XF 2.1 Finding Older Posts

[WalterBennet]

I have a very old forum that I upgraded to Xenforo last year. One feature I'm sorely missing is an easy way to find older posts.

For example, I have posts going back to 2001. if I wanted to find those, I'd have to go to my profile then manually navigate 10 pages back at a time to find the earliest.

Is there an easier way to use Xenforo's features to find old posts FIRST instead of new posts first?

Also, does anyone know of any search add-on that allow you to search by a date range? That seems like a very basic database function, but I can't seem to find an add-on that supports it.

Thanks!

 

[Paul B]

The search form allows for data ranges.

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[WalterBennet]

Mine doesn't have that option. What am I missing...?

 

[Paul B]

Ah, it must be an XFES option only.

 

[WalterBennet]

Ah, of course... I don't understand the logic behind paywalling basic search functionality like inverting the date of the results. And then discouraging me from getting it. "Most shared hosting operators will not have this installed and thus XenForo Enhanced Search will not be usable."

 

[Paul B]

@WalterBennet

My mistake - it's new in 2.2 for both MySQL and XFES search.

So no need for an add-on, paid or otherwise.

 

[beerForo]

That's pretty cool!

Another bonus "Have You Seen...?"