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PAGING FORWARDS AND BACKWARDS ON TIPS BOARD

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hour8glass

hour8glass Report 21 Jul 2003 09:11

I have made this request before (about 6 months ago), but it would be so helpful to anyone navigating the Tips Board, that it is worth having another go: Why can we not have the facility on this Tips Board to page FORWARD in time, in addition to the existing BACKWARD paging facility? Currently, once one has gone back in time, the only way to move forward again, even to look at the next later page one has just looked at, is to come out, and start again! What is needed is simply to change the words "previous 40 Entries" at the top of each page to read "Next 40 Entries", and to change the programme so that, clicking the top button does move to later entries. Am I making sense? Thank you, Bruce.

JillGr

JillGr Report 21 Jul 2003 09:23

If you press the back arrow key on the tool bar you can move forward again.

Crista

Crista Report 21 Jul 2003 09:25

Bruce, If you want to go forward in time after selecting "previous 40 messages" use the Back button on your browser. It's on the top left. Crista

hour8glass

hour8glass Report 21 Jul 2003 09:39

Thank you Jill and Crista. It's so obvious when you know! I should have known but, what about changing what seems to be a shortcoming on the programme anyway? Bruce.

Crista

Crista Report 21 Jul 2003 09:58

Bruce, You should email your suggestion to support. It would be a nice feature to have but there is a workaround for the time being. Crista

JillGr

JillGr Report 21 Jul 2003 10:08

I just wish that there was some sort of colour coding to indicate which messages you have already looked at.

hour8glass

hour8glass Report 21 Jul 2003 10:48

Jill and Crista, Thank you for your further comments. My next task will be to send our correspondence on this matter to date, to Support. Best wishes, Bruce.

hour8glass

hour8glass Report 23 Jul 2003 12:05

Jill and Crista, I thought that you would like to see the response I received from Support: Thanks for your suggestion. I have forwarded it to our technical team. It will be added to the list of improvements for the site. However, please bear in mind that there are quite a few improvements and adjustments we need to make to the site. This will mean that it may take a while before we act on your suggestion. Regards Estelle

Jason

Jason Report 24 Jul 2003 00:52

A facility to search for your name and retrieve all the messages that you have posted/replied to would be useful too. J.

Claire in Lincs

Claire in Lincs Report 27 Jul 2003 07:08

If a topic has more than 10 replies, how do i get to look at the previous ones? I can only see the first page and havent figured out how to read the rest.

Lynne

Lynne Report 27 Jul 2003 13:31

Claire It says at the top of the list of messages 'Previous 20 ....' (There are usually 20 per page). Lynne