For the basics of searching, please read the tutorial found here. This tutorial covers a new feature that allows users to search the classifieds by state. Here's how it works: Lets say you are in the market for a new early Ford, but you only want to buy a car from the great state of Texas. Easy. To search for all "Fords" in Texas, you click the search icon (while viewing the 'cars for sale' forum) and then fill out the drop down as follows: Note that we entered the term "ford" in the query field and selected the state "TEXAS!" from the state drop down (this drop down only appears when searching the classifieds). Now, lets say we want to see ALL cars listed in the state of Texas and not just Fords. Again, go to the 'cars for sale' forum, click the search icon, and fill it out like this: Note that we left the search query field blank and just chose "TEXAS!" from the state drop down. This search will return all ads entered from Texas. Cool, no?