Worthless "View Posts" link

Cyborg Ninja · 01-26-2008, 09:11 PM

I've seen some poorly-designed forums before, but this is ridiculous. In the toolbar above, where your User CP, Site Map, and Donate links are, there is a link that says "View Posts." It takes you a few pixels down the page. And here I was thinking it would take me to my most recent posts. It's funny how so many boards find that providing the user with a page of their most recent posts so difficult, considering how necessary it is. I suppose I have Liquidweb to blame for this. Who ever came up with that should be shot.</rant>

**mattlock** · 01-26-2008, 09:38 PM

I'm sorry you are having problems with the link, but it's to work the way you want it to. When I click the drop down, and click "Your Posts" it shows me my last 500 posts, 25 posts per page starting with the last post.

**Go The Power** · 01-26-2008, 10:08 PM

When I click View posts I also see a button called Your posts

**sobeit** · 01-26-2008, 10:30 PM

when I click on view posts I get both new posts and your post. Its one of the most useful features of this site for me and use it all the time.

**Done_Fishin** · 01-27-2008, 02:34 AM

I've been using that facility ever since I came to this forum..and it always gave me what I was looking for ..
The choices are
NEW POSTS .. Threads Which have had new posts submitted
YOUR POSTS ... all YOUR OWN POSTS .. starting with the last you made and going back.

If you want to see if anyone has written / replied to any thread that you have written to or started use the USER CP button .. shows all threads that have been updated since your last visit to them.

**koala** · 01-27-2008, 11:54 AM

I wouldn't blame Liquidweb just yet, it's more likely that there's a problem with your browser setup or internet/security settings. The pic below shows what you should be seeing when you click 'View Posts'.

With javascript disabled, I clicked View Posts and the screen moved down slightly, as you say in post#1. With javascript enabled it appears as below and functions correctly.

Cyborg Ninja · 01-27-2008, 11:55 AM

Well that must be my problem. Whoops! Sorry I jumped to conclusions. I didn't even think it might be because I disabled my Javascript for the site. Guess I'll have to enable that now.

01-26-2008, 09:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cyborg Ninja Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 67 OS: WinXP Pro	Worthless "View Posts" link I've seen some poorly-designed forums before, but this is ridiculous. In the toolbar above, where your User CP, Site Map, and Donate links are, there is a link that says "View Posts." It takes you a few pixels down the page. And here I was thinking it would take me to my most recent posts. It's funny how so many boards find that providing the user with a page of their most recent posts so difficult, considering how necessary it is. I suppose I have Liquidweb to blame for this. Who ever came up with that should be shot.</rant>

01-26-2008, 09:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
mattlock Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 4,183 OS: XP SP2, Win 7 Beta, Win 7 RC My System	Re: Worthless "View Posts" link I'm sorry you are having problems with the link, but it's to work the way you want it to. When I click the drop down, and click "Your Posts" it shows me my last 500 posts, 25 posts per page starting with the last post. __________________ Matt Everest-Thermal Paste Instruction-Power Supply Info-Sensorview PSU Calculator-Speedfan-Bench Test Help TSF Fight Disease. It's Free!

01-26-2008, 10:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Go The Power Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Australia Posts: 11,006 OS: Windows XP Home SP2 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Worthless "View Posts" link When I click View posts I also see a button called Your posts __________________

01-26-2008, 10:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 7,433 OS: windows/linux	Re: Worthless "View Posts" link when I click on view posts I get both new posts and your post. Its one of the most useful features of this site for me and use it all the time. __________________ there's been global warming since the ice age

01-27-2008, 02:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,531 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Re: Worthless "View Posts" link I've been using that facility ever since I came to this forum..and it always gave me what I was looking for .. The choices are NEW POSTS .. Threads Which have had new posts submitted YOUR POSTS ... all YOUR OWN POSTS .. starting with the last you made and going back. If you want to see if anyone has written / replied to any thread that you have written to or started use the USER CP button .. shows all threads that have been updated since your last visit to them. __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

01-27-2008, 11:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,436 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: Worthless "View Posts" link I wouldn't blame Liquidweb just yet, it's more likely that there's a problem with your browser setup or internet/security settings. The pic below shows what you should be seeing when you click 'View Posts'. With javascript disabled, I clicked View Posts and the screen moved down slightly, as you say in post#1. With javascript enabled it appears as below and functions correctly. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

01-27-2008, 11:55 AM	#7 (permalink)
Cyborg Ninja Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 67 OS: WinXP Pro	Re: Worthless "View Posts" link Well that must be my problem. Whoops! Sorry I jumped to conclusions. I didn't even think it might be because I disabled my Javascript for the site. Guess I'll have to enable that now.