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i have a staff forum which has a post called reported in there
i used the nav drop down
and typed in report*

but it seemed to work on showthread
but again not with unanswered posts

obviosly normal registered members can't see it due to permissions
coz thats a staff forum

but what about forums that are not protected by permissions and are still viewable but just don't want them to be searchable
for example a test forum where people test signatures avatars bbcode etc

just tested again your hack works on
showthread
advanced search
forumdisplay

not navbar
not unanswered