The Search Engine ( for Altec User's Board ) is Broken

[voice of the theater]

Steven and aellis---I've noticed that the Altec User's Board has lost the location information for (all of?) its members. I checked my own profile and my location info is not there any more--it used to say "Upstate New York" for me and that info has been erased. I know that members can re-enter their profile info including their location, but almost no one (including myself) has done that. Can you retrieve all of our info from before you did the switch to the new system? I see that with some members (who have apparently re-entered their location into their profile after the switch to the new system) their location still shows when they submit a post (under their join date and above their number of posts), but with most of us the location info is gone. Personally, I used to like to see who was a "neighbor" in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, etc. and who was in "Altec Country" (Oklahoma, Southern California, etc.) and who was overseas (Australia, etc.)..... Not to mention, if a member saw a deal on some Altecs on Ebay or CL in a certain location we could post that there were some nice looking Altecs available in South Carolina (for example) for our South Carolina members (since we could see we had some members in that location). It would be appreciated if you can recover all of the info that we took the time to enter into the old system. We have a lot of members who only visit once in a while who may not notice their info has been erased (and therefore may never realize that it can be re-entered) so if you can just recover our lost/erased info everything will be restored to the way everyone originally intended for it to be entered..... Not to mention that when we use the search feature to find old/historic threads and posts, there are many posts from people who no longer visit here (or are deceased, etc.) and if they originally (entered and) intended their location to accompany their posts, their location should still show with those historic posts and the only way for that to happen is if you recover all of our erased info. BTW, the new system seems to be working great -- I'm not just a critic--you deserve a thumbs up on what was (I'm sure) a difficult transition...... I just thought it was important to recover everyone's lost/erased info, especially (important) for those who are unable to re-enter it. I'm sure it must be stored in the backups you've done......