How to find old threads in the search engine
 

Hi all,
I was searching the data bank for old stuff the Bobby at Atlanta did for an customer about 2 or 3 years ago.
I found that I could not go back more than one year.
How can I get past the new,(to me), format and see old threads.
Thanks,
Jeff

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1142347237.jpg

I bookmarked this search page... check the settings for where you are searching(as in which forum) and how far back to search. You can search by user name too.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/search.php

Any method I try in doing a search only yields posts from present back to '05.
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Try this:
Click on this link from Jan., '02, ... (saved in my 'puter file)
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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?threadid=56597&perpage=20&highlight =hid&pagenumber=1
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...copy/paste the subject (or any key words) into the search, then copy/paste the author's name, Paul Wishnafski, into the "Search By User Name" box. You'll get zippo.
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I may contact Wayne to notify him - 'might be that he has closed off the archive intentionally or by accident.

Hmmm I did a search on midnightmoose.com but did not tag it for an author and it went back to 02

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=90439&highlight=www.mid nightmoose.com

I'll be danged. 'Worked for me, too.
I don't understand why I'm not able to get further back than '05 when searching.
Mystery.

:confused:

Here is the very beginning 1999


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=24&daysprune=1000&sort order=desc&sortfield=lastpost&perpage=35&pagenumbe r=338

This is frustrating. I've lost the ability to search the total archive.
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Bill,
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How did you get back to the very beginning? Details, please.
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In the drop down window, does yours say "a year ago" or "from the beginning"?
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Thanks.
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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1142390366.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1142391236.jpg

you have to go back in time.. I use Mr. Peobody's Wayback Machine..... :D



Don,
I used the setting "any date"... and also the "and older" box.

very first Thread


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/bmw-r1100s-r1200s-tech-forum/23312-welcome-r1100s-board.html

I'll be a sumb!tch. It worked using the "and older" box.
After all these years, first time I've had to use that box.
Thanks for the help, Bill.
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:)