Forum search function - add ability to search titles only

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remydog
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Forum search function - add ability to search titles only

Post by remydog »

Suggestion idea and specifics: On the search screen, include the ability to search only through titles for a particular word or phrase.

Reason: Many other bbs that I frequent permit me to search just the titles. Often this will quickly lead me to the information I am seeking, particularly when looking to see if a previous poster has already started a thread on a particular topic. This avoids redundancy.

Currently, the search options are titles and messages or messages only. Often, this will result in returning lots of posts that are not relevant to the search.

As an example, I have another suggestion (to be posted momentarily) for more/better information on the My Games screen. I first ran a search to see if there was already something posted, but my searches returned hundreds of posts that were not on point. So while my idea may have already been suggested (probably was), unless I am willing to spend hours reading through all the existing posts, I will be needlessly adding more clutter to the boards.
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Post by AndyDufresne »

Regarding the forum search, you'll have to take that up with phpBB forum software makers. The next edition (3.0) may have this feature.


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Post by CrabNebula »

Seconding OP's suggestion. I have been wanting this feature for so long :(

EDIT: Saw Andy's post. Oh well :(
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