# How do you number your posts (e.g. Post #1, Post #2, etc.)?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-number-your-posts-e-g-post-1-post-2-etc/120552>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 18, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-number-your-posts-e-g-post-1-post-2-etc/120552 "2007-11-18T12:55:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-number-your-posts-e-g-post-1-post-2-etc/120552/1 "2007-11-18T12:55:32Z")

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Is there an easy way to number your posts (e.g. Post #1, Post #2, etc.)?  
I tried doing a count loop, but that doesn’t work with pagination – as  
the numbers will just start over.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-number-your-posts-e-g-post-1-post-2-etc/120552/2 "2007-11-18T13:15:12Z")

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Bob S. wrote:

> Is there an easy way to number your posts (e.g. Post #1, Post #2, etc.)?  
> I tried doing a count loop, but that doesn’t work with pagination – as  
> the numbers will just start over.
> 
> Any ideas?

But you always know page number.

just do page\_number\*items\_per\_page + i

?