glenn bradley
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There are probably a few of my fellow geeks out there doing this but I thought it might be worth a mention. When I am pressed for time but want to do a quick check on the forum I exclude certain forums from my search. As our software doesn't offer this as a feature, I just use some short cuts like (the first two slashes are reversed to allow the whole URL to post):
http:\\www.familywoodworking.org/forums/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=36,39
Now, this is just an example so don't anyone get their feathers mussed. I randomly did this one to give me new posts in everything except "Old Iron" and "Handtool Project Showcase". The 'exclude' operand can be flipped to 'include' depending what you're after. For example:
http:\\www.familywoodworking.org/forums/search.php?do=getnew&include=1,24,34,35'
You can attach variations to whatever mechanism works on your OS, Browser, etc. Desktop Shortcuts, Bookmarks, Link flyouts, whatever you normally use for this function.
http:\\www.familywoodworking.org/forums/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=36,39
Now, this is just an example so don't anyone get their feathers mussed. I randomly did this one to give me new posts in everything except "Old Iron" and "Handtool Project Showcase". The 'exclude' operand can be flipped to 'include' depending what you're after. For example:
http:\\www.familywoodworking.org/forums/search.php?do=getnew&include=1,24,34,35'
You can attach variations to whatever mechanism works on your OS, Browser, etc. Desktop Shortcuts, Bookmarks, Link flyouts, whatever you normally use for this function.
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