Hey all, someone showed this to me a while back (I'm pretty sure it was from the Grove too) and I haven't seen it around in a bit so I thought I'd share again because it's a good tip.

If you're tired of having to go through 10+ pages to read all the replies on a subject, try bumping up the number of replies per page - unless you're on dial up, it makes things a lot easier to read (and less clicking is always a good thing).

To do this, from any EZBoard (make sure you're logged in) go to My Control Center -> Account Preferences. You should see an option called "Number of Replies Per Page".

http://web2.airmail.net/naomi/temp/replies.jpg

I think by default it's set to 10. If you're on a high speed connection, I'd recommend 50 or so - if you're on dial up and things are slow already, you might want to keep it at the default setting. Otherwise, if you're dial up is consistent and it doesn't take very long to load TDG, you should be ok at 20 or even 30.

For me at 50 posts per page a lot of the high-traffic threads (like the new ideas thread) is only 6 pages. Most threads don't go past the first page.

I'm on dialup, and been on 40 posts/page for years. Goes quick enough, the only wait is usually for overlarge signatures... grr!

Tia

100 Replies/Page on a crappy dialup and everything still loads quickly - unless there is a bunch of oversized sigs.

An extra benefit of increasing the page length is that on long threads the reduced number of pages you have to load means fewer page-hits for the boards and lower renewal costs.

"fewer page-hits for the boards and lower renewal costs."

It is calculated on load as well, not just hits.

If you are an active member(always checking last messages), 10 posts per page actually might be better for the server. Hence lower bandwidth.

If you are less frequent, and want a big dose at one time, 50 or 100 is better. Hence more bandwidth, if you are constantly hitting a thread to get only the last few messages.

The point is really moot for TDG, for this is the last renewal that we will be doing(I hope).

what i really wish for is a way to disable signatures, all of them. I dont ever need to see someone fruity fairy signature, and especially not if its soft-**** and Im at work.

I know how to turn off ALL images, but thats not what I want - just signatures. oh well.

I am soooo glad everyone has stopped with the "If I were a hamburger, I would be a McDLT" sig spam, at least.

If I never see another one of those again, well, you know...



ps, if you post one here, I will nuke it.

<strong>especially not if its soft-**** and Im at work.</strong>


So you want hard-**** at work? Or do you just restrict your **** viewing to your home comp?

<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>An extra benefit of increasing the page length is that on long threads the reduced number of pages you have to load means fewer page-hits for the boards and lower renewal costs. [/quote]

Doesn't work this way - EzBoard only counts new hits to a given topic. So if I have my account set for 50/page, and you have 10/page, we still generate the same number of hits, for EzBoard billing, even though you have 5 times as many pages to go through.