Even something like what phpBB2 generates would be nice.
Example: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/search.php

This actually says copyright 2005. It has a keyword search, an author search, and permits forums/categories and either topics or posts to be searched. All of the switches are there that can serve as analogous to STEEM's structure and relational database.

There could even be a blockchain search or at least a public key search. I would say that instead of reinventing the wheel, to use this type of code... but I am not sure if PHP is permitted or not. It's always served me well on my websites.

So there's a roadmap. Do what they did. The phpBB code also has superior formatting capabilities that make using steemit.com a chore.

Surely a lot of other folks on STEEM would appreciate a few more bells and whistles than the spartan story formatter from Github.

I am much more familiar with website development than blockchains or server executables.