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fido
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 Posted - 01 June 2001 : 10:41:41
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Howdy Folks, looking for some advice with some problems that occur when a topic is long.
We have a thread: http://www.littlewhitedog.com/forum/link.asp?TOPIC_ID=1113
It is currently 18 pages long, and contains a fairly large amount of pictures. When someone wants to reply to this thread it goes to the "Post Reply" screen, and at the bottom of the page it tries to load all 18 pages worth of posts. Users who are a modem connection are pretty much screwed  by this. Is there a way to prevent this from happening? I know why it does that, and it's a nice feature to have. You can scroll down, and take a second look at what you are replying too, but in cases like this, it becomes a problem.
The second issue I have is with the same thread. Even when a user is on a fast connection it takes a very very long time, after pressing the Submit button for it to actually go through? Why is this? None of our other threads have this problem, only the large ones? Doesn't it simply write a new row to a table, no matter which topic you are replying to?
Suggestions?
Fido@littlewhitedog.com
http://www.littlewhitedog.com/
http://www.littlewhitedog.com/forums/
Edited by - Fido on 01 June 2001 10:42:57 |
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work mule
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 01 June 2001 : 11:13:04
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You could choose not to display all messages.
On an original post.asp file the code is on @Line 978-1061.
I think this is a very good subject for discussion. 
Granted, it is a nice feature. On one hand, if the post is in reply to a previous message, they can quote it and keep it in view or else they open it in a new window and refer back to the other window. So it's not impossible for the user to duplicate the effect. I usually do reply in a new window so I can see the other posts while I'm typing.
The other thing to consider is the server resources. Every time someone hits reply to post - all the posts are displayed - regardless of your strPageSize. So not only is this a hit against your servers, but like you said, it's a performance issue for users on slower connections. Especially when all they want to do is post a simple message.
For myself, I haven't removed it yet, but I'm still debating the pros & cons. I like to think beyond the "coolness" of features and look at the practicality and also weight it against the resources involved.
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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work mule
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 01 June 2001 : 12:45:47
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Try this mod. See if it will work for you:
link.asp?TOPIC_ID=4906
Does anyone know if that made it into the next version?
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