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Forum Configuration, Larger Pages

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Topic: Forum Configuration, Larger Pages

Posted By: Capt Fiero
Subject: Forum Configuration, Larger Pages
Date Posted: 29 November 2008 at 6:36am

You may notice that some of the larger threads are less pages now. I did not delete any of the pages, I simply made the default max posts per page larger. You can now view 75 posts per page. I did this so you don't have to click through as many pages to view a topic. Most if not all forum members are on at the least 1.5 megabit ADSL or 10 megabit cable internet. I have also expanded the private message to 250 PM's I may be doing some more "tweaking" next week and will update this thread if I do.

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Capt Fiero
88 Fiero GT 5spd V6
Eight Fifty Seven GT V8 5spd.

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Posted By: Graeme
Date Posted: 29 November 2008 at 11:37am

As the server admin and a heavy user of other forums I have found that 75 posts per page is far too much. Especially when you have 3 or 4 pics per post, it turns into a huge load in the browser and can take absolutely forever to scroll through. My vote is about 40 per page at the most.

As for PMs, 250 seems a lot when everybody has their own email. If everybody had 200 PMs, I wonder the load on the server.

I'm curious as to other peoples thoughts on this.

Posted By: Dr.Fiero
Date Posted: 29 November 2008 at 2:32pm

if I ever have 10 PM's stashed - I'm probably doing something wrong!

I have no problem with the page length though - only time it might get annoying is if I load the page from my iPhone - but even then...