How do i prevent certain forums from showing up in new posts?

[pspcrazy]

Hi im wondering how do i prevent some of my forums from being shown in the new posts area? I would appreciate that a lot. Also is there anyway o make a forum not searchable within the vb search area as well? These would most likely be the same forums. Thanks for the help in advance.

[SaintDog]

To disable searching of a specific forum:

vBulletin Admin CP -> Forums & Moderators -> Forum Manager -> 'Forum Name' -> Posting Options -> Index New Posts in Search Engine -> No

[pspcrazy]

Um, next time read before posting, just seeing search and answereing wont hel p.


What i need is to prevent certain forums from being able to be searched with vb and not shown on the new posts area.

[SaintDog]

I read the thread and posted a solution to one of two of your inquiries. The above option will allow you to set whether posts from XX forum will be indexed in the search engine.

No need to reply back asking someone to re-read what has been posted when the above does one of the two things you requested.

[peterska2]

To stop certain forums showing on the new posts search, use

search.php?do=getnew&exclude=[high]X,Y,Z[/high]

where [high]X,Y,Z[/high] are the forumid numbers of the forums you do not want to be included in the search. You will need to change the link to include the exclude section in your navbar template.

[pspcrazy]

Thanks both of you i wasn;t doing somethign right . Thanks perska2 a lot i needed that like crazy .

[doggy1]

This is working in the forums after I entered the exclude command.

However, is there a way to prevent the new posts from a selected forum from showing up on vbadvanced?

Thanks.

[xlguy]

Thanks guys, this is very interesting. How hard would it be to create a Modificaton where the users can specify the numbers to exclude in their profile? Also is there a reverse of this, for example &include= otherwise I have a long list!

[peterska2]

Have a look at this modification

[vB 3.5.4] Opt-Out Forums from Get New/Get Daily

FYI, it also works on 3.6.0

[xlguy]

Thanks Peter I really appreciate the link as my searching for "View New Posts" wasn't working and I was going around in circles. This is a perfect hack