Links to posts don't always work....

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Kent C

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I checked a few pages and hadn't seen this addressed recently but when linking to a particular post in a forum - it works for some and not for others. I recently sent a post link to a member and they were taken to the last post in the thread.

I know that if a person has changed their default on the number of posts on a page to something different - say 20 instead of 10 - then when linking a page number it will be off, but before, when linking a particular post # that it would take them to the post. IOW, regardless of the setting of number of posts on a page, the post number should be the same even though the page number isn't.

So... :) is it possible for someone with a different default on 'posts per pages', to link to a specific post??


Classy, if you're lurking....this happened with us a few weeks ago too.

I linked Fudgey to post #77893 but it took her to the last post on the j0ker's thread. Here's the link to the post:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/outside/96999-wheres-j0ker-7790.html#post3741161

to admin: try the link and then change your settings to 20 post per page and then try it.

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Funny. Do you remember, Kent, that the exact same thing happened a year ago in the "burning" thread? I tried to link posts and some members couldn't get to the right ones while others had no problems...

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...1-etc-filler-type-cartos-200.html#post1687267

I got a PM recently and the link didn't work either...

Oh, and another problem--some pages won't open if there is only one post on them. I have to post to get to that page. It just happens sometimes.
 

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Yeah, I know. I couldn't open Sea's page in the vets' forum the other day...

We had all those problems for a while exactly a year ago. And then they went away.

I was going nuts in the burning thread; Lu couldn't figure out my links, others had no problems. And the one-post pages wouldn't open unless one posted something.

Everything seems to be working fine for me now, though...

Are you still having problems, Classy?
 

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The link to the post ......doesn't go to the post, it goes to the last page of the thread... :(
 
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