need a profile feature to weed out forums

[balken]

Someone let me know if this already exists and where to find it:

I would LOVE to see a feature in my user settings where I can select which forums are displayed in the Recent Threads list.

Then, I can turn off "Off Topic" so I don't have to see a full page of threads asking "What's your favorite color", "What's your favorite number", "Best Beer", "Smallest midget", "Worst gift you've ever received", etc...

I would love to be able to come to this site and see a bunch of threads about ISU. Then, I could still click the "Off Topic" forum from the menu to see them. This would also eliminate the need to automatically drop the "In-State Rivals" threads from the Recent Threads list. Each user would have the ability to select or deselect a group of forums in their user settings to display on the Recent Threads list.

Funny, because I would probably opt-out of everything except for Off Topic.

 

[iowast8fan]

It's possible to include or exclude certain forums when looking for New Posts. A few months ago, someone on this board pointed me in the right direction. I did some manual searching using the 3rd URL below to find the forum names and numbers assigned to them. I've pasted in the forum names/number combinations below, although additional forums may have been added. I believe it is accurate but you may want to check the forum numbers on your own. Then alter 1 of the 2 example URL's immediately below to include or exclude forums as your heart desires.

Example URL to include certain forums: http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/search.php?do=getnew&include=8,9,10,11

Example URL to exclude certain forums: http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=8

Example URL to determine what the forum number is: http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=8

Here are the Forum Numbers I found:
8 – MBB
9 – Football
10 – General Discussion
11 – Big XII Conference
12 – Ticket Exchange
13 - In-State Rivals
14 – General College Sports
17 – WBB
20 – Off Topic
27 – Wrestling
29 – Press Release Archives
32 – Pro Sports
35, 60, 62, 64, 66 – Various Betting Boards
40 – Welcome Messages
41 – Campus Life
42 – Gaming and Hobbies
43 – CF Tourney Pools
44 – Site News and Announcements
45 – Site Feedback and Support
46 – CF Archives Bin
70 - Volleyball

Excellent info CyFanz! I am now using this: http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=20 to exlcude Off Topic and as a nice side effect, it has the In-State rivals messages back in the list. Nice!