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You can submit a search to vBulletin with a URL, just like you can with the search form. http://www.yourforums/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