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MacOSXHints and Searchling
Authored by: bluehz on Dec 16, '02 12:45:25PM

After reading last week about the Searchling menu addition I have been hooked. Converting search criteria left and right. Unfortunately - I have been unable to ascertain a method of searching the MacOSXHints forums with Searchling methodology. This is not specific to MacOSXHints, but rather to all forums that use php-based forums.

I don't know if its just not possible, or if I haven't discovered the solution yet, but I would sure like to be able to search the forums with Searchling (or for others they may be using bookmarklets, or similar utilities) also. Would sure like to hear from other MacOSXHints users if they have a solution to this problem.



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MacOSXHints and Searchling
Authored by: bortQ on Dec 17, '02 10:32:47PM

Use this URL to search macosxhints:
http://www.macosxhints.com/search.php?mode=search&datestart=0&dateend=0&topic=0&type=stories&author=0&query=

just add your search term at the end



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Forum searches...
Authored by: robg on Dec 18, '02 12:02:14AM
I think the problem is that vBulletin, the forum software, takes steps to hide the search string from casual eyes. When you hit submit, the search gets processed and is given a search ID, ie:
http://forums.macosxhints.com/search.php?s=&action=showresults&
searchid=67762&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending
In this example, I searched for "test," but all you see is "searchid=67762". I think this would make it impossible to search the forum site with an automated tool, as it couldn't send the command to the search pre-processor... Sorry... -rob.

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