Is it possible to ignore forums?

[Woodwould]

I usually hit the 'New Posts' button to view any posts since my last visit, however, a large number of posts are from the pen turning and boat building forums which are of no interest to me. It's very droll having to dredge down through them all; is there some way of selectively blocking forums when I hit 'New Posts'?

[DJ’s Timber]

Hi Woodwould, yes it is possible.

If you PM those forums that you do not wish to see, I'll turn them off for you.

[Woodwould]

Looooooooong PM sent! :; Thanks! :thyel:

[echnidna]

It'd be more fun & possibly very entertaining for the rest of us if WW had to read the penturners posts before he could look at the other forums. :p

[Woodwould]

It'd be more fun & possibly very entertaining for the rest of us if WW had to read the penturners posts before he could look at the other forums. :p

http://www.woodworkforums.com/picture.php?albumid=286&pictureid=2649

[Claw Hama]

I don't know, could be dangerous. Like static electricity and dust, who knows what might happen.:U Actually I'm with WW, not overly interested in pens, boats, cnc etc

[Woodwould]

Ahhhh! That's so much more enjoyable now. Thanks DJ! http://www.woodworkforums.com/picture.php?albumid=286&pictureid=2610

[Claw Hama]

So share the love guys howz it done?

[Woodwould]

So share the love guys howz it done?


If you PM those forums that you do not wish to see, I'll turn them off for you. :;

[Claw Hama]

:2tsup:Thanks WW

[RETIRED]

Switching the Forums off also has a down side. If a poster links to a closed forum to illustrate a point, you can't read it.

[Woodwould]

Switching the Forums off also has a down side. If a poster links to a closed forum to illustrate a point, you can't read it.
:doh: ...unless you sign out. :U

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

:think: So... we could have a Woodwould roast in the pen-turning forums and, even though WW could read them as "Guest," he won't have access to reply?

Cool! :2tsup:

[watson]

Devious!

[Woodwould]

http://www.woodworkforums.com/picture.php?albumid=286&pictureid=2628

[snowyskiesau]

With the number of different forums here, a better option might be one to ignore all forums except the ones you want to see rather than selecting the ones you don't want to see.

There's been some discussion of this over at vbulletin.org. The result is that there are several 'hacks' to ignore forums/threads but nothing officially supported.

[BobL]

Hey that could be a new way to deal with deviant behaviour

So, . . . . you like-a de boaty forum butta you posta a leetle spama message, . . . . . . [ mod spins dice] . . . . . you are hearby banned to the pen makers forum for 4 weeks , sneer, snort, . . . HAHAHAHAHA!!!

[Woodwould]

Bring it on you vbulletin geeks!

I visit other, dedicated forums for photography, politics, current affairs, CAD, cars, racing, antiques, dogs etc. and I come here to enjoy woodworking with woodworkers.

[Wongdai]

You could always write yourself a little GreaseMonkey script to filter the forums you don't wish to see.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasemonkey

[steven]

The is a complete rewrite of vBulletin due in the next few weeks, this is a feature I would like to see included. It should be possible to do with almost no server overhead or client side slowness.

regards

[tea lady]

Bring it on you vbulletin geeks!

I visit other, dedicated forums for photography, politics, current affairs, CAD, cars, racing, antiques, dogs etc. and I come here to enjoy woodworking with woodworkers.:doh: When do you have time to sleep?:C :yawn::D

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

When he's reading the pen forums, silly! :p

[steven]

When he's reading the pen forums, silly! :p

When it comes to turning an tree into a pen, I must admit i'm pretty good, possibility the most skilled on the forum :wink:

[ubeaut]

As DJ said it can be done and many have had it done in the past. However it isn't just a matter of hey presto it's done. It is a time consuming pain in the but, so..... Be warned. If you decide later, that you want even one forum turned back on, you will get the lot and there will be no turning off again.

Like I said it's a time consuming and slightly annoying job and the admins and mods really don't need a bigger workload than they already have just because someone changes their mind.

Cheers - Neil :U

[Woodwould]

Well I apologise then for any inconvenience I caused DJ. I didn't realise modifying my preferences was such a tumultuous task. DJ could have just politely refused my request.

Just imagine the satisfaction us punters could have and the freedom the mods would have if vbulletin make the proposed changes to the forum software.

[steven]

Well I apologise then for any inconvenience I caused DJ. I didn't realise modifying my preferences was such a tumultuous task. DJ could have just politely refused my request.

Just imagine the satisfaction us punters could have and the freedom the mods would have if vbulletin make the proposed changes to the forum software.

Hi there

We will be implementing an solution to this over the weekend. I'll post instructions once its a goer :)

regards

[underfoot]

Geez Woodwould, it seems you've caused a bit of a kerfuffle over in pen turning,:cool:
who would have thought they would get so upset with you removing them off your page,
and the things they've been saying about you :oo:. you'd think the mods would remove those posts.

[Woodwould]

Geez Woodwould, it seems you've caused a bit of a kerfuffle over in pen turning,:cool:
who would have thought they would get so upset with you removing them off your page,
and the things they've been saying about you :oo:. you'd think the mods would remove those posts.

Pen turners! Bah! What about all those little wooden boat builders, box makers, Hercus men and furniture makers... no wait a minute... ah to hades with the lot of them!



















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