topic Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference? in Off-Topic

How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

gemz4the1 — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:23:32 GMT

How do I save a post so that I can find it easily rather than browsing through pages of threads to look for it?

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

viridis — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:36:15 GMT

Click on the "add thread to favourites" button.

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

gemz4the1 — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:38:09 GMT

Where is that option @viridis

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:38:13 GMT

I just bookmark the page to my home screen on my iPad and iPhone.

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:39:23 GMT

One way to do this is to click on the message number that you can see in the panel beside a posting:

When you click on the number, the "address" of the message should appear in your Browser something like this:-

You could then copy the link and paste it into say Notepad or similar for future use.

Alternatively you could use the Bookmark feature that you will find under OPTIONS at top right of a message.

Hope this helps until the experts tell you how you should really do it.

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

gemz4the1 — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:40:03 GMT

I don't necessarily want the whole thread, just one of the posts in the thread. But if the whole thread is the only option then i'll have to do that.

I don't want to bookmark it on my computer but thanks for the suggestion @Anonymous

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

viridis — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:41:11 GMT

@gemz4the1 wrote:
Where is that option @viridis

God knows.

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

gemz4the1 — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:41:56 GMT

Thanks for your suggestion @Anonymous but i'd rather not bookmark it to my computer as I don't always use this computer.

P.S. the screenshots are always helpful

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

gemz4the1 — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:42:33 GMT

@viridis wrote:
@gemz4the1 wrote:
Where is that option @viridis
God knows.

He won't tell me lol

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

viridis — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:00:29 GMT

@gemz4the1 wrote:
@viridis wrote:
@gemz4the1 wrote:
Where is that option @viridis
God knows.
He won't tell me lol

She, not he.

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:46:07 GMT

If you just want to save the wording of a single message - you could just highlight entire message text, copy and then paste into whatever program you use for saving notes and useful information. Evernote is very good for that sort of thing. There is a free version and you can get a free 12 month upgrade to the Premium edition via O2 (at least I think the offer is still available. See http://www.o2.co.uk/perks/evernote-premium for details.

End of commercial!

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:49:34 GMT

@gemz4the1 wrote:
Thanks for your suggestion @Anonymous but i'd rather not bookmark it to my computer as I don't always use this computer.
P.S. the screenshots are always helpful

Ok - If you have Cloud storage you could save the message URL (or the mesage text) to that so it would be available to you whatever computer you are using.

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:54:59 GMT

You're welcome @gemz4the1

Alternatively you could screen grab a particular post and it'll upload into your camera roll if on an device etc.

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

jonsie — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:45:27 GMT

Simply use the drop down box on the particular poSt and book. If you want to refer to it go into your account settings/bookmarks......

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

gemz4the1 — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:54:04 GMT

Thanks for your help.

@jonsie your idea is just what I wanted

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

gemz4the1 — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:35:34 GMT

I have tried to bookmark a post as you suggest @jonsie , however I can't find it now. It said it was successfully added to my bookmarks/subscriptions but now I can't find it. I have looked on the homepage and on my user profile page but there's nothing there, nor is there anything on the settings. I have also checked my 'quick links' option at the top of the page but I still can't find it. Any ideas?

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:21:30 GMT

I also bookmark the threads I'd like to read later...
Other thing I do but more related to my role as a community coordinator is to collect in an Excel document interesting threads with new ideas, reviews, guides ... I guess that you could also create a document like this @gemz4the1

Re: How Do I Save A Post For Future Reference?

gemz4the1 — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 14:38:41 GMT

Good idea @Anonymous - thanks