[TorturedSoul]

I think it's the standard Search link that all web forums running software like this have.

Have you tried clicking on the Advanced Search link that is in the box when you click the Search link? It allows you to specify only threads that have a certain number of replies, threads before (or after) a certain date, posts by (or threads started by) a certain user, and perhaps most useful of all, it allows you to specify which forums and/or subforums to perform the search in. Say you are looking for a thread by a user - or containing a certain search word, perhaps a particular strain - and you know it's in an ongoing journal. Just highlight the "Journals in Progress" subforum in the box on the right side of the Advanced Search page. Not sure if it's in a current, completed, or abandoned journal? Just highlight the "Grow Journals" forum and make sure the box next to "Also search in child forums" line is checked and it will search in all three.

The only thing that bothers me about it is that it won't let a person search for three-letter phrases such as "CFL."