Managing Forums

hrynkiw · 03-23-2011, 01:29 PM

Is there a way for me to subscribe to a forum rather than to a thread? I'm looking for a way to jump straight to the forums that interest me, rather than having to scroll up and down the Forums page https://www.mobileread.com/forums/

As a Kindle owner, I'm not at all interested in new postings on the Kobo or Sony forums. Likewise, want to be notified about new postings in the Calibre forum, but have no interest at all in the Writer's Corner.

Anybody have any tips for this new member?

HarryT · 03-23-2011, 01:37 PM

User Control Panel -> Edit Options -> Forum Exclusions

that allows you to filter out forums from the "New Posts" lists.

Piper_ · 03-23-2011, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hrynkiw

Is there a way for me to subscribe to a forum rather than to a thread? I'm looking for a way to jump straight to the forums that interest me, rather than having to scroll up and down the Forums page https://www.mobileread.com/forums/

As a Kindle owner, I'm not at all interested in new postings on the Kobo or Sony forums. Likewise, want to be notified about new postings in the Calibre forum, but have no interest at all in the Writer's Corner.

Anybody have any tips for this new member?

Harry's suggestion works best, I think.

But yes, you can also subscribe to a forum from the [Forum Tools] drop-down in the menu bar. (You only see that when you're in the Forum - not in a thread.)

If you do that, you'll see the subscribed-to forum list in your control panel, and you can get new thread and post update summaries by email.

hrynkiw · 03-23-2011, 02:19 PM

Ah! Both useful suggestions. Thank-you.

hrynkiw · 03-23-2011, 02:26 PM

Subscribe to Forum
AND
Going to "User CP" rather than "Forums"

The User Control Panel lists subscribed forums and threads in a nice compact view and provide quick access to the bits I'm particularly interested in. (When I don't have time to browse through the other forums.)

Thank-you again.

montsnmags · 03-23-2011, 08:53 PM

And if you still want to look at the main forum page you initially linked to, but with the forums you're not interested in minimised, you'll also see in each forum's main heading/darker blue bar, a "-" sign on the right which will collapse all its sub-forums (and the sign turns into a "+" if you want to re-expand it). This also works on some items in your UserCP.

hrynkiw · 03-24-2011, 03:13 PM

An excellent tip! Thank-you.

03-23-2011, 01:29 PM	#1
hrynkiw Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 154 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greater Vancouver, Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, iPhone, iPad	Managing Forums Is there a way for me to subscribe to a forum rather than to a thread? I'm looking for a way to jump straight to the forums that interest me, rather than having to scroll up and down the Forums page https://www.mobileread.com/forums/ As a Kindle owner, I'm not at all interested in new postings on the Kobo or Sony forums. Likewise, want to be notified about new postings in the Calibre forum, but have no interest at all in the Writer's Corner. Anybody have any tips for this new member?

03-23-2011, 02:26 PM	#5
hrynkiw Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 154 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greater Vancouver, Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, iPhone, iPad	The combo that worked best for me Subscribe to Forum AND Going to "User CP" rather than "Forums" The User Control Panel lists subscribed forums and threads in a nice compact view and provide quick access to the bits I'm particularly interested in. (When I don't have time to browse through the other forums.) Thank-you again.

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03-23-2011, 01:37 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	User Control Panel -> Edit Options -> Forum Exclusions that allows you to filter out forums from the "New Posts" lists.

03-23-2011, 02:19 PM	#4
hrynkiw Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 154 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greater Vancouver, Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, iPhone, iPad	Ah! Both useful suggestions. Thank-you.

03-23-2011, 08:53 PM	#6
montsnmags Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,155 Karma: 4632658 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: none	And if you still want to look at the main forum page you initially linked to, but with the forums you're not interested in minimised, you'll also see in each forum's main heading/darker blue bar, a "-" sign on the right which will collapse all its sub-forums (and the sign turns into a "+" if you want to re-expand it). This also works on some items in your UserCP.

03-24-2011, 03:13 PM	#7
hrynkiw Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 154 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greater Vancouver, Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, iPhone, iPad	An excellent tip! Thank-you.

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