How to remove or not apply a Global Announcement to specific forums?

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wurliuchi
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How to remove or not apply a Global Announcement to specific forums?

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Hi, my first post here.

I have numerous forums dealing with various music genres. As the admin, I made a Global Announcement that posted to all the forums. That saves a lot of time. However, there are two forums where I don't want the announcement to show up. How do I remove it from those forums, or not apply it to them in the first place?

I've tried all the permission settings that make sense for me to try, and even some that were a shot in the dark, but nothing has worked so far. I would appreciate some help. I have a feeling I'm close but I can't quite get there.

Thanks
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Re: How to remove or not apply a Global Announcement to specific forums?

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There is no setting or permission to do that. A global announcement is exactly what it is.

You can try asking for an extension in the request forum.
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Re: How to remove or not apply a Global Announcement to specific forums?

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Oh, shoot!

Okay, thank you. Appreciate it.
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Re: How to remove or not apply a Global Announcement to specific forums?

Post by warmweer »

IIRC I used something like <!-- IF FORUM_ID eq '2' --> in templates (similar to the Group Template Vars extension) in an an old 3.2 board I had).
If that still works in phpBB3.3 it would be easy to exclude a Global Annoucement from specific forums.

Disclaimer: it's a vague memory and could have been "= 2" instead of "eq", perhaps even used code from the Group Template Vars to identify the forum (although I suspect not)
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