G R 'Scott' Cundiff
18th December 2006, 03:34 PM (15:34)
Here's a bit of advanced NazNet Usage that some may want to try. This is not for the novice user -- and there are several steps involved in doing searches that exclude specific forums. Also, you have to be able to create your own favorites/bookmarks (I'll call them "bookmarks" for the rest of this message) on your browser. For most people all this won't be worth the trouble, but for others...well, have fun!
Here's the concept: you are going to create some custom bookmarks for your NazNet Searches.
First some basic concepts. Each forum has an ID number. You can find that ID by resting your mouse pointer on a forum link and then looking at the bottom bar of your browser.
For instance, if you want to know the ID of the Forum: NazNet Power Point Discussion you rest the mouse pointer at that forum, and then look at the bottom of the browser. You will see that that forum ID is 11 because the "f=11" part of the URL means "Forum ID 11."
Now, say you want to create a link that will exclude that forum when you look at "today's posts." Instead of using the "Today's posts" link on NazNet, you simply create a bookmark on your own browser with this URL: http://www.naznet.com/community/search.php?do=getdaily&exclude=11.The link tells NazNet that you want to do a search of "Get daily" (today's) posts and that you want to exclude forum 11.
You can exclude all the forums you want using that method. So if you want to exclude everything except the women's forum that command would look like this:
http://www.naznet.com/community/search.php?do=getdaily&exclude=9,35,12,17,22,23,28,29,32,33,36,14,15,25,1 0,11That link tells NazNet to exclude every forum but one. By the way, the Woman's Forum ID is: 13
Now, let me give you the low down for using the "new posts" command. It actually works the very same way but instead of "getdaily" the key word is "getnew." So if you want to create a bookmark that will search for new posts on only the woman's forum since your last visit you will create this bookmark:
http://www.naznet.com/community/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=9,35,12,17,22,23,28,29,32,33,36,14,15,25,1 0,11On the other hand, if you want to see everything but the Women's Forum, that bookmark is:
http://www.naznet.com/community/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=14 (http://www.naznet.com/community/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=14)
You can create all the bookmarks you like, directing your searches in all kinds of custom ways. One more thing to remember -- when we add new forums, especially those you aren't interested in, you will need to edit your custom bookmarks to exclude the new forums.
Finally, I know someone will ask why we don't have an "include" command as well as an "exclude" command -- I don't have an answer. The ability to "exclude" is simply an undocumented feature of our NazNet software -- so far, there is no "include" capability.
Here's the concept: you are going to create some custom bookmarks for your NazNet Searches.
First some basic concepts. Each forum has an ID number. You can find that ID by resting your mouse pointer on a forum link and then looking at the bottom bar of your browser.
For instance, if you want to know the ID of the Forum: NazNet Power Point Discussion you rest the mouse pointer at that forum, and then look at the bottom of the browser. You will see that that forum ID is 11 because the "f=11" part of the URL means "Forum ID 11."
Now, say you want to create a link that will exclude that forum when you look at "today's posts." Instead of using the "Today's posts" link on NazNet, you simply create a bookmark on your own browser with this URL: http://www.naznet.com/community/search.php?do=getdaily&exclude=11.The link tells NazNet that you want to do a search of "Get daily" (today's) posts and that you want to exclude forum 11.
You can exclude all the forums you want using that method. So if you want to exclude everything except the women's forum that command would look like this:
http://www.naznet.com/community/search.php?do=getdaily&exclude=9,35,12,17,22,23,28,29,32,33,36,14,15,25,1 0,11That link tells NazNet to exclude every forum but one. By the way, the Woman's Forum ID is: 13
Now, let me give you the low down for using the "new posts" command. It actually works the very same way but instead of "getdaily" the key word is "getnew." So if you want to create a bookmark that will search for new posts on only the woman's forum since your last visit you will create this bookmark:
http://www.naznet.com/community/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=9,35,12,17,22,23,28,29,32,33,36,14,15,25,1 0,11On the other hand, if you want to see everything but the Women's Forum, that bookmark is:
http://www.naznet.com/community/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=14 (http://www.naznet.com/community/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=14)
You can create all the bookmarks you like, directing your searches in all kinds of custom ways. One more thing to remember -- when we add new forums, especially those you aren't interested in, you will need to edit your custom bookmarks to exclude the new forums.
Finally, I know someone will ask why we don't have an "include" command as well as an "exclude" command -- I don't have an answer. The ability to "exclude" is simply an undocumented feature of our NazNet software -- so far, there is no "include" capability.