Michael

It sounds as if you are clicking on the autocomplete saved text for the search box; if that is so, all you will do by clicking on it is enter the full text into the search box. It will not do any search.

The full and exact procedure should be:

a) In the box marked Filter (to the right of Create a New Thread) enter tattered coat. If when you start entering this it comes up with tattered coat (or something starting with that) underneath it, you can click on that and it will fill in the box for you; otherwise just type the text into the box. Note that if you click on any text shown below the box it only fills in the box - it does not do any seach.

b) Set the Age drop down to 1 Year (click on the up/down arrows at the right of Age to get the selection. I generally use All, but 1 year is fine for your thread. It will show Age 365 Days in the box.

c) Make sure the box marked Filter Out is clear. If it has a tick in it, click it again to clear it. (This stops the search excluding the term searched for).

d) Press the Refresh button. You should get one result returned (below the two horizontal lines below the Filter box) showing the thread BS: tattered coat upon a stick.

e) Click on the thread title to open it.

This should work.


I don't know what happens if you have Mudcat set up to ignore BS threads. I don't; I just don't read them. If you do, it's possible that the Filter result excludes them too. In this case I would suggest you change your Mudcat settings to show BS threads and retry the Filter procedure above. That's the only thing I can think of that would stop your result appearing. If you normally see BS threads then the above procedure should work.

Mick