[CDB] Post Numbers

[Movie]

what is post IDs
and what is post numbers ?
Can you explain plz to understand
I don't understand what is it post numbers

The author already post screen captures at the beginning of this topic if you have not been to phpbb college your probably never going to figure it out, if their was a option for me to attach a picture I would mark up his screen captures where anybody could understand then post them up for the whole world to see.

Sorry I can not be more help I am not sure I can describe it but I can show you.

[Holger]

Post IDs are continously counted +1 when a post is saved in the DB.
If you have 10,000 posts, then the last posts ID is 10000 (see the URL of the post).

The post number is the posts number within a topic.
So the first post within a topic is post number 1, and if I write the first reply in a topic the post number is 2 (but it can still be post ID 10000).

[alhitary]

Post IDs are continously counted +1 when a post is saved in the DB.
If you have 10,000 posts, then the last posts ID is 10000 (see the URL of the post).

The post number is the posts number within a topic.
So the first post within a topic is post number 1, and if I write the first reply in a topic the post number is 2 (but it can still be post ID 10000).

Thanks

[alhitary]

Arabic PR :
https://github.com/kasimi/phpBB-3.1-Ext ... ers/pull/3

[kasimi]

Thanks for the languages!

the font for the number presented needs to be bigger or at the very least needs to be bold

See new v1.0.1 in the first post.

[pantherfan]

Thanks for this.

[kasimi]

You're very welcome.

• If an option for previous days other than all days is selected then only the posts that are displayed are numbered. Not all users will necessarily have the same option set and if anyone is referring to a post by number then that number needs to be the same for all users.

I'm still indecisive how to solve this. The easiest way from an implementation point of view would be to only display post numbers if both

1. posts are sorted by post_time and
2. the 'Display posts from previous' is set to 'All days'

In all other cases there would be no post numbers. If this prevents more confusion than it causes, I don't know. Any feedback or other ideas?

[Raul [ThE KuKa]]

I send "PR" Spanish translation.

[david63]

You're very welcome.

• If an option for previous days other than all days is selected then only the posts that are displayed are numbered. Not all users will necessarily have the same option set and if anyone is referring to a post by number then that number needs to be the same for all users.

I'm still indecisive how to solve this. The easiest way from an implementation point of view would be to only display post numbers if both

1. posts are sorted by post_time and
2. the 'Display posts from previous' is set to 'All days'

In all other cases there would be no post numbers. If this prevents more confusion than it causes, I don't know. Any feedback or other ideas?

To be honest, and after deliberating on this for some time now, I do not believe that it is possible to allocate post numbers "on the fly". Yes it will work in a "normal" envirionment but with the other options that are available within phpBB then I cannot see any way forward with this - I abandoned any attempt at this a long time ago.

I am not keen on the idea of only showing the post number in certain circumstances and omitting it in others as that too could get confusing.

As I see it the post number needs to be held in the database along with the post but that then involves a massive overhead of maintenance when posts are moved or deleted. The only other option is to show the post id as a reference, but that may be confusing to some members.

[kasimi]

I am not keen on the idea of only showing the post number in certain circumstances and omitting it in others as that too could get confusing.

I don't think it's such a bad idea to display post numbers only in above mentioned circumstances, especially since these circumstances apply to the general use case, while posts not being sorted by post_time or posts from certain days being skipped do not.

Let's assume for a moment the post numbers are stored in the database and the user sorts posts by anything other than post_time. All the post numbers would be mixed up, wouldn't they be? It would still be confusing.

I understand what you mean, the fact that it's impossible to cover all cases is somewhat discouraging, but I'd like to have a solution that works for the majority of users nonetheless.

[david63]

Let's assume for a moment the post numbers are stored in the database and the user sorts posts by anything other than post_time. All the post numbers would be mixed up, wouldn't they be? It would still be confusing.

But that would not matter as the post number would still be correct. The whole premise of post numbers is that they relate to a specific post within a topic and no matter how the posts are displayed that post number remains the same.

I fully agree that the vast majority of users will display the posts in an order that will allow this to work.

[kasimi]

But that would not matter as the post number would still be correct.

True. The question is rather whether mixed up post numbers are still useful.

If an option for previous days other than all days is selected then only the posts that are displayed are numbered.

This is now supported in v1.0.2. When displaying posts from previous x days, the numbers match those that are assigned when displaying all posts.

Moreover, post numbers are only displayed if posts are sorted by time. Sorting by author or subject will result in post numbers not being displayed. Note that when displaying post IDs instead of numbers, these restrictions don't apply: post IDs are always displayed.

See first post for download link.

[Theriddler1]

Thanks great work but i mis something withing this extension other than the the mod Post number in viewtopic
https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/ ... viewtopic/

Additionally, clicking on that number will popup a window with the direct link to that post

I would love to see that feature back in this extension.

[kasimi]

Thanks for your feedback.

What purpose does the popup serve? If you need the post link, can't you use your browser's context menu to copy it? A popup for that feels inconvenient.

[null2]

Portuguese-Brazil translation: https://www.sendspace.com/file/6gavin