Is there a way to give URL link to the forum Search results?

gotogo

Jedi Master
I am wondering if there is a way to give URL link to the forum Search results.
What I meant is that if you want to make a link in a post to a particular Search results, for example to the Search result of "Divine Cosmic Mind" of the Forum.

I thought I saw somewhere someone made a such link in her/his post. But I could not find it.
I tried on the Search page but could not get the link from the button (It seems parameters are passed through JavaScript or something).
Please let me know if you know how to do this.
Thank you. :)
 
On the search results page below the search parameters, there are (as is similarly the case though with different names most everywhere else) the following forum location titles in a box: "Cassiopaea Forum » Search » Search Results"

Copy the URL of the last one, "Search Results". (might involve right-clicking and selecting some "Copy" option of whatever name in your browser)

EDIT: While you probably do not need all details above, might as well make it generally useful for others as well.
 
Thank you, Csayeursost! I got it. :)

It is a long parameters.... the below it the URL for "Divine Cosmic Mind".
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?action=search2;params=c2VhcmNofCd8XCJEaXZpbmUgQ29zbWljIE1pbmRcInwifGFkdmFuY2VkfCd8MXwifG1hdGNoX21vZGV8J3xzbWFydHwifGJyZHwnfDM5LDksNDAsMTUsMjcsMjgsMjksMzAsMzEsNDYsNDgsNTEsNTIsNiwyNiwyNSwxOSwyMCwyMywyNCw0MywyMSwxNiw0Nyw0LDEwLDE3LDQyLDQ0LDUsMTQsNDEsMTgsMzIsNTAsNDUsMzUsMzYsMzcsMzgsMiwzLDEyLDMzLDgsNywxMSw1Myw1NCw1NXwifHNob3dfY29tcGxldGV8J3x8InxzdWJqZWN0X29ubHl8J3x8Inxzb3J0X2RpcnwnfGRlc2N8Inxzb3J0fCd8cmVsZXZhbmNl

I verified the URL will reconstruct the Search results page.

My next question is if this results is 'dynamically' reconstructed through the Search function again or 'statically' reconstructed as exactly same as the previous results.
I assume it is the former case, which is what I hope to have.
I guess I will try some tests to find that out.
 
James Henry said:
Hi GotoGo.

The following link is to a method I used. Hope it helps.

http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?topic=12205.msg87440#msg87440

Hello James Henry,
Yes, it helped. That's it (possibly this post was what I saw before)! Thank you. :)

GotoGo said:
My next question is if this results is 'dynamically' reconstructed through the Search function again or 'statically' reconstructed as exactly same as the previous results.
I assume it is the former case, which is what I hope to have.
I guess I will try some tests to find that out.
I verified this also by testing some cases yesterday.

But interestingly, there is a problem that seems related to the browser cache mechanism for this 1st (long) Search parameter case.

I verified that "this results is 'dynamically' reconstructed through the Search function again" BY pointing the same URL from a different browser (usually I use Firefox so I opened Safari for example) THEN I saw the search results was 'dynamically' generated WHILE from the 1st browser (in my case, Firefox), the browser 'refresh' button will refresh some of the data but not all (that I assume the browser is referring the cache stored in the past). :(

As a conclusion, for the 1st (long) Search parameter case, users of the link need to click 'Revise Search' or configure their browser setting for the cache mechanism or the code of Search page should include the HTTP header to prevent the browser to use the cache.

The good news is that if you use the 2nd Search parameter James suggested THEN users of the link will most likely get the search results 'dynamically' generated at that point in time. (I said "most likely" because my 1st test failed but later I see constantly retrieve the results and again there the possibilities other browsers with the different setting may behave differently). It seems the problem of using the cache is being avoided this way. :)


Anyway the format of the 2nd Search parameter is the following:
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?action=search2&&search=Pepperfritz

You can also use double quote like the following if necessary (to give the condition of words being used in order):
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?action=search2&&search="Divine Cosmic Mind"


I assumed James had looked at HTML source code to find this HTTP parameter 'search' so I also checked the HTML source code from the browser function. Here it is:
<form action="http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?action=search2" method="post" accept-charset="UTF-8" style="margin: 0;">
<strong>Search for:</strong>

<input type="text" name="search" value="" size="40" />
...

By this way, I also found other HTTP parameters for:
1. Scope: 'search_selection' (that can take 'entireforum' (default), 'members' and 'entiresite' values), for example:
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?action=search2&&search=Pepperfritz&&search_selection=entiresite
will take to the Google results for all recurrences of Pepperfritz in whole www.cassiopaea.org domain!

2. "by user" filter: 'userspec' (default value is *), for example:
http://www.cassiopaea.org/forum/index.php?action=search2&&search=Work&&userspec=Pepperfritz
will give the all Pepperfritz's posts about Work! :flowers:

I hope these tips will open a door for 'creative' usages of Linking in the information Network on the Forum. ;)
 
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