Question on Searching for particular posts?

[Keith Addenbrooke]

Hi there.  I’m after some advice:

 

My profile tells me this is apparently my 1,639th post since joining RMWeb on 14th Nov 2018.  I’ve contributed to a number of different Forums dotted around in that time, with some representing a particular area of interest or enquiry.  From time to time I’d like to check back on what I’ve written across all the threads in a given Forum (or find a photo or diagram I posted a while back).  

 

I thought about searching for myself as Author to look for anything I posted across any thread in a Forum, as I can’t always remember which threads I’ve posted in and it could take a while to look through the index for the “starred” threads, but it doesn’t seem to be an option?  Ideally I’d like to do this at different levels (eg: either “Narrow Gauge Forum” or, one layer down, “Narrow Gauge Modelling”).

 

I’m probably overlooking something obvious - it wouldn’t be the first time 🙂 - but I’ve not found a way to set up this particular type of search.  Is it possible, or do I need to approach it in a different way? (Maybe I should just write less and model more 😃).  Thanks, Keith.  

Edited April 6, 2022 by Keith Addenbrooke

[Mikkel]

There are 66 pages of your posts here, if that's what you mean?

 

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/profile/35498-keith-addenbrooke/content/

 

You can browse it by selecting content type, i.e.  posts, topics etc - but I don't think it's possible by subforum.

 

Edited December 19, 2021 by Mikkel

[AY Mod]

Using the Advanced Search it's possible to search for words of three letters or more from specific authors within specific subforums https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/search/

 

e.g. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/search/&q=The&type=forums_topic&author=Keith Addenbrooke&nodes=318,48&search_and_or=and

[Mikkel]

Aha! Clever little trick using "the" as the search term.

[Harlequin]

19 hours ago, Keith Addenbrooke said:

 (or find a photo or diagram I posted a while back).  

 

While composing a message, if you click “Other Media” and then “insert existing attachment” you will be shown a list of your previously posted photos and diagrams. That list is searchable - it looks for all the file names that contain the string you type anywhere within them. It’s very fast and I’ve found it to be useful several times.

Edited December 20, 2021 by Harlequin

[brossard]

I sometimes need to refer to an old post where the "Content I Posted In" has timed out.   I have had indifferent results when using the search bar here.  I have had more success by using Google and prefixing the search term with "RMweb"

 

John