Tips » Using Search for moderation

Webjam offers two search tools to use on your network. The first is the Search option. You can add a search module from Modules > Webjam toolbox use this search tool to search keywords on your site. You can also allow users to access the search tool. It’s a fantastic way for them to search your network for blog posts, comments, forums and more...

Once the search box is added to your site using drag and drop or by clicking + to page insert a key word into the search box and choose what to search through. Then decide where to conduct the search.

The second is the Saved Search  which you can set to search for specific key words within any aspect of your network. This will be automatically updated every time someone posts something and offers quick access for you to moderate certain known keywords on your site. The Saved Search will always appear when you visit the page.

Set the Search module to private by selecting ‘Edit’ then setting the access to ‘Private’. However we suggest that you may want to set up a full admin page.

To do this:

• Add a new page and name it Admin
• Go to Settings > Page Privacy and make it Private. Now the whole page will be set as Private and only you as the editor or any co-editors will be able to access the information on the page.

Now return to your private page and add a Search module and also a Saved Search module. Use the Search module to keep track of certain things happening each day on your site. Type in the keyword and the search will take you to a new page with all the results displayed. Use these to select the posts that you wish to moderate.

Using the Saved Search is slightly different. Set up your search after clicking the ‘EDIT’ button and choose the query you want to be the first thing that you see when you visit your admin page, this could be banned words, competitors details or something you are keen to see flourishing on your site.When you have everything selected (see image below) click save and the search will appear on your network.

Please be aware that the Search can also be used in general on your site for quick access navigating through blogs, comments and users. The Saved Search is an awesome tool for including recent blog posts with a summary as an activity feed.

Try it.