My viewing settings are on the default, 50 posts per page of a thread. And most threads show up that way. But there’s a thread in CS, Most right and left wing TV shows?, that, as I’m looking at it right now, has 104 posts, and they’re all showing up on one page. Is this some sort of glitch, or is there some explicable reason for it?
3 pages for me.
I have seen that happen (to a much lesser extent) when I am doing quick replies and never closing the tab.
I was gonna comment on how this happens when I play Mafia, and hope that the OP would know what I meant, but then, I see that Chronos is the OP. :eek:
So,
Chronos, it happens when I play Mafia [Big surprise here, eh?]
But, if you refresh, and stay on a page, the posts are added at the end, only when you leave and come back, will the next page show up.
Much like Sapo says.
Yeah, when you use the Quick Reply, it doesn’t add a new page, but that’s not what happened here. The listing for the thread in the Cafe Society forum showed it as having 103 replies, but didn’t have links for a second or third page. And there were posts past 50 that were from weeks ago, so it’s not like the database hadn’t had a chance to add the new page.
I had 150 posts per page for a brief time earlier today.
I think the hampsters were given the wrong meds today.
See this thread - TubaDiva was trying out some settings and things got a little strange.
You should be back to your used to be.
Umm, maybe you need to get some sleep or something before posting let alone mucking with board settings.
I’d like to know how you got 50 posts per page. That number isn’t even an option. The drop-down has “40” and “100”, but no “50”.
That setting refers to the number of posts within a thread. To adjust the number of threads on the forum page, you need super-secret-Admin powers.
ftg: See this thread: Resolved: Page One of Each Forum Should List 150 Threads, Not Fifty. - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board
??? And ???
OK, it looks like that would account for it exactly. It must have just been a fluke that there weren’t any other 51+ post threads that I was looking at during the time it was in effect.
I’m aware of that. That’s why I wrote “posts per page”, not “threads per page.” And correct me if I’m wrong, but as far as I can tell, that’s what this entire thread is concerned with.
rowrrbazzle & fgr: Ah and woops, my bad.
Stay classy there, partner.
50 posts per page is the “forum default”, which is at the top of the drop down. I suppose since it’s already the default, there’s no need to list it again.