Post Counter?

[sw1211]

Matthew, Is the post counter working?  On my computer the counts don't change for anyone.  Not a big deal, just curious.

 

[Matthew Schenker]

Matthew, Is the post counter working?  On my computer the counts don't change for anyone.  Not a big deal, just curious.

Which counter are you referring to?
Matthew

 

[sw1211]

The post counter, above your picture.  i.e. your last two posts list the same number.

 

[Matthew Schenker]

The post counter, above your picture.  i.e. your last two posts list the same number.

It's supposed to have the same number.  That's the person's current post count.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your question.  What number were you expecting it to show?
Matthew

PS: I'm going to split this off into a new discussion and put it in the "Forum Technical" area, in case others have the same question.

 

[alanz]

I can understand the confusion. 

On the forums I administer, the post count is tied to the post creation. 

It's the sequential post number (incrementing one per post) for the member, not the current total post count.

So, the various forum software systems use the count differently.

 

[sw1211]

I thought every time you hit POST that number was incremented by 1.

 

[alanz]

Yes, but in this implementation, that post counter is likely maintained in your profile, and is retrieved in real time along with your name, avatar, etc.  So if you've made 100 posts, every message shows 100 posts.  Once you make another post, every message shows 101 posts until you make another.

In other systems, one message would say 100, meaning this was the 100th post (and this stays with the message forever), and the next post is labeled 101, etc.  So, you can see the chronology of the posting...

There's no right or wrong way to do this... just different styles.  One is a running message count, one is a count total.