I'm not sure what you mean by "different user loops" - here's the semi-official writeup I have for the feature:
Enhanced member directory searching, allowing you to customize the search form on the
member directory page. Additionally, the form for user searching was moved into a
separate include template (include_user_search_form.html) to allow for easier customization.
Specifically, the search changes allow:
- user_column-opt input fields, which can contain LIKE, STARTS, ENDS, >=, <=, <, >, =, <> to
change the way user_column is searched.
- search_boolen=OR to perform a search for any matching fields, vs. the default matching all
fields
- search_whole=1 to specify that matches should match whole values rather than partial values
(i.e. "abc" should not match "zabc")
- search_column=user_column1,user_column2&search_field=searchme to search multiple columns for
the single value 'searchme'
- search_column=user_column1&search_column=user_column2&search_field=matchcol1&search_field=matchcol2
to search user_column1 for "matchcol1" and user_column2 for "matchcol2"
- search_column=user_column-gt&search_field=3 to perform a greater-than search. 'gt' can be
changed to lt, ge, le, and ne to perform less than, greater than or equal to, less than or
equal to, and not equal searches, respectively.
- search_field values may start with '!', '<', '<=', '>', or '>=' to perform not equal, less
than, less than or equal, greater than, and greater than or equal searches, respectively.
Several different examples have been added to the new include_user_search_form.html templates. To
use any of the examples, just remove the <%-- and --%> comment tags around it. Additionally, the
default search form has had a 'Number of Posts' option added to it.
Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads jason@gossamer-threads.com