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First page in a thread is now number 1 instead of 0.

Seun

Someone created a thread for this? We need jobs in this country or we are all going to become jobless bloggers

you should have emailed him or try to have it inboxly with moderators. For now...

amaniro:
you should have emailed him or try to have it inboxly with moderators. For now...

I choose to do so in a thread.

FriendNG:
I choose to do so in a thread.

Which makes sense because this affects a lot of people.

FriendNG:
First page in a thread is now number 1 instead of 0.

Seun

Yep. We got it wrong initially because we didn’t study other sites as much as we should have.

Great

Seun:
Which makes sense because this affects a lot of people.

Yep. We got it wrong initially because we didn’t study other sites as much as we should have.

And you are still getting it wrong.
The page link still starts from 0 instead of 1.

I.E www.nairaland.com/thread/2 links to page number 3 instead of 2.

Evangkatsoulis:
And you are still getting it wrong.
The page link still starts from 0 instead of 1.

I.E www.nairaland.com/thread/2 links to page number 3 instead of 2.

That’s how it’s usually done, for good reasons.

Seun:
That’s how it’s usually done. The title is for people and the link is for computers.

I don't think it works like that on sites like tumblr or stackxchange. You can check out tumblr.

Check this thread
https://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=159009401&page=2

You can see that the page is numbered 2 instead of 3, thus corresponding to the link.

Dude has finally stopped viewing Nairaland threads as Arrays.

After over a decade. Impressive

Seun:
That’s how it’s usually done, for good reasons.

I doubt this point... Page links should match with what a user (and perhaps a searchbot) sees in the URL to avoid issues especially when links are shared.

henryobinna:
Dude has finally stopped viewing Nairaland threads as Arrays.

After over a decade. Impressive

Evangkatsoulis:
And you are still getting it wrong.
The page link still starts from 0 instead of 1.

I.E www.nairaland.com/thread/2 links to page number 3 instead of 2.

Can someone kindly explain to me this 0 & 1 thing? Does it anyway affect the ordinary user? What's its use?

IsaacBuchi:
Can someone kindly explain to me this 0 & 1 thing? Does it anyway affect the ordinary user? What's its use?

In simple words, it doesn't affect the "ordinary user". But it just makes sense when you compare pages here with conventional book pages. When you click a link with page number 1, then it is expected that the value on your address bar should also reflect 1: e.g. www.mysite.com/thread/page/1.

That would make much sense to an "experienced" user than seeing www.mysite.com/thread/page/2 when you actually clicked on page 1.

Oh thanks very much for that clear explanation.

Please does it have any technical or SEO benefit, cos the discussion up there sounds like it does?

Seun:
That’s how it’s usually done, for good reasons.

LaiveNg:
In simple words, it doesn't affect the "ordinary user". But it just makes sense when you compare pages here with conventional book pages. When you click a link with page number 1, then it is expected that the value on your address bar should also reflect 1: e.g. www.mysite.com/thread/page/1.

That would make much sense to an "experienced" user than seeing www.mysite.com/thread/page/2 when you actually clicked on page 1.