Page Numbers In URL

[vic_orthdox]

Because of the page numbers in URLs, I think that linking is more difficult because of the difference in page setups (i.e. 15 posts per page, 40, etc.).

Just looking at a reported post and clicked on the link, and it didn't show anything up.

[Richard]

Just make it 40 posts per page for all, problem solved.

[Jamee999]

Haven't page numbers always been in URLs?

[G.I.Joe]

Individual posts don't have page numbers in their urls afaik.

[James]

Originally Posted by vic_orthdox

Because of the page numbers in URLs, I think that linking is more difficult because of the difference in page setups (i.e. 15 posts per page, 40, etc.).

Just looking at a reported post and clicked on the link, and it didn't show anything up.

I believe that's controlled by vBulletin SEO: The vBSEO Solution and not a lot we can do to change that.

[Richard]

Originally Posted by G.I.Joe

Individual posts don't have page numbers in their urls afaik.

No they don't. Actually thinking about this I'm rather mystified by the whole thing.

[biased indian]

Originally Posted by Jamee999

Haven't page numbers always been in URLs?

think now the name of the thread also come on the link which was not there before

[Richard]

No, it wasn't, but there used to be a thread number or a post number. Now it seems there's a combination of both with the thread name. ITSTL.

[Richard]

Originally Posted by James

I believe that's controlled by vBulletin SEO: The vBSEO Solution and not a lot we can do to change that.

If this is the case, we're going to have a good deal of considerable problems. It's now, basically, impossible for someone with one posts-per-page setting to give (via whatever means) a link to a post to someone with different posts-per-page settings. The page-number overrides the post number.

Just for clarification: under the old URL settings, there was either one or the other - the URL either had thread ID number and page number in it or it had post ID number. Now it has thread ID name and number, page number, and post. And as I say, the page number overrides the post number. So no-one's going to be able to give links to anyone who does not have the same posts-per-page setting as them.

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Originally Posted by Richard

It's now, basically, impossible for someone with one posts-per-page setting to give (via whatever means) a link to a post to someone with different posts-per-page settings. The page-number overrides the post number.

IMO, you're an idiot.

The way that you're talking about has always happened, before the forum re-structure.

[James]

Originally Posted by dontcloseyoureyes

The way that you're talking about has always happened, before the forum re-structure.

That's correct, and as above, you can link to individual posts should that be required.

[Richard]

Originally Posted by dontcloseyoureyes

IMO, you're an idiot.

I use the view as part of thread style post view, have never, ever used the view-single-post one. So thus haven't thought to check. The problem lies there, not in the view-single-post URL.

The way that you're talking about has always happened, before the forum re-structure.

No it hasn't, it's just likely you never noticed because you've always used the view-post-in-isolation thing rather than view-as-part-of-thread.

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Originally Posted by Richard

No it hasn't, it's just likely you never noticed because you've always used the view-post-in-isolation thing rather than view-as-part-of-thread.

Yes it has. It's the reason I use it, because Borcich et al. kept linking me the way you're talking about to posts in the TF on MSN and it would take me to a random page because of my 40ppp.

You're wrong.

[Richard]

Actually I'm not - the old URL for posts was:
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/showthread.php?p=<number>#post<number>
There is no mention whatsoever of thread ID or thread page.

However, there is on the old method of thread ID:
http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/showthread.php?t=<number>&p=<number>

I deliberately used to use the post-number-ID method rather than the thread-and-page-number-ID one because of the fact that it worked for those with all posts-per-page, and tried it many times with many different people, all of whom got exactly the post I was aiming to show them.

[Samuel_Vimes]

Originally Posted by Richard

I use the view as part of thread style post view, have never, ever used the view-single-post one. So thus haven't thought to check. The problem lies there, not in the view-single-post URL.

Start using it, then. It's not that hard. If you click on the thread: page numbers in url link you even get the context in your own preferred posts-per-page view.