Help with organizing Notifications.

[FrankZoid]

On the old board I had hundreds of posts organized in folders, which made it much easier to find answers for myself and others. I can't find any way to organize things here in my profile area. Am I missing something? How are others organizing related topics.

[TheSaint]

I don't think there is any default option to organize by folders with SMF. Perhaps Brad could hack it?

[brad]

Brad hates hacking

I never used the folder thing on vb so am not quite sure what you are after...

[TheSaint]

In VB there is an Edit Folders in the Subscribed Threads part of the User CP. Nothing fancy, but you can do a bit of basic sorting out of threads by content matter. Was that what you were getting at Frank?

[brad]

wow .. and I thought I was organized..

When we get thru this busy period... 'some' hacks maybe installed..

[TheSaint]

You have to be careful with 3rd party hacks. A lot of them were designed to run on smaller forums than this one with considerably less load. I've installed some 3rd party hacks before with phpbb and the functionality/speed of the boards were seriously compromised. It is always good to do a quick check at what the actual "hack" does to the core, just in case it needs some reworking or minor tweaking.

[FrankZoid]

In VB there is an Edit Folders in the Subscribed Threads part of the User CP. Nothing fancy, but you can do a bit of basic sorting out of threads by content matter. Was that what you were getting at Frank?

Exactly. Basically as I read posts with working solutions to common problems I always subscribe (notify) to the post, even if I don't have an immediate need for the information. This saves a lot of time in helping others, or going back to find that solution for myself.

I'm still curious to know how others are keeping organized?

[TheSaint]

I store the reply emails in seperate folders in Outlook by topic matter. Once someone has replied to the thread I move it to the proper folder. It is more work intensive than having a built in system in the forums, but it does work in the short-term.

[FrankZoid]

Thanks for the suggestion TheSaint