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FastEddy
PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:42 pm  Reply with quote
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I was wondering if it would be possible to create a second set of forums, which are a mirrior to the first, as a Lo-Fi version, for those of us who use dialup... I hate waiting 3-4 mins for each topic/thread to completely load all the pics and such before I can read anything...

Essentially Im suggesting a forums mirror which is devoid of smilies, signatures and avatars... (Thus vastly improving the loading time for those of us on dialup, namely me...) I believe these are all options which are available in the phpBB admin control panel, although I would not suggest messing with these settings until/unless you've created a mirror, so as not to screw up the existing boards...

Let me know what you think about this idea...

For now, I'll look around in my user settings to see if I can disable these things on my own...

Thanks...

FE



EDIT: Apparently these are not settings users can change... =(

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Foxtrot
PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:21 pm  Reply with quote
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Get firefox and you can disable pictures from showing and it won't download them either.

I knwo how you feel though, I was on dial-up till not long ago and walking into a forum is bloody murder.
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gilliam
PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:16 am  Reply with quote
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i think its a built in thing in Vbulitin

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Chips
PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:53 pm  Reply with quote
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Seems the only thing you can do in your profile is turn off the smiles. Surprised

Other than that, I'm with using Firefox. It's a faster browser and you can block images as you can in IE. I <3 ya but, sounds like an easy fix to keep me from a load of work. Wink

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FastEddy
PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:08 pm  Reply with quote
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Bah, no worries, I'll just putt putt along until I move in a few months, then I'll have cable again (HORRAY)!

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:52 am  Reply with quote
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loled at "people who use dial -up"
except in yyour case eddy my sexy buddy.

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