Exclude forums from search results

[Wayne Luke]

search?searchJSON={"date":{"from":"lastDay"},"view":"topic","sort":{"lastcontent":"desc"},"exclude":[282739],”exclude_type":["vBForum_PrivateMessage","vBForum_VisitorMessage","vBForum_Report","vBForum_Redirect"]}

This has an invalid quote leading into exclude_type. You cannot use UTF-8 in this URL. That means no curly quotes.

[Mrs.T]

What is the code you are using now? Which node IDs/threads or categories are you trying to exclude?

If you scroll up to post 22 all our current code is all in there. We just want to exclude one channel node id 282739

[Mrs.T]

This has an invalid quote leading into exclude_type. You cannot use UTF-8 in this URL. That means no curly quotes.

It doesn't look like a curly quote when I put it in text edit. But to double check I've just tried this one that webgeek247 gave and that doesn't work either:

{"from":"lastDay"},"view":"topic","sort":{"lastcontent":"desc"},"exclude”:[282739],”exclude_type":["vBForum_PrivateMessage","vBForum_VisitorMessage","vBForum_Report","vBForum_Redirect"]}

[webgeek247]

Try this one

https://files.fm/f/bcuqtrgf

[Mrs.T]

Thank you so much, I'll try that in the morning.

[webgeek247]

Wayne Luke did you receive my PM? Have you checked the issue I mentioned or do I need to submit a ticket? Thanks.

[Mrs.T]

Try this one

https://files.fm/f/bcuqtrgf

Thanks so much for trying to help webgeek247 I do really appreciate it but I'm afraid it didn't work, it returned a "no results met your criteria"

I'm giving up on this now and will instead have to create a specific usergroup for the people to access the private forum. This exclude from search stuff is just proving too stressful, I've been trying for over a week now and getting nowhere

Thanks to those who tried to help

[Carrfixr]

I have played with setting up search modules in the past. These JSON strings are very unfriendly and if someone would just take the time to explain things in easy terms it would benefit many. A lot has to do with the module settings as well. I tried to make just a simple unread comments module and got the same results

[Mrs.T]

Completely agree - give me a knitting pattern any day

[Carrfixr]

Bahhaa
Or on my end just give me a car engine swap

[Wayne Luke]

Try replacing the " markers in the string with %22.

This is what I use on this site:

https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/search?searchJSON={%22date%22:{%22from%22:%22lastMonth%22},%22view%22:%22topic%22,%22sort% 22:{%22lastcontent%22:%22desc%22},%22exclude%22:[38],%22exclude_type%22:[%22vBForum_PrivateMessage%22,%22vBForum_VisitorMessage%22,%22vBForum_Report%22,%22vBForum_ Redirect%22]}