First off, I feel I must apologize, since I gather it must have been someone else asking this before me.. here goes: Why the results of my searches here are indifferent to the sorting order I choose which is by date-in descending order? The story is, two days ago it didn't. I cannot tell whether it was a coincidence or what.. I even remember the keyword: "extreme". thank you
If you are searching for posts, it will sort results based on the date of the posts found in search results, which is no different than how it's always been. Do you have an exact example of something you think the results are out of order?
I've searched for entire posts. In fact, nothing was changed settingwise, just typed the keyword "extreme" without the qoutes of course, and pressed the last button "search now". Right from the 6th result onward, the dates get mixed-up. This is how I consider it, since it points not to the post, but to the thread. http://forums.digitalpoint.com/search.php?searchid=3905082
If you want to view posts themselves in search results, make sure you use the "show as posts" option. If you are showing results as threads, of course the days will be strange because you aren't showing what you are sorting by (you are sorting by post date but showing results as thread).
Yes, thanks for your answer, it helped me realise that Noscript was blocking the "additional options" window that just appeared. Now it makes sence - and the results are AOK. However, when I've searched titles only - displayed as threads, the dates are again mixed-up. I presume it's the same thing - the search is correct but the displayed results don't follow it. .. Can I ask, what would one have use for this option "show as threads"?
Not sure what people use it for to be honest. It's just part of vBulletin. I certainly don't use it myself.
Actually, now that I think about it... viewing results as threads is useful for times when you aren't searching for a keyword. For example viewing threads that a user started or posted in. But searching for a keyword that exists *somewhere* within some post within a thread... it's not very useful.