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rsquared
09-08-2011, 03:49 PM
Was just on an RX8 forum and really like the search box function they have on their site. You can search for things for sale by keyword, category, price, location, etc. While not all of the criteria would apply here, it would be great to be able to search the classifieds by category. For example, right now, if I want to find out what wheels are for sale on here, I have to search using many different keywords and because of the different wording everyone uses, I probably wouldn't be able to find all of the wheels for sale using the search function. If I was able to search all posts in the "wheels category", it would make searching much more comprehensive. Of course, people posting things for sale would need to identify a category when posting.

Here's a link to the RX8 classified page. The search box is on the left side of the page with the heading "parts search": http://www.rx8club.com/forumdisplay.php?f=44

Fuyuzora
09-08-2011, 09:25 PM
I like this idea.

Plus it appears RX8club is also powered by vBulletin (albeit an earlier version), so it seems like it might be possible to implement here.

cwp_sedan
09-08-2011, 10:35 PM
The only thing I can say to this is that they are using pre-V4.X VBulletin, which allows for a different search option. VB4.X only allows for a limited search with our current host. I have to imagine that this plug-in has similar restrictions as well if it were made for our version.

If someone can find out what the plug-in is that they are using we can definitely look into it, but I can't promise anything.