Guide how to search the forum - Page 4

**MrInBetween** · August 28th, 2013, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pepper II

effCup: I had no problem searching Softcore Models Ryan Matthews (plain) with no " or + or anything else. I think the special characters is what is causing your problem.

I may be getting confused, but I think it's working now, when it wasn't last week.

**rotobott** · August 28th, 2013, 07:08 PM

Still not working

**MrInBetween** · August 28th, 2013, 07:11 PM

I never searched for 'ryan+matthews' last week, just 'ryan matthews' and that works now, but I think it didn't last week.

**effCup** · September 12th, 2013, 11:12 AM

I've found another:

If I search for "Johanna Sugarman" (no quotes) & restrict the search to softcore models only, not incl. sub-forums, I get no found matches. If I search for "Johanna" (still no quotes), it finds the following (desired/intended) thread: http://www.vintage-erotica-forum.com...ad.php?t=47818 which is titled: "Johanna Sugarman / Ellen / Roberta / Lulu " (copied & pasted, only change was to un-bold).

Searching for "sugarman" finds no matches. Searches for each of ellen, roberta, and lulu do find her.

I can recall some time ago suggesting that softcore mods. consider amending that thread's title, due to the linked inclusion within it of her Penthouse pictorial under the "Johanna Sugarman" name. Could that be where the inconsistency between the vef/vBulletin database index and the thread title arose--i.e. a mod. updated the thread title accordingly, but that didn't trigger a db index update, hence not "findable" as such?

/shrug/ Just speculating.

**hos** · September 20th, 2013, 03:10 PM

search on titles rather depends on post titles, not on thread titles.

sometimes it happens that we have thread titles which are different from the post title of the first post (can happen when threads were splitted, merged or posts were moved to different threads).

**effCup** · September 20th, 2013, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hos

search on titles rather depends on post titles, not on thread titles

Right, & the first post's title is: "Johanna Sugarman / Ellen / Roberta / Lulu", as set by the mod. when they amended that thread's title.

Idle curiosity: if a user amends the title of their first post in a vef thread, the thread's title isn't similarly amended, but it seems like mods. do need to amend the title of the first post in a thread in order to amend the thread title?

Alright, perhaps going a bit astray but still curious.

**hos** · September 20th, 2013, 03:36 PM

members can only change the thread title as long as they edit their first post and no other member has visited it yet. as soon as it was visited, thanked or answered he can just modify the post title without any effect on the thread title. these titles are 2 different items in the database.

the moderator can always modify post and/or thread titles. if a modification of thread or post title affects the other item as well, depends on which edit-dialog he is using. he can modify them both with one action, or each item separate. i assume, most mods don't know much about the technical parts of the board software, they are editors, but no software/database experts, so you will see those thread/post title difference quite often.

**MrInBetween** · February 3rd, 2014, 09:45 PM

The drop-down box from Search on the menu bar does AND searches, and the Advanced Search does OR.

That is, the ordinary Search is the same as putting searchstring1+searchstring2 into the Advanced Search, which returns posts (or threads with such posts, if you select the Threads radiobutton) that contain both words.

[EDIT]
Even if you start with a search from the drop-down menu, you always go to the Advanced Search if no matches are found, and a hidden consequence of this is that your first search uses implicit AND and the second one implicit OR. Try entering a string of two words in the drop-down search box, the first one a word that you know exists on the forum, the second one a nonsense word that doesn't; you'll get no results - but if you then leave the string unchanged and press 'Search Now' at the bottom of the page, you get all the results that contain the first word.

toecutter73 · April 23rd, 2017, 03:03 PM

I've looked and since I don't see the answer, I need to ask. I am presently working my way through the 3000+ pages of a particular thread and creating an Excel spreadsheet of unidentified models (I figure this can be my contribution). Is there a way I can find a specific post using its unique identifier? I sure as hell hope so.

**effCup** · April 24th, 2017, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toecutter73

I've looked and since I don't see the answer, I need to ask. I am presently working my way through the 3000+ pages of a particular thread and creating an Excel spreadsheet of unidentified models (I figure this can be my contribution). Is there a way I can find a specific post using its unique identifier? I sure as hell hope so.

Good question.

I'm not aware of being able to perform a vef "find" with/for an input post id, but: if you have/know the post id, then you don't need to perform a find per se, simply "visit" it using the "showpost" php function, replacing NNNNN with your post id number:

Code:

http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/showpost.php?p=NNNNN

The "showthread" php function can also take a post id input:

Code:

http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/showthread.php?p=NNNNN

... as well as a thread id input, if you're seeking a thread by its id:

Code:

http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/showthread.php?t=NNN

... just be careful to match up the appropriate p= or t= following the question mark.

