multi-page links in forum display last page hack

One of the suggestions in the Suggestions Forum is, when having the board shorten the multi-page list in forumdisplay, have it include a link to the last post in the thread. This will do that, and adds a toggle to the control panel.

In forumdisplay.php

Find:

$pagenumbers.=" more... ";

Replace with:

/*
 * Multi page display hack by Moonwolf
 */
        if ($displastpage==1) {
    	        if ($totalpages!=$maxmultipage) {
                  $pagenumbers.= " ... ";
             }
		   $pagenumbers.=" <a href=\"showthread.php?threadid=$thread[threadid]&pagenumber=$totalpages\">$totalpages</a> ";
        } else {
		   $pagenumbers.=" more... ";
        }
/*
 * End Multi page display hack
 */

In options.php

Find:

<tr><td colspan=2>The number of threads to display on a forum page before splitting it over multiple pages.<br></td></tr>

Add below:

<tr>
<td><b>maxmultipage</b></td>
<td><input type=\"text\" size=\"35\" name=\"newoption[maxmultipage]\" value=\"$maxmultipage\"></td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan=2>When linking to multiple pages in the forum display, this allows you to set the cut off point on which long posts stop adding more page numbers and are replaced by 'more...'<br></td></tr>

And you're all set. You can use the control panel to set whether or not to list "1 2 more ..." or "1 2 ... 8".

Enjoy

Katherine

Good point, especially considering problems with putting lines that should be one line in source on multiple lines in the thread. For those not used to hacking their code it could make for all sorts of problems.

Katherine