[jschefdog]

OK, I figured out how to add more options to the "Find Posts From" drop down in the Search form. From the admin page, open the Style Manager and choose Edit Templates for the style you want to change. Expand "Search Templates" then select the search_forums template under it. Click Customize.

Search for the following line in this template.

<option value="1" $searchdateselected[1]>$vbphrase[yesterday]</option>

Then add lines similar to the following after this line:

<option value="2" $searchdateselected[2]><phrase 1="2">$vbphrase[x_days_ago]</phrase></option>
<option value="3" $searchdateselected[3]><phrase 1="3">$vbphrase[x_days_ago]</phrase></option>
<option value="4" $searchdateselected[4]><phrase 1="4">$vbphrase[x_days_ago]</phrase></option>
<option value="5" $searchdateselected[5]><phrase 1="5">$vbphrase[x_days_ago]</phrase></option>

This will add options "2 Days Ago", "3 Days Ago", etc. You don't need to add all these options, or you can set other numbers of days if desired, but make sure to change the number in all 3 locations of the line. Each option line will add one drop down choice.

I was surprised to find out that there was already a "x_days_ago" phrase provided in vBulletin, even though they don't use it in the standard "Find Posts From" drop down. It seems that everything needed to search for all posts in the last X days is in standard vBulletin 3.0.0, but for some reason they did not allow it.