If for some reason your topic view has become threaded or odd looking...
simply click the Standard view option as indicated below:
Click to view attachment
Most likely you've clicked the threaded view option.
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QUOTE(shockz @ Apr 3 2005, 13:34)
If your topic view starts to look like this:
And you don't know why... then you've most likely switched to the outline view without knowing it.
To correct this problem simply click on the Standard hyperlink as shown in the picture.
Your topic view should now be corrected.
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And you don't know why... then you've most likely switched to the outline view without knowing it.
To correct this problem simply click on the Standard hyperlink as shown in the picture.
Your topic view should now be corrected.
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Yeah, I was starting to get tired of telling people to switch views to fix their prob. should be Sticky!
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it is a sticky
Linear is cooler.
I made this screenshot long time ago and used it numerous times, so I thought I would post mine as well.
This needed clearing up. 
Wish we could see how many people were viewing the topic. 
QUOTE(OPaul @ Apr 4 2005, 04:59)
Linear is cooler.
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why? is really isn't that much different to Standard.
QUOTE(Bhav @ May 6 2005, 15:52)
why? is really isn't that much different to Standard.
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...was a joke.
what's the difference between standard and linear
QUOTE(Vice King @ May 31 2005, 21:51)
what's the difference between standard and linear
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Linear keeps the initial post at the top at all times which is great for large threads that go off topic.
ahh glad to know
QUOTE(Vice King @ May 31 2005, 17:51)
what's the difference between standard and linear
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QUOTE(OPaul @ May 31 2005, 19:13)
Linear keeps the initial post at the top at all times which is great for large threads that go off topic.
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that has been the biggest mystery to me ever since I joined neowin(besides the people). thank you very much.
ahh so thats what i did wrong must have clicked the other option just a mo ago by mistake... 
glad i looked in this thread now thought neowin had gone all werid or somthing
glad i looked in this thread now thought neowin had gone all werid or somthing
linear's great imo, i'm using it all the time
thanks man! 
Extra Help:
I suppose this should be posted here...
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=64177
Why does it look so broken and weird?
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=64177
Why does it look so broken and weird?
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Linear keeps the initial post at the top at all times which is great for large threads that go off topic.
Ah, that is good to know.
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I suppose this should be posted here...
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=64177
Why does it look so broken and weird?
That's a known Firefox bug with older posts from a previous version. Not this issue at all.
Thank God you posted this...that other view was driving me crazy
yep.. not knowing it
oh man! I've always wanted something like Linear+
hey, I used to get just a list of posts when i went to a thread, but now it just gives a small list of the people who posted and 1 line of that post and you have to click each post individually to view everything, is there a way to put it back to normal or was this a site update? i don't like it
You shoul dsee "Switch to: Outline - Standard - Linear+" in the top left of the first post of the topic, click on Standard and it should be good to go.
oh nice, thanks. must have accidently clicked it then 
Merged (I personally think we should remove the Outline button or bury it in the profile page)
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Merged (I personally think we should remove the Outline button or bury it in the profile page)
I think people should pay more attention to what they click, but hey, that's just me.
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Merged (I personally think we should remove the Outline button or bury it in the profile page)
Here's the reasoning you could use for doing such a thing: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=498889
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I think people should pay more attention to what they click, but hey, that's just me.
Which you know they won't do.
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Here's the reasoning you could use for doing such a thing: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=498889
If we alter our forum skin and remove/bury the Outline View then virtually no one will suffer and we can remove this stickied topic and save ourselves some effort and save our members some confusion.
It really depends on how much trouble it would be for the developers. As well, I can still see people confused about the linear+ and standard views, but definitely not as much as with outline.
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It really depends on how much trouble it would be for the developers. As well, I can still see people confused about the linear+ and standard views, but definitely not as much as with outline.
There is very little difference between Linear+ and Standard. Most people wouldn't even notice. You could hide/bury all three choices and leave everyone on Standard. While I use Linear+, I wouldn't cry to see the option gone. If it was moved to the profile page then I wouldn't cry at all.
I use Linear+ as well, but it often reverts to standard so I have to switch it back. There's always the options drop down menu I guess, and that is really hard to mis-click. If standard and linear+ were removed from view though, I could see members crying.
i am not sure if it is my browser or settings or what not however. whenever i view a forum page i am only able to see the first post after that they are all listed on the bottem. Befrore a few days ago i was able to see all the posts listed out. what did i do wrong.
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i am not sure if it is my browser or settings or what not however. whenever i view a forum page i am only able to see the first post after that they are all listed on the bottem. Befrore a few days ago i was able to see all the posts listed out. what did i do wrong.
Sounds like you switched to outline view, click the link at the top that says 'Standard'
yay that did it thank you.
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Sounds like you switched to outline view, click the link at the top that says 'Standard'
Happens quite a bit on the froum, happened to me too a while back..
I might as well unpin "My Topic View Looks funny" thread at the very top of this section... nobody ever looks at it.
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I might as well unpin "My Topic View Looks funny" thread at the very top of this section... nobody ever looks at it.
Alot of people dont read the stickies. Full Stop.
Happened on another forum i used to work with, its easier in the end to just have no stickies, rather than keep saying "please see the damn sticky"
That brings up an interesting question actually. How exactly do we know that the stickies aren't read? I mean, if someone reads it, fixes their problem, they don't exactly have a need to create a topic about how they fixed the issue thanks to the sticky. The sticky in question has 9,000 views 
9000 views, 184,439 members = 4.9% reading (assuming only one view per person)
Am I the only one that has this? I find it extremely annoying and wish it didn't do this. I've reset my cache and history and I've logged in and out multiple times. I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.3 with NO extensions.
Click to view attachment
Click to view attachment
Click on the "Standard" link right under your arrow.
or options tab -> display mode - standard
either way
either way
Ah, thank you 
Merged again, for those that ignore stickies
What happened? I hadn't logged in to Neowin for a while, I come back and the thread view has changed.
How do I get it back to showing multiple posts on one page?
How do I get it back to showing multiple posts on one page?
Check the stickied threads at the top of this forum:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=304540
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=304540
Ah, thanks. I don't know how I missed that.
Merged
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