How to go to first page of thread
How to go to first page of thread
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Chestrockwell

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2,903 posts

180 months

Friday 10th November 2017
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First and foremost, excuse me if this is a stupid question, it’s one of those things where the answer could be right in front of you and you are completely blind to it.

Sometimes when I find a thread with say...150 pages, I click on it and end up on the last visit, is there any other way other than clicking ‘previous page’ 150 times to get to the first post?

There’s a ‘330e ordered’ thread with thousands of responses and I really want to know what happened for it to have so many replies....there’s a few others but I can’t seem to get to the start!

Any help appreciated

Efbe

9,251 posts

189 months

Friday 10th November 2017
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what browser? I have the option on firefox for first page

Chestrockwell

Original Poster:

2,903 posts

180 months

Friday 10th November 2017
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I just use safari on my iPhone, I don’t use a PC or laptop

Efbe

9,251 posts

189 months

Friday 10th November 2017
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in that case, yep same for me.

Google [bot]

6,828 posts

204 months

Friday 10th November 2017
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Ask the tech guys to update the glitch everyone has been moaning about for probably a year that takes you exactly to where you don’t want to be in a thread

Or

Click on 150 and change to 1


Only one of these solutions has any hope of success.

I Love Cake

2,948 posts

194 months

Friday 10th November 2017
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It's not just me then.

B'stard Child

30,804 posts

269 months

Friday 10th November 2017
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Chestrockwell said:
Sometimes when I find a thread with say...150 pages, I click on it and end up on the last visit, is there any other way other than clicking ‘previous page’ 150 times to get to the first post?

Any help appreciated
Well a small help would be to increase the number of posts in a page

Go to "my Profile"

Select preferences

increase posts per page from 5, 10, 20, 40 or 80

Table below shows the effect on a 150 page thread changing to 80 per page from 5, 10, 20 and 40 settings


Thread pages Page view setting Actual posts Pages based on 80 setting
150 5 750 9
150 10 1500 19
150 20 3000 38
150 40 6000 75


If you are on 5 on a 150 page thread I've saved you 141 page clicks to get to the first page

I use firefox for IOS as I really couldn't get on with Safari so I can't help with that browser on an iphone

If you do want to try firefox you can select the page number you want to go to, tap the box with the current page number - delete the page number and 1 and then select go. It takes you right to page 1 regardless of how many pages the thread is and where last visit sent you to on a new thread you haven't viewed before.

If I could remember how to do screenshots on an iphone I'd show you how with pictures.........

HTH




B'stard Child

30,804 posts

269 months

Friday 10th November 2017
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Arrive in thread never visited on page 40



Click in the page number box and delete out the 40



replace with 1



Hit go and job done



Edited cos I posted pics from the iphone and edited on a PC

Edited by B'stard Child on Friday 10th November 02:11

Chestrockwell

Original Poster:

2,903 posts

180 months

Friday 10th November 2017
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Thank you very much! It turns out the answer really was in front of me ha, appreciate the help!

B'stard Child

30,804 posts

269 months

Wednesday 15th November 2017
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Chestrockwell said:
Thank you very much! It turns out the answer really was in front of me ha, appreciate the help!
No problem at all - Can you do the same in Safari then? - I've never used it on my iphone so wouldn't know - first thing I do is download firefox app

The Moose

23,568 posts

232 months

Tuesday 28th November 2017
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B'stard Child said:
Arrive in thread never visited on page 40



Click in the page number box and delete out the 40



replace with 1



Hit go and job done



Edited cos I posted pics from the iphone and edited on a PC

Edited by B'stard Child on Friday 10th November 02:11
Now stupid not to have a First & Last button. Gets on my tits.

Alucidnation

16,810 posts

193 months

Tuesday 28th November 2017
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Him will not even bother dealing with any niggles.

As long as it works they won’t give a toss.