Searching the Sitewide Forums

Why use forum search?

While the main CCL Community site search engine does search topics and posts in the Sitewide Forums, it may be more useful to search the forums using the “Search Forums” box on the top right of the Sitewide Forums page, due to the availability of forum-specific filters. 

 

 

Search results

After entering search terms and clicking on the search icon, you will be taken to the Forum Search Results page, where the results of your search are displayed.

Filtering

On the left side of the page you can refine the search results with filters.

Category

“By Category” lists all the Sitewide Forums and associated categories. By default all forums and categories are included (colored blue). If you want to focus your search by excluding forums or categories, click on them to make inactive (gray color). The search results will update instantly.

Time Frame

Use the “Time Frame” filter at bottom of left side to narrow the range of dates of postings included in the search results.

Sorting

At the top you can order the resulting list of topics and posts by “Most Recent,” “Top Rated,” “Most Commented,” or “Relevance.

If desired, you can change the search terms and search again at the top of the page.