Post numbers

[MacavityLock]

Are post numbers in thread gone for good?

[MacavityLock]

Are post numbers in thread gone for good?

Missed the answer to this question in the other thread, my apologies.

[Ythan]

Are post numbers in thread gone for good?

Missed the answer to this question in the other thread, my apologies.

I'm curious.

[Nobody Special]

It's on Mr. Flay's To Do list, per mith.

[Axelrod]

Please, please, please find a way to have posts be individually numbered again in the threads. This would make my life so much easier.

[UnofficialRulerOfEveryone]

I miss the post count at the top of each post.

That is currently on the to do list afaik. I miss it too.

Yeah, and if I understand correctly, Flay is working on porting JEEP's MOD over, since we couldn't find a MOD that started from 0 rather than 1.

[imkingdavid]

I miss the post count at the top of each post.

That is currently on the to do list afaik. I miss it too.

Yeah, and if I understand correctly, Flay is working on porting JEEP's MOD over, since we couldn't find a MOD that started from 0 rather than 1.

Well, starting for 0 instead of 1 is a simple subtract 1 from whatever number it would show. No need to do a bunch of extra work porting something when something else exist and shouldn't be too difficult to fix. That being said, I haven't actually seen the code for the one that starts at 1, so I am speaking theoretically.

EDIT: Alright, just looked. I believe that the following code sets the current post number in the MOD that we're talking about:

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        $postrow['POST_NUM'] = $start + ($i+1); 

Simply changing it to:

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        $postrow['POST_NUM'] = $start + $i; 

should do the trick.

[Mr. Flay]

Yeah, sorry. Having car trouble today which is delaying work. Still probably get post numbers done by Monday.

[UnofficialRulerOfEveryone]

I miss the post count at the top of each post.

That is currently on the to do list afaik. I miss it too.

Yeah, and if I understand correctly, Flay is working on porting JEEP's MOD over, since we couldn't find a MOD that started from 0 rather than 1.

Well, starting for 0 instead of 1 is a simple subtract 1 from whatever number it would show. No need to do a bunch of extra work porting something when something else exist and shouldn't be too difficult to fix. That being said, I haven't actually seen the code for the one that starts at 1, so I am speaking theoretically.

EDIT: Alright, just looked. I believe that the following code sets the current post number in the MOD that we're talking about:

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        $postrow['POST_NUM'] = $start + ($i+1); 

Simply changing it to:

Code: Select all

        $postrow['POST_NUM'] = $start + $i; 

should do the trick.

Haha, nice. I know pretty much nothing about php programming, so don't blame me for not knowing a fix

[ChannelDelibird]

Can we get post numbers back at the top of each post?

[Porochaz]

[*]

Post Numbers

- I haven't ported it over yet, but I have at least two examples to work from.

Estimated completion: 6/20.

[ChannelDelibird]

Cheers Prozac. I fail at reading.

[Mr. Flay]

Okay, since I started posting in games again I'm finding the popup annoying, especially after years of clicking the little icon. I can either flip them so that the post number does the javascript popup, or just make them both plain links.

In other news, I think I'll change POST_NUM from "Post number:" to "Post" tonight. I think there needs to be some plain text between the two, especially if they're going to continue to do slightly different things.

Thoughts? I know a couple people have already been confused by the javascript popup on the page icon, and it's practically no work to flip it to the 'number', except that that will then confuse people who are getting used to the current behavior. But as I actually play games, I find my muscle memory expects the icon to be a regular link, and I notice that it's a regular link on 'View My Topics' and Forum View.

If you have Javascript disabled, it should just click through any normal link, so you may not even have noticed this feature.

[Zorblag]

Troll would like it if the functions were switched. Troll do be used to the old method of clicking on the page to go to the thread and at this point Troll gets it wrong the first time Troll clicks on something every time.

Troll fears and loathes change though so Troll's opinion no needs to be the important one.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

[CSL]

Troll would like it if the functions were switched. Troll do be used to the old method of clicking on the page to go to the thread and at this point Troll gets it wrong the first time Troll clicks on something every time.

Troll fears and loathes change though so Troll's opinion no needs to be the important one.

-Zorblag R`Lyeh

QFT

[Porochaz]

Id prefer if the box didnt appear at all no matter what you clicked, but thats just me.

[Mr. Flay]

Yeah, really at this point this thread is for someone to go "NOOOOOO! Mah popups!!!!". I've disabled them in the meantime; both links now have the 'old' behavior of linking straight to that post.

[imkingdavid]

Well, if we're going to have both links do the same thing, why not scrap one of the links (aka. just leave the #0 as a bold text with no link) and leave the old functionality for the page icon.

However, if we're going to keep both things (the popup and the direct link to the post) I think that the page icon should be the direct link, and the post # should be the popup.

In the end, I can adapt to change either way, so no biggie for me.

[Mr. Flay]

At this point I've heard no real call for popups to be enabled... and people used to 'miss' that the page icon was a link all the time, so I suspect it may still be useful to have both. But it's easy enough to change if people want one (and I agree it should be the post #, if anything)

[Ythill]

I actually kind of liked the popups. I have slow internet and it's a pain to load a whole new page just to copy the post URL.

Also, would it be possible to indicate original post numbers somewhere in iso? So that I can look at iso24 and know it is #342 without navigating?

[yabbaguy]

@Ythill: Right-click and select copy link location to workaround the former problem.

[Mr. Flay]

Also, would it be possible to indicate original post numbers somewhere in iso? So that I can look at iso24 and know it is #342 without navigating?

Thanks for reminding me to add it to my wish list, but it's non-trivial to do so.

[ReaperCharlie]

Also, would it be possible to indicate original post numbers somewhere in iso? So that I can look at iso24 and know it is #342 without navigating?

Thanks for reminding me to add it to my wish list, but it's non-trivial to do so.

It's as easy as clicking the

ISO #24

, and then watching as it changes to

Post #24

. Then you can hit the "Back" button, and all of your important info will still be saved by $_POST, or your browser. Problem solved!

Unless you hit "Back" and then refresh the page for some reason, in which case you are supremely SOL.

[Mr. Flay]

Or using Internet Exploder, which reloads on Back automagically.

[ReaperCharlie]

OH WHOOPS. LOL

heh. icwutudidthar. "exploder" indeed.