Have you ever seen a post on HCW that looked like it was supposed to be extra wide, but the right side was lopped off?

Are you using Firefox? Does the post have a long URL in the signature? Does the post have a string in the title or body that has no spaces in it like "AK,AL,AR,GA,MI,NE...".

It's a bug. I don't know of a way to get around it other than resizing the Firefox window, temporarily switching to IE, or pestering the specific user to change something....

pennywatcher

When you post to a thread, I believe that by default the system subscribes you to that thread.

You can subscribe to threads without posting. To do so, go to the thread to which you want to subscribe. At the top of the thread is a menu of "Thread Tools". Select "Subscribe to this Thread" then choose your subscription options and click "Add Subscription".

If you do not want to be subscribed to everything, you have to do two things.
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pennywatcher

Did you know that you can put a link in your signature that looks like this:

My User Profile

rather than this:

http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/members/pennywatcher-3428.html

Type the phrase in your signature then highlight it. Click on the icon that looks like a globe with a couple links of chain in front of it. A window will pop up asking for the URL. Type in the URL, and be sure to include the http:// at the beginning.

pennywatcher

Instead of using the bookmarks/favorites in IE and/or Firefox, I built a little launchpad file. A picture and details are here:

http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums...aunch-pad.html

One feature I really like is that I can take the launchpad file to other computers and have all my coupon links readily available. I don't have to worry about exporting/importing bookmarks between browsers.

I also like being able to put things in a table rather...

pennywatcher

Did you know that you can make custom Google maps?

http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums...-planning.html

I built one for the CVS stores near me, one for Walgreens, etc. I can overlay whichever ones I want. It helps when I'm doing an unusual errands run. Say I have to go to Target, Walgreens, the bank, and the Post Office. I can overlay those four maps and choose stores and plan a route. ("Oh, yeah, I forgot there was a bank over...

pennywatcher