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RULoyal

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I used the search function at the top right next to the Alerts bell and it appears to search ALL forums (not just Rutgers). Is there a way to just search RU forums?
 

Tango Two

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I used the search function at the top right next to the Alerts bell and it appears to search ALL forums (not just Rutgers). Is there a way to just search RU forums?

Next to search window is a dropdown menu to select where you want to search:

Everywhere
Threads
This forum
This thread
 

RULoyal

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Next to search window is a dropdown menu to select where you want to search:

Everywhere
Threads
This forum
This thread
The "This forum" option only appears when you are on a specific RU forum. If you are on the main RU forums screen "This forum" is not on the drop down.
 

DJ Spanky

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I used the search function at the top right next to the Alerts bell and it appears to search ALL forums (not just Rutgers). Is there a way to just search RU forums?

Wait, are you trying to find your old donkey porn threads?
 

DJ Spanky

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Anyway, if you select Advanced Search at the lower right, it takes you to a screen where you can filter it down to the Rutgers forums:

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Knight Shift

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Anyway, if you select Advanced Search at the lower right, it takes you to a screen where you can filter it down to the Rutgers forums:

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Have all the old threads been ported over.

A few that are missed and can't find:

Eternal Lawn Care Thread

New Music Thread

Electric Vehicles

Coach Ash Will Get Us. . . Oh, never mind.
 

RU848789

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No. We've been assured they'll be here by October. Or maybe it was May of 2027. Not sure.
Very few old threads have actually been ported over as far as I can tell or at least very few that I ever created or posted in. Only ~120 posts in "your content" vs. somewhere between 35K and 64K posts (my profile says 64K "messages" but when I search my posts and find the few of mine on this site before the switch, it refers to "post #35,782 on April 5 2025"). And searches for any of my content related to football, hoops, weather and science (my biggest topics posted on) reveal nada. Also interesting to see that post counts were kind of reset after the new rollout (at least in search results, my most recent post was #135 or so). Would be a shame if all of the old threads don't come over eventually - been through this many times on many sites and it's always a bit painful. At least I had zero issues logging in, lol.
 

Knight Shift

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Very few old threads have actually been ported over as far as I can tell or at least very few that I ever created or posted in. Only ~120 posts in "your content" vs. somewhere between 35K and 64K posts (my profile says 64K "messages" but when I search my posts and find the few of mine on this site before the switch, it refers to "post #35,782 on April 5 2025"). And searches for any of my content related to football, hoops, weather and science (my biggest topics posted on) reveal nada. Also interesting to see that post counts were kind of reset after the new rollout (at least in search results, my most recent post was #135 or so). Would be a shame if all of the old threads don't come over eventually - been through this many times on many sites and it's always a bit painful. At least I had zero issues logging in, lol.
Threads back to 2015 were ported over. The problem is that they have not been indexed for searching. Kinda makes trying to find anyone's old threads like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Here is the oldest thread on the Board:


Here is one by you:


And a weather thread by me:


And another by you:


And if I search "This Forum" and Titles for "mcnugget", nothing is found. Sad.
 
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Richie O

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Threads back to 2015 were ported over. The problem is that they have not been indexed for searching. Kinda makes trying to find anyone's old threads like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Here is the oldest thread on the Board:


Here is one by you:


And a weather thread by me:


And another by you:


And if I search "This Forum" and Titles for "mcnugget", nothing is found. Sad.
Like you said, everything is still being indexed.
 
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RU848789

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Threads back to 2015 were ported over. The problem is that they have not been indexed for searching. Kinda makes trying to find anyone's old threads like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Here is the oldest thread on the Board:


Here is one by you:


And a weather thread by me:


And another by you:


And if I search "This Forum" and Titles for "mcnugget", nothing is found. Sad.
So how did you find any of those threads you linked? I searched for a few keywords in the posts you linked and no results and obviously that thread of mine didn't show up in any search for my posts/content - presumably due to the indexing issue.
 

Knight Shift

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So how did you find any of those threads you linked? I searched for a few keywords in the posts you linked and no results and obviously that thread of mine didn't show up in any search for my posts/content - presumably due to the indexing issue.
I went to the last page of threads. There is a page list at the top of each forum.