cleaned up some template issues and fixed an issue with open-ended ranges in the go box on posts display

conference.go

@@ -350,11 +350,15 @@ func breakRange(topic *database.Topic, into []int32, param string, sep string) e
 	}
 	into[0] = int32(v)
 	if len(rstr) > 1 {
-		v, err = strconv.ParseInt(strings.TrimSpace(rstr[1]), 10, 32)
+		if len(rstr[1]) == 0 {
-		if err != nil {
+			into[1] = -1
-			return fmt.Errorf("posts not found: %s in topic %d", param, topic.Number)
+		} else {
+			v, err = strconv.ParseInt(strings.TrimSpace(rstr[1]), 10, 32)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("posts not found: %s in topic %d", param, topic.Number)
+			}
+			into[1] = int32(v)
 		}
-		into[1] = int32(v)
 	} else {
 		into[1] = into[0]
 	}
@@ -566,7 +570,9 @@ func ReadPosts(ctxt ui.AmContext) (string, any, error) {
 	ctxt.VarMap().Set("isSticky", topic.Sticky)
 	confNukePerm := conf.TestPermission("Conference.Nuke", myLevel)
 	ctxt.VarMap().Set("canDelete", confNukePerm)
-	ctxt.VarMap().Set("canPost", (!(topic.Frozen || topic.Archived) || confHidePerm) && conf.TestPermission("Conference.Post", myLevel))
+	confPostPerm := conf.TestPermission("Conference.Post", myLevel)
+	ctxt.VarMap().Set("canPost", (!(topic.Frozen || topic.Archived) || confHidePerm) && confPostPerm)
+	ctxt.VarMap().Set("showFrozenArchiveMessages", confPostPerm)
 
 	// Set advanced controls.
 	advancedControls := ctxt.HasParameter("ac") && (len(posts) == 1)

ui/views/posts.jet

@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@
         </div>
 
         <!-- Permalink Info -->
-        <div class="text-center text-xs text-gray-600 mb-6">
+        <div class="text-center text-sm text-gray-600 mb-6">
-            <a href="{{ post_topicPermalink }}" class="text-blue-700 hover:text-blue-900">[Permalink to this topic]</a>
+            <a href="{{ post_topicPermalink }}" class="text-blue-700 hover:text-blue-900" title="Permalink to this topic">🔗Topic</a>
             <span class="mx-2">·</span>
-            <a href="{{ postsPermalink }}" class="text-blue-700 hover:text-blue-900">[Permalink to these posts]</a>
+            <a href="{{ postsPermalink }}" class="text-blue-700 hover:text-blue-900" title="Permalink to these posts">🔗Posts</a>
         </div>
 
         <!-- Messages -->
@@ -203,6 +203,14 @@
                     </div>
                 </div>
             </form>
+        {{ else if showFrozenArchiveMessages }}
+            <div class="text-center text-md text-gray-600">
+                {{ if isArchived }}
+                    <b>This Is an <i>Archived</i> Topic</b>
+                {{ else if isFrozen }}
+                    <b>This Is a <i>Frozen</i> Topic</b>
+                {{ end }}
+            </div>
         {{ end }}
     </div>
 </div>

ui/views/singlepost.jet

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
         <div class="text-sm text-gray-600">
             <a href="{{ post_stem }}?r={{ post_cur.Num }}&ac=1" class="text-blue-700 hover:text-blue-900 font-mono">{{ post_cur.Num }}</a> of 
             <a href="{{ post_stem }}?r={{ post_max }}&ac=1" class="text-blue-700 hover:text-blue-900 font-mono">{{ post_max }}</a>
-            🔗 <a href="{{ post_topicPermalink }}.{{ post_cur.Num }}" class="ml-2 text-xs text-blue-700 hover:text-blue-900">&lt;{{ post_confRef }}.{{ post_cur.Num }}&gt;</a>
+            <a href="{{ post_topicPermalink }}.{{ post_cur.Num }}" class="ml-2 text-xs text-blue-700 hover:text-blue-900"
+               title="Permalink to this post">🔗&lt;{{ post_confRef }}.{{ post_cur.Num }}&gt;</a>
         </div>
     </div>
     <div class="mb-2">