Question Links to latest post are ending up on the last page of the thread

sozzled wrote: This question has been answered more times than I think should be necessary.

It's okay. Please lose the attitude.

If Kunena forum search feature was working well and giving me the results, I wouldn't even take time to login and post and have to wait for an answer. This is already a waste of time...

But thanks for answering again. I appreciate you taking the time to post. Also, I have the only template that came by default. default_ex.

I saw that there is a setup feature in the profile, but it lists the threads (the most recent first or the oldest first. However, once you click on the thread, then you have to look for page ONE MILLION FIVE THOUSAND to get to the most recent post. I want (as an admin to my website) impose a one default forum order. Than if users want to go through hell to find a post, then it is their problem. So far, I am trying to migrate from SMF ( which for me is the best forum system ever...) but they didn't want to make it a native Joomla forum. That is the choice we all are making to get Kunena be the best as well.

Your support page is very generic. It will work for people who are new to forums and are trying to implement a forum for the first time.

As a webmaster, I have other websites with BB, V Bulletin and SMF. I think Kunena team should go there and really learn from those powerful systems with those sophisticated, yet very very friendly features for both admins and users. I want to use Kunena very bad, but by experience, a forum would look as good as you want, if it is not practical your users will have an exodus...

Also, moderators of SMF have a lot to teach when it comes to attitude. Take a look when you have time...

Hi all

Sorry for the long time, I haven't looked into this.
Due to military service and vacation this issue had to wait (and my users have to wait for it).

@Mathias:
I really was not sure, if this is a Kunena-Issue or if it might related with my provider - therefore I didn't log in the K1.6 section.

@all:
I have updated to Kunena 1.5.12 (and also Joomla to 1.5.20) and did some more tests.
I had one interesting finding.

1. I tried first with the user-setting "first post first".
There everything is fine - all the links work as I would expect it.

2. I then changed to "latest post first"
I have still seen the problem, but I have found some different behaviour.

If I go to the "recent topic" tab of Kunena (I have a german version, so not 100% if the exact english name is correct) I see the link to the "latest entry".
This one is actually working fine and looks like this:
Now I change to the "categories" tab I see also the threat listed.
In the table exist a column called "latest entry" where I see the following link:
I highlight here the difference between these two links, as the second one is NOT working properly.
&limit=10&limitstart=380
This additional references seem to make the difference.
I actually figured out that exactly the same link (containing this "limit"-stuff) is also provided in the "Latest Post Module", which also there doesn't lead to the right page.

I then tried to add a new entry and after doing so you get presented two links; "back to post" and "back to forum".
At least in 1.5.12 this one is working and looks like this:
If you look at the link it's no surprise - it's pretty much the same link as the first one above.

Last thing I checked is the Email-Link you get, when you have subscribed to a topic.
This link looks like this:
If you see that, you will not be surprised that this link again leads to the wrong page, as it is again the same format as above.

Does this help someone to figure out, what's going on?
As there are some links that actually do work, I tend to conclude that after all this is indeed an issue with Kunena. Still, I'm not a programmer and don't really know.


Thanks in advance
Seppi

Just a remark:

I had to recognize that I have the same problem now on this forum here ( www.kunena.com ) as well. :(

I have set my profile to "latest post first" and after transmitting my last entry I was forwarded automatically back to the threat.

BUT I ended up on the the page with the first entry, not the page with the latest entry.
This is exactly what I was seeing with my own Kunena installation.


Regards
Seppi

G'day, seppi, and welcome back. Thank you for replying with an update on the situation.

I understand that you are running J! 1.5.20, K 1.5.12, default_ex template, user preference set to "Latest post first".

As I understand it, the main problem that you're having when you post new messages with these settings? In your case, after you've posted a new message, you are returned to the last page of messages which contain the first posts. Is that correct?

Hi Sozzled

Yes, you summary is basically correct.

It however depends, where you click ... some links are actually working fine - some are not.

BTW: The link I just got in the notification-email from kunena.com did also lead me to the wrong page.
I ended up on the top entry of the last page, where (at the bottom) the very first post of this threat is.

One thing I was thinking of is the following:
This setting to show the last post first is a user-setting.
Could it be, that some links are not considering that and are still using the general settings to select the page (aka the last page of the threat) and then the user-setting is just applied on that page? (the newest post on that page)
I'm not a programmer, but that could explain why I'm ending up at the top of the last page.


Regards
Seppi

I have discussed this matter with the developers and it appears that there is a problem using the "Latest Post First" user preference. Thank you for reporting this matter. This appears to be a problem with K 1.5.12 and it may need to be fixed in a later maintenance release.

In the meantime there is not a lot that we can do about this problem as far as K 1.5.12 is concerned. Our advice is to use "First Post First" as a workaround. This preference is not known to cause any issues like the ones you have described.

I have also updated K 1.5.12 - Known Issues as a result of this topic, for the benefit of other users.

As far as your report of problems with this site are concerned, the developers have been working to fix a number of defects/bugs with K 1.6 RC1 and they are quietly confident that the problems you have mentioned in your last message will be fixed ... at least as far as K 1.6 is concerned.