Search Syntax for custom search

[karlm]

I'd like to have a link/button that allows one-click access to global (or at least admin-selected) content... similar to how the activity.php works (shows all content from all areas of suite) but I'd like the results in a 'search results' type layout.

My members do not like the activity.php layout.

However, they are accustomed to the 'today's posts' and 'new posts'.

What I'm after is the search result layout after a search for "multiple content types" so blogs & group comments etc. are all included, but in a tidy manner - the activity.php layout is too new for them and too ... detailed, I guess. For whatever reason they don't like it.

So I'd like to add a link to the effect of:

<a href="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=getnew&contenttype=vBForum_Post&cms&blog_post&etc.">Newest Content</a>

I found the below link but it doesn't seem to cover more than the forum specific content.

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum...-current-forum

Also, it would be beneficial to have it date-sorted in ascending order, so it gives the full impression of being a typical search.

I'm doing this because most of the site is ignored by members because they use the 'newest posts' link and nothing else.. so blogs & cms entries all go entirely unnoticed by the members.