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Broken forum threads not showing all posts - how to find the invisible replies.
BluebellFlora
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I know I'm not alone in this, and it's been going on for ages, but sadly this forum is still borked and not showing all pages in threads.
All threads show 15 posts per page. When the 16th post is submitted, page 2 will automatically be generated for that thread and so on. This is reflected in the URL of the specific page, in multiples of 15:
To give you an example here is page 1 of my Links and Guides thread:
URL: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/658546.page
And page 2 (note the 15 in the URL):
URL: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/15/658546.page
Ok. This is what the thread currently looks like on the forum main page:
According to the date stamp the last post was by me today at 15:23 (GMT). However, if you click on page 14, the most recent page apparently, this is the latest post showing:
A post by me from 6 days ago on the 8th November at 07:33 (GMT). So where is my post I just submitted and are there any other posts since the 8th that haven't shown up? To have a look let's access page 15 which apparently doesn't exist. In the picture above I drew a red box round the URL showing the number 195 (indicating we are on page 14). To access page 15 which will hopefully show any further posts simply add 15 to 195 = 210:
URL: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/210/658546.page
So there is the elusive next page. Tremayne posted a very helpful reply to poundpuppy2001 but sadly it couldn't be seen because of a forum glitch. My post is also now showing up. Note that no page number is highlighted, top right, because page 15 doesn't apparently exist yet. This always seems to happen on threads with multiple pages and when a new page is started after the 15th post on the previous page. Eventually, after a few more posts, the thread will show up properly and the invisible page will appear - as if by magic.......
Anyway, hope that helps some of you access pages which don't appear to exist. It isn't just the thread I've used for this example, it's loads of them.
All threads show 15 posts per page. When the 16th post is submitted, page 2 will automatically be generated for that thread and so on. This is reflected in the URL of the specific page, in multiples of 15:
To give you an example here is page 1 of my Links and Guides thread:
URL: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/658546.page
And page 2 (note the 15 in the URL):
URL: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/15/658546.page
Ok. This is what the thread currently looks like on the forum main page:
According to the date stamp the last post was by me today at 15:23 (GMT). However, if you click on page 14, the most recent page apparently, this is the latest post showing:
A post by me from 6 days ago on the 8th November at 07:33 (GMT). So where is my post I just submitted and are there any other posts since the 8th that haven't shown up? To have a look let's access page 15 which apparently doesn't exist. In the picture above I drew a red box round the URL showing the number 195 (indicating we are on page 14). To access page 15 which will hopefully show any further posts simply add 15 to 195 = 210:
URL: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/210/658546.page
So there is the elusive next page. Tremayne posted a very helpful reply to poundpuppy2001 but sadly it couldn't be seen because of a forum glitch. My post is also now showing up. Note that no page number is highlighted, top right, because page 15 doesn't apparently exist yet. This always seems to happen on threads with multiple pages and when a new page is started after the 15th post on the previous page. Eventually, after a few more posts, the thread will show up properly and the invisible page will appear - as if by magic.......
Anyway, hope that helps some of you access pages which don't appear to exist. It isn't just the thread I've used for this example, it's loads of them.
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