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Post by dotot on Jun 5, 2018 8:30:51 GMT -5
When posting on the 'sequence games' threads, the last page number is sometimes not there! You post and find you are not in order. I have returned to my bookmarks, I have even logged out and that last page will not show until more than one post is there. A lot of members have also ran into this glich. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Jun 5, 2018 21:27:05 GMT -5
I am trying to understand what you are doing at the point of failure. I posted a test thread. After 16 posts, the 16th caused a second page to appear with Post 16 by itself on it; Posts 1 – 15 are on page one. So what did you do at this point? Feel free to make more posts in that thread or even start your own thread to demonstrate what is happening.
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Post by Guest User on Jun 6, 2018 7:50:13 GMT -5
Is it perhaps because someone posted while you were posting? I've seen that sometimes you should refresh the page before posting. It's even worse for guest users...guest users should never post in sequence games because in that time you solve that CAPTCHA to post, someone can post in the meantime, and you're out of order... and can't fix it! Also another thing to make sure you're on the last page, seems in the URL link, like for this thread, it's: gbo.freeforums.net/thread/1223/sequence-gamesIf you add in the bar gbo.freeforums.net/thread/1223/sequence-games?page=99999it should pop up to the absolute last page, unless there are already 99999 or more pages in that topic.
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Post by dotot on Jun 6, 2018 10:37:29 GMT -5
CampKohler (Sacramento CA) CampKohler, I went to your test thread and page 2 was visable at the top. Posting would be correct. I would post p17. The problem occurs when the number of the last page is not there for me to click on and view. You don't even know there is another page until you post. You delete your post and that last page again is not visable. Another poster calls it, "the disappearing last page vortex". 😊 It most frequently occurs on, A-Z...ThingsFound in A Grocery Store. Thanks for all your help and always being there for us!
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Post by SUVFan on Jun 9, 2018 7:34:03 GMT -5
When posting on the 'sequence games' threads, the last page number is sometimes not there! You post and find you are not in order. I have returned to my bookmarks, I have even logged out and that last page will not show until more than one post is there. A lot of members have also ran into this glich. Any advice would be appreciated. This used to happen to me a lot, but I understand the context now of when it happens to me. When I use the participated button to access the topic, it returns me to the point where I last posted in the topic. If I scroll to the bottom of the page and hit reply without noticing that new pages have been added since I last posted, my post will be out of order. I've tried to develop the habit of looking up at the page numbers when using the participated button, but if I'm a little distracted, I'll goof up. The good news is that unlike at the other place, here we have unlimited editing and the ability to message everyone. So when I see that happen in a sequence game, I just post in proper sequence as if the person who was out of sequence did it correctly (leaving an explanation and guessing at how it happened so others can learn from it) and then send a message offering them an opportunity to correct it.
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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Jun 9, 2018 23:35:11 GMT -5
happycamper: Did Suvfan's post resonate with you or is there something else going on? What steps did you take to get to the point where you didn't see the next page that should be there but wasn't? (Boy, this thread is going to give me a headache, I just know it.)
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Post by Mudrunner1976 (NE_Ohio) on Jun 10, 2018 16:07:18 GMT -5
Just experienced this. I have a bookmark for GDGasbuddy > Master Station List (MSL) and it was flagged as having a new post. It was showing the last page as #7, so I selected page 7. What I saw though was a post I had already seen yesterday and it was the last post. I think I went back to my bookmark tab, then back to the thread and it was then showing a page 8. Tried to post screen shots, but I guess you must do so as attachments, so I did not. Let me know if you want me to add them. I have not looked at page 8 yet because I figure once I have done so, I will no longer see the defect (of not seeing page 8). I hope that is not clear as mud. I have navigated elsewhere and returned to my bookmark tab numerous times and most of the time GDGasbuddy > Master Station List (MSL) shows the last page as being 7. Only twice has it shown the last page as 8, which it really should. 6/11 added screenshots, how do I make them large enough to read without having to click on them? BTW, additional posts in thread now, so defect no longer visible. Only showing 7 pages, even though a new post exists on page 8 (6/10/18 5:08pm):
Last post on page 7, and cannot get to page 8 (6/10/18 5:12pm): First post on page 8 was on 6/10/18 7:39am.After navigating elsewhere and returning, SOMETIMES can see page 8 (6/10/18 10:04pm):
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Post by dotot on Jun 11, 2018 19:58:00 GMT -5
CampKohler (Sacramento CA) , I have never used the participated button. I have the threads I use daily bookmarked. Here are the steps I always useI click on the title of a thread, It opens to page #1, I click on the last page number, it opens, I scroll to the bottom, I check the page number again, I Read the last three posts, I create my post and click 'create post ', I then again check my post and the previous one. Please do not give yourself a headache! It doesn't happen often enough for that to ever happen! ☺ I wasn't smart enough yo take a screen shot. Thank You Mudrunner1976.
