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Signature area use - specifically, dragon images
03-25-2009, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by carol
I don't see how it can slow down those on dial up unless they click on it? Besides, there are google ads on every page too, I accidentally click them all the time, does this help earn it's keep at all? I'd imagine it's a top earner for the forum as far as google ads views/clicks.
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I think I was unclear earlier. I don't read the DYK thread on dial-up because it's so slow. I don't honestly know if the whole site is slower now or not. I'd hate to see DYK go away because it's a fun, community kind of thing. My thought was that the DYK thread itself might be readable for me without dragons to slow it down. Sorry for the confusion.
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03-25-2009, 12:40 PM
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#22
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Originally Posted by carol
Besides, there are google ads on every page too, I accidentally click them all the time,
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nanci
No kidding- I click ads by accident all the time!
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Google Ads? What are those?
D80
Long live Ad Block Plus!!!
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03-25-2009, 12:44 PM
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#23
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Ads just don't bother me, for some reason. And every once in a while there is something that I am actually interested in! The teeth whitening ads were disturbing, though.
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03-25-2009, 12:45 PM
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#24
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ad-clicks are a quick and easy way to support the site, especially if one isn't able to be a contributor.
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03-25-2009, 01:35 PM
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#25
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Originally Posted by Roy Munson
Hmmm. I'd hate to delete the "DYK" thread, because so many people like it. I don't know if it affects site performance or not. But maybe we should at least examine the option of deleting that thread and starting a new one.
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Why don't you make a DYK poll.... For or against.... It could be your second poll Dean.... LOL
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03-25-2009, 01:47 PM
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#26
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Originally Posted by snakewispera snr
Why don't you make a DYK poll.... For or against.... It could be your second poll Dean.... LOL
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Hah! Well, I did bring up the topic in the mod forum. Rich can decide what he wants to do, if he wants to do anything at all.
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03-25-2009, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Roy Munson
Hmmm. I'd hate to delete the "DYK" thread, because so many people like it. I don't know if it affects site performance or not. But maybe we should at least examine the option of deleting that thread and starting a new one.
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The number of posts in a particular thread won't significantly impact your pageload times, unless you're in that thread. And then, graphic images and hotlinked images (like the dragon eggs) will impact the pageload more than the thread posts themselves.
Moral: If you don't like the DYK thread, don't go into it. Displaying the fact that it has "New Posts" doesn't impact your throughput to any significant degree.
But yeah, given the volume of posts, it's possible that "DYK" could "break" the vBulletin software....that's dependent upon what type of data structure is used to tally the aggregate number of post counts.
Dale
(it's a mySQL thing)
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03-25-2009, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by jazzgeek
The number of posts in a particular thread won't significantly impact your pageload times, unless you're in that thread. And then, graphic images and hotlinked images (like the dragon eggs) will impact the pageload more than the thread posts themselves.
Moral: If you don't like the DYK thread, don't go into it. Displaying the fact that it has "New Posts" doesn't impact your throughput to any significant degree.
But yeah, given the volume of posts, it's possible that "DYK" could "break" the vBulletin software....that's dependent upon what type of data structure is used to tally the aggregate number of post counts.
Dale
(it's a mySQL thing)
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I'm not really up on computers, or anything web, but doesn't your third paragraph contradict your first paragraph..... ????
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03-25-2009, 02:00 PM
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#29
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Originally Posted by jazzgeek
Moral: If you don't like the DYK thread, don't go into it. Displaying the fact that it has "New Posts" doesn't impact your throughput to any significant degree.
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I'm not sure why some members oppose that thread so vehemently. It's not my thang, so I don't post in it often, but it doesn't bother me in the least. Why would it? Maybe some members get sick of seeing it near the top of the "New Posts" listings all the time.
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03-25-2009, 02:00 PM
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#30
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