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Tom Westbrook
13-May-2006, 16:17
Some members have asked how to filter things so they get the view they want. Here's how.

To exclude or include specific forums from view, you can bookmark search URLs that allow you to do this. These will be about the same as the Unified View, but filtered as desired.

The forums to include/exclude are listed in the URL as a comma-separated list of forumid's as shown in the examples. You get the forumid from the end of the forum's URL after the "f=".

In the example URLs prefix each with the base Forum home URL "http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum".

To get all posts (&getdaily parameter) in the past number of days: (30 days in these examples)


To include only specific forums
<home url>/search.php?&do=getdaily&days=30&include=10,19 (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/search.php?&do=getdaily&days=30&include=10,19)

To exclude specific forums
<home url>/search.php?&do=getdaily&days=30&exclude=21,7
(http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/search.php?&do=getdaily&days=30&exclude=21,7)

To get posts since your last visit: (the "&days=" parameter is irrelevant when using "&do=getnew")


To include only specific forums
<home url>/search.php?&do=getnew&include=10,7
(http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/search.php?&do=getnew&include=10,7)
To exclude specific forums
<home url>/search.php?&do=getnew&exclude=17
(http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/search.php?&do=getnew&exclude=17)
You can also change the sort order by including a &sortby=<value> parameter in the url. The <value> can be one of:

threadstart (to sort by the time the thread was posted)
replycount (by number of replies)
views (by total number of views)
title (by thread title)
forum (by forum name)


Example: Since your last visit, exclude the Lounge, and order the rest in groups by Forum:
<home url>/search.php?&do=getnew&exclude=17&sortby=forum
(http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/search.php?&do=getnew&exclude=17&sortby=forum)

Feel free to ask here for more examples if needed.

Ralph Barker
13-May-2006, 16:41
Excellent solution, Tom. I knew there was a reason we call you "The Genius" behind your back. ;)

Wayne
13-May-2006, 20:05
I tried the directions here and came up with

<homeurl>/search.php?&do=getnew&exclude=7,21&sortby=forum

It eliminates the D***** forums but it seems to show all posts in the other forums, even old ones, and they are all over the place datewise. How do I show only new ones, and/or sort them by date and forum?


Wayne

Wayne
13-May-2006, 20:09
OK, last time it seemed to work. Maybe it just needed to sit for a while to register.


Wayne

Tom Westbrook
14-May-2006, 05:57
Yeah it has waits for you to be offline for a while fo the 'last visit' date to be set to something more recent. Otherwise you can use the 'mark forums read' from the Quick Links in the menu to catch everything up.

Steve Kefford
14-May-2006, 07:13
Tom,

Might be a good idea to make this thread a "sticky".

Steve

Wayne
14-May-2006, 07:18
It works, but only partly. At least two issues remain:

1) when I perform that search and bookmark it the software changes the URL to something like

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/search.php?searchid=16174

and when I return later using that bookmarked URL it says no posts meet my search criteria, even though I know there are new posts. I have to paste the actual search url in each time in order for it to work.

2) That search doesnt get only new posts since my last visit, and since it is sorted by forum there can be dozens of old posts on the front page of the search results, and new posts in other forums on the second page or even further down.


Wayne

Tom Westbrook
14-May-2006, 07:46
You have to bookmark the original URL, since for some odd reason, the software changes it to that 'searchid' thing. I think most browsers let you bookmark a link just by right-clicking on the link.

Tom Westbrook
14-May-2006, 08:00
Oh, on point #2, I assume you're using the 'getnew' format. It selects new posts from your last visit time (the system decides what that is). You may need to use 'mark forums read' from the Quick Links menu item to catch up if there are old posts showing up.

Wayne
14-May-2006, 09:17
thanks, I was just about to ask that one. I think that will get the job done.


Wayne

Brian Ellis
14-May-2006, 09:38
For obvious reasons I'm posting this question to an unrelated thread. One would think the easiest thing in the world would be just starting a new thread (i.e. asking a question, making an observation, etc.) as opposed to replying to an existing thread. Obviously others have figured this out since plenty of people are posting questions and I'm sure I'll be embarassed when someone explains how, but I've decided to swallow whatever pride I have in my computer literacy (which is very little), stop reading FAQs, clicking on any conceivably relevant link, and otherwise spending a lot of time on what surely must be the most basic of all things in this new system, and just ask the question: how do you start a thread?

Ralph Barker
14-May-2006, 09:44
. . . how do you start a thread?

I usually lick it a little before pushing it through the eye of the needle? ;)

To start a thread in the proper sub-forum, click on the "Large Format Photography Forum" link in the top box. That will take you to the sub-forum view, then select the forum you want, and there's a "New Thread" button above the messages.

Tom Westbrook
14-May-2006, 09:51
I looked into the last visit thing. "Last Visit" only gets set after your connection cookie times out (currently after 30 min). So, if you re-visit before the timeout happens, the 'Last Visit' time isn't updated in your user data, and stays whatever it was. I guess that means if you checked in every 25 min, forever, your Last Visit time would never be updated.

