10 Post Per Page Makes Me Sad

Post by **maherie** » 24 Nov 2008, 13:50

Who stole my long thread pages? Now all I see is 10 posts per page. It's killing me. Making threads 100's of pages long!!

It's been bugging me for aaaggges, but I wasn't sure if there was a notice on the change or if I just missed it or something.... Skip... Help? Anyone else liked longer pages per post?

Post by **g00seberry** » 24 Nov 2008, 14:00

Yessssss. I forgot about this, I've been meaning to make a post.
10 posts is so incredibly short. I don't know if this is to try and make each thread as long as the side bar on the left, but that's a losing battle as you never know how long someones post is gonna be or if it's going to be filled with pictures and the like.
Put it back to 25 at least. Or add the option in the user CP. I like 50.

Post by **skipclarke** » 24 Nov 2008, 14:08

I put it back to 15 (previous value, I believe). Better?

skeeder · Post by **skeeder** » 24 Nov 2008, 17:00

doesn't PHPBB have the option for users to pick how long thread pages should be?

Post by **skipclarke** » 24 Nov 2008, 19:29

Not user definable in this version. Maybe in phpBB3.

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » 24 Nov 2008, 20:53

MOAAAARR

JohnnyWakko · Post by **JohnnyWakko** » 24 Nov 2008, 22:52

Nice thread. Must admit it gets hard trying to find a post/picture/quote when you gotta flip through pages instead of scrolling.

THe beauty of the MX Revolution...has the freespin wheel.

Any chance we can get the posts beefed to say 25?

Post by **maherie** » 25 Nov 2008, 08:15

25 at least!!! YAY FOR BOOBIES (oYo)!!!!!!

[PC Gamer] · Post by **[PC Gamer]** » 24 Jan 2009, 20:32

yes, i agree....
10 is simply ridiculous.

i have noticed the founder reply but will still add my reply.

normally there could be two main reasons for this - on any forum.
first, which has been touched on above - advertising revenue. the more pages the more banners can be "served". (useless for most savvy surfers with add blockers and such tools)

second, server load issues. it's faster to load/fetch pages that are shorter, especially ones with pictures attached/linked. this goes for all forum software. mind you, the phpbb version that wsgf is using is rather old for forum software.

and yes, newer phpbb's have that option both for admin/user and then some.

Post by **maherie** » 26 Jan 2009, 11:15

Nice input, but let dead threads stay dead eh?

[PC Gamer] · Post by **[PC Gamer]** » 27 Jan 2009, 00:06

Nice input, but let dead threads stay dead eh?

you must be joking ?
dead thread ? then close it.

and from nov 08 to jan 08 is three months. you can NOT be serious.
i've revived 3-4 year old threads elsewhere.

3 months ? yeah, ok. :shock:

DaFox · Post by **DaFox** » 27 Jan 2009, 00:26

"][quote]Nice input, but let dead threads stay dead eh?

you must be joking ?
dead thread ? then close it.

and from nov 08 to jan 08 is three months. you can NOT be serious.
i've revived 3-4 year old threads elsewhere.

3 months ? yeah, ok. :shock:

I think that says something about you.

[PC Gamer] · Post by **[PC Gamer]** » 27 Jan 2009, 00:41

and what's your reply say about you now ?

DaFox · Post by **DaFox** » 27 Jan 2009, 00:46

"]and what's your reply say about you now ?

Says that im somewhat of an ass. :)

Post by **maherie** » 27 Jan 2009, 05:38

"][quote]Nice input, but let dead threads stay dead eh?

you must be joking ?
dead thread ? then close it.

and from nov 08 to jan 08 is three months. you can NOT be serious.
i've revived 3-4 year old threads elsewhere.

3 months ? yeah, ok. :shock:

I just thought it odd since it had been fixed three months ago? If it's a dicussion that new news or info comes to light and it's on topic, 5 year old threads on anything should be bought up again no problem, I was just thinking something that was fixed was old news...

Maybe I missed somthing?

Post by **skipclarke** » 27 Jan 2009, 08:33

The reason I set it at ten was to manage load times (especially in image heavy threads), and to try and match an average page to the size of the "left nav." But, I made adjustments, so it is a done deal.

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 27 Jan 2009, 09:38

Good reason to close it. Locked!

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