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    Forum Selection

    Is the ability to preselect certain forums coming back/ It was a really nice feature.

    Thanks,
    Jim

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    Jim,

    The New Posts Feature you are asking about was disabled when our Server Administrator Aaron Koehl updated our vBulletin software a couple weeks ago. The people at vBulletin made some changes to their code which will require Aaron to completely re-write his New Post hack. According to Aaron it will take him about eight hours to program and test the feature.

    The problem we have is that Aaron's schedule for the last few years has left him little time to dedicate to The Creek. Aaron has almost completed his PHD at William and Mary College, he has just one more paper to publish. On top of his educational goals Professor Koehl started teaching at Christopher Newport University last fall and he has a home, wife and is expecting his first child in late July or early August.

    Aaron has the New Posts fix on his work list and he will eventually install the feature for us to enjoy but it might be awhile. I have been supporting Aaron's educational goals from high school, undergraduate study at CNU, Masters program at the University of Virginia to his current goal to complete his PHD at William and Mary. I have been waiting a long time for the celebration that is just around the corner

    Obviously, we are really proud of Aaron and all he has accomplished. He is incredibly talented and his contribution here over the last nine years is immeasurable.

    Who knows, maybe next summer Aaron will use his time off from CNU to develop the ultimate Killer App for SawMill Creek. We have been waiting patiently for many years.
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    Remove quotes to use - "http://www.sawmillcreek.org/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=17,20,34,43,42,38,57, 8,26&sort=date"

    Each forum has a number. Change my number choices to the numbers that correspond to the forums you wish to exclude from the new posts list. Someone was good enough to post the forum titles and their numbers in a previous discussion of this but, I cannot find it right now. You can get a forum's number by inspecting the element or by rolling over the forum title (depending on your browser). HTH
    Last edited by glenn bradley; 06-24-2012 at 10:33 AM.
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    Here is the post that Glenn mentions.

    I've used that system for quite some time now - with more forums than just SMC. I have a bookmark for each forum with a search in those parameters so that I can quickly just see the new posts in the forums I want to follow and disregard all of the rest.

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    Thanks Glenn. That works perfectly(Hardly had to change any numbers either!

    Keith,
    I understand perfectly. More power to Aaron and for all you and he both have done for this forum.

    Jim

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    Quote Originally Posted by glenn bradley View Post
    Remove quotes to use - "http://www.sawmillcreek.org/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=17,20,34,43,42,38,57, 8,26&sort=date"

    Each forum has a number. Change my number choices to the numbers that correspond to the forums you wish to exclude from the new posts list. Someone was good enough to post the forum titles and their numbers in a previous discussion of this but, I cannot find it right now. You can get a forum's number by inspecting the element or by rolling over the forum title (depending on your browser). HTH
    thanks for the tip Glenn!
    In order as listed in the index here are the forum numbers

    49-Forum-Info-and-Community-Discussion
    7-Forum-Tech-Support

    39-Lumber-Yard

    28-Member-Interviews

    12-Off-Topic-Forum

    50-Woodworking-Topics
    3-General-Woodworking-and-Power-Tools

    40-WorkShops

    51-Woodworking-by-Hand-and-Specialties
    20-Turner-s-Forum

    4-Neanderthal-Haven

    43-Woodcarvers-Forum

    42-Boat-Building

    57-Musical-Instruments

    52-Finishing-Design-and-Finished-Projects
    5-Design-Forum

    23-Project-Finishing

    29-Woodworking-Projects

    13-Woodworking-Articles-and-Reviews

    53-Woodworking-Hi-Tech-and-Manufacturing
    8-Engravers-Forum

    38-CNC-Machines

    35-Sign-Design-and-Fabrication

    59-Metalworking

    54-Deals-Discounts-and-Classified-Ads
    44-Deals-and-Discounts

    10-SawMill-Creek-Classifieds

    55-SawmillCreek-Giveaways-and-Good-Causes

    17-Freedom-Pens

    34-SawMill-Creek-Store

    16-FreeStuff-Drawings!

    21-Sponsored-Forums
    47-Software

    19-Private-Forums
    56-Authors
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    Just bumping this up again. Are there plans to put the "sort" feature back in?

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    Jim

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    Jim,

    Aaron will be off for the Summer in two weeks. Our first chore is to upgrade our server, the parts are all here and we are ready to go. I will see if Aaron thinks that he can restore the search feature based on what we know about the programing changes that vBulletin has done. If he thinks it will require a total re-write of the software it may not ever be able to be restored. I hope this is not what happens as I really enjoyed the search routine that Aaron created.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Tobias View Post
    Just bumping this up again. Are there plans to put the "sort" feature back in?

    Thanks,
    Jim
    I am with you Jim....... I really liked that feature.
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    Just bumping this up to the top again. Any possibilities that it can be done??

    Thanks,
    Jim

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