All of a sudden, when I go to the beginning of a new chapter, it positions me at the end instead of the beginning.
Anyone have an idea why? I read on my MacBook Pro with Safari.
All of a sudden, when I go to the beginning of a new chapter, it positions me at the end instead of the beginning.
Anyone have an idea why? I read on my MacBook Pro with Safari.
Okay, now it worked fine (not really, see below).
When I went to the story in my library it took me to the end of Chapter 1. I thought I might have read the first chapter and it was positioning me where I had left off.
I went to the top and read Chapter 1. When I clicked on "Chapter 2" it took me to the bottom of Chapter 2. That's when I left the story and came to the Forum to report the error.
But after posting the above, I went back to my library and when I clicked on the story it positioned me at the top of Chapter 2. That was correct. So I came here to report that.
But then I had an idea. I opened another browser window and went back to the story in my library. It took me to the top of Chapter 2. But when I clicked on "Bottom" and then "Chapter 3" it took me to the bottom of Chapter 4 so all is not well.
brary it took me to the end of Chapter 1. I thought I might have read the first chapter and it was positioning me where I had left off.
I went to the top and read Chapter 1. When I clicked on "Chapter 2" it took me to the bottom of Chapter 2. That's when I left the story and came to the Forum to report the error.
But after posting the above, I went back to my library and when I clicked on the story it positioned me at the top of Chapter 2. That was correct. So I came here to report that.
You have to go all the way to the bottom of the page (or to the top) before it forgets where you were, and it will carry that location over to the next chapter.
You have to go all the way to the bottom of the page (or to the top) before it forgets where you were, and it will carry that location over to the next chapter.
It wasn't taking me to where I had left off. I was in the middle of Chapter 2 and every time I returned to the story from My Library it took me to the beginning of Chapter 3. When I went back to Chapter 2 it positioned it correctly.
I deleted the story from My Library and added it back. When I went to Chapter 2 it positioned it correctly. More importantly, it now says 2/7 instead of 3/7.
I guess once you go to a later chapter and return to an earlier chapter, it doesn't remember that you left the story at the earlier chapter. It tries to go to the latest chapter you had clicked on even though that wasn't the one you left the story on (having backtracked to an earlier chapter). Why it was positioning me at the end I don't know. I won't know if it does that until I finish Chapter 2 and click on "Chapter 3."
It wasn't taking me to where I had left off. I was in the middle of Chapter 2 and every time I returned to the story from My Library it took me to the beginning of Chapter 3.
On the My Library preferences, what is your setting for: When Accessing a Multi-part Story:?
I keep this set to go to the index page.
Also, on the bottom of the page for a chapter, one of the links is Bookmark Next.
As I understand it, if your "When Accessing a Multi-part Story:" is set to jump to last read chapter, the Bookmark Next makes the next chapter your last read chapter.
what is your setting for: When Accessing a Multi-part Story:?
Jump to last read chapter.
I've had problems with the positioning for a long time.
My Library preference setting is to 'Jump to last read Chapter'.
I read to the end of a Chapter and then close the story. When I reopen the story, I am sometimes positioned at the top of last chapter I read and on other occasions I'm positioned at the top of the next chapter. It happens with different authors and stories and with no regular pattern.
I reported it to Lazeez. Per his request, let him know about several occurrence of the improper positioning, then stopped reporting the occurrences.
Your problem seems different, but it may be related to what I have experienced.
I'm using Firefox, whenever I return to a page previously visited, the browser return me to the exact paragraph I was on the page.
Chrome has a similar feature. (Not sure about Safari)
For non premium account, that may be incorrect because the "load more button" change the page length.
To my knowledge, SOL doesn't save to the library the scroll position information.
Look for #page-top or #page-bottom in the address bar for an eventual culprit on the positioning.
Using the Library may be detrimental to the page positioning, because going to the next chapter using the next chapter url send you to
/s/storynum:chapternum/chapter-slug
And the Library send you to /s/storynum/story-slug which redirect automatically to /s/storunum:chapternum (notice the lack of chapter-slug!)
The url being different for the same content, the browser can't remember the positioning and it will more than likely show the page top.
I've reported the url variation as a bug to Lazeez.
I'm using Firefox, whenever I return to a page previously visited, the browser return me to the exact paragraph I was on the page.
That's what was happening with me using Safari. Everything was great.
We'll see if deleting the story from My Library and putting it back in fixes the problem. I haven't had time to read since I had done that.
To my knowledge, SOL doesn't save to the library the scroll position information.
When I reported my problem to Lazeez, he explained how positioning was supposed to work. If you are reading a chapter but don't reach the bottom, you will be position where you were when you exited the chapter. If you reached the end of the chapter, you are positioned at the top of the chapter the next time you access the story.
I don't know what happens if you look ahead of your reading and then go back to an earlier chapter. I suspect you would be positioned at the furthest point you accessed in the story.
you will be position where you were
If I remember, Lazeez once told me all he does is use the facilities of the browser to accomplish that.
If I remember, Lazeez once told me all he does is use the facilities of the browser to accomplish that.
Yes. The scroll position is saved in the browser. If you clear the localstorage database associated with SOL from your browser then all the scroll positions are cleared.
The site remembers which chapter in the library entry on the server, but the scroll position is saved locally in the browser.
you would be positioned at the furthest point you accessed in the story
Indeed. But if you go back to the chapter before your reading point and there press "bookmark next" the library will remember the good chapter.
Another possible reason for end page positioning error would be unordered reuse of chapter ids when an author publish an update to some chapters. But I'm not sure it ever occurs.
In any case, adding the chapter-slug to the library redirect will also avoid confusing chapter position.
Okay, positioning is back to working normally.
I think when I went to a future chapter (I forget why I did that) and back to the earlier chapter I was actually reading, the positioning got messed up. After deleting the story from My Library and putting it back in, it seems to have fixed the problem.
Thanks, all.