Hope that helps.

August 28th, 2013, 07:11 PM	#33
MrInBetween R.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Gone But Not Forgotten Posts: 3,934 Thanks: 51,364 Thanked 48,451 Times in 3,898 Posts	I never searched for 'ryan+matthews' last week, just 'ryan matthews' and that works now, but I think it didn't last week. __________________ I'm sorry Gentlemen, that's all the lipstick around the nipple we have time for To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

September 20th, 2013, 03:10 PM	#35
hos Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: back in the dirt Posts: 10,632 Thanks: 29,720 Thanked 89,340 Times in 9,361 Posts	search on titles rather depends on post titles, not on thread titles. sometimes it happens that we have thread titles which are different from the post title of the first post (can happen when threads were splitted, merged or posts were moved to different threads). __________________ You may be the most important brick in the least important wall, but really you're just a bit of something on a bit of something else.

September 20th, 2013, 03:36 PM	#37
hos Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: back in the dirt Posts: 10,632 Thanks: 29,720 Thanked 89,340 Times in 9,361 Posts	members can only change the thread title as long as they edit their first post and no other member has visited it yet. as soon as it was visited, thanked or answered he can just modify the post title without any effect on the thread title. these titles are 2 different items in the database. the moderator can always modify post and/or thread titles. if a modification of thread or post title affects the other item as well, depends on which edit-dialog he is using. he can modify them both with one action, or each item separate. i assume, most mods don't know much about the technical parts of the board software, they are editors, but no software/database experts, so you will see those thread/post title difference quite often. __________________ You may be the most important brick in the least important wall, but really you're just a bit of something on a bit of something else. Last edited by hos; September 20th, 2013 at 03:42 PM..

February 3rd, 2014, 09:45 PM	#38
MrInBetween R.I.P. Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Gone But Not Forgotten Posts: 3,934 Thanks: 51,364 Thanked 48,451 Times in 3,898 Posts	The drop-down box from Search on the menu bar does AND searches, and the Advanced Search does OR. That is, the ordinary Search is the same as putting searchstring1+searchstring2 into the Advanced Search, which returns posts (or threads with such posts, if you select the Threads radiobutton) that contain both words. [EDIT] Even if you start with a search from the drop-down menu, you always go to the Advanced Search if no matches are found, and a hidden consequence of this is that your first search uses implicit AND and the second one implicit OR. Try entering a string of two words in the drop-down search box, the first one a word that you know exists on the forum, the second one a nonsense word that doesn't; you'll get no results - but if you then leave the string unchanged and press 'Search Now' at the bottom of the page, you get all the results that contain the first word. __________________ I'm sorry Gentlemen, that's all the lipstick around the nipple we have time for To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by MrInBetween; August 1st, 2014 at 04:20 PM.. Reason: Additional consequence explored

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August 28th, 2013, 07:08 PM	#32
rotobott Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 32,099 Thanks: 174,742 Thanked 634,404 Times in 31,419 Posts	Still not working

September 12th, 2013, 11:12 AM	#34
effCup *Vintage Idiot* Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: History Posts: 22,127 Thanks: 226,680 Thanked 356,586 Times in 21,622 Posts	I've found another: If I search for "Johanna Sugarman" (no quotes) & restrict the search to softcore models only, not incl. sub-forums, I get no found matches. If I search for "Johanna" (still no quotes), it finds the following (desired/intended) thread: http://www.vintage-erotica-forum.com...ad.php?t=47818 which is titled: "Johanna Sugarman / Ellen / Roberta / Lulu " (copied & pasted, only change was to un-bold). Searching for "sugarman" finds no matches. Searches for each of ellen, roberta, and lulu do find her. I can recall some time ago suggesting that softcore mods. consider amending that thread's title, due to the linked inclusion within it of her Penthouse pictorial under the "Johanna Sugarman" name. Could that be where the inconsistency between the vef/vBulletin database index and the thread title arose--i.e. a mod. updated the thread title accordingly, but that didn't trigger a db index update, hence not "findable" as such? /shrug/ Just speculating.

April 23rd, 2017, 03:03 PM	#39
toecutter73 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12 Thanks: 4 Thanked 36 Times in 7 Posts	I've looked and since I don't see the answer, I need to ask. I am presently working my way through the 3000+ pages of a particular thread and creating an Excel spreadsheet of unidentified models (I figure this can be my contribution). Is there a way I can find a specific post using its unique identifier? I sure as hell hope so.