Search: what are "child forums"?
 

When I use advanced search, it shows me all of the FT forums. At the bottom, it has a box checked that says "Also search in child forums". What are these forums, and where are they? :confused:

Child Forums
 

Think of child forums as “sub-forums” of a parent forum and are recursive in structure.

For example, you can instruct the Search feature to search the Car Rental Programs/Partners forum. If you select “Also search in child forums”, you are also instructing the search to include the Avis, National, Hertz, Budget, etc. forums (which are all child forums of the Car Rental Programs/Partners forum), as well as any forums that are child forums of Avis, National, Hertz, Budget, etc.

You also have the option to turn off this feature and manually select only the forums you wish to search.

I hope this answers your question, SanDiego1K.

Thanks, Canarsie
 

And here I was wondering if Randy was planning to start a FlyerTalk for the under 12s!

Children and Pre-Teenage FlyerTalk Members
 

Actually, you might be amazed at how many FlyerTalk members are around that age. Some of them can be fairly knowledgable, also!

I think it is great! Traveling is one of the best methods of learning — after all, what better classroom is there than the planet Earth? How better to learn history, social studies, language, etc.?

Furthermore, browsing FlyerTalk (not including some of the OMNI forum, which some may argue is a “child forum”) is a wholesome way for a girl or boy to spend som free time and learn while staying out of trouble...

My 12.5-year-old daughter enjoys reading FlyerTalk. She thinks there are numerous great humorists here (and I agree).

The 'Child Forum' is the final one that shows on the drop down Menu. ;)

I think "hierarchial" would be more accurate than "recursive". The latter could imply that your search might never be completed. ;)

FewMiles..

And the former could imply that it's a feature to be used only by ceratin social classes. It's a set of terminolgy that makes perfect sense primarily to UNIX geeks.

One can only wonder about the images conjured up by the technologically unwashed when they hear about orphan forums.

I'm under 18 and know a few others that are too. Doesn't mean we are less knowledgeable! I come here to help and be helped. :)