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pbaumann
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Community forum software does not work properly (next page)

Post by pbaumann »

If you are searching, for example

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sort AND order
then you have hits (in my example 75) and several pages as results. In my example there are 2 pages and if you want to access it by klicking "next" or by "2" you get:

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No topics or posts met your search criteria
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Post by ak47wong »

Helios are hosting this on a 13-year-old version of phpBB, so there's not much one can do about these sorts of problems unless they upgrade the forum software, which isn't going to happen.
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Post by pbaumann »

That's bad news for me. I think there is valuable information in the forum but one cannot acess it and use it. Also search via google does not work.
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Post by terrypin »

Google works OK for me. This search delivers just four hits:

sort order site:https://www.textpad.com

Terry, East Grinstead, UK
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Issue is refering Community software (forum)

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Post by AmigoJack »

pbaumann wrote:one cannot acess it
There's a workaround that won't suit your needs so much, but you'll gain access to every post: just call

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https://forums.textpad.com/search.php?search_keywords=sort+AND+order&start=70
and I hope you figure out how to change both parameters accordingly.

In your specific case (2 pages results) however it's enough to just change the sort order direction, so a search query gives you either "end" of results first.
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Works

Post by pbaumann »

Thank you, that is a good approach for me. I've just tested it (sort order and starting point) successfully. GREAT!
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