Search function for older posts

eejit · #1 10-02-2005, 07:57 PM

Anybody able to figure out how to get the search function to go back more than 6 months?

It seems to me I used to be able to do this, but now no matter what search range I set for a specific poster, it shows nothing past the previous 6 months.

Any help greatly appreciated.

timprov · #2 10-02-2005, 08:45 PM

Go to Older Archives. From there, go to recent archives. (Just follow the instructions, don't try to make them make sense.) There, you can search in six-month blocks.

theben · #3 10-02-2005, 09:37 PM

nope. i cant even get the search function to accurately find a topic from a week ago cause it stinks!

eejit · #4 10-02-2005, 11:44 PM

Awesome, thanks tim!

Jonathan · #5 10-14-2005, 08:54 AM

I tried this and it didn't work.

For example if I search for poster XXXX
and put in dates such as "newer than 18 months"
and "older than 14 months" the search alwyas returns
no matches.

I'm finding this very frustrating! I can't find any posts
older than 6 months.

Whats the trick?

Thanks,
Jonathan

#6 10-14-2005, 09:16 AM

Hmm, the archive search function appears to be down. Either that, or there are no posts in the archive with the word "poker" in them.

SjPdX · #7 10-14-2005, 03:00 PM

I agree! It is a frustrating search engine for ease of use and sensible hits. You have to use the "+" sign in front of any word you actually want to find or it returns nearly every post. I use other infopop forums and they aren't this difficult to search.

kevstreet · #8 10-14-2005, 03:07 PM

Yeah, I ran in to that same problem today. I was searching for the name of that girl several guys had as their avatar a couple of months ago and couldn't find the link. I saved a PM that Soxtrader had a post in NVG and when I searched for that old post I came up empty.