Sorting by end date

xxgeexx

Thank you everybody! x

Kelash23

Hiya,
Im new to this and was just wondering if theres a way to organise the competition forum posts in order of finishing date? Would be great if there's a way to have the ones finishing soonest first so can apply for them before they end
If there is a way can someone please tell me how to do it? Little confused over here!
Thank you all who reads this x

mclarkie

On the competitions page click on the "Search this Forum" link, top right, on the green bar, below the forum page numbers.

Type. E: 13/04 in the box and click Go.

You will now be known as an 'end date comper.'

All the best

Mike

mjm3346

Or on the bottom of the competitions page change "sorted by" from "last post time" to "Thread Title", and change the "sort order" from "descending" to "ascending" this puts all the 01s, 02s etc together and just jump through the pages to the day you want (at the moment the 13th starts about page 50)

fire**fly

Kelash23 wrote: »

Hiya,
Im new to this and was just wondering if theres a way to organise the competition forum posts in order of finishing date? Would be great if there's a way to have the ones finishing soonest first so can apply for them before they end
If there is a way can someone please tell me how to do it? Little confused over here!
Thank you all who reads this x

hi & welcome

there's also a guide in the comping guide here if you've not already seen it..

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1014121

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=12237911&postcount=3

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!

Kelash23

Thanks all for your help! :-)

aurorablues

If you are comping by end date, i would give yourself a good few days to do the ones ending 30/4 there are looooooads.

Kelash23

aurorablues wrote: »

If you are comping by end date, i would give yourself a good few days to do the ones ending 30/4 there are looooooads.

Thank you, i think ive changed my mind about entering by end date after reading everyones comments lol. Which way is bet to order the pages do you think? Thanks x

weeowens

Kelash23 wrote: »

Thank you, i think ive changed my mind about entering by end date after reading everyones comments lol. Which way is bet to order the pages do you think? Thanks x

Each to their own but I work on mix of new & popular eg:

Quick ways to sort the board eg by end date & New Topic

New

Popular

I mainly use new but every so often switch to popular to sweep up any that I have missed.

fire**fly

Kelash23 wrote: »

Thank you, i think ive changed my mind about entering by end date after reading everyones comments lol. Which way is bet to order the pages do you think? Thanks x

there's a guide in the comping guide here..

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1014121

I want to enter comps, what should I do first? / Where do I start?!
This is going to be a personal choice but I can let you know some of the ways other MSE Compers work their way through the comps.

You could go back to the oldest comps (highest page number, usually just over 200 odd pages) & start working your way forwards just entering the ones you want to win, it will take a while but once you are caught up it does get easier. Each time you stop comping for the day, make sure you write down the date & time of the last comp you actually entered & then you’ll know where to start again. When you come back again to enter some more comps, start from the last one you entered & work back towards page 1 again. Do make sure the Display Options, at the bottom of the Forum page (any page which lists all the comp threads), are set to show you all the pages though, as it usually defaults to just 2 weeks, please see the diagram below:

With the above Display Options for Sorted By ‘Last post Time’, whenever someone posts on a thread, it will move it back to the top of Page 1 of the Forum, to below the sticky threads (important threads which have a pushpin icon & always stay at the top of page 1 of the Forum).

If you don’t like the threads moving around when you are trying to work through them then you can also change these settings so threads do not get bumped to the top of the Forum. Go to the bottom of any Forum page & click ‘Sorted By’ & select ‘Thread Start Time’ but do be aware that if any answers or comments are added to a thread then you would miss them if you had already worked your way past it, as the thread will not move back to the top of the Forum when posted upon.

You can also ‘Subscribe’ to the Competitions Time Forum. You then get a daily email just after midnight with the previous day’s comps, it lists all the new threads which were posted that day at the top & then updated ones underneath, I used to ignore the updated ones & work my way down the list of new threads clicking on the Forum link for the ones I wanted to enter.

This isn’t the most reliable of tools though & other MSE Compers have reported it is very hit & miss as to whether they receive the email or not. The Forum Team are aware of the problem & are trying to look into it, there is no reason known at this time as to why some days it doesn’t turn up.

If you want to Subscribe to the Competitions Time Forum, with the Competitions Time Forum page displayed click on Forum Tools > Subscribe to This Forum.

Select ‘Daily updates by email’ & click 'Add Subscription'.