NewsBot?!?!

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TonyC

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This isn't really "Tech Support" related, but I noticed there's no forum for Feedback.


NewsBot ?!?!?!!?







:o .
 
Just a generic username that posts the RSS content.

No likey? I'm kind of "unsold" so far myself, so tell me what you think.
 
How about this...

A link on the home page to aviation news bot related things. A person could go there and click on it if their interested. I get a daily email called the ATA smart brief for my airline news.
 
At first clicking the new posts link got 3 pages of news bot stuff.

Now it's back to posts only, which I like.
 
Mr_Creepy said:
At first clicking the new posts link got 3 pages of news bot stuff.

Now it's back to posts only, which I like.
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It was a modification I had to make to tell the software NOT to look at certain forums. It's something the developers left out I guess but some kid in Switzerland figured out how to do.
 
DE727UPS said:
How about this...

A link on the home page to aviation news bot related things. A person could go there and click on it if their interested. I get a daily email called the ATA smart brief for my airline news.
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You mean a link to the aviation news forum on the main jetcareers.com webpage, a link in the forums to a regular HTML page with news or wait, now I've even confused myself as to what I'm asking...
 
Never mind. I went to the home page and see you already have a news thing in the upper right hand corner. That should be good enough for those who are looking for aviation news stuff.
 
I'm not really a fan either. 'newsbot' just seems kind of impersonal and almost spam-ish.

For those who really want their aviation news, they can use the link on the main page.

Just my take on it!
 
Mr_Creepy said:
Click "New Posts" again and they disappear.
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Strange stuff.

You're right, the "New Posts" button doesn't pick them up.

I use a little different technique. I have my home page set to "http://forums.jetcareers.com/search.php?do=getnew", and the "getnew" command will pick up the NewsBot posts. I often use keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse when I'm on my notebook, and <Ctrl><spacebar> takes me to my home page and is lots faster than using the touchpad to move the pointer and click "New Posts", so I end up with a page full of NewsBot posts.

Time to experiment a little bit I guess...

:bandit:
 
SteveC said:
Time to experiment a little bit I guess...
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Well that was easier than I thought. I just changed my homepage address to "http://forums.jetcareers.com/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=86,87,88" and it no longer picks up the Newsfeed forums. Just had to hover my mouse over the "New Posts" button to see what address Dough used there and I found the "exclude" adder.

:cool:
 
I changed the phrase that grabbed the new posts so it defaults to exclude certain forums. Now if you have the old link, it's going to under-ride my over-ride, catch that on the flip-side bro-ham? :)
 
Doug Taylor said:
I changed the phrase that grabbed the new posts so it defaults to exclude certain forums. Now if you have the old link, it's going to under-ride my over-ride, catch that on the flip-side bro-ham? :)
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Ditto diddle dot done.

Looked for it. Found it. Got it. Did it.
All while you were still tucked in. :p


So, what's a "bro-ham"?

:D
 
SteveC said:
Strange stuff.

You're right, the "New Posts" button doesn't pick them up.

I use a little different technique. I have my home page set to "http://forums.jetcareers.com/search.php?do=getnew", and the "getnew" command will pick up the NewsBot posts. I often use keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse when I'm on my notebook, and <Ctrl><spacebar> takes me to my home page and is lots faster than using the touchpad to move the pointer and click "New Posts", so I end up with a page full of NewsBot posts.

Time to experiment a little bit I guess...

:bandit:
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Yes so do I. The New Posts button has the phrase - oh wait I see Doug already explained it ...

:D
 
Doug Taylor said:
I changed the phrase that grabbed the new posts so it defaults to exclude certain forums. Now if you have the old link, it's going to under-ride my over-ride, catch that on the flip-side bro-ham? :)
Click to expand...

Done been undun? (*exclude* now missing from New Posts button)

:confused:
 
Errrrrr, so I go to forums.jetcareers.com then click on new posts, and I get the newsbot...

Do I have to do something different now?
 
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