Regis wrote:


I know the webmasters don't have much time to read the forum, so let me say my informed opinion on how easily this can be done. There are three ways:

1) the brutal one employs only basic html. The expand/conceal button is really just a link to another page. Ugly and lengthy, many drawbacks.

2) the simple one employs only javascript. The most recent (say) 30 threads are loaded fully. In each topic, only the first one is displayed, the others are expanded/concealed on request. Drawback: it uses up lots of bandwidth and CPU time, since much of the information required to create the page is never used.

3) the complicated one employs ajax. The most recent (say) 30 threads are loaded partially: say, only the starting post in each thread, and the "last update" time. On click, the full thread is requested to the server and loaded on the page. Very elegant, saves bandwidth and CPU time. Drawback: it uses up quite a bit of webmaster time to create such a page.

So my guess is: don't hold your breath

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