Below Current Level

[JackLeg]

What's the deal with the "Below Current Level" on replies. Don't recall ever seeing it before??

 

[SteveColes]

Reggie, not sure what you are refering to?

 

[Glennbear]

I think Reggie is speaking of the post listing when there is multiple posts for a given thread .

 

[JackLeg]

I think Reggie is speaking of the post listing when there is multiple posts for a given thread .

Yep, Glenn nailed it. You can see the "last post" button but can't get to the most recent post's if they are "below current level". Just never saw that before.

 

[DaveO]

Is this happening on the Home page or the New Post listing??? I have not run across it, but I also work from the New Post listings instead of the Home page.
Dave

 

[ScottM]

I have seen it is the past from both the Home Screen and New Posts Screen. It is a bit of a pain as you can not get to the posts below unless you first click on "below currrent Level".


I have only seen it on larger threads (3 or more pages) but not on all large threads. :dontknow:

 

[JackLeg]

Is this happening on the Home page or the New Post listing??? I have not run across it, but I also work from the New Post listings instead of the Home page.
Dave

Home page. Just click on the "Last Post" button beside the poster's name (on the SNOW thread) and it will only let you go so far. Page 3 has been as far as I could get.

When I went up top to the list of posters and scrolled down it, that's where I discovered the "Below current level" deal.

Clear as Mud?

 

[ScottM]

Here is an example:

http://www.ncwoodworker.net/forums/f87/snow-20175/

farmerbw Re: Snow?? 01-20-2009, 08:04 AM

gsdoby Re: Snow?? 01-20-2009, 08:11 AM

DaveO Re: Snow?? 01-20-2009, 08:11 AM

woodArtz Re: Snow?? 01-20-2009, 08:31 AM

More replies below current depth...

Gotcha6 Re: Snow?? 01-20-2009, 08:38 AM

More replies below current depth...

 

[JackLeg]

Thanks, Scott.

 

[DaveO]

OK that has to do with your Tread Display Mode choice. I view the forums in Linear - Oldest First and am not seeing the thread displayed that way.
I would guess that those who are seeing this are viewing the threads in either Threaded or Hybrid mode.
Those modes might speed up the download time on picture heavy posts as they don't show the full reply. I have never used any other mode so I can't say what's better.


Dave

 

[JackLeg]

OK that has to do with your Tread Display Mode choice. I view the forums in Linear - Oldest First and am not seeing the thread displayed that way.
I would guess that those who are seeing this are viewing the threads in either Threaded or Hybrid mode.
Those modes might speed up the download time on picture heavy posts as they don't show the full reply. I have never used any other mode so I can't say what's better.


Dave

Do whut??? Can you put that in slow, Southern english???
I was not aware that there is a choice of "modes."
:gar-La;

 

[DaveO]

Do whut??? Can you put that in slow, Southern english???
I was not aware that there is a choice of "modes."
:gar-La;

I don't type slow Southern english really well...the spell checker doesn't like it. But this might help.
Go to the upper brown menu and select User Settings, that will take you to your user control panel. From there you can select Edit Options. About middle of that page you will see a box titled Thread Display Options. Within that box is the Thread Display Mode option drop down menu. There you can change your display mode. There is also a good explaination of how each mode works and what you can expect to see.


HTH,
Dave

 

[Bas]

Do whut??? Can you put that in slow, Southern english???
I was not aware that there is a choice of "modes."
:gar-La;

Just before the first post in a thread, there is a button Display Modes. You can select Linear, Hybrid or Threaded.

Linear is simple. The posts in the thread are arranged chronologically. Oldest one is the first one on the page, the last one is at the bottom. The good thing about this mode is that newer stuff is always at the bottom. The bad thing is that you can't really see who replied to who. For exampe, Dave replies to your post, and I reply to Dave. You can't tell whether I replied to your post or Dave's - not unless I quote some text.

Threaded means you see posts displayed like a tree with different 'branches'. Certain branches are deep (replies to replies to replies), others are shallow. It's great to keep track of various talking points in the discussion, but it's not always easy to find new posts.

See http://www.fullcirc.com/community/threadedlinear.htm for some background material.

Linear is great when conversations stay on topic. Threaded is great when people wander off and you need to reply to the correct "branch". How often do we wander off topic? Well, this generally.....ohhhh shiny.......

 

[JackLeg]

Thanks Dave and Bas. I knew one of you would come through with an explanation I could "cipher."

OK, Dave, back in the snow, cause it won't be here tomorrow!!