forum help please

labazs

how do i find daily comps and comps that are finishing on the day please im really liking the forums but want to use it to the best please

mjm3346

Daily/weekly are here

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=93

fire**fly

labazs wrote: »

how do i find daily comps and comps that are finishing on the day please im really liking the forums but want to use it to the best please

hi, there's a piece in the comping guide that
explains how to find comps ending on the day..

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1014121&p=12237911



You can change the Forum thread order to sort posts by end date. Simply go to the bottom of any Forum page & on the left hand side is ‘Display Options’. Click on the ‘Sorted By’ dropdown & then select Thread Title. All 200 odd pages are now listed in Thread Title order.

Each thread will now be listed by the ending date used in the thread title. This means that the threads which end on a particular date will be grouped together - you will just need to find out which page they start from & then you are ready to enter comps for a particular end date.

WARNING: If you are entering comps on the day or even the day before they end you run the risk that perhaps the comp has closed a little early & your entry won't be counted. Another thing to bear in mind is that the Board Guides volunteer hours of their time to keep these boards clear & running smoothly so sometimes comps which are ending today or perhaps tomorrow (in rare cases) may be moved to Game Over a little early - this is a task which has to fit around their real lives & also when they have some spare 'online' time.
SUGGESTION: If you really want to only enter comps right when they are ending then I strongly suggest you get a couple of days ahead of yourself to avoid the above.

Another method you can use for finding comps that end on a particular day is to do a couple of searches using Google or another search engine using each of the following:

"E:01/09" site:moneysavingexpert.com

"E:1/09" site:moneysavingexpert.com

This method will find the comps for the dates you have selected whether they are in Competitions Time Forum, or even the Game Over & Regular Competitions sub forums.

Please note, this is a good way to find comps that end on the date searched, Please be aware though, that it will bring up all comps including those that ended in previous years!


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grannybiker

Comps ending tomorrow start here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=72&pp=20&sort=title&order=asc&daysprune=-1&page=215

I have a few similar links saved in my favourites and I can work either forwards or backwards from them depending on where we are
HTH

c5ryl

Just to say thank you to grannybiker, I have been using your link for a while and it's so much easier!

fire**fly

grannybiker wrote: »

Comps ending tomorrow start here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=72&pp=20&sort=title&order=asc&daysprune=-1&page=215

I have a few similar links saved in my favourites and I can work either forwards or backwards from them depending on where we are
HTH

just tried your link GB & it's brill, thanks :j:T:T

labazs

more confused

fire**fly

grannybiker wrote: »

Comps ending tomorrow start here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=72&pp=20&sort=title&order=asc&daysprune=-1&page=215

I have a few similar links saved in my favourites and I can work either forwards or backwards from them depending on where we are
HTH

labazs wrote: »

more confused

hi, just click on granny links & it gives the listing for the comps ending you were asking about,
I've used it today to check any I might have missed &
find it very useful, if you scroll to the bottom & change the page/up/down you'll get all of them x