I'd prefer to keep the same "load entire thread" vs "last 25" as now and use the paging only for the latter. At least I'd like a separate link to get the entire thread.

Most threads are either relatively short ones (no problem loading entire thread) or very long ones (very few would probably want to page through it all from the beginning). 

I'd like to see the Next/Previous 25 links at the bottom, seperated by a black dividing line like Bal said. 

just modify the link at the top where it says "start" and "end", go to the end of the thread, then set "start" to 0, and that will load the whole thread. 

I'm undecided on whether to have a link to load the entire thread or to force people to edit the URL. One of my goals was to remove "load entire thread" as a default or easy choice, becuase I think it's a bigger DB hit. But I'll think about it. 

I know how to do it, but as this is probably one of my most frequent forum activities, it'd be very cumbersome to have to edit many links I click.

Btw, the current "All xx" links (which is what I want) don't seem to work; they still give the paged beginning of each thread. I hope it's because metl is working on it ;) 

maybe it's ^^^ his fault the forums have been slow then! hehehehee... 

Yeah, ever since you've added this paging thing, the forums have become really fast for me... 

Exactly the same here... Maybe you corrected a small bug indirectly... Anyway: it's cool how it works fine now ! 

tell me agian why using generic php-bb-nuke-thingy-code that every other web forum uses is a bad idea and coding Func from scratch makes the forum so much better? It's not that I actually believe a word of it, it's just that it's a rainy afternoon and I could do with a laugh. 

Seems that now that the forum is faster, the spammers are having less trouble doing their thing... =D 

could we just lock down posting to registered users for now anyway? this is getting out of hand :( 

Considering the amount of spam most people get in their inbox, this is pretty tame. 

to have at least 50 posts per page. :) They are usually very short on this board.

Thanks metl for fixing func, it now works pretty well! 

testes... 

maybe i should have a test thread for this shit... 

bleh 

why my code suck? 

okay, some thread paging changes:

* the URL behavior is now compatible with the old way. meaning, there's no automatic cap on the number of posts. start= and end= are required to limit the range of posts displayed.

* the title of the thread on the forum page will now link to the "last 25" posts.

* logged-in users now have an "all" link that really does give you all posts, just like the old days.

* logged-out users just see the thread title (links to the last 25 posts) and a post count (not a link.) This might not be final.

* if you post to a thread and you're not paged back, you will see the same post range plus your new post, like the old days. If you were paged back, you will just see your new post.

* eliminated the "viewing all X posts." message. If there's no page navigation UI, that means you're viewing all posts. 

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* added "first" and "last" links, and got rid of the numbers (it was too cluttered with them.)

* added "number of posts per page" as a user preference (check your account page!) 

Locking down posting priveledges to registered users only. 

then many (at least not me) wouldn't have ever joined this board... hmm..... 

. . . 

You could let any people read the post, but let them unable to post if not logged. Many forum act like this (i.e planetquake, QuakeOne, etc...) so why not here ? 

i do sort of agree with the original intention of the way things are set up atm, in that any one can drop in and leave a post without any hassle of signing up. it's just too bad that also makes the board a target for spam bots and such. :\