[TECK]

hmmm... i didnt actually look at the search file made by nick, only at the the code i inserted in forumdispaly.php first.
i tested the code listed below in search.php and it worked perfectly for me. here it is what i did...

Find:

    $sql="
    SELECT $dotuserid $distinct
      thread.threadid,thread.threadid AS postid,thread.title AS threadtitle,thread.iconid AS threadiconid,thread.replycount,
      thread.views,thread.pollid,thread.open,thread.lastpost AS postdateline,thread.lastpost,thread.lastposter,
      forum.forumid,forum.title AS forumtitle,forum.allowicons,attach,
      thread.postusername AS usrname,
      user.userid AS postuserid,
      threadicon.iconpath AS threadiconpath,threadicon.title AS threadicontitle
    FROM
      thread,forum".iif(strpos($search[query],"searchindex")>0,",searchindex","")."
    LEFT JOIN user ON user.username=thread.postusername
    LEFT JOIN icon AS threadicon ON thread.iconid=threadicon.iconid
    $dotjoin

REPLACE it with:

    $sql="
    SELECT $dotuserid $distinct
      thread.threadid,thread.threadid AS postid,thread.title AS threadtitle,thread.iconid AS threadiconid,thread.replycount,
      thread.views,thread.pollid,thread.open,thread.lastpost AS postdateline,thread.lastpost,thread.lastposter,
      forum.forumid,forum.title AS forumtitle,forum.allowicons,attach,
      thread.postusername AS usrname,
      user.userid AS postuserid,
      threadicon.iconpath AS threadiconpath,threadicon.title AS threadicontitle,
      post2.pagetext as pagetext
    FROM
      thread,forum".iif(strpos($search[query],"searchindex")>0,",searchindex","")."
    LEFT JOIN user ON user.username=thread.postusername
    LEFT JOIN icon AS threadicon ON thread.iconid=threadicon.iconid
    LEFT JOIN post AS post2 ON thread.firstpostid=post2.postid
    $dotjoin

Find:

        // get first 30 chars of post title
        if (trim($searchresult[posttitle])=="") {
          $searchresult[posttitle]=substr($searchresult[pagetext],0,50);
          if (strlen($searchresult[posttitle])>50) {
            $spacepos=strpos($searchresult[posttitle]." "," ",50);
            if ($spacepos!=0) {
              $searchresult[posttitle]=substr($searchresult[posttitle],0,$spacepos)."...";
            }
          }
        }

BELOW this, add:

        // get first 100 chars of post message
        if (strlen($searchresult[pagetext])>100) {
          $searchresult[message]=censortext(substr($searchresult[pagetext],0,97).'...');
        } else {
          $searchresult[message]=censortext(searchresult[pagetext]);
        }
        $searchresult[message]=preg_replace("/\[[^\]]\]/","",$searchresult[message]); 
        $searchresult[message]=str_replace("\"","",$searchresult[message]);

In 'searchresultbit_threadonly' template, find:

<a href="showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$searchresult[threadid]$highlightwords">$searchresult[threadtitle]</a>

REPLACE it with:

<a href="showthread.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&threadid=$searchresult[threadid]$highlightwords" title="$searchresult[message]">$searchresult[threadtitle]</a>

i personally didnt like the fact that the preview text is not censored, so i added also the censor function. let me know if it worked.