One place you can check is your home page. There's a link you can click to get into all your archived posts.

You can choose a few words that pertain to the post and see if you can find it that way.

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Originally posted by BrendanD

How can I search forum archives on specific message content? I'm trying to locate one of my own posts from some years ago; I don't remember the posting date (or even what year) or the subject title wording I posted under, but I do remember some of the content.

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Use Google. Describe your search as accurately as possible. Use the words or key phrases you think you wrote. Maybe even include your name or handle. THEN -- most important -- end your search with:  site:banjohangout.org

This tells Google to search here. Google in fact does a much better job of searching the Hangout archives than the Hangout's search tool does.

Thanks to Frank Eastes (Banjoy) this tip.

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Originally posted by Texasbanjo

One place you can check is your home page. There's a link you can click to get into all your archived posts.

You can choose a few words that pertain to the post and see if you can find it that way.

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I only see this link:

See all non-archived forum posts by BrendanD

But I don't see any link to see archived posts. Am I just looking in the wrong place? If so, where is that link?

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Originally posted by Old Hickory

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Originally posted by BrendanD

How can I search forum archives on specific message content? I'm trying to locate one of my own posts from some years ago; I don't remember the posting date (or even what year) or the subject title wording I posted under, but I do remember some of the content.

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Use Google. Describe your search as accurately as possible. Use the words or key phrases you think you wrote. Maybe even include your name or handle. THEN -- most important -- end your search with:  site:banjohangout.org

This tells Google to search here. Google in fact does a much better job of searching the Hangout archives than the Hangout's search tool does.

Thanks to Frank Eastes (Banjoy) this tip.

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Thanks for this tip! Unfortunately, I tried several search terms with no success, checking on both banjohangout.org and fiddlehangout.com. I found a number of threads that I posted replies on, but not the one I was looking for. Hmm.

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Originally posted by BrendanD

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Originally posted by Texasbanjo

One place you can check is your home page. There's a link you can click to get into all your archived posts.

You can choose a few words that pertain to the post and see if you can find it that way.

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I only see this link:

See all non-archived forum posts by BrendanD

But I don't see any link to see archived posts. Am I just looking in the wrong place? If so, where is that link?

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Those are links to non-archived discussions, which is the exact opposite of what you were not asking for.

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Originally posted by BrendanD

 

Thanks for this tip! Unfortunately, I tried several search terms with no success, checking on both banjohangout.org and fiddlehangout.com. I found a number of threads that I posted replies on, but not the one I was looking for. Hmm.

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What were the topics? What kinds of phrases did you use? About when were they posted?

I'm going to be traveling and will be at camp this week, but if I have any free time I'll give a try.

One way to find archived post is to just write BrendanD in the search field on BHO.

Or in Google write site:banjohangout.org BrendanD.

In both cases the system suggested Brendan (without D at the end) but asked if I really wanted BrendanD.

My mistake. I read the link wrong. I apologize.