A How to Guide to finding posts

Cucoo5

Cucoo5

Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 4146

04/05/2014, 10:27 PM #1
For those that can't figure it out.

Here's a quick little DIY on how to find posts.

Also a reason the Location Tags exist in RPs.




Step 1: Go to thread
Step 2: Click "Search Thread"
Step 3: Click "Advanced Search"
Step 4: Type in Keyword(s) which should be a Location Tag. (i.e. Gensokyo or London or Sahara Desert) into the box labeled "Keyword(s)"

Optional:
Step 5: Scroll down to Additional Options.
Step 6: Change the second drop down in the category of "Find Posts" to "and Older"
Step 7: Change the second drop down of "Sort Results by" to "In Ascending Order"

Step 8: Click "Search Now" in the "Additional Options"
Step 9: Profit.

Notes: You'll have to jump pages in order to find the true end. just keep clicking the last page shown until you don't see a progression arrow.
Also pay attention to the dates of posts. Sometimes a location tag won't be consistently used so sometimes alternatives are needed. i.e. Instead of Gensokyo, Banished Library. Instead of London, Prometheus Labs. Etc Etc.


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Last edited by Cucoo5; 04/05/2014, 10:41 PM.
Katrix

Katrix

Shulker box confiscator

Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 3493

04/05/2014, 11:02 PM #2
Stickied because people need to do this more often. I hope this means that people will search for posts themselves more.

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