Advanced forum search
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You can also use the advanced search options For advanced searching, press the search button without typing anything in the words field – you will see a complete form that makes it easier to do advanced searches. Apart from the options mentioned below you can also set the date ranges for the forum posts to search in (options: Posts must be newer than this, Posts must be older than this), you can choose only one forum to search in (Choose which forums to search).