important about "new posts"

**perris** · July 25th, 2002

guys, I'm positive the reason I came here more often then tweak in the first place, is the new posts feature at tweak is worthless.

that's the most important feature of a widely used board.

of cource the search in general is not expendable...but I wanted you to know the view new posts is probably the second most important feature, if it's not the first most important

**Electronic Punk** · July 26th, 2002

Don't worry Dealer, I have just spent the past 2 hours seeing what effect the search feature has on the forums and it seems to be negligable so I am pretty sure it will be re-enabled as soon as waddy reads my "test result" email..

I would enable it myself, but it was waddy that disabled it... so I will let him have the final decision. You will just have to do some good old fashioned surfing for the evening.

**perris** · July 26th, 2002

thanks for the response ep...something to mention to wadd tho

heard the expression "you have to sometimes take a step back, in order to go two steps forward?

that's the case with view new posts.

the is a net fewer calls to the server, as I or the regulars never have to jump from category to category in order to see what's going on.

on the other hand, I guess we should all try to come up with our ideas for reducing the calls to the server, and maybe we can help.

I hate to say this, and I know you'll probably shoot me for this...especially since it was my first spaceship gif (yes, I'm to blame)sig that started the animated gifs in the first place.

BUT

if the gifs are a call to the server, that's probably the best place to save traffic.

I'm suggesting limiting gifs to those that have a certain amount of posts...say 500.

maybe you should limit animated avatars to the moderators also.

I know these are big attractions to this site, but with a little moderation (hehe)...we can make the use of them significantly less, yet still keep the attraction

this is of course assuming the gifs are part of the problem...I wouldn't know either way

**Electronic Punk** · July 26th, 2002

Well what I understood from waddy is that the bandwidth is not linked to the server load, I think all it would check in the database is the name/location of the avatar... tho with the downloads turned off teh site load has gone down.. Perhaps it is conincidence or the way the anti-leech script.. we are not sure yet.. Search will be re-enabled..

Sorting out the avatars in such a way would be pretty cool, there are several lines of thought you could engage but it would involve finding appropriate vbulletin hacks.

**JJB6486** · July 26th, 2002

I never use the Show New Posts. I've always manually browsed

JJB6486

**xsivforce** · July 26th, 2002

I always use the "view new posts" button.

**Iceman** · July 26th, 2002

Originally posted by xsivforce
I always use the "view new posts" button.

Ditto.............

**perris** · July 26th, 2002

since I've become a moderator, show new posts is my home page.

I don't even have a boaad page, I have spycam, I haver tips and tweaks, and I have a shortcut right to the last post on the my favorite tweaks thread.

**Electronic Punk** · July 26th, 2002

I use it too

**perris** · July 26th, 2002

ep...try spycam...alot of fun

I'm thinking if you could put the nimber of posts on the spycam topics, I won't need view new posts.

spycam

**Bytes Back** · July 26th, 2002

Originally posted by Iceman

Ditto.............

Ditto that ditto !!

I cant live without view new posts

**MdSalih** · July 26th, 2002

/me used to use it quite a lot.. .as well as yer spycam

still use it often here... but tend to browse a lot now...

MdSalih

**gonaads** · July 26th, 2002

Veiw new posts... Well just use the link below my sig.

**Electronic Punk** · July 26th, 2002

Search is on again, so I can keep an eye on it

**perris** · July 26th, 2002

thank goodness

as I said ep, search might look like it brings a lot of calls to the server, but for every new posts I hit, it saves me at least five other hits that I'd have to make.

this is hard to monitor in this case, isn't it.

**Electronic Punk** · July 26th, 2002

Sorry, ,I had to disable it again -this is all temporary.. something must be exploting the site and we have to find out how and why!

**perris** · July 26th, 2002

maybe you should make the announcement on the main board...keep everybody up to speed, and interested in what's going on

**Electronic Punk** · July 26th, 2002

might do it later, this is really depressing me

don't feel motivated anymore...

