How to search the Zynga Forums 101

Greetings everyone!

We are providing this guide to all of you to ensure that you can take advantage of the "searching" feature here in the forums.

You will find the search box at the top of the Zynga Forums; you may enter the term(s) your are looking for in this box, however be advised that you will receive generalized hits on your search results using this method:

You may decide to use the "Advanced Search" feature (This will allow you to receive more specifics hits on the term(s) you are doing a search on. You will need to click on the "Advanced Search" tool:

This action will land you on a different page.

Let's review both of these options here:

Search Multiple Content Types:

• Search In: In this section, you may select the type of material you are searching for, as in postings, Forums, groups, Visitor Messages, etc.
• Search For: You may enter the corresponding Keywords here; you may also choose to look for posts in existing threads or for thread titles. You may also enter a particular User Name if you are looking for posts made specifically by that User. (PRO TIP: This comes in handy when searching for public and/or official announcements, posts or threads made by an official Zynga Community Member, such as a Community Manager).
• Additional Options: Here you can select for posts made on a particular date (Comes in handy when you are looking for only recent posts). You may also save and/clear your search preferences.

Search Single Content Type:

• Search in: In this section, you may select the type of material you are searching for, as in postings, Forums, groups, Visitor Messages, etc.
• Search for posts: You may enter the corresponding Keywords here; you may also choose to look for posts in existing threads or for thread titles. You may also enter a particular User Name if you are looking for posts made specifically by that User. (PRO TIP: This comes in handy when searching for public and/or official announcements, posts or threads made by an official Zynga Community Member, such as a Community Manager).
• Additional options: In this section, you can select which Forums to search for (Ie. If you are looking for a particular thread/post in the FarmVille Forums, you will need to select the FarmVille Forums here.
  
  
  
  You may also choose a certain prefix on these posts/threads as well as sort the results in different ways. (Newer, Older results.) and you can save and/clear your searching preferences.