"New members" separate from New Posts?

[Dal1Celt]

Originally Posted by Ram Rod

I'm a member on other sites that actually have a user CP that allows each individual user to check-mark a box for each available forum they are interested in......a filter of sorts for the user. That way the particular user (member) can filter out any forums that he or she doesn't want to read or are not interested in and it's usually under the active topics listing, or the quick links pull down under recent posts or threads. Personally, when I log in here, I hit the quick links and then check today's posts. You can sort of filter things out yourself if you know how to go about it and make shortcuts of your own. IMO, the new members forum and the welcoming committee is one of the high points of this forum anyway. I've become a bit more random in my welcoming posts and break things up a bit. Sometimes I do run across a very long string of them early in the morning hours for my part of the country, but it is what it is. Not that I can't relate to your initial query though.

Originally Posted by retsupt99

I agree...I enjoy welcoming the new posters.
It's the first place I look.

Can't agree with these two more.

I enjoy welcoming in new members, even if I've only been here less then a year. I know I felt good reading all the messages to me, welcoming me to the forum.

[smotta]

Bumper,

Might this help?

How To Include / Exclude Forums From "New Posts" - vBulletin Community Forum

[Bumper]

Originally Posted by smotta

Bumper,

Might this help?

How To Include / Exclude Forums From "New Posts" - vBulletin Community Forum

Yeah, I saw that one, but I have tried to avoid making manual changes to code. I used to do it all of the time but when you install upgrades wind up losing a bunch of that code. Then everyone piles on and wants to know why it stopped working all of a sudden. Now I stick to supported mods that are able to be linked in the "product" system of vBulletin. Thanks, though.

[smotta]

I can CERTAINLY appreciate that. As an IT department guy we're forever fighting the problem. Hope something turns up for you.