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Eric
| Joined: | Wed Apr 18th, 2012 |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
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Just a thought.
Looking at a few threads ( eg bird photography, AI in Photoshop ) that run to many pages, do these lengthy threads inhibit reading by newcomers and even us posters looking back? We’ve started a 2024 bird thread but I wonder if periodically it would be useful to go ‘Subject’ then ‘Subject2’ or ‘Subject contd’ once pages get over a certain number?
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chrisbet
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Not sure about that - it seems clumsy to split up a topic into sub topics - as an experiment I have increased the number of posts on each topic page from 10 to 40 - see if that makes reading easier - you don't have to change pages to go back on most topics and the bird 2023 is only 5 pages long now.
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jk
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That would require an sub-database of indexes/indices and a different way (interface) to view the threads.
Ultimately it would make for a huge amount of coding work for Chris.
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chrisbet
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Not really a problem JK - there is already a facility for sub fora which could be adapted to sub topics - my issue is the readability of the end result and the fact it would probably slow the forum loading times ....
we could actually do away with pages entirely - but then loading times would be painful on large image laden threads!
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Bob
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I am guilty of opening a thread in the wrong section eg the 105mm lens wanted etc which has developed into a lens discussion. Can the thread be transferred to the appropriate location without "losing" the other contributors? Is it as simple as announcing in a post that this thread will in future come under Lenses for example?
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jk
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Bob wrote:
I am guilty of opening a thread in the wrong section eg the 105mm lens wanted etc which has developed into a lens discussion. Can the thread be transferred to the appropriate location without "losing" the other contributors? Is it as simple as announcing in a post that this thread will in future come under Lenses for example?
Moved to Lenses forum but with a redirector stub in the Wanted section in case you get lost. 
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chrisbet
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Lol Bob - you aren't the first nor will be the last to do that - that is why we have built in software to allow admins to shift whole topics to other fora, or indeed individual posts if a topic drifts off course - just ask JK or me to do so if we haven't spotted it - sometimes we do!
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