An Interesting Feature Of The Forum

[Khutan]

I was looking through some topics and I wanted to go backwards just one post.

Instead of hitting the previous number button, I reduced the number in the URL and I scrolled back 1, really cool I thought.

Is this a commonly known feature ?

As an explanation

I was here http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...pic=22492&st=30

and I changed the URL to this

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22492&st=29

worked fine

[RDN]

I was looking through some topics and I wanted to go backwards just one post.

Instead of hitting the previous number button, I reduced the number in the URL and I scrolled back 1, really cool I thought.

Is this a commonly known feature ?

As an explanation

I was here http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...pic=22492&st=30

and I changed the URL to this

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22492&st=29

worked fine 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Your first link sends me to a page with post number 31 at the top. (I expected no .30). After I reduced it by one, I got a page with post number 30 at the top.

If I set it to 17, I get 18 at the top.

[Darknight]

I was looking through some topics and I wanted to go backwards just one post.

Instead of hitting the previous number button, I reduced the number in the URL and I scrolled back 1, really cool I thought.

Is this a commonly known feature ?

As an explanation

I was here http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?sh...pic=22492&st=30

and I changed the URL to this

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=22492&st=29

worked fine 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Your first link sends me to a page with post number 31 at the top. (I expected no .30). After I reduced it by one, I got a page with post number 30 at the top.

If I set it to 17, I get 18 at the top.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That's because post nr1 gets the first free integer from the database with autonumber facility and that number is 0.

0= post 1

1= post 2

2= post 3

ect

the ST heading in the url probably means "start from"

[RDN]

That's because post nr1 gets the first free integer from the database with autonumber facility and that number is 0.

0= post 1

1= post 2

2= post 3

ect

the ST heading in the url probably means "start from"

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Blimey - I've only been retired from the software business for 2 years and already I've forgotten that computers count from "0". And that explains why the first page usually has ST=0 somewhere in the URL.

[Richard W]

It's a very useful feature for directing people to an appropriate reply, rather than forcing them to wade through irrelevant discussion.

[RDN]

It's a very useful feature for directing people to an appropriate reply, rather than forcing them to wade through irrelevant discussion.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Nice euphemism

[tuky]

Also, clicking on the "Post #6" at the top of each post will bring up a dialogue box that you can use to point to a particular thread...much better.