Saving threads
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 815
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From: Palm City Florida
Saving threads
Looking for suggestions on how to save threads that interest me or that I might use for future projects. I always find info on the forum that I may need later, and then have to search for them when the time comes. Thanks in advanced.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 8,246
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From: Watkins Glen NY
Click on "thread tools" at the top right of each thread. A drop down opens up, and then you can click on "subscribe to this thread".
You can then access subscribed threads from the quick links tab on the bar above the threads just below your welcome box.
You can then access subscribed threads from the quick links tab on the bar above the threads just below your welcome box.
Pro
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 656
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From: Northeastern PA
2. Then create a "Word" document for each topic you want to keep track of and place in the Reference Folder. Example: gas related, rear end related, distributor related, trailing arm related etc.
3. As you read CF, highlight what you want to save and use the copy function and paste it into the appropriate Word Doc. Make new Word Doc topics as you need.
Saving to your computer's hard drive is probably better. You can also save your info to a disk, email it etc. You can copy and paste only the info you want to keep also and eliminate the BS stuff. If you use the Bookmark function, you might not be able to access that data sometime. It is possible to be away from home and not have internet services, or the CF is down...or maybe "gone" for good! Don't rely on others if you don't have too.
Race Director
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 15,422
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From: northern california
C2 of Year Finalist (track prepared) 2019
Two ways to "save" threads:
1. Bookmark them, as already pointed out. Simple, and you don't chew up space on your computer's disk drive. However, if CF ever ceases to exist, the info will be lost.
2. Save the entire thread on your computer. In Firefox, Netscape, Mozilla and maybe other browsers on Windoze machines do this by going to the pull down menu:
File | Save Page As
When the file save window appears, choose a location and, optionally, a descriptive file name.
This second way of preserving a thread will save everything..... user names who posted, images, text, etc. When you bring up one of these saved pages, it will look just like it did when you saw it on the internet.
Jim
1. Bookmark them, as already pointed out. Simple, and you don't chew up space on your computer's disk drive. However, if CF ever ceases to exist, the info will be lost.
2. Save the entire thread on your computer. In Firefox, Netscape, Mozilla and maybe other browsers on Windoze machines do this by going to the pull down menu:
File | Save Page As
When the file save window appears, choose a location and, optionally, a descriptive file name.
This second way of preserving a thread will save everything..... user names who posted, images, text, etc. When you bring up one of these saved pages, it will look just like it did when you saw it on the internet.
Jim
