FileFinder Help and Examples

Thumbnail Classic View - thumbnails are displayed down the left side of the page, with directory, filename, description, date and size. For URL String customization use TN=1.

Thumbnail Compact View - thumbnails are displayed in a 6 x 5 table.  If you mouse over a thumbnail, you will see the first 100 characters of the description. For URL String customization use TN=2.

String search -  Enter a string, for example, "WWII" (without quotes) in the Description field to search on both the description and the filename. Enter all or part of the filename in the filename box to limit the search to the string in the filename. Select the "Thumbnails" checkbox if desired. The string requested may be at any point in the filename or description.

If there is a long series of files, like file0001.jpg through file7892.jpg search in "batchs", for instance enter "file03" (without quotes) under the filename for file0300.jpg through file0399.jpg. If you ask for too many files, you will be asked to refine your search.

Select the "Date" radio button to display files in date order, descending.

Enter "pkzip" in the Description Field - files mentioning pkzip in the description are returned
Enter "abond" in Filename and "jane" in Description - returns files with abond that are described including an actress named jane
Enter "acd" in the Filename - returns all files with "acd" anywhere in the filename

Archives BBS Model search - This section includes only file which have an Archives BBS model in the "Model" field. All results returned will have an Archives BBS model. If nothing is selected from the "Model" drop-down box, then results will include all models.

Enter "bb00" in the Filename and "black dress" in the Description - returns all *bb00* files with "black dress" in the description, with all models.
Enter "bb005" in the Filename and "black dress" in the Description - returns all *bb005* files with "black dress" in the description, with all models.
Under "Select Model Name" select "Diana" and under Description enter "gagged" - returns all images with Diana gagged
Under "Select Model Name" select Alix and under Filename enter "bb005" and under Decription enter "latex"  - returns all images of Alix in latex in the bb005*.jpg series

Select the "Date" radio button to display files in date order, descending.

Directory search - Allows you to enter any directory and directly view either 30 files with thumbnails and description per page, or a complete file listing with descriptions all at once, without thumbnails. An example directory is "bb29" a directory of photographs by Felix Dartmouth, or "abpeb_62", archived files from alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.bondage. A complete list of directories can be found on the Files Page.

For directories with Models Names, such as "bb21", "marr13", "p_and04", select the "Model" checkbox to display the column with the model's name.

Select the "Date" radio button to display files in date order, descending.

URL String Customization

You can customize your string search on the fly, if you wish.  For instance the following URL for directory bb30

http://www.archw.com/subscribers/FileFindViewer.asp?FILES=Dir&DIRECTORY=bb30&TN=1&SR=1&SORT=NAME&mn=1

The parameters mean:

DIRECTORY=bb30 - or directory isBB30
&TN=1 - thumbnails in classic view are on. To turn thumbnails off, &TN=0,
&SR=1 - Start Row = 1 - you could, for instance use &SR=7
&SORT=NAME - Sort by Name - you could Sort by Date &SORT=DATE
&mn=1 - Model Name is on - to turn off Model Names, &MN=0

Here is another one, this time for a UseNET archive - with thumbnails in "compact" view, sorted by date, no model names (because there aren't any model names in the UseNET Archives).

http://ww.archw.com/subscribers/FileFindViewer.asp?FILES=Dir&DIRECTORY=upload15&TN=2&SR=1&SORT=DATE&mn=0

Play around with these parameters and you can build the sort that you want!