I'd like to go back
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Chilliman

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12,419 posts

190 months

Wednesday 21st August 2013
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To very early threads. I understand that PH started off as a mainly TVR enthusiasts site, and it would be great to see some of the first threads and understand some history of the site. Is it possible to go back to the first posts without for example selecting a forum and then going back page by page using the 'next' button?

Or would early stuff have gone/been archived etc?

Any help and advice muchly appreciated smile

Cheers,

Chilli

kiteless

12,557 posts

233 months

Wednesday 21st August 2013
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Maybe try the Wayback Machine?

Using that, I got This


Chilliman

Original Poster:

12,419 posts

190 months

Thursday 22nd August 2013
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Awesome smile

Much appreciated thumbup

Digger

16,804 posts

220 months

Friday 23rd August 2013
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That doesn't really work for me. I did think about starting a thread on this myself.

At the moment a forum view, has First, Previous, and Next as the only options for viewing forum pages. It would be great to have the option to skip pages such as

First Prev 3 4 5 10 15 20 Next

I suppose one very good reason to NOT do this would be necroposting (errr if that's the term for bringing up ancient posts), which I think is frowned upon here, as the Mods have enough to do as it is.

Kinky

39,941 posts

298 months

Friday 23rd August 2013
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Digger said:
At the moment a forum view, has First, Previous, and Next as the only options for viewing forum pages. It would be great to have the option to skip pages such as

First Prev 3 4 5 10 15 20 Next
You can very easily and simply jump to any page number within a thread smile

jeremyc

28,053 posts

313 months

Friday 23rd August 2013
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Or modify the URL directly:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?h=0&f=8&i=40


Change the parameter after 'i=' to skip to earlier threads directly. smile

Digger

16,804 posts

220 months

Friday 23rd August 2013
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Kinky said:
Digger said:
At the moment a forum view, has First, Previous, and Next as the only options for viewing forum pages. It would be great to have the option to skip pages such as

First Prev 3 4 5 10 15 20 Next
You can very easily and simply jump to any page number within a thread smile
I know that, I'm talking about jumping pages within a forum view, not a thread view.

Digger

16,804 posts

220 months

Friday 23rd August 2013
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jeremyc said:
Or modify the URL directly:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?h=0&f=8&i=40


Change the parameter after 'i=' to skip to earlier threads directly. smile
Clunky and doesn't work logically, I have to change i in multiples of 20 for it to work.

Edited by Digger on Friday 23 August 08:24

popegregory

1,915 posts

163 months

Friday 23rd August 2013
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Kinky said:
Digger said:
At the moment a forum view, has First, Previous, and Next as the only options for viewing forum pages. It would be great to have the option to skip pages such as

First Prev 3 4 5 10 15 20 Next
You can very easily and simply jump to any page number within a thread smile
How? I was reading one thread that went to about 300 pages, I'd made it to page 60 one bored afternoon, how do I now go straight to page 61?

Parsnip

3,260 posts

217 months

Friday 23rd August 2013
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popegregory said:
How? I was reading one thread that went to about 300 pages, I'd made it to page 60 one bored afternoon, how do I now go straight to page 61?
See the box with the current thread number, click on that and see what happens.

Thank me later.

Digger

16,804 posts

220 months

Friday 23rd August 2013
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Parsnip said:
popegregory said:
How? I was reading one thread that went to about 300 pages, I'd made it to page 60 one bored afternoon, how do I now go straight to page 61?
See the box with the current thread page number, click on that and see what happens.

Thank me later.

Parsnip

3,260 posts

217 months

Friday 23rd August 2013
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Digger said:
Parsnip said:
popegregory said:
How? I was reading one thread that went to about 300 pages, I'd made it to page 60 one bored afternoon, how do I now go straight to page 61?
See the box with the current thread page number, click on that and see what happens.

Thank me later.
Yeah, that. Do what he said.

popegregory

1,915 posts

163 months

Friday 23rd August 2013
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Parsnip said:
Digger said:
Parsnip said:
popegregory said:
How? I was reading one thread that went to about 300 pages, I'd made it to page 60 one bored afternoon, how do I now go straight to page 61?
See the box with the current thread page number, click on that and see what happens.

Thank me later.
Yeah, that. Do what he said.
Thank you both :-)

LordGrover

34,156 posts

241 months

Friday 23rd August 2013
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How far do you want to go? click/ click.

The Nur

9,168 posts

214 months

Sunday 25th August 2013
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LordGrover said:
How far do you want to go? click/ click.
How does that go to page 2,001 of 752?

Hooli

32,278 posts

229 months

Sunday 25th August 2013
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The Nur said:
LordGrover said:
How far do you want to go? click/ click.
How does that go to page 2,001 of 752?
Clever ain't it? t'other one goes to page 1,999 of 1,555 hehe

LordGrover

34,156 posts

241 months

Monday 26th August 2013
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I are speshal.