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fides' Jack

I'm confused as to how it will help performance. The only topics that should be processed would be the ones shown on a specific page. If it's actually pulling a query for all topics, and [i]then[/i] paging through them, that's pretty inefficient.

We get around that at work by using Row_Number() (MS SQL)

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IcePrincessKRS

There still isn't an option to view the full site from a mobile device if you've switched to the mobile version.

I agree with everyone who said to archive threads that are a year to two years old with no responses. There are few older than dirt threads fun enough that deserve to be bumped.

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[quote name='fides' Jack' timestamp='1332338264' post='2404695']
I'm confused as to how it will help performance. The only topics that should be processed would be the ones shown on a specific page. If it's actually pulling a query for all topics, and [i]then[/i] paging through them, that's pretty inefficient.

We get around that at work by using Row_Number() (MS SQL)
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The slow down comes primarily when people use search, or when clicking on tags, or content markers. The board is forced to search through a huge "posts" table, thus causing the whole board to slow down. What archiving does is move those posts out of that huge post table and into a seperate storage place. So, it still searches the content, but makes it more efficient.

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[quote name='IcePrincessKRS' timestamp='1332339644' post='2404699']
There still isn't an option to view the full site from a mobile device if you've switched to the mobile version.

I agree with everyone who said to archive threads that are a year to two years old with no responses. There are few older than dirt threads fun enough that deserve to be bumped.
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It must just be your device, because I see a "Full Version" option at the very bottom of the mobile skin no matter which device I'm on.

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I hate to be a killjoy, what with the perpetual celebration of Selah's Most Wonderful Perpetual Birthday, but the necrobumping does seem to bother the peons.

Make it 1 year.

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IcePrincessKRS

[quote name='dUSt' timestamp='1332347270' post='2404742'] It must just be your device, because I see a "Full Version" option at the very bottom of the mobile skin no matter which device I'm on. [/quote]

I tried again. It works on my phone now but not on my Kindle. :hmmm:

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OK, to start out, I set the "Archive" to any post that does not have a reply within the past 2 years. This will archive about 82% of the posts in the phorum.

Anything archived will have a "Archived" indicator before the title. Moderators may selectively un-archive topics, if needed, which will prevent those topics from ever being archived again.

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IcePrincessKRS

It was defaulted to the full version but it wouldn't let me post, so I switched to the mobile version before the upgrade (which enabled posting). There was a language button but not a full version button. Now with the upgrade I don't see any buttons and still can't switch back to the full version.

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Nihil Obstat

[quote name='arfink' timestamp='1332348098' post='2404750']
I hate to be a killjoy, what with the perpetual celebration of Selah's Most Wonderful Perpetual Birthday, but the necrobumping does seem to bother the peons.

Make it 1 year.
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[quote name='dUSt' timestamp='1332348669' post='2404756']
OK, to start out, I set the "Archive" to any post that does not have a reply within the past 2 years. This will archive about 82% of the posts in the phorum.

Anything archived will have a "Archived" indicator before the title. Moderators may selectively un-archive topics, if needed, which will prevent those topics from ever being archived again.
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I think two years is probably the best choice, for now at least.

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Other than the Phorum running more slowly than it used to, I don't notice any new changes bar one (listed below). I like the 1-2 year idea on archiving threads. :)

[quote name='truthfinder' timestamp='1332310138' post='2404648']
My profile now clearly states that I don't have any warning points - that seems new.
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My profile has a warning (from 2010) for something that is no longer a Phatmass rule. Granted, I didn't even know I had ever been given a warning, so this is new to me. :idontknow:

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[quote name='dUSt' timestamp='1332347639' post='2404746']
No.
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You use the word "upgrade" too loosely.

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