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AndyNguyen
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July 24th, 2010, 9:52 pm

Most forum software will allow you to add someone to your "blacklist/spam" so you don't have to be subjected to their spam/nonsense.I want to come here, find the info I want without having to read stupid comments from a few posters that make up the bulk of the posts here.Can that feature be added here?
 
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Hansi
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August 15th, 2010, 6:06 pm

I've never used javascript before but threw this together following the complaints in the careers forum:1. Install GreaseMonkey( Firefox, http://www.greasespot.net/ ), GreaseKit (Safari), Greasemetal (Chrome) etc.2. Create a new user script in Greasemonkey (Tools -> Greasemonkey -> New user script...)3. Fill like so:4. The .js file will open in the default .js text editor, set it up like this:// ==UserScript==// @name Ignore Wilmott Users// @namespace http://www.wilmott.com/// @description Ignore Wilmott Users// @include http://www.wilmott.com/*// @include http://wilmott.com/*// ==/UserScript==var users = new Array("user1","user2","user3");var userinfo = document.getElementsByClassName("ftstatuscell");for (var j=0; j<userinfo.length;j++){ for (var k=0;k<users.length;k++) { if(userinfo[j].innerHTML.match(users[k]) !== null) { userinfo[j].parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.removeChild(userinfo[j].parentNode.parentNode) } }}5. Replace user1, user2 with the Usernames you want to ignore, it's just an array so you can add more or use less if needed.6. Save the script7. Make sure Greasemonkey is active and the selected users will be missing, here is a test for one of my own posts (simply using 'var users = new Array("Hansi");')Before:After:
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AndyNguyen
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August 17th, 2010, 9:54 pm

Your work is much appreciated.However, I don't think members of this massively popular website has to install some software, run some script to hide this. This feature is standard on almost ALL forum software, even the free forum has it.I just want to know if it's available for this site, if so, can it be turned on. I haven't heard any answer from the admin.And from the comments on Careers section, I don't think I'm the only one asking about this.
 
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Hansi
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August 18th, 2010, 9:05 am

The problem with FuseTalk is that it's a backwards piece of forum that doesn't support a lot of features which or standard on pretty much any forum software.That being said I just looked at the manual and it does have ignore users via the Fusetalk dashboard which is labelled as News in the menu here:http://forums.fusetalk.com/attachments/ ... orumid=1It doesn't seem to be enabled, but I don't think enabling it wouldn't be too much of a hassle. EDIT: Change the last would to wouldn't
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AndyNguyen
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August 18th, 2010, 12:24 pm

Ignored UsersThis feature allows a forum user to exclude viewing of posts from certain forum members; the ignored user?s posts are not deleted from the forum. To add a user to the ignored users list, click on the ADD IGNORED USER button, and enter the appropriate username. To cancel the action, click on the checkbox next to the username and click on the DELETE buttonHere we go. Can we get a poll on here so people can voice their opinion and hopefully the admin can act on it.