Search-ability on BPL has been compromized – Why? and why no announcement?

Greg Mihalik, bless his soul, posted a link in here on another thread that I use all the time.

The link takes you here:
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/search?

His text from that thread below.

Greg Mihalik
Re: drift…..Search Function on 11/22/2013 19:46:16 MST

Try This

You should get to here –

…your old friend.

Now, bookmark it.

And be happy.

Thank you, was wondering the same thing.

thanx Greg, thanx Christopher

So…is it too much to ask the moderators to make that link readily available to all, or is there good reason why this is Insider-only knowledge?

Brian, I don't believe that the moderator has any web coding responsibilities.

–B.G.–

I never realized how bad the forum software on this site is until recently.

BPL is the closest thing I do to social media (no facebook, etc.).

I've recently been spending time on a FREE spearishing/freediving forum and have been amazed at how good their private messaging system is, how good the search function is, as well as the fact that the threads are not cluttered with adds.

Good to know….thanks

A fisherman's dream….love the avatar :-) I'll have to visit add free site.

The broad on the right hand side in skimpy shorts pi$$es me off. If she's not there now she'll be back BPL sure has changed. I guess it's not so much her, it's BPL that allows it :(

Bob,

per Greg's very simple solution – the link above – there's no coding needed.
The Search Forum button is merely misdirected, and can easily be fixed with the proper link.

I hereby volunteer to do it – Moderators allow me to login and I will fix the hyperlink.

Is it done?

–B.G.–