Brian Ellis
14-May-2006, 10:00
Thanks Ralph. I'm glad to see it wasn't quite so obvious as I thought it might be. I didn't realize we now have sub-forums, guess I'll have to read up on that one too. Pretty soon I may actually figure this whole thing out and even get comfortable with it.

Ralph Barker
14-May-2006, 10:06
No problem, Brian.

I did a little write-up, trying to summarize some of the new features. You might find this helpful as a Reader's Digest-like condensation of the FAQ:

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=17383

Leigh Perry
14-May-2006, 20:14
Tom, is there a way of turning off the pagination of threads? Or at least configuring the number of posts per page to a higher number?

Thanks.

tim atherton
14-May-2006, 20:37
Tom, is there a way of turning off the pagination of threads? Or at least configuring the number of posts per page to a higher number?

Thanks.

in your Edit Options under Thread Display and then Number of Posts to Show Per Page

Leigh Perry
14-May-2006, 22:41
Tim thanks. I should have just poked around the user profile stuff instead of searching the FAQ etc. That'll teach me to RTFM...

viablex1
10-Jul-2011, 13:41
do you all take donations for the forum?

Kirk Gittings
10-Jul-2011, 14:46
Thanks, but no.

core001
14-Feb-2012, 02:09
just made a search and find the results accurately.........
scrapbook (http://scrapfriends.com.au/)
Tim Holtz (http://scrapfriends.com.au/)

Steve Smith
14-Feb-2012, 03:36
I don't know if there's a 'proper' way to do it, but I look at new posts. I right click the 'New Posts' tab at the top and 'copy shortcut' then edit the bookmark and paste in the link.


Steve

ic-racer
22-Feb-2012, 07:16
This thread was started in 2006. Is it true that in six years no one has figured out how to program some functionality into the software to let members customize the forums to view? Am I missing something in the new forum upgrade?

Tom Westbrook
22-Feb-2012, 16:33
There used to be a third party plug-in for that, but the author is no longer maintaining it and it doesn't work in the new version--I tried during testing. Figuring out if it's possible to make it work in the new version is on my things-to-do-list.

alveena6
5-Jun-2012, 18:32
You must restore the original URL because some strange reason, software changes, "searchID" thing bookmarks. I think most browsers you can just bookmark a link, right-click on the link.

jkober@mac.com
22-Jun-2012, 11:55
Some members have asked how to filter things so they get the view they want. Here's how.

To exclude or include specific forums from view, you can bookmark search URLs that allow you to do this. These will be about the same as the Unified View, but filtered as desired.

The forums to include/exclude are listed in the URL as a comma-separated list of forumid's as shown in the examples. You get the forumid from the end of the forum's URL after the "f=".

In the example URLs prefix each with the base Forum home URL "http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum".

To get all posts (&getdaily parameter) in the past number of days: (30 days in these examples)


To include only specific forums
<home url>/search.php?&do=getdaily&days=30&include=10,19 (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/search.php?&do=getdaily&days=30&include=10,19)

To exclude specific forums
<home url>/search.php?&do=getdaily&days=30&exclude=21,7
(http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/search.php?&do=getdaily&days=30&exclude=21,7)

To get posts since your last visit: (the "&days=" parameter is irrelevant when using "&do=getnew")


To include only specific forums
<home url>/search.php?&do=getnew&include=10,7
(http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/search.php?&do=getnew&include=10,7)
To exclude specific forums
<home url>/search.php?&do=getnew&exclude=17
(http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/search.php?&do=getnew&exclude=17)
You can also change the sort order by including a &sortby=<value> parameter in the url. The <value> can be one of:

threadstart (to sort by the time the thread was posted)
replycount (by number of replies)
views (by total number of views)
title (by thread title)
forum (by forum name)


Example: Since your last visit, exclude the Lounge, and order the rest in groups by Forum:
<home url>/search.php?&do=getnew&exclude=17&sortby=forum
(http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/search.php?&do=getnew&exclude=17&sortby=forum)

Feel free to ask here for more examples if needed.

jkober@mac.com
22-Jun-2012, 11:57
I signed up on LFP a few days ago and immediately my email account was inundated with spam. If you have sold my information to advertisers without my permission, shame on you. If not, then it is simply a coincidence and I apologize.

Zewrak
22-Jun-2012, 12:10
I signed up on LFP a few days ago and immediately my email account was inundated with spam. If you have sold my information to advertisers without my permission, shame on you. If not, then it is simply a coincidence and I apologize.

You do realise your username is your email? This means all bots and people in the world can see it.?

Ralph Barker
23-Jun-2012, 19:36
I signed up on LFP a few days ago and immediately my email account was inundated with spam. If you have sold my information to advertisers without my permission, shame on you. If not, then it is simply a coincidence and I apologize.

We don't sell anything to anyone. In fact, we don't even give out e-mail addresses to other members.

I'd suggest you use the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of the page to request that we change your publicly-visible user name.