what is pagination?

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by franzbiely, Feb 12, 2010.

  1. #1
    I would like to asks what pagination means?
    I found this on a forum but I'm not sure to bid on it.
    "PAGINATION READY" <- what does this mean?
     
    franzbiely, Feb 12, 2010 IP
  2. Kerosene

    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    Pagination is bumping any overflow of content onto additional pages. e.g "Next page" "Previous page" etc...

    e.g if this thread was to get a heap of replies, it would be carried over to Page 2, and then Page 3.
    That's pagination.
     
    Kerosene, Feb 12, 2010 IP
  3. franzbiely

    franzbiely Peon

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    i'm still confused at it. do you have a screen shot for it?
     
    franzbiely, Feb 12, 2010 IP
  4. waxingpoetic

    waxingpoetic Well-Known Member

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    When you go to the Google homepage, under the search box where it says:
    "Goooooooooooooooooogle" and then has numbers beneath it, that is pagination.

    Anytime you visit a website where you can view "Older Posts" and "Newer Posts", that is pagination.

    Here's a screenshot of pagination from my Blogger account:

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    Sorry, it's kinda difficult to see, but where it says "Newer Posts", "Home", and "Older Posts", that is considered pagination.

    It can appear differently...sometimes there will be page number links with next and previous links like this:

    << 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 >>

    Make sense? Hope this helps. :)
     
    waxingpoetic, Feb 14, 2010 IP
  5. coolfriend

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    In some blogs, you can even see a post with lots of comments paginated so that all the 150 or more comments wont be displayed on a single page (making it to load slow) and they will automatically made into 3 or 4 pages with 50 comments each.
     
    coolfriend, Feb 15, 2010 IP