this is a thread to attract SE4 forumers to the first Dungeon Oddessy roleplay thread

[narf poit chez BOOM]

eep!

don't worry, i'll just copy, paste, and worry about redundency later

[Jack Simth]

Narf: A few quick notes on about the world of the MOTMIA

Linking to the post in the thread doesn't work well, as the reference is relative to the most recent post, and changes continuously.

You may wish to use the html <font size = x> and </font> tags to set text size for headings, putting them into Groups for easier reading.
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[ June 21, 2003, 04:05: Message edited by: Jack Simth ]

[narf poit chez BOOM]

you mean i should link to the Last post?

[Krsqk]

I just tried linking to a specific post, and I can't even get it to consistenly link to the right page, let alone the right post. I'm not sure it's going to work right. Maybe you could just say "Reply 35" and they can do the math and figure out it's probably on the third page from the end.

[Jack Simth]

Just to the thread; for example, the URL to jump to the second page of this thread is
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=23;t=009207

Let's brake this down:
The server:
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/

The directory the page is in:
cgi-bin/

The web page itself:
ultimatebb.cgi

Signal to start feeding variables into the page
?

Variable: ubb: the action being taken: Get the topic.
ubb=get_topic;

Variable: f: the number of the forum the thread is in.
f=23;

Variable: t: the number of the thread:
t=009207;

Variable: p: the page number of the thread to view:
p=2

Unfortunately, the page number is measured from the most recent post; for now, this is page 1 (p=1); the page with the post that started the topic is on page 3 (p=3). If thirty more Posts happen, then the page with the post that started the topic will be on page 5.
You could link to a page that has a particular post, but it would require going back and editing the URL every 15 Posts in order to keep it up to date.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

um...i must be missing something here. my link in my sig works fine, it brings me right to the first post. are you saying that when it gets another page it'll go to page two?

[Jack Simth]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
um...i must be missing something here. my link in my sig works fine, it brings me right to the first post. are you saying that when it gets another page it'll go to page two?

No, I'm talking about when you link to a page in the middle of a thread with a post you want to view. The link doesn't change; however, the page numbering on the Boards runs a little oddly. Page 1 always contains the 15 most recent Posts, unless there are less then 15 Posts. Page 2 always contains the next 15 most recent Posts, unless there are less than 30 Posts, and so on. The higest numbered page (3 for this thread as I type, 8 for the one we are doing the roleplay in) has the post that started the thread. Linking to the section of The Misadventures of the Missed Adventurers where we were going over how to summon a griffin, for example, requires changing the link every so often so that it continues to point to the intended post. If that doesn't happen, it ceases to point to the post after several more Posts have occured.

The link in your signiture actually brings you to the most recent post, which is the Last post, not the first, as do my bookmarks. Try bookmarking, say, the post that started the nonsense thread, wait a week, and then load the page from the bookmark. Chances are the post won't be attached to the bookmark anymore; it will point a few pages after that post.