# Cecil Archive Search Button **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 21, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-archive-search-button/176543 "2003-05-21T13:26:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-archive-search-button/176543/1 "2003-05-21T13:26:44Z")
Would it be possible to include a button with the “User CP, register, etc” buttons at the top to search Cecil’s archived columns? I know that you can search them from the front page, but it would be handy to be able to search them as well from the SDMB when looking to provide a link to respond to someone. I know that makes me sound a bit lazy, but there you go. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-archive-search-button/176543/2 "2003-05-21T15:21:21Z")
I will suggest that idea. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-archive-search-button/176543/3 "2003-05-21T16:06:35Z")
Thanks! 🙂 I guess what Coldfire says about you isn’t true. 😉 😛 Heh. Thanks again, AW. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-archive-search-button/176543/4 "2003-05-22T04:11:31Z")
And perhaps a link the the SD main page as well as/instead of the archive link. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-archive-search-button/176543/5 "2003-05-22T04:14:53Z")
If you mean the SD homepage, there is a link to it already, at the bottom of the page. Just above the copyright notice, next to the “Contact Us” link. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-archive-search-button/176543/6 "2003-05-22T04:21:24Z")
It’s possible to implement **CuriousCanuck** ’s suggestion, although a small modification to the board software would be required. That said, it’s not a bad idea at all. It’s certainly one of the easier board modifications suggested as of late. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-archive-search-button/176543/7 "2003-05-22T04:38:45Z")
Actually we could do it without changing the software, simply by configuring the board through the control panel. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-archive-search-button/176543/8 "2003-05-22T04:49:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*Actually we could do it without changing the software, simply by configuring the board through the control panel. \*\* Better than the forum software I worked on for a few years, then. Ours didn’t have user-configurable links like that, although it’s a really good idea. I think I’ll suggest that to them, and possibly do the hack for them, if it hasn’t been done yet. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-archive-search-button/176543/9 "2003-05-22T15:03:49Z")
Great idea. I’ve always found it a nuisance to have to leave the Board, or open a new window, to search the Archives. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-archive-search-button/176543/10 "2003-05-25T05:11:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > \*\*If you mean the SD homepage, there is a link to it already, at the bottom of the page. Just above the copyright notice, next to the “Contact Us” link. \*\* :smack: Thanks for fighting that lil’ smidgen of ignorance for me. ---
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-archive-search-button/176543/11 "2003-06-10T03:24:09Z")
Any updates? Did the vote go against me?