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Sep 4 2012, 7:08 am
(See the best response by NNAAAAHH.)
Problem description:i have been coding an ingame forums using html and DM language but i am stuck i cant find a way to make pages here is the Code but no luck anyone can help me getting this done?

Sep 4 2012, 7:37 am
Make pages? As in make a list of post?

That's most easily done by making a list containing the post.

var/list/Post=new()
proc/Add_Post()
    ...//This is just an example of what to do when submiting a post
    Post+=Posting
proc/get_pages()
    var/pagenum=round(Post.len/[postperpage])//Find out how many pages of post you have
    ...//Use built-in list procs(.Copy) to sort out which post make it on which pages.
    //The above would result in a error if you have 0 post in list/Post.
Sep 4 2012, 8:14 am
dude if you have a look at the source i got till there only thing i need to do is split the list of post list in to 10 posts per page (failed on that) other then that i got almost everything in control
Sep 4 2012, 8:52 am
In response to Lord Kakarot
Read the comments I posted within the code example, I explain you should use Post.Copy() in order to achieve the '10 post per page' deal. That was the entire purpose of my post.
Sep 4 2012, 9:16 am
for the runbtime error i can always check if the list has something or not but how can i determined the page list
Sep 4 2012, 9:37 am (Edited on Sep 4 2012, 10:04 am)
In response to Lord Kakarot
Best response
 
mob/verb/View_Page()
    var/pagenum=round(Post.len/[postperpage])//Find out how many pages of post you have
    //This will result in a division by zero error if there is nothing in the list of post, easily fixed by a if() statement.
    var/selectedpage=input("What page would you like to view") as num|null
    if(selectedpage>pagenum||selectedpage<0){ alert("The page you're requesting doesn't exists"); return; }
    var/list/TempListForPostOnPage=Post.Copy(1*num,10*num)//This will likely result in a error, being that I don't do any of the proper checks for you
    src.DisplayList(TempListForPostOnPage)
Sep 4 2012, 10:53 am (Edited on Sep 4 2012, 12:54 pm)
let me ask one thing that 6th line {var/list/TempListForPostOnPage=Post.Copy(1*num,10*num)} 1*num was it suppose to be pagenum/selectedpage?
[EDIT]nm aperently i figured it out but by anychance are you good with javascript cause i cant figure out a way to embed javascriptinto DM thanks.[/EDIT]
[EDIT2]I was looking on javascript and java script just solved my problem apperently it just look like DM langauage (abit) so its easy to turn it into DM(thankyou java)[/EDIT2]
Sep 4 2012, 3:17 pm
Have a gander at this - http://www.byond.com/developer/Kunark/ForumLib

It was developed a while ago, But you will still be able to grasp some concepts if you don't want to use a library.

I used to use it a long long time ago it's still great IMO.
Sep 4 2012, 10:51 pm
In response to Lord Kakarot
I apologize, I meant to place 'slecetedpage' where I placed num there.
Sep 4 2012, 10:55 pm
In response to A.T.H.K
A.T.H.K wrote:
Have a gander at this - http://www.byond.com/developer/Kunark/ForumLib

It was developed a while ago, But you will still be able to grasp some concepts if you don't want to use a library.

I used to use it a long long time ago it's still great IMO.

it is a great library but i was trying to make one myself
Sep 4 2012, 11:28 pm
That doesn't mean you can read over certain parts an see how they have been handled right?
Sep 5 2012, 1:21 am
In response to A.T.H.K
A.T.H.K wrote:
That doesn't mean you can read over certain parts an see how they have been handled right?

I can read some of the parts but there are no instruction how things work and at my level i can understand some part of the library but anyways my problem is solved now (using Java and NNAAAAHH's provided way.