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Post by carla on Feb 11, 2014 18:56:07 GMT
Hi folks. Why are there "next page" buttons at the top of each page, but not at the bottom? This has happened to me over and over again: I am reading a thread. I reach the end of the page. There is no way to get to the next page. There is nothing even telling me that there is a next page. I have to remember that there is an additional page of posts I want to read, scroll back up to the top of the page, and click the Next button there. (Multi-page lists of threads, such as the Film Fair, suffer the same problem.) If you have any ability to customize the forum layout, I hope you get a chance to address this. It is quite an annoyance and will certainly result in fewer posts being read and responded to. Thanks. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by James on Feb 12, 2014 6:45:14 GMT
Hi Carla! Thanks for raising your concern and it's great to see you around these parts. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, I'm curious if you could share what browser you're using? I usually use Firefox, and the header with the pages usually follows me all the way through a page till I get to the very last post where it disappears. This is obviously stupid, but when I scroll up even a tad after reading that last post, the header reappears and I can click on it to go to the next page. I mention this hoping it can perhaps help you out in the meanwhile.
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Post by carla on Feb 12, 2014 17:47:11 GMT
Hi Carla! Thanks for raising your concern and it's great to see you around these parts. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, I'm curious if you could share what browser you're using? I usually use Firefox, and the header with the pages usually follows me all the way through a page till I get to the very last post where it disappears. This is obviously stupid, but when I scroll up even a tad after reading that last post, the header reappears and I can click on it to go to the next page. I mention this hoping it can perhaps help you out in the meanwhile. I'm in Firefox too. Now that you mention that sticky header I do see it. It's a small help but it is still not in the right place; I didn't see it because when I get to the bottom of a page of postings I am looking at the bottom of the page, not the top. This isn't a knock against you or any of the other forum admins - it's just a weird, weird forum design. I read a number of forums and all of them have page navigation at the top and the bottom, right there where you are looking when you get to the bottom of a screen. And of course the old BollyWHAT forum had it as well. Thanks for the info. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by James on Feb 13, 2014 20:07:43 GMT
Agreed, you'd think this would be automatic, but it was really easy to activate, so that's something. I now have a next page button at the end of threads, and if you could, just confirm all is well from your end when you get the chance. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by MrB on Feb 14, 2014 12:26:00 GMT
It's there in Chrome.
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Post by James on Feb 15, 2014 6:29:57 GMT
That's great, thanks Mr. B.
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Post by Anamika on Feb 15, 2014 8:53:49 GMT
Agreed, you'd think this would be automatic, but it was really easy to activate, so that's something. I now have a next page button at the end of threads, and if you could, just confirm all is well from your end when you get the chance. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) It's at the end of the page for me as well, and I'm using Opera. BTW, I'd never seen the sticky header you mentioned, so this probably never worked in Opera. I still have to scroll back all the way to the top of a page if I want to reply to a post that's at the end of it, though.
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Post by James on Feb 16, 2014 3:27:20 GMT
I'm glad you get at least *one* bar, then, in Opera! They did tout this end of page next page bar as being good for all browsers. So at the end of a thread you don't have the quick reply box? That's how the forum looks to me...I don't have to hit a reply button at the beginning or end of a thread because there's always a 'quick reply' box at the end of the page. Hmm...
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Post by Xas on Feb 16, 2014 6:23:08 GMT
My version of Opera (12.16) has both, and I *think* they've always been there. The sticky bar at the top has been there for a while for me, if not since the get go then pretty close to it, but I'm so super-observant I can't actually tell you hand-on-heart whether the other one was there before you guys mentioned it.
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Post by Anamika on Feb 16, 2014 9:18:49 GMT
Okay, so it was probably my fault for being lazy. I updated my browser to the latest version and now I've got the "reply" bottom and a sticky header, too. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by James on Feb 17, 2014 5:52:13 GMT
Awesome! ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) All's well that end's well! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by carla on Feb 25, 2014 21:48:24 GMT
Apologies for not closing the loop sooner - I've got the page buttons at the bottom of the page now too (Above the quick reply box) and I very much appreciate it!
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