# Why doesn't my post show up in the forum menu? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 20, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-post-show-up-in-the-forum-menu/183059 "2003-06-20T01:47:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-post-show-up-in-the-forum-menu/183059/1 "2003-06-20T01:47:32Z")
So, there I was, having fun in a thread in MPSIMS. This [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=191783&pagenumber=2), in fact. Said thread was on the second page in the list, and I assumed (incorrectly) that my post (which was pretty much a joke formed around this assumption) would jump that thread to the top of the first page. That didn’t happen. My post is in the thread, but the “last post” thingy doesn’t reflect that, and it didn’t move to the front page. What happened? ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-post-show-up-in-the-forum-menu/183059/2 "2003-06-20T02:16:46Z")
Uhm… I should have mentioned that I got that “website not respoding” message when I posted, right? I really hate it when I stop to think, and end up answering my own questions. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-post-show-up-in-the-forum-menu/183059/3 "2003-06-20T02:58:44Z")
Okay, the menus are put together from indexes, that list thread number, thread title, usernames of OP and last poster, and all that sort of good junk. When the boards are getting hit heavily (as for example tonight), it’s not unusual to see the indexing facility run behind the actual submission of posts by measurable lengths of time – minutes, at least one up to a half hour. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-post-show-up-in-the-forum-menu/183059/4 "2003-06-20T04:09:39Z")
Actually you asked a good question, especially for others that haven’t been around as long as some of us and wonder why things don’t work exactly as promised 100% of the time. So if you don’t mind, I’m going to leave this and hopefully someone will learn from it. Thanks! your humble TubaDiva Administrator There are no stupid questions, only stupid peo-oh, forget it. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-post-show-up-in-the-forum-menu/183059/5 "2003-06-20T23:34:46Z")
Thanks, **Polycarp**. I kinda’ figured that out for myself, just after I posted the OP. And that’s pretty much par for the course with me around here. I don’t think this thread is going to help many people, **TubaDiva** , because the title is useless. It doesn’t offer any indication of what’s inside. So, you might as well close it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-post-show-up-in-the-forum-menu/183059/6 "2003-06-20T23:58:42Z")
She could edit the title. Say, “Why Don’t the Forum Menus Show My Last Posts?” or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-post-show-up-in-the-forum-menu/183059/7 "2003-06-21T00:58:15Z")
So is something similar happening in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3594903) thread. When you first open it you see my post comes just before Qadgop’s. Yet when you go to the preview page you see it’s reversed and his post comes first. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-my-post-show-up-in-the-forum-menu/183059/8 "2003-06-21T03:24:41Z")
Preview page doesn’t matter. your humble TubaDiva Administrator