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Maximum Topics Displayed Per Page for forum summaries was set to 40 from 35
Maximum Number of Posts Displayed Per Topic Page was set to 50 from 40
the setting for the forums is active as of now. the setting for threads will be active for threads that get new posts as of now.
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by MarkG (edited November 17, 2000).]</font>
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btw, the 150 posts/thread limit continues as is
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and the 1 login/user limit? 
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Nice move MarkG! I supported the change in replies per page to 40 because I figured it would make threads load faster - and in the process help out those unfortunate enough to have a slow connection.
*Cheers from slow connections people are heard from across the planet*
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SnowFire
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New York City, NY
Jan 1970
time: 00:13
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I'm glad you're displaying more topics per page now. It takes almost no bandwith to load the text of the title and a link, so there's no reason not to. In fact, I'd be in favor of 50 or 60 topics per page.
But I COMPLETELY DISAGREE with the second change. It doesn't help people with slow modems at all! Or at least, very little. The time it takes to load a page is more based on how long it takes to load the advertisements, so you're making things WORSE. Plus, it's annoying, I want to be able to look over as much of the topic as possible without keeping 3 or 4 windows open. Awhile back there was a propsal, with some support I might add, to change the posts per page limit to 75! I'm still in favor of that, I might add.
And yes, I have a 28.8 modem at home, and I know that I notice no speed increase from loading a 25 post page (at another forum) to loading a 50 post page (here at Apolyton, in the old days). At least go back to the 50 post/page topics, please! 40 posts per page is just annoying, with lots of clicking on links! I use a slower modem (though not right now), and there will be no cheers coming from me, Legman!
<font size=1 face=Arial color=444444>[This message has been edited by SnowFire (edited November 17, 2000).]</font>
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i'm sorry, i made an error on the announcement. in fact i'm surprised noone noticed it! 
<u>the max posts/thread pages was REDUCED from 50 to 40</u>
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<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font><font size=1>Originally posted by SnowFire on 11-17-2000 04:08 PM</font>
The time it takes to load a page is more based on how long it takes to load the advertisements, so you're making things WORSE.
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>this 10-post page is 47kb of html code. ads are generally 15k
btw, this <a href=/forums/Forum23/HTML/017669__44>_40-post.html page</a> is 121k
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Murgatroyd
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95 South, 113 West
Feb 2000
time: 21:13
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The problem with loading ads is not with the size of the ad, but with contacting the ad server. On bad days, getting the ads can take several minutes.
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<center><table width=80%><tr><td><font color=000080 face="Verdana" size=2><font size="1">quote:
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1>
</font><font size=1>Originally posted by Murgatroyd on 11-17-2000 05:43 PM</font>
The problem with loading ads is not with the size of the ad, but with contacting the ad server. On bad days, getting the ads can take several minutes.
<img src=/forums/"/images/blue1.gif" width=100% height=1></font></td></tr></table></center>well, there's nothing that can from our side be done about that. therefore the reduction do help after all...
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Builder
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just use some adblocking stuff.
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Builder
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Programs that block ads.
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UltraSonix
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Melbourne, Australia
May 2000
time: 15:13
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I'm just wondering is this situation is possible:
A thread has 50 posts in the first page and goes to the 2nd page - but ppl keep posting so it goes the third page with only 40 posts in the 2nd.
Would this cause weird things to happen - or will it not happen at all?
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No, in Australia we don't live with kangaroos and koalas in our backyards... Despite any stupid advertisments you may see to the contrary... (And no, koalas don't usually speak!)
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I must be blind! I only just noticed the change when I saw a 130-post thread with 4 pages.
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