you should now be back on the page of step 2 but you are back on the main page. The problem can be solved be replaceing the 'wwn' of the link against 'issue'.
Sounds easy, I can't test it since my local version is acting up on ?issue at general but seems this should do the trick :
Index: include/wwn.php =================================================================== RCS file: /home/wine/lostwages/include/wwn.php,v retrieving revision 1.17 diff -u -r1.17 wwn.php --- include/wwn.php 25 Mar 2004 15:44:06 -0000 1.17 +++ include/wwn.php 15 May 2004 09:52:32 -0000 @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ if ($pos >= $perpage) { $prev = $pos - $perpage; - $prevLink = $html->ahref("<< Prev $perpage Issues",$PHP_SELF."?wwn=back;pos=".$prev,"class=menuItem"); + $prevLink = $html->ahref("<< Prev $perpage Issues",$PHP_SELF."?issue=back;pos=".$prev,"class=menuItem"); } else {