how far back does a search go for this forum?

[someguy]

I had some posts that I cannot find.  Must have been three to five years ago.  

[Teken]

Since the two time migration you will need to know URL or accept some of it has been lost. ☹️️

 

 

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[someguy]

two time migration?  what and when was that?

[Teken]

two time migration?  what and when was that?

 

The forum was migrated early in the days from one to another about 3-4 years ago? Then, sometime this year UDI attempted to use a new forum software platform which was the second migration. But found like many others the whole look and feel was truly sh^ty.

 

They rolled back from the new format and back to the one you see now. Anything that was created or posted during that period was deleted and not recoverable.

 

For the first migration those older threads are in a *Archived* state so you can view them but can not reply. To clarify my initial reply you would have needed to be subscribed, participated, or had a link to a topic of interest. Using the search feature will not bring it up as I assume the previous links have been disassociated.

 

Make sense?

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi someguy,

 

Apart from the 7 days of migration where some of the posts were unfortunately lost, the only other possibility is that some of the posts may have been archived. Apart from that, everything should be there.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[someguy]

do I need to do something different to search the archived posts?

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi someguy,

 

No, unfortunately they do not show up unless you know the full URL.

 

With kind regards,

Michel