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Searching particular boards by page number or year

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Croneathome · 15/12/2024 18:24

Hi there,
Sometimes I just want to browse a particular board with no specific query in mind, more like I’m interested to know what was being said on the board’s topic in a particular year, or I like the board and have read all recent posts that interest me and now want to randomly browse past posts. I haven’t found a way to do this really, except for starting at the very beginning and moving forwards page by page. I want a dip in and out function! Is this possible?

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HebeMumsnet · 16/12/2024 09:37

Hi there @Croneathome. We think we understand what you mean, but do let us know if we've got the wrong end of the stick.

So, one way to browse threads on a subject would be to do an advanced search. You can specify a topic and search for certain keywords. Appreciate that's not really 'random' but it would give you threads from a range of dates. Or you could also search just a selection of dates within a certain topic that way if you just wanted threads from, say, 2005 within one board.

Is that sort of what you mean?

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LilyMumsnet · 17/12/2024 15:11

Croneathome · 16/12/2024 10:19

Sort of: imagine I want to see all threads posted on "Gardening" in 2015, or I want to select a random page (for example, p. 450 on "The Dohouse"), how do I do that?

When you're using advanced search, the very last option lets you choose to only see results in particular topics. You can choose the desired topic and this should return the results you're looking for!

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