opening a thread

[brianb1998]

Has anyone else noticed that when you open a thread it will (what seems to be) randomly load to wither the middle of the page or jump pages altogether.

 

[waho]

Re: opening a thread

Yup, was just going to post as to how to avoid this, at least I'm not the only one that happens to.

 

[vinsonr]

Re: opening a thread

bump, this is so annoying. It seems to always jump to the last post in the thread for me. I've tried changing preferences although nothing there stands out as being able to cause it.

 

[vinsonr]

Re: opening a thread

So I decided to fix this. Here is a script you can save as 'anything.user.js' and "File->open" it in firefox after you install greasemonkey. You can also load it into Chrome as an extension.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Code:</div><div class="ubbcode-body ubbcode-pre" ><pre>

// ==UserScript==
// @name first post snipershide
// @namespace http://foo.com
// @description go to first post in thread on snipershide.com
// @include http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php*
// ==/UserScript==

var tda = document.getElementsByClassName('topicsubject');
var tdb = document.getElementsByClassName('alt-topicsubject');
var tdc = document.getElementsByClassName('new-topicsubject');
var tdd = document.getElementsByClassName('new-alt-topicsubject');

// file:///home/vinson/fix_ubb_newpost.user.js

for (var i = 0; i < tda.length; i++) {
var link = tda.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
link.href = link.href.replace(/&gonew.*/i, '')
}

for (var i = 0; i < tdb.length; i++) {
var link = tdb.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
link.href = link.href.replace(/&gonew.*/i, '')
}

for (var i = 0; i < tdc.length; i++) {
var link = tdc.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
link.href = link.href.replace(/&gonew.*/i, '')
}

for (var i = 0; i < tdd.length; i++) {
var link = tdd.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
tdd.getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href = link.href.replace(/&gonew.*/i, '')
}
</pre></div></div>

 

[Redmanss]

Re: opening a thread

Am I the only one who prefers for a thread to open up to the last point I read to? I hate scrolling through post after post to find where I left off.

 

[vinsonr]

Re: opening a thread

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Redmanss</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Am I the only one who prefers for a thread to open up to the last point I read to? I hate scrolling through post after post to find where I left off. </div></div>

But the problem is that it doesn't always do that. I tested threads that I had never opened before and it jumped to specific posts, usually on the last page.

It seems somewhat random and I found some evidence of others having this issue with UBB elsewhere online.

 

[Skum]

Re: opening a thread

thanks for the script

another use for greasemonkey