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TheMadFool August 04, 2021 at 04:28 6800 views 18 comments
How do we download our posts? I'd like to download my posts. Thanks

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javi2541997 August 04, 2021 at 04:49 #575180
Quoting TheMadFool
How do we download our posts?


Good question! I also would like to download my posts as a PDF file or something related.
khaled August 04, 2021 at 06:18 #575191
Copy paste them to a word document and export it to PDF.

You can even keep the exact look if you are using windows. Type "snip" into the search bar and it will bring up a tool that can take photos of your screen as a PNG. Open the post you want, snip it, put the photo in a word doc, and export to PDF.

You don't need a special feature for this.
Banno August 04, 2021 at 06:28 #575193
In times of yore, there was a mystical text that did this. But some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth.
Jamal August 04, 2021 at 06:49 #575196
Quoting TheMadFool
How do we download our posts? I'd like to download my posts. Thanks


With this software it can't be done. Yet another reason we should move to something better. It's possible that PlushForums will send me the posts of a single member if I ask them nicely.

I tried this:

https://thephilosophyforum.com/profile/comments/126/themadfool/all

But it just shows the first page of posts.
Benkei August 04, 2021 at 07:06 #575200
I did find a way to export some things but it's only for specific pages you want to keep. For instance, I'm using the Pocket app so I can read the short stories on my e-reader.
Jamal August 04, 2021 at 07:15 #575202
Each page of comments in your profile shows 40 comments. Any programmer should find it easy to write a script to go through the pages and scrape the comments and put them in a text file:

https://thephilosophyforum.com/profile/comments/126/themadfool/
https://thephilosophyforum.com/profile/comments/126/themadfool/40
https://thephilosophyforum.com/profile/comments/126/themadfool/80

And so on.
TheMadFool August 04, 2021 at 07:57 #575207
I hope the forum adds the posts download feature soon. Thanks to all those who've commented and tried to lend a helping hand. I'll try out the few suggestions that were given. Good day.
Jamal August 04, 2021 at 08:04 #575209
Quoting TheMadFool
I hope the forum adds the posts download feature soon.


It probably won't happen.
TheMadFool August 04, 2021 at 09:02 #575218
Quoting jamalrob
It probably won't happen.


:cry: I'm an eternal optimist!

Jack Cummins August 04, 2021 at 09:22 #575220
Reply to TheMadFool
Even if you can't download your posts they are on the site permanently, so you can access them. If you were to download all your threads it would probably fill a complete kindle. It would be 'The Collected Works of Madfool.'
Michael August 04, 2021 at 10:06 #575227
A Google search for "plushforums download posts" gives this as the second result. :lol:
hope August 08, 2021 at 05:30 #577230
I got perma banned from facebook and now when I login to my banned account it gives me the option to download all my content.

I gues they are saving it forever lol
javi2541997 August 08, 2021 at 05:43 #577237
Quoting hope
I gues they are saving it forever lol


Because they want to control our data... It is so scary.
TonesInDeepFreeze December 26, 2021 at 19:56 #635351
I can't find the recent thread about the Russell set.

And when I click the link to 'Feedback' it does nothing.
T Clark December 26, 2021 at 19:58 #635352
Quoting TonesInDeepFreeze
I can't find the recent thread about the Russell set.

And when I click the link to 'Feedback' it does nothing.


It got deleted. See fdrakes response to my post in the Shoutbox.
_db December 26, 2021 at 20:09 #635361
Reply to TheMadFool

Did a bit of digging, found this:


Can I read your API documentation?

We have a very basic API, which currently has the sole purpose of sending invitation codes and activating or deactivating user accounts. Discussion lists (for All Discussions, Blog, Events, Most Viewed and each Category) are available via RSS.


https://plushforums.com/pre-sales

Dunno if there's a straightforward way of getting all of your data, aside from Reply to jamalrob's suggestion.
ssu December 27, 2021 at 13:41 #635757
Quoting TheMadFool
I hope the forum adds the posts download feature soon.

I'm for this too! :up:
unenlightened December 27, 2021 at 22:15 #635929
Quoting hope
I gues they are saving it forever lol


Because you're worth it.