Go to page function

Post by **Monty** » 09 Jun 2008, 18:19

Many threads on this forum have multiple pages (Some just a few, others a few hundred or thousand). Could an easier, less time and bandwidth way of going to the pages in the middle please be implemented?? (clicking 'next' or 'previous' a hundred or so times becomes tedious and messing with the address bar does not always yield the wanted results)

DeathStrike · Post by **DeathStrike** » 09 Jun 2008, 21:21

i second this.

so many threads got over 100 pages and i have missed most but don't have lis to go back cos it takes long to get back to a specific page if i stop reading sumwhere and wanna carry on again later. (imagine stopping on page 50... u start on page 1. it ends on page 100. so now if u wanna get back u must page over all pages from 1 or 100 to get back. not nice on cap)

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 09 Jun 2008, 21:29

DeathStrike wrote:i second this. so many threads got over 100 pages and i have missed most but don't have lis to go back cos it takes long to get back to a specific page if i stop reading sumwhere and wanna carry on again later. (imagine stopping on page 50... u start on page 1. it ends on page 100. so now if u wanna get back u must page over all pages from 1 or 100 to get back. not nice on cap)

CTRL + D

Fish_man · Post by **Fish_man** » 09 Jun 2008, 23:22

Im with monty and DeathStrike

Post by **Stuart** » 09 Jun 2008, 23:26

It is mildly irritating, but I wonder if it's even something that can be fixed? I suspect it comes standard like that and can't be changed.

Post by **Anthro** » 10 Jun 2008, 07:23

Calls Ron2k for some expert advice...

Roooon where are you ?

endev8003 · Post by **endev8003** » 10 Jun 2008, 07:58

He's not online yet.

I agree that it will be a good idea. Browsing through pages is a pain, especially when the thread reaches in the thousands of pages.

Post by **Stuart** » 10 Jun 2008, 07:59

I think Ron's going to start hiding his online status!

Post by **Ron2K** » 10 Jun 2008, 08:03

I'm here! Enough with the PM spam, people!

Right, time for business. It's not a phpBB 2 feature, and neither is it in phpBB 3. I'll ask around on the phpBB forums and see if someone's coded a modification that adds this functionality.

EDIT:

schase wrote:I think Ron's going to start hiding his online status!

I already have.

rustypup · Post by **rustypup** » 10 Jun 2008, 08:07

how do you know which page you're hunting out of the thousand?..

as functionality goes, this makes as much sense as having a monitor dispense pea-soup...

Post by **Stuart** » 10 Jun 2008, 08:09

rustypup wrote:as functionality goes, this makes as much sense as having a monitor dispense pea-soup...

Wow, pea-soup from my monitor. That's not a bad idea! DAE ... !

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 10 Jun 2008, 08:11

rustypup wrote: how do you know which page you're hunting out of the thousand?..

as functionality goes, this makes as much sense as having a monitor dispense pea-soup...

You may have a vague idea which area you were reading in? Or you may simply want to jump 10 pages back, in order to catch the start of some or other point of conversation?

Post by **Stuart** » 10 Jun 2008, 08:15

UrBaN wrote:
rustypup wrote: how do you know which page you're hunting out of the thousand?..

as functionality goes, this makes as much sense as having a monitor dispense pea-soup...
You may have a vague idea which area you were reading in? Or you may simply want to jump 10 pages back, in order to catch the start of some or other point of conversation?

Or you may have a clever mathematical formula whereby you can gauge precisely which page you need to be reading.

UrBaN · Post by **UrBaN** » 10 Jun 2008, 08:18

schase wrote:
UrBaN wrote:
rustypup wrote: how do you know which page you're hunting out of the thousand?..

as functionality goes, this makes as much sense as having a monitor dispense pea-soup...
You may have a vague idea which area you were reading in? Or you may simply want to jump 10 pages back, in order to catch the start of some or other point of conversation?
Or you may have a clever mathematical formula whereby you can gauge precisely which page you need to be reading.