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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Jun 14, 2018 19:37:23 GMT -5
I wasn't smart enough to take a screen shot. It's easy. On a PC, Press [Print Screen] (which may require holding down some other key if [Print Screen] is written in another color on your keyboard). This copies the entire screen to the clipboard. Open MS Paint (free with Windows) or some similar graphics program and paste the clipboard contents to the canvas ([Ctrl-V]), then save as a .JPG file which you name and post on a photo-hosting site. Use the picture frame icon to create the call for the image: [img src="http://[some-photo-site-URL]/[some-photo-ID-gobbledegook]" alt="[some-description-for-the-blind"] Now you should be able to provide a screenshot of the last page and before-and-afters, etc. PS: I just started using Google Photos, and, being a newbie, ran into this wierdness, which I did not need. ---- I tried the 9999 thing and it works; the forum replaces 9999 with the true last page number and it takes you there. If you are able to edit a bookmark and add "?page=9999" to it, that should get you to the latest post.
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Post by hwy60 (Milwaukee) on Jun 27, 2018 19:27:22 GMT -5
I have started a number of Sequence Games here, and try to frequent them daily.
Here, I will mention a SPORADIC problem which I have experienced in the sequence games previously:
Today, I went to A - Z Things found in the Outdoors - (http://gbo.freeforums.net/thread/735/outdoors), and posted on page 47, which was the last page shown. My completed post DID NOT show up. I tried typing in page 48 manually, which didn't work, as usual in a problem similar to this. After much experience in this area, it seems that you can only type manual page numbers which have already been used within the list. There is no specific help for a new page that doesn't show up. I returned to that thread a couple hours later and page 48 was there as it should be. All was well. - That proves a fact that another post by someone else does not necessarily solve the problem, because there are no further posts at this time. It also seems that when another person does stop in, they are taken directly to the correct page. Perhaps, if we are closing in on our 200 MEGABYTES allowed, the system is slowing down with sporadic glitches. After I left that thread and went to others of my sequence games, I did not experience any problems at this time. So, a solution is... Go Back Later. Not a good solution, but it works. Also, I am looking forward to trying the "9999" solution.
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Post by CampKohler (Sacramento CA) on Jun 27, 2018 20:06:47 GMT -5
...if we are closing in on our 200 MEGABYTES allowed.... The 200MB limit applies only to storage of attached photos. You may have a theory that reaching that number will impact other parts of forum operation, but I don't see how you could possibly prove it except by getting everyone with attached photos to switch to photos hosted off site to see if it goes away. My gut feeling is that the two are unrelated. If you see that the last page is missing, try the 9999 trick and see if 9999 is replaced with the true last page. (I just don't have the burning desire to beat the sequential bushes often and hard enough to do any good.)
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Post by hwy60 (Milwaukee) on Jul 1, 2018 17:40:17 GMT -5
That was only a wild guess. Nice "9999" help. Didn't have an opportunity to try it yet tho.
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Post by hwy60 (Milwaukee) on Jul 1, 2018 18:54:22 GMT -5
Aaaaaah, just discovered something!! "A - Z Things found in the Outdoors"
This is the same game in which I previously reported a problem. I had the same problem today, only twice.
I couldn't get into page 49. "9999" Was no help at all in this case.
I made my comment with photo on page 48 and it was saved to page 49 which I was able to see for a second, BUT, I couldn't get on 49 to stay and it wasn't listed at top of page. I decided to make a duplicate comment (on pg. 48) and see if it would get me to 49. It did for a second, then I was expelled. BUT by then I saw there was another sequence comment by someone else.
So I thought I would use the next new sequence post and forget about the present problems for the moment. THAT WORKED. I got in after the other person's comment, and all was well. I was then able to delete my previous two problem posts and - life goes on.
SOOOO, there must be a glitch between that thread and me? NOW WHAT?
It seems that once someone else goes in, I can get back in after that. KIND OF A RESET?
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Post by hwy60 (Milwaukee) on Jul 11, 2018 16:22:29 GMT -5
Hmm... Worked smoothly today!
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 14, 2018 2:21:36 GMT -5
A - Z Things found in the Outdoors - (http://gbo.freeforums.net/thread/735/outdoors). Several times the last page has not been seen. Posted to discover hours ago others had posted to the next page. Nothing worked to see the new pages after that page was left. Specifically page 50 2-3 days ago was seen when page 51 had new posts including mine. "Next" was not usable. This has happened on a few other threads, not always, perhaps twice a month. Logging out, using a diff browser, does not change the fact that the last post can not be see. It occurs exactly the way happycamper and hwy60 have described it. A day later all is well.
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