Board Help

Author: Shish

Here is a list of the search methods available out of the box; Shimmie extensions may provide other filters:

  • by tag, eg
    • cat
    • pie
    • somethi* -- wildcards are supported
  • size (=, <, >, <=, >=) width x height, eg
    • size=1024x768 -- a specific wallpaper size
    • size>=500x500 -- no small images
    • size<1000x1000 -- no large images
  • width (=, <, >, <=, >=) width, eg
    • width=1024 -- find images with 1024 width
    • width>2000 -- find images bigger than 2000 width
  • height (=, <, >, <=, >=) height, eg
    • height=768 -- find images with 768 height
    • height>1000 -- find images bigger than 1000 height
  • ratio (=, <, >, <=, >=) width : height, eg
    • ratio=4:3, ratio=16:9 -- standard wallpaper
    • ratio=1:1 -- square images
    • ratio<1:1 -- tall images
    • ratio>1:1 -- wide images
  • filesize (=, <, >, <=, >=) size, eg
    • filesize>1024 -- no images under 1KB
    • filesize<=3MB -- shorthand filesizes are supported too
  • id (=, <, >, <=, >=) number, eg
    • id<20 -- search only the first few images
    • id>=500 -- search later images
  • user=Username & poster=Username, eg
    • user=Shish -- find all of Shish's posts
    • poster=Shish -- same as above
  • user_id=userID & poster_id=userID, eg
    • user_id=2 -- find all posts by user id 2
    • poster_id=2 -- same as above
  • hash=md5sum & md5=md5sum, eg
    • hash=bf5b59173f16b6937a4021713dbfaa72 -- find the "Taiga want up!" image
    • md5=bf5b59173f16b6937a4021713dbfaa72 -- same as above
  • filetype=type & ext=type, eg
    • filetype=png -- find all PNG images
    • ext=png -- same as above
  • filename=blah & name=blah, eg
    • filename=kitten -- find all images with "kitten" in the original filename
    • name=kitten -- same as above
  • posted (=, <, >, <=, >=) date, eg
    • posted>=2009-12-25 posted<=2010-01-01 -- find images posted between christmas and new year
  • tags (=, <, >, <=, >=) count, eg
    • tags=1 -- search for images with only 1 tag
    • tags>=10 -- search for images with 10 or more tags
    • tags<25 -- search for images with less than 25 tags
  • source=(URL, any, none) eg
    • source=http://example.com -- find all images with "http://example.com" in the source
    • source=any -- find all images with a source
    • source=none -- find all images without a source
  • order=(id, width, height, filesize, filename)_(ASC, DESC), eg
    • order=width -- find all images sorted from highest > lowest width
    • order=filesize_asc -- find all images sorted from lowest > highest filesize
  • order=random_####, eg
    • order=random_8547 -- find all images sorted randomly using 8547 as a seed

Search items can be combined to search for images which match both, or you can stick "-" in front of an item to search for things that don't match it.

Metatags can be followed by ":" rather than "=" if you prefer.
I.E: "posted:2014-01-01", "id:>=500" etc.

Some search methods provided by extensions:

  • Numeric Score
    • score (=, <, >, <=, >=) number -- seach by score
    • upvoted_by=Username -- search for a user's likes
    • downvoted_by=Username -- search for a user's dislikes
    • upvoted_by_id=UserID -- search for a user's likes by user ID
    • downvoted_by_id=UserID -- search for a user's dislikes by user ID
    • order=score_(ASC, DESC) -- find all images sorted from by score
  • Image Rating
    • rating=se -- find safe and explicit images, ignore questionable and unknown
  • Favorites
    • favorites (=, <, >, <=, >=) number -- search for images favourited a certain number of times
    • favourited_by=Username -- search for a user's choices by username
    • favorited_by_userno=UserID -- search for a user's choice by userID
  • Notes
    • notes (=, <, >, <=, >=) number -- search by the number of notes an image has
    • notes_by=Username -- search for images containing notes created by username
    • notes_by_userno=UserID -- search for images containing notes created by userID
  • Artists
    • author=ArtistName -- search for images by artist
  • Image Comments
    • comments (=, <, >, <=, >=) number -- search for images by number of comments
    • commented_by=Username -- search for images containing user's comments by username
    • commented_by_userno=UserID -- search for images containing user's comments by userID
  • Pools
    • pool=(PoolID, any, none) -- search for images in a pool by PoolID.
    • pool_by_name=PoolName -- search for images in a pool by PoolName. underscores are replaced with spaces
  • Post Relationships
    • parent=(parentID, any, none) -- search for images by parentID / if they have, do not have a parent
    • child=(any, none) -- search for images which have, or do not have children

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