02-04-2001 11:18									#1
	"Views" (number of times a thread is viewed) Got spare money?

See http://www.europa-universalis.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=cdb96807e3d4782429ae78369afd9a3c&forumid=5 for an example.

It's surprising, actually, to see some threads with an incredible number of views but almost no replies. Very interesting.

	02-04-2001 12:35									#2
	Put an end to popups!

I suppose that is "pageview."

Another silly number that the marketing department goes by, but can be easily, hm, adjusted.

	02-04-2001 12:55									#3
	Put an end to popups!

But you saw the example, right? I'm talking about people being able to see how many times their thread was clicked on. Sure, you can flood it with clicks, I suppose, but who would waste so much time...wait, almost all of OT would.

Still, I would find this helpful on the Civ3 forums.

	02-04-2001 13:51									#4
	Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

I didn't click on the link, but I expect it's like what they have on ezboard.

It would be useful for someone who's trying to desseminate info.



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	02-04-2001 15:11									#5
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

Yin26, I took a look at that Europe Universalis site and I liked the idea of seeing the 'Views'-count per thread. What's even better, IMHO, is that there is not only the date of the last post but also the name of the poster! Something I would appreciate here too.

	02-04-2001 17:35									#6
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

So you can ignore all my posts?

	02-04-2001 19:40									#7
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

I can foresee the answer to this one, actually:

"We will make a big announcement concerning changes to the forums shortly. Stick around."

	03-04-2001 08:58									#8
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Maybe they really should change to vBB instead. Perl codes do look like line noise

	03-04-2001 14:34									#9
	Support Apolyton

That's the "big change" they're talking about.

Let's in fact have a "switch to vBB Pool", or something.

My guess: May 23, 2001. Any futher guesses can be listed below.

	03-04-2001 16:31									#10
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

I must admit it is a nice looking forum site - but is the upheaval of transferring to another underlying BB platform worth the gains offered? I don't know - certainly we would be losing the wealth of uBB experience that Dan & Mark bring to this site - and there must be financial considerations as well as legacy system problems.

Please don't forget it is much easier to start from scratch with a nice new system than it is to shoehorn an 'old creaking' system onto a new platform - indeed it is this very difficulty that keeps many of us in gainful employment!!

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	03-04-2001 18:01									#11
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

I don't think the problems will be that big, to be honest. PHP is pretty intuitive, certainly easier to learn than perl. Also, it won't really be an "old, creaking" system, because only the databases will come across, none of the old and messy code.