July 25th, 2002	Top \| #1
perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	important about "new posts" guys, I'm positive the reason I came here more often then tweak in the first place, is the new posts feature at tweak is worthless. that's the most important feature of a widely used board. of cource the search in general is not expendable...but I wanted you to know the view new posts is probably the second most important feature, if it's not the first most important IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

July 26th, 2002	Top \| #3
perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	thanks for the response ep...something to mention to wadd tho heard the expression "you have to sometimes take a step back, in order to go two steps forward? that's the case with view new posts. the is a net fewer calls to the server, as I or the regulars never have to jump from category to category in order to see what's going on. on the other hand, I guess we should all try to come up with our ideas for reducing the calls to the server, and maybe we can help. I hate to say this, and I know you'll probably shoot me for this...especially since it was my first spaceship gif (yes, I'm to blame)sig that started the animated gifs in the first place. BUT if the gifs are a call to the server, that's probably the best place to save traffic. I'm suggesting limiting gifs to those that have a certain amount of posts...say 500. maybe you should limit animated avatars to the moderators also. I know these are big attractions to this site, but with a little moderation (hehe)...we can make the use of them significantly less, yet still keep the attraction this is of course assuming the gifs are part of the problem...I wouldn't know either way IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

July 26th, 2002	Top \| #6
xsivforce Prodigal Son Joined: February 2002 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 8,542 Reputation: 1410 Power: 225	I always use the "view new posts" button. I miss you allllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

July 26th, 2002	Top \| #7
Iceman OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,695 Reputation: 30 Power: 148	Originally posted by xsivforce I always use the "view new posts" button. Ditto.............

July 26th, 2002	Top \| #8
perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	since I've become a moderator, show new posts is my home page. I don't even have a boaad page, I have spycam, I haver tips and tweaks, and I have a shortcut right to the last post on the my favorite tweaks thread. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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July 26th, 2002	Top \| #2
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Don't worry Dealer, I have just spent the past 2 hours seeing what effect the search feature has on the forums and it seems to be negligable so I am pretty sure it will be re-enabled as soon as waddy reads my "test result" email.. I would enable it myself, but it was waddy that disabled it... so I will let him have the final decision. You will just have to do some good old fashioned surfing for the evening.

July 26th, 2002	Top \| #4
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Well what I understood from waddy is that the bandwidth is not linked to the server load, I think all it would check in the database is the name/location of the avatar... tho with the downloads turned off teh site load has gone down.. Perhaps it is conincidence or the way the anti-leech script.. we are not sure yet.. Search will be re-enabled.. Sorting out the avatars in such a way would be pretty cool, there are several lines of thought you could engage but it would involve finding appropriate vbulletin hacks.

July 26th, 2002	Top \| #5
JJB6486 Retired Mod Joined: December 2001 Location: West Lafayette, IN, USA Posts: 1,207 Reputation: 0 Power: 140	I never use the Show New Posts. I've always manually browsed JJB6486

July 26th, 2002	Top \| #9
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	I use it too

July 26th, 2002	Top \| #10
perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	ep...try spycam...alot of fun I'm thinking if you could put the nimber of posts on the spycam topics, I won't need view new posts. spycam IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

July 26th, 2002	Top \| #11
Bytes Back Ex Police Chief Joined: June 2004 Location: Kernow Posts: 1,383 Reputation: 40 Power: 110	Originally posted by Iceman Ditto............. Ditto that ditto !! I cant live without view new posts

July 26th, 2002	Top \| #12
MdSalih The Boss Joined: December 2001 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 1,730 Reputation: 90 Power: 145	/me used to use it quite a lot.. .as well as yer spycam still use it often here... but tend to browse a lot now... MdSalih

July 26th, 2002	Top \| #13
gonaads Beware the G-Man Joined: March 2002 Location: XP-erience, NTFS, OSNN, Bay Area, California Posts: 18,474 Reputation: 4070 Power: 348	Veiw new posts... Well just use the link below my sig. *"I play violent video games, I could snap at any second."*

July 26th, 2002	Top \| #14
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Search is on again, so I can keep an eye on it

July 26th, 2002	Top \| #15
perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	thank goodness as I said ep, search might look like it brings a lot of calls to the server, but for every new posts I hit, it saves me at least five other hits that I'd have to make. this is hard to monitor in this case, isn't it. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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July 26th, 2002	Top \| #16
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Sorry, ,I had to disable it again -this is all temporary.. something must be exploting the site and we have to find out how and why!

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perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	maybe you should make the announcement on the main board...keep everybody up to speed, and interested in what's going on IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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