[theOZer]

If you add JasonMerchant's code, a comment line and code line, to the vB370RC2 search.php it APPEARS to work; now shows the thumbnails when doing a New Posts search.

	// do data query
	if (!empty($itemids))
	{
		$ids = implode(', ', array_keys($itemids));
		$dataQuery .= '(' . $ids . ')';
		//edited by jason
		$dataQuery .= " " . $hook_query_where;		$items = $db->query_read_slave($dataQuery);
		$itemidname = iif($search['showposts'], 'postid', 'threadid');

		$dotthreads = fetch_dot_threads_array($ids);
	}

[Note: I bolded Jason's code for clarity.]

Give this a try. This truly is a wonderful hack and it's a priceless addition to any art forum that has people posting their art work.
~OZ