diff --git a/include/acl_selectors.php b/include/acl_selectors.php
index b5c43e38e6..9e1a2642a4 100644
--- a/include/acl_selectors.php
+++ b/include/acl_selectors.php
@@ -395,11 +395,12 @@ function acl_lookup(&$a, $out_type = 'json') {
 	if(!local_user())
 		return "";
 
-	$start = (x($_REQUEST,'start')?$_REQUEST['start']:0);
-	$count = (x($_REQUEST,'count')?$_REQUEST['count']:100);
-	$search = (x($_REQUEST,'search')?$_REQUEST['search']:"");
-	$type = (x($_REQUEST,'type')?$_REQUEST['type']:"");
-	$conv_id = (x($_REQUEST,'conversation')?$_REQUEST['conversation']:null);
+	$start	=	(x($_REQUEST,'start')		? $_REQUEST['start']		: 0);
+	$count	=	(x($_REQUEST,'count')		? $_REQUEST['count']		: 100);
+	$search	 =	(x($_REQUEST,'search')		? $_REQUEST['search']		: "");
+	$type	=	(x($_REQUEST,'type')		? $_REQUEST['type']		: "");
+	$mode	=	(x($_REQUEST,'mode')		? $_REQUEST['mode']		: "");
+	$conv_id =	(x($_REQUEST,'conversation')	? $_REQUEST['conversation']	: null);
 
 	// For use with jquery.textcomplete for private mail completion
 
@@ -673,6 +674,7 @@ function navbar_complete(&$a) {
 	$localsearch = get_config('system','poco_local_search');
 
 	$search = $prefix.notags(trim($_REQUEST['search']));
+	$mode = $_REQUEST['mode'];
 
 	// don't search if search term has less than 2 characters
 	if(! $search || mb_strlen($search) < 2)
@@ -682,7 +684,7 @@ function navbar_complete(&$a) {
 		$search = substr($search,1);
 
 	if($localsearch) {
-		$x = dir::global_search_by_name($search);
+		$x = dir::global_search_by_name($search, $mode);
 		return $x;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/dir_fns.php b/include/dir_fns.php
index b85cb5b2d0..d258058763 100644
--- a/include/dir_fns.php
+++ b/include/dir_fns.php
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ class dir {
 	 * @brief Search global contact table by nick or name
 	 *  * 
 	 * @param string $search Name or nick
+	 * @param string $mode Search mode 
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	public static function global_search_by_name($search) {
+	public static function global_search_by_name($search, $mode = '') {
 
 		if($search) {
 			// check supported networks
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ class dir {
 			else
 				$ostatus = NETWORK_DFRN;
 
+			// check if fo
+			if($mode === "community")
+				$extra_sql = " AND `community`";
+			else
+				$extra_sql = "";
+
 			$results = q("SELECT `contact`.`id` AS `cid`, `gcontact`.`url`, `gcontact`.`name`, `gcontact`.`nick`, `gcontact`.`photo`,
 							`gcontact`.`network`, `gcontact`.`keywords`, `gcontact`.`addr`
 						FROM `gcontact`
@@ -38,13 +45,12 @@ class dir {
 							AND NOT `contact`.`pending` AND `contact`.`rel` IN ('%s', '%s')
 						WHERE (`contact`.`id` > 0 OR (NOT `gcontact`.`hide` AND `gcontact`.`network` IN ('%s', '%s', '%s') AND
 						((`gcontact`.`last_contact` >= `gcontact`.`last_failure`) OR (`gcontact`.`updated` >= `gcontact`.`last_failure`)))) AND
-						(`gcontact`.`url` REGEXP '%s' OR `gcontact`.`name` REGEXP '%s' OR `gcontact`.`nick` REGEXP '%s'
-							) 
+						(`gcontact`.`name` REGEXP '%s' OR `gcontact`.`nick` REGEXP '%s') $extra_sql
 							GROUP BY `gcontact`.`nurl`
 							ORDER BY `gcontact`.`updated` DESC ",
 						intval(local_user()), dbesc(CONTACT_IS_SHARING), dbesc(CONTACT_IS_FRIEND),
 						dbesc(NETWORK_DFRN), dbesc($ostatus), dbesc($diaspora),
-						dbesc(escape_tags($search)), dbesc(escape_tags($search)), dbesc(escape_tags($search)));
+						dbesc(escape_tags($search)), dbesc(escape_tags($search)));
 			return $results;
 		}
 
diff --git a/js/autocomplete.js b/js/autocomplete.js
index 6c75f17ca6..aa8b6836c5 100644
--- a/js/autocomplete.js
+++ b/js/autocomplete.js
@@ -10,12 +10,11 @@
  */
 
 
-function contact_search(term, callback, backend_url, type) {
+function contact_search(term, callback, backend_url, type, mode) {
 
 	// Check if there is a conversation id to include the unkonwn contacts of the conversation
 	var conv_id = document.activeElement.id.match(/\d+$/);
 
-
 	// Check if there is a cached result that contains the same information we would get with a full server-side search
 	var bt = backend_url+type;
 	if(!(bt in contact_search.cache)) contact_search.cache[bt] = {};
@@ -41,6 +40,9 @@ function contact_search(term, callback, backend_url, type) {
 	if(conv_id !== null)
 		postdata['conversation'] = conv_id[0];
 
+	if(mode !== null)
+		postdata['mode'] = mode;
+
 
 	$.ajax({
 		type:'POST',
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ function submit_form(e) {
 			template: contact_format,
 		};
 
+		// Autocomplete smilies e.g. ":like"
 		smilies = {
 			match: /(^|\s)(:[a-z]{2,})$/,
 			index: 2,
@@ -134,6 +137,7 @@ function submit_form(e) {
 			replace: function(item) { return "$1" + item.text + ' '; },
 		};
 
+		// Autocomplete BBTags
 		bbtags = {
 			match: /\[(\w*)$/,
 			index: 1,
@@ -154,12 +158,21 @@ function submit_form(e) {
 		contacts = {
 			match: /(^@)([^\n]{2,})$/,
 			index: 2,
-			search: function(term, callback) { contact_search(term, callback, backend_url, 'x'); },
+			search: function(term, callback) { contact_search(term, callback, backend_url, 'x', 'contact'); },
+			replace: basic_replace,
+			template: contact_format,
+		};
+
+		// Autocomplete forum accounts
+		community = {
+			match: /(^!)([^\n]{2,})$/,
+			index: 2,
+			search: function(term, callback) { contact_search(term, callback, backend_url, 'x', 'community'); },
 			replace: basic_replace,
 			template: contact_format,
 		};
 		this.attr('autocomplete', 'off');
-		var a = this.textcomplete([contacts], {className:'acpopup', maxCount:100, zIndex: 1020, appendTo:'nav'});
+		var a = this.textcomplete([contacts, community], {className:'acpopup', maxCount:100, zIndex: 1020, appendTo:'#nav-search-box'});
 		a.on('textComplete:select', function(e, value, strategy) { submit_form(this); });
 	};
 })( jQuery );