Annoying ATS bug that keeps coming back

Anyone experienced this before ???


Link

Im able to come back into the thread by clicking on the last page before 9

It doesnt happen all the time with all the threads
even at my work place i have seen it before

Like this other thread --> Above Top §ecret
only one page .. = thread totally inacessible

been quite a long time its like this

It look like a profile bug with the last post section

so far ATS is one of the less buggy website i know
seems one bug have slip through ATS staff lol

yes, I have seen this - usually in a thread that is unusually large, and I'm reading it page to page

a simple F5 should fix the issue when it arises ♥

i assume this happens while someone is working on the backend of the system or should i say site, nothing to be worried about unless the nsa has entered your computer...ooops i forgot, i meant to type no such agency ,

Originally posted by Forevever
yes, I have seen this - usually in a thread that is unusually large, and I'm reading it page to page

a simple F5 should fix the issue when it arises ♥

Nop.. refresh doesnt work
and its not a computer issue

double post sorry

reply to post by Ben81


Ive had that happen too.

In the thread you posted, you can get back to the page before by changing the pg2 (i.e page 2) bit to p1

So

"http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread784308/pg2#pid12978060"

becomes

"http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread784308/pg1#pid12978060"

not a great solution but it works

Yeah I have had this problem many times, I usually just go back to the thread through my ATS and its all hunky dorie.

ALS

Bumping this ...
any mod can tell me why this bug keeps happening
is it normal or what ??
I think .. it is not since a few other user also have it

Try Ctrl + F5 together

reply to post by Ben81

I don't know much about computer programs, so I am not exactly sure HOW this happens, but I do know WHY it happens.

The problem begins with the OP, and is bascially:
[color=FFE32E]The amount of replies per page VS. The amount of posts per page.
The amount of pages in a thread, is irrelevant for this issue.

I'm sure that most of us have noticed that some threads end up with some extremely long pages, from the top to the bottom, while most other threads' pages remain fairly short. Often, it is due to the OP and/or other posts containing many images.

Regardless of how long or how short a single page is, each page has one thing in common:
[color=FFE32E]20 posts per page

The problem is simply that there is [color=FFE32E]not 20 replies per page.(not every page anyways)
[color=FFE32E]Page 1 = OP + 19 Replies, and it throws the whole dam thing off.

The problem is only when the post you are going to, is the last post at the bottom of the page. For me, it is usually my own post, and I am either editing it, or just going back to look at it. Also, the same problem arises when it is someone replying to me.

I'm sure it would probably be an easy fix, but it would have to be someone that not only knew how to fix it in the program, but they would also have to care enough to do so. I'm gonna take a wild guess, and go ahead and say that finding someone [color=B3FFCF]who can & who cares, is not gonna happen.

The way I get around it, is basically the same as DaveSpanners said:

Originally posted by davespanners

"http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread784308/pg2#pid12978060"

becomes

"http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread784308/pg1#pid12978060

.....only difference is that I'm too lazy to highlight 1 character in the middle, so I just highlight the entire 'page# + ID#'


from: "http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread784308/[color=FFC9CB]pg2#pid12978060"

to : "http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread784308/[color=FFC9CB]pg1"

....and just scroll down. Same thing lol, just easier to quickly highlight it




[color=C9E6FF]The error does not always take you to a blank page though. Sometimes, you may get the notification saying that someone replied to you, but then after you click to go to that reply, it's just not there.

Random Example:
If the thread has 8 pages, and that reply is the last post at the bottom of page 5, when I click to go to that reply, I am automatically taken to the top of page 6.

Awhile back, before I realized what actually caused the problem, there were times that I just thought there wasn't a reply to me, and the notification system must have lied to me lol. I'm sure that there were some direct replies to me, that I did not read, because I didn't know that it was actually at the bottom of the previous page.


Does that make sense?

The cause of the problem itself, is actually quite simple, but that doesn't mean that it is easy to explain.