How to post a keyword search link...

[Q™]

One of the small problems with vBulletin Board is that its search function converts its search.php querystrings into a "search id" which ruins the search hyperlink when you paste the search results URL into a topic post, as shown below...

https://www.ipcamtalk.com/search.php?searchid=1123361

(When a user clicks on the above URL, "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms." is returned)

It may be useful to some members that this problem can be overcome by using the syntax method shown below..

You can submit a search to vBulletin with a URL, just like you can with the search form. The basic URL is:

http://www.ipcamtalk.com/forum/search.php?do=process&query=searchword​

Where searchword is the word for which you are searching.

Here is a list of the extra search parameters you can add to the URL. When you add a search parameter to the URL you need to add this to the end of the URL:

&variable_name=value

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Search field: Search by Key Word

Variable name: titleonly

Values:

• 0 = Search Entire Posts
• 1 = Search Titles Only

More on this at...

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-legacy-versions-products/legacy-vbulletin-versions/vbulletin-3-0-how-do-i-and-troubleshooting-forum/110659-how-to-submit-a-search-through-the-url

Here are two (2) real world IpCamTalk examples...

Example 1:

• Search for the term: pinout
• Search topic titles only
• search.php?do=process&titleonly=1&query=pinout
• https://www.ipcamtalk.com/search.php?do=process&titleonly=1&query=pinout

Example 2:

• Search for the term: pinout
• Search entire topic post
• search.php?do=process&titleonly=0&query=pinout
• https://www.ipcamtalk.com/search.php?do=process&titleonly=0&query=pinout

HTH