I cannot discover when or why I should want to use the Post Limit option at the top of a thread page.
David
May 10, 2023
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To change the number of posts displayed per page in a thread.
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It defines the number of posts you see per page within a thread.
Regards,
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Maybe we need to change the name shown. I'll suggest it.
Alan
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Perhaps labelling the selection list as just something like "Posts per Page" would make it clearer.
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Yes. Something like that.
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If I understand it from the above, the purpose it to limit the number of posts shown per page, not to change them.
David
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Yep, that is exactly what I suggested - limit/show the selected number of posts per page. You can change the selected number at any time.
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Yes, but "posts per page" does not imply what you mean.
David
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That is your opinion. We'll have to disagree on this one 🙂
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If I set it to 1, then I get one post per page.
However, if I set it to 5, then I get more than 5 posts per page?????
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Looks like you found another bug.
Yes I get that too while I stay in this thread but as soon as I go to another thread with more than 5 posts I see only 5 posts per page in that other thread.
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It's been renamed now.
I will test it out myself and see what it looks like.
Alan
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I've just tested it with 1, 5 10 and 50 posts per page. It all seemed to work OK for me.
[edit]. No it doesn't. The last post and last read posts are screwed up. Bug has been reported.
Alan
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Thank you. The purpose of the button is crystal clear now 🙂
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Found a bug: Once changed away from the defaults to a larger number, any link or action that directs to a post that's in a page number that's larger than the new page number will 404. The links are hard-coded to link to a post's page as well, which will change when the "posts per page" setting is change.
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Bug has been reported and Martin already knew the algorithm was wrong somewhere. The way to get back to the default is to log out and log back in again
Alan
