Searching a topic-reply number

[tbontob]

When one searches a topic, we are given a reply number.

Other than counting from the first post, is there any way of determining the number of a reply.

Like when I am given that reply #888 is what I may be looking for in a thread with 1600 Posts, there is no way that I am going to locate that post by counting.

[teal]

I believe that each page has 15 Posts so you could do some multiplication to reach the answer. I could be wrong though... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[tbontob]

Hmmm....

I just checked and the number of postings per pages seems to be a function of the length of the postings.

It would be nice if there were only 15 postings per page.

[teal]

I think the way it works is that there are 15 Posts per page starting with the first page and then any additional Posts get flowed over onto the next page. This means that the very Last page of a topic will have a variable number of Posts on it, but that all the other pages have 15 Posts. Makes it hard to pinpoint exactly where post #888 is, but will at least get you within a page or two... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[tbontob]

LOL http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

I think we may be on different pages. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

An example may help to clarify it.

If there is an extremely long, long post, my impression is that the post will occupy 1 page.

However, I have only done one test and it only had seven Posts on the first page.

But maybe you are talking about something different?

[teal]

Check the Newbie FAQ forum. The first page has 15 Posts on it included one very long Newbie FAQ... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif leading me to believe length is not an issue.

[tbontob]

You are right! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

My mistake.

Hmmmm....

Wonder where I got the 7 count?

[tbontob]

Hmmmm....

Just a thought. Why 15? Much better 10 or 20.

Like using 10, the 888 post would be on page 89.

Using 15, some of us may have to use a calculator.

Although in this particular case a mathematical trick allows us to calculate it mentally as 900/15 = 60th page.

[Baron Munchausen]

tbontob, are you tracing Fyron's past statments in the You-know-what thread? It's possible to have some great fun by quoting some of them and replacing 'Gore' with 'Fyron' right about now...

[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by tbontob:
Just a thought. Why 15? Much better 10 or 20.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It is possibly 15 becuase 15 = 2^4 - 1; the forums do run on computers, and sometimes it is easier for the programmer if things get arranged around numbers that computers use naturally.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
tbontob, are you tracing Fyron's past statments in the You-know-what thread? It's possible to have some great fun by quoting some of them and replacing 'Gore' with 'Fyron' right about now...<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">No, I haven't. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

But now that you mention it... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
tbontob, are you tracing Fyron's past statments in the You-know-what thread? It's possible to have some great fun by quoting some of them and replacing 'Gore' with 'Fyron' right about now...<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

[Erax]

Originally posted by tbontob:
Other than counting from the first post, is there any way of determining the number of a reply.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">At the bottom of all Posts is a line of text, a part of which says "IP: Logged". If you position your mouse over this, you will get a line on the status bar, the end of which is the reply number (so reply number 200 is actually post number 201 in the thread). My browser is IE5, this may be different on other browsers.

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by Chief Engineer Erax:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by tbontob:
Other than counting from the first post, is there any way of determining the number of a reply.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">At the bottom of all Posts is a line of text, a part of which says "IP: Logged". If you position your mouse over this, you will get a line on the status bar, the end of which is the reply number (so reply number 200 is actually post number 201 in the thread). My browser is IE5, this may be different on other browsers.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It's the same in my Phoenix browser, real handy, thanx for the tip!

[tbontob]

Mucho gracias. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Krsqk]

In my experience, the link from the search results page rarely takes me to the correct reply, especially in multi-page threads. I usually have to try going through each page to find what I'm looking for. It's almost as if the search engine counts replies in the opposite order that the thread display code does.

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Krsqk:
In my experience, the link from the search results page rarely takes me to the correct reply, especially in multi-page threads. I usually have to try going through each page to find what I'm looking for. It's almost as if the search engine counts replies in the opposite order that the thread display code does.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not sure what you mean. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif Are you suggesting that it counts downward on a new page rather than upward?

Has anyone tried the IP Logged number extensively? It doesn't seem to work for me.

I am using XP with IE6.

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by tbontob:


Has anyone tried the IP Logged number extensively? It doesn't seem to work for me.

I am using XP with IE6.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I am using XP with Mozilla 1.3 and it works fine. Are you looking in the right spot? It won't be a little pop up box thing like you get when you hover over like the my profile link or like you would get when you hover over a image with an Alt tag. It is in the status bar on the bottom of your browser. Roll over any link and it will show you where the link takes you, same should be for the IP Logged text.

[Krsqk]

I mean that when I click on a link in the search results page, the word(s) I searched for are usually not found in the reply which is brought up; I have to search several pages to find the term. My (untested) guess is that the search function counts replies from the front (latest) post, while the forum display (shown with the "IP Logged" text) counts from the first post (earliest). BTW, I can't get the search to display any results when searching the SEIV forum with IE6; Mozilla works fine, though. Not sure what setting would control that.