Post number shown on thread doesn't match link

Community Website and Forum
1

I've noticed a problem with post numbers not matching.

Here's a snip of one post in a thread.

image
image775×146 16.6 KB

 

Notice it says this is post #5.

If I do a 'copy address' (win10) this is copied:

\Proposed hardware troubleshooting FAQ tutorial type thread - #4 by dougp

Notice the link indicates post #4. And in fact if you click on that link you go to post #4 and not the post #5 expected.

Any chance I'm the problem?

2

Yeah. The URL is not updated until the top of the post reaches the top of the screen. It's definitely unexpected / undesirable behaviour.

3

Copy Link, at the bottom of each post, works as expected.

1 Like
4

Ah. Thanks!

1 Like
5

If you click on the time at the left of the post#, you get the link

For you post #4 : https://forum.arduino.cc/t/post-number-shown-on-thread-doesnt-match-link/1209158/4?u=sterretje
resulting in Post number shown on thread doesn't match link - #4 by dougp

The only annoying thing is that it confusingly adds my username but it correctly displays your username.

I usually strip the last part (?u=sterretje) off.

6

Weird.

I find this works best - no oddities.

7

Same oddity :wink: https://forum.arduino.cc/t/post-number-shown-on-thread-doesnt-match-link/1209158/6?u=sterretje

8

The reason it adds this u parameter is to allow the forum software to credit your account for each unique visitor incoming from a link on an external site for earning the "share" badges:

https://forum.arduino.cc/badges/12/first-share

https://forum.arduino.cc/badges/21/nice-share

https://forum.arduino.cc/badges/22/good-share

https://forum.arduino.cc/badges/23/great-share

I also strip it off the URLs simply because I have a habit of always removing cruft from URLs and am not interested in earning badges.

9

Guess what :wink:

Just got my "first share" badge due to this topic :rofl:

2 Likes
10

This topic was automatically closed 180 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.