You may even be having a cup of green tea, and spot the answer amongst the leaves - what then? You know which page to read but can't get there? ENter GOTOPAGE function.

PaperCut · Post by **PaperCut** » 10 Jun 2008, 08:20

Imagine all 4000+ pages of the spam thread lined out 1 up to 4000+

As logical as it may seem, I doubt anyone would want to refer to page 1638 of the spam thread.

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 10 Jun 2008, 08:23

The only threads that go over a thousand pages are the spam threads - and missing a few pages there is hardly consequential.

Even the non-spam threads like Intel vs AMD & ATI vs NVIDIA... if you miss a few pages it doesn't matter, because technology moves so fast old discussions in those topics are obsolete in a matter of weeks.

So why is this feature so essential?

We already have enough stuff to sort out on the forums - time, no post messages etc...

rustypup · Post by **rustypup** » 10 Jun 2008, 08:28

UrBaN wrote:you may simply want to jump 10 pages back

you can currently hop 3 pages back.. perhaps extending this to 5 would make sense at some point, but, as per jamin's comment, i would far rather have the forums stability issues resolved long before this type of feature creep is even considered...

< i cannot honestly recall ever having to page through a thread to this degree.. not once... is this a spam thing ?>

Post by **Ron2K** » 10 Jun 2008, 08:29

You wouldn't line up all 4000 pages next to each other - just a simple textbox with a "Take me to this page, and your leader!" button would suffice.

Having said that, jamin and rusty have made some pretty valid points regarding the necessity of such a feature. Also, if you know exactly what you're looking for, there is the search feature (which is much improved in v3).

doo_much · Post by **doo_much** » 10 Jun 2008, 08:33

Weeelll - if you REALLY wanto to go back into the future (although I agree I canna see the reasonfor it)

Go to your adress bar and change the last part

"postorder=asc&start=91305"

This page starts at post #91305. I think there are 15 posts to the page so the math is quite easy?

edit: Go back one page first.

Post by **Ron2K** » 10 Jun 2008, 08:41

doo_much wrote:Weeelll - if you REALLY wanto to go back into the future (although I agree I canna see the reasonfor it)

Go to your adress bar and change the last part

"postorder=asc&start=91305"

This page starts at post #91305. I think there are 15 posts to the page so the math is quite easy?

Quite right.

The thing to remember is that page 1 starts at post 0, page 2 starts at post 15, etc.

However, there is a spanner in the works - the 15 posts per page thing is a setting in the ACP that can be changed at any time. I can't think why I would want to change it from 15, but bear in mind that it can happen (although it's very unlikely to happen on this board). I think new phpBB 3 installations default to 10 posts per page these days, and the first forum that I ever posted on had it set to 20 posts per page.

Post by **Monty** » 10 Jun 2008, 08:42

PaperCut wrote:Imagine all 4000+ pages of the spam thread lined out 1 up to 4000+

As logical as it may seem, I doubt anyone would want to refer to page 1638 of the spam thread.

What I mean is have a bar where you can type in the page number you want

Post by **Stuart** » 10 Jun 2008, 09:01

jamin_za wrote:The only threads that go over a thousand pages are the spam threads - and missing a few pages there is hardly consequential.

*gasp*

Heresy! Insubordination! Treason! Recant, heathen, or find yourself exposed in the (perhaps)-soon-to-be-revised SN24!

No, jamin, not THAT type of exposed. Don't get so excited!

Post by **Ron2K** » 10 Jun 2008, 11:15

Going back to the topic - I've just discovered that the "jump to page" feature is in phpBB 3 - I just never noticed it before.

You'll therefore see it implemented when the big upgrade is done.

Post by **Monty** » 10 Jun 2008, 11:17

Ron2K wrote:Going back to the topic - I've just discovered that the "jump to page" feature is in phpBB 3 - I just never noticed it before.

You'll therefore see it implemented when the big upgrade is done.

Awesome. Thanks Ron2K