A fix for Search forgetting forum / user / thread. 13 lines of JavaScript included.

There is a general breakdown in UX that is an obvious result of it being coded by someone who doesn't use the search function. boards.ie search basically sucks because of this.

Advanced Search doesn't have a link anymore. Only /search/submit. What this does is remove the ability for posters to easily search with more than one variable.

Step 1: Add a link for Advanced Search. You can do that or I'll add it to the code below.

Step 2: Respect Query Parameters in the URL by adding the JS below, and change the placeholder text of the Search bar to "Search".

[HTML]var params = window.location.href.slice(window.location.href.indexOf('?') + 1).split('&');
var append = [];
params.forEach(function(p){
if (p.indexOf('user=') !== -1) append.push(p);
if (p.indexOf('forum=') !== -1) append.push(p);
if (p.indexOf('thread=') !== -1) append.push(p);
if (p.indexOf('sort=') !== -1) append.push(p);
});
document.getElementById('user_search').addEventListener('click', function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var queryTerm = document.getElementById('user_search_input').value.replace(' ', '+');
window.location.href='https://boards.ie/search/submit/?query=' + queryTerm + '&' + append.join('&');
});
[/HTML]

That code gives the expected behaviour where if you are searching a user's posts, or a forum's posts, or a thread's posts, typing in a new search term will ensure that you are still searching within that user, forum, or thread's posts. It's miles better than the current brand new search every time.

To test, just click my name and view all posts, click F12 and paste the code into the console. Type in a search term and when you submit, you'll be finding that search term in posts by me.