyword.
Status The status of the forums ("Locked" or "Unlocked").
State The state of the forums ("Open" or "Closed").
Posts Filter search results by the minimum number of posts in the forum. Click and drag the slider bar to set the number of posts.
Topics Filter search results by the minimum number of topics in the forum. Click and drag the slider bar to set the number of topics.
Moderator Filter search results by the forum moderator. Input the name manually, or click to select users from a specific group.

Find in topics

Select Topic from the Search in drop-down menu.

Details:

FieldDescription
Terms The search keyword.
Type The type of the topic specified by the topic type name and its icon. It can be selected from the existing list.
Status The status of the topics ("Locked" or "Unlocked").
State The state of the topics ("Open" or "Closed").
Created between - and Filter search results by topics created within an interval. Input the date manually, or click to select a date from the mini calendar.
Last Post between - and Filter search results by the last post's created date in the topic. You can input the date manually, or click to select a date from the mini calendar.
Posts Filter search results by the minimum number of posts in the topic. Click and drag the slider bar to set the number of posts.
Views Filter search results by the minimum number of topic views. Click and drag the slider bar to set the number of views.

Find in posts

Select Post from the Search in drop-down menu.

Details:

FieldDescription
TermThe search keyword.
ScopeThe scale for searching. With the "Full" option selected, returned results are those with both title and content matching the keyword. With the "Titles" option selected, returned results are those with post titles matching the keyword.
UsernameFilter search results by the posters' usernames. Input the name manually, or click to select users from a specific group.
Created between - andFilter search results by posts created within an interval. You can input the date manually, or click to select a date from the mini calendar.

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