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You can submit a search to vBulletin with a URL, just like you can with the search form. The basic URL is:
Where searchword is the word for which you are searching.
Here is a list of the extra search parameters you can add to the URL. When you add a search parameter to the URL you need to add this to the end of the URL:
Search field: Search by Key Word
Variable name: titleonly
Values:
Search field: Search by User Name
Variable name: searchuser
Values: Enter a username
Variable name: starteronly
Values:
Variable name: exactname
Values:
Search field: Find Threads with
Variable name: replyless
Values:
Variable name: replylimit
Values: Any integer values
Search field: Find Posts from
Variable name: searchdate
Values:
Variable name: beforeafter
Values:
Search field: Sort Results by
Variable name: sortby
Values:
Variable name: order
Values:
Search field: Show Results as
Variable name: showposts
Values:
Search field: Search in Forum(s)
Variable name: forumchoice[]
Values: Do not include this variable in the URL to search all forums. If you want to search specific forums then you need to add an instance for each forumid. For example:
Where X, Y, and Z are the forumids of the forums in which you want to search.
Variable name: childforums
Values:
http://www.yoursite.com/forum/search.php?do=process&query=searchword
Where searchword is the word for which you are searching.
Here is a list of the extra search parameters you can add to the URL. When you add a search parameter to the URL you need to add this to the end of the URL:
&variable_name=value
Search field: Search by Key Word
Variable name: titleonly
Values:
- 0 = Search Entire Posts
- 1 = Search Titles Only
Search field: Search by User Name
Variable name: searchuser
Values: Enter a username
Variable name: starteronly
Values:
- 0 = Find Posts by User
- 1 = Find Threads Started by User
Variable name: exactname
Values:
- 0 = Partial name
- 1 = Exact name
Search field: Find Threads with
Variable name: replyless
Values:
- 0 = At Least
- 1 = At Most
Variable name: replylimit
Values: Any integer values
Search field: Find Posts from
Variable name: searchdate
Values:
- 0 = Any Date
- lastvisit = Your Last Visit
- 1 = Yesterday
- 7 = A Week Ago
- 14 = 2 Weeks Ago
- 30 = A Month Ago
- 90 = 3 Months Ago
- 180 = 6 Months Ago
- 365 = A Year Ago
Variable name: beforeafter
Values:
- after = and Newer
- before = and Older
Search field: Sort Results by
Variable name: sortby
Values:
- rank = Relevancy
- title = Title
- replycount = Number of Replies
- views = Number of Views
- threadstart = Thread Start Date
- lastpost = Last Posting Date
- postusername = User Name
- forum = Forum
Variable name: order
Values:
- descending = in Descending Order
- ascending = in Ascending Order
Search field: Show Results as
Variable name: showposts
Values:
- 0 = Show Results as Threads
- 1 = Show Results as Posts
Search field: Search in Forum(s)
Variable name: forumchoice[]
Values: Do not include this variable in the URL to search all forums. If you want to search specific forums then you need to add an instance for each forumid. For example:
&forumchoice[]=X&forumchoice[]=Y&forumchoice[]=Z
Where X, Y, and Z are the forumids of the forums in which you want to search.
Variable name: childforums
Values:
- 0 = Do not search in child forums
- 1 = Also search in child forums
