Forum issue - can only load first page of threads

Not sure if this is the right place but it's not bot-related so I didn't want to clog any of their specific support forums. Okay, no matter what I do, I can only ever see the first page of a forum thread. Clicking the page numbers, the "next" arrow, the "last" button, or even the direct post links in the topic summaries, all result in the same thing: it simply reloads the page. I've had this problem for months now and have just come back after an extended break from WoW. I was able to access subsequent pages one time, in one thread, by clicking the individual page numbers, so I thought the problem was solved, but now it no longer works. (And here's a weird thing: when it was working, I noticed the URL ended in a page number, not a post number. Now, even in that same thread, all the URLs end in post numbers, so I can't even look at my reply from before.)

I have the same problem on both Firefox and Chrome and I'm not using any extensions that would interfere with this as far as I know. I'm just not sure how to explain the problem but I can provide more information if need be. Also I did try to search but nothing about this came up, so apologies on that if it's been addressed before.

Thank you to anyone who can help!

 

Thank you Tony, and sorry for the delay, I've been sick. Here's some more information about the problem.

This is the thread that I was able to access before I made this post:

https://www.thebuddyforum.com/honorbuddy-forum/botbases/161004-fpswares-raf-bot-fix.html

I was able to read through the thread, and left a comment on page 13. As I was browsing the thread I noticed that when I clicked to go to the next page, the URL above was changing in this way:

https://www.thebuddyforum.com/honorbuddy-forum/botbases/161004-fpswares-raf-bot-fix-2.html (page 2)
https://www.thebuddyforum.com/honorbuddy-forum/botbases/161004-fpswares-raf-bot-fix-3.html (page 3)

So to get to the next pages it was simply adding a -2 or a -3 or whichever number to the URL, before the .html. I was like "alright cool, it's working!" and made my comment in that thread.

However, then I went to another thread, and my problem came back. I could only ever see the first page. In this case, I noticed that the URL was NOT changing in the same way as above; instead of having the page number added before the .html, it was changing to add "#post" and some numbers AFTER the .html. I can get to page 2 by actually editing the URL, deleting the "#post" and adding -2 before the .html.

The strangest thing is that this happened even when I went back to the same thread in which I had already been able to navigate, and already posted. I was able to easily page through it before and see the url change to -2, -3, etc, then less than 30 minutes later I went back to it and clicking to go to page 2 changed the URL to https://www.thebuddyforum.com/honorbuddy-forum/botbases/161004-fpswares-raf-bot-fix.html#post1498340 and whenever the URL looks like that, it never goes to said post and always just reloads the first page.

Now, the kicker: Both times, I used the buttons at the bottom of the thread, just above the quick reply box, where it says "Page 1 of 13" (etc) and then has individual buttons to click for page 2, 3, 4, etc. The first time I clicked on page 2 in this thread, it sent me to page 2 and added -2 to the URL as I mentioned above. The second time, it sent me to "#post1498340" which resulted in simply reloading page 1. I just don't see a reason that clicking the same link, less than 30 minutes apart, would send me to a different URL, one of which loaded page 2 and the other of which did not.

I've actually had this problem for months, where no matter how I tried to advance to the next page of a thread, it would always add "#post[numbers]" to the URL and page 1 would reload. It can't be a cache issue as I've tried it on computers that have never accessed the Honorbuddy site before. Brand new computers that still have this issue, the very first time they visit the site.

What I REALLY can't explain is why it worked that one time, and added -2 to the URL to advance to page 2. Thanks to that, I can read through threads by manually editing that URL, because clicking in any way to go to the next page adds "#post[numbers]" after the .html and just reloads page 1. So AT LEAST I can read threads, by editing the URL, but none of the normal methods to go to the next page work for me.

 

Thanks man, I do.

I know it's a weird as hell problem to have. At least for now I have the workaround of manually adding the page number to the URL. Thanks for looking into it.