This seems be better suited for the "About xda-developers.com" forum, but apparently questions are not allowed there.
With many threads containing hundreds of pages and thousands of posts, it is challenging to read the entire thread, looking for that one post that could make the difference between success and disaster.
The "show printable version" option under Thread Tools has an option for "Show 50 post(s) from this thread on one page". This helps, but that still results in more than 100 pages for some threads.
Unfortunately the site seems to prevent editing the url from "&pp=50" to "&pp=500" to get 500 posts per page.
Is there any way to download an entire thread?
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I see that the forum has changed, before if I clicked on private messages I could find all my posts or started threads, where is it now?
Please help!
under user cp statistics
or if you click your own name you can gt all your posts, but not started threads.
Rory
Thanks guys, I found it by clicking ny name and then "statistics"!
Thanks alot!
My favourite way is to search for my own user name in the built-in forum search. This way you can quickly see any replies on threads you have posted in.
I use the the quick links on top right of the screen, then click subscribed threads, it will show if any new posts have been added,
FYI you are automatically subscribed if you reply to a thread or you can just add the thread by going to thread tools...
How can I jump to a specific post in a thread? I'm following a Epic 4G Touch development thread for example that has 1800+ posts. I know I want to go to post 1550 but the only way I can tell is to keep clicking the page number that is closest to getting me there. This could take 20 or more clicks and alot of waisted time.
I would have searched for this answer but apparently search is broken atm per the top thread in the General forum.
Thanks
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Hello,
I guess this Question has not been answered yet. I too want to know how we can jump to a particular post within a large thread. I waste a lot of time in going to a particular post even though i know the Post #.
Thanks in advance.
An XDA forum URL masterclass.......
Not that simple, but you can get pretty close to the post that you want with minimal effort. Here's how:
vBulletin generates a unique post ID for every post, which the search engine uses internally.
When browsing threads you don't see it, as you are only moving from one page of posts in a thread to the next.
As an example
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24387975#post24387975
takes you directly to post #28 of thread 1538864, the member who posted it, might be vaguely familiar, but that's as maybe. The main point to note is that there is no reference in this url to the thread itself, it is only using the post number ID in order to jump to it directly.
If you want to go to the start of the page for thread ID x post number y
use a url of the form
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=x&page=((y-1)DIV 10)+1)
That's the mathematical formula, but in plain English, subtract 1 from the post number, drop the last digit, then add 1 to this value. This is then the page number that contains the post you are looking for.
When applied to the above post, post 28 of thread 1538864 we have: 28 -> 27 -> 2 -> 3
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538864&page=3
P.S. Had to use code tags above , as url tags tend to strip out the middle of url strings.
The search features on this site simply don't work correctly. I can search the entire forum for "USB Device Not Recognized" and not get any results. I can search threads or posts in the Captivate section and get every result for "recognized" which is not helpful at all. I'm guessing you could eliminate thousands of needless question posts within threads (frustrating developers) by actually having logical search features.
ssurell said:
The search features on this site simply don't work correctly. I can search the entire forum for "USB Device Not Recognized" and not get any results. I can search threads or posts in the Captivate section and get every result for "recognized" which is not helpful at all. I'm guessing you could eliminate thousands of needless question posts within threads (frustrating developers) by actually having logical search features.
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Yes, no always an easy job to search through a site with so many different forums, subforums, threads, etc.
Read here about xda search in general: [GUIDE] How To Use Search
And when xda forum/thread search index is currently rebuilding on the servers, you may better search xda site via Google search, e.g.:
Code:
site:xda-developers.com "what you want to search"
Thread closed and thank you !
As @sd_shadow already suggested here:
sd_shadow said:
No forum link, while viewing a thread​Currently, there is no way to tell which forum a thread is in while viewing it.
It would be very helpful to know which device or topic the thread is about.
Many OP's do not mention this in the thread,
because it is assumed the reader will know which forum the thread is in.
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I would also prefer having a breadcrumb containing the forum path (forum, subforum, section) at the top of each thread in the search results and normal forum view.
Like it's done in long threads (with not than 1 page) after jump to another page - see my screenshots.
If you open a thread, on the first opened page, there is no information about the forum, subforum or section of it.
How to see the difference:
Open the xda app, go into any forum view (or do a search and check search results view), click on a long thread (with more than 2 page). Check the top of the thread on the current page. There is no forum information /no forum breadcrumb.
If you scroll to the bottom of the thread (in landscape mode you can change the page also at the top of the thread) and change the page to be displayed, then check the top of this page. There you will find the breadcrumb with forum information.
I agree this is an important feature we need to add. It's in line to be fixed
Hi All,
I noted that there isn't a search within a Device forum. I.e. I went to Samsung Tab 2 7.0 forum but I had to search for a topic that I am looking for among multiple posts within the forum itself. I noted there is a search on the top right side of the site but that searches the entire site rather than within the subforums i.e. Device Forums. Filter doesn't allow to search on a subject but on who posted, date, etc. Having one will ease what a User looking for rather than force them to post their queries; which essentially will have redundant posts on a topic. What do you all say?
This index guide should help and clarify:
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