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Thanks, Mr Papa.

It is a keyword search we want. 

We'd like to be able to type a person's name into the regular forum search field and have the resulting list include all posts by that person, as well as any that mention his or her name. So if I wanted to see everything you wrote, I'd search on "Mr Papa" with the advanced option of "Match all words."

We don't want to use the button that lists members - it isn't included in our custom theme.

Thanks,
David

Thanks for the quick reply!

I'm just the web guy for this site so I'm not sure which way this will go.

I'm checking with the owner to see whether they'd like to resurrect the members button.

If not, are there any available functions, or filters, or perhaps documentation you can think of that would help me with rejigging the advanced form?

Thanks
David

Yes, but we're also suppressing that on this forum.

Anyway, even if we weren't, using the profile, people would first have to find a post by that member, which may not always be an easy thing to do. And they would have to do another search to find posts where that member is mentioned (where he/she is not the poster).

If I have it right, using the standard options, to get all posts mentioning, or by a member, would require three (maybe two) processes:

1. Keyword search for member's name,
2. Go to the member's profile and click the button for posts started by the member, and then
3. Click on the button for posts they contributed to.

We are looking to have a one step process. Type name and adjust advanced options, click search, get results.

Thanks,
David