the layout of this forum?

[yli]

Hello, I am new here. I learned a lot by reading the posts here. But I found one thing that was quite inconvenient that I had to go through page by page to read previous posts. Each time I log in I have to turn the pages from the beginning that I have read to the previous unread posts. Is there a index function that I can directly reach a page I want to read or some other feature that functions the same but I am just not aware of?

Thanks.

Li

[EmmaP]

Glad you are enjoying this forum. I do not believe that there is such a function as the one that you speak of.

[Lord Grover]

More likely to get a better answer here.

[yli]

Thanks for your input.

Lord Grover, I was directed to the feeback section by your link. There was a similar post in the first several pages which was not properly answered. And I did not want to dig into the pages again. So I would just accept this particular layout which maybe have its own point.

[leon_t]

when you load up the most recent page of the forum, it'll probably be this URL:
"www. pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?f=154&h=0"

Click onto the second page and you'll get this URL:
"www. pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?f=154&h=0&p=1&faq=False"

(I've put a space after www. to stop it trying to make it a link)

Note the 1 I've put in bold on the second URL. If instead you wanted page 8, replace the 1 with 8 as below...

"www. pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?f=154&h=0&p=8&faq=False"

You should go to page 8. However, I don't know about finding particular threads by URL (I only just figured out the bit above cos you asked).

Hope it helps, if not, then sorry...

[EmmaP]

^^ Ah! The youth of today. So HTML savvy

[GreenV8S]

yli said:

Each time I log in I have to turn the pages from the beginning that I have read to the previous unread posts. Is there a index function that I can directly reach a page I want to read or some other feature that functions the same but I am just not aware of?

You can set the preferences for your account to return the newest messages at the top of the page - I think that's what you're trying to achieve?

[yli]

Thanks Leon. Your method did work. For instance, I needed to input number 7 if I wanted to go directly to page 8 because the default setting for page 1 is 0. Now it saves me a lot of time.

Green, sorry for the ambiguity in my words. I actually wanted to go directly to the older posts rather than the newest one.