yeah, a lot of our threads get really forked up!! -Ben
> The new archive or the forking? ;) > > At 03:13 PM 6/10/02, you wrote: > >makes me smile. > > > >eric > > > >From: Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [admin] Please change subjects > >Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 14:51:33 -0400 > > > >When a discussion changes in content, the subject for that discussion should > >change as well. This makes it easier for people to read along. > >Yes, I know that a new subject that is a continuation of an old one will be > >seen by the archives as being of the same thread as the old one, but that > >will change. Currently, a reply to a post will be seen as a child of that > >post even if the subject changes. This results in long threads that fork a > >number of times. I'm going to change that for the archives. > >Basically, a thread will be a collection of parents and children who all > >have the same subject. As soon as the subject changes, it becomes a new > >thread. A marker will be kept to indicate the parent thread of the new > >'family', but it will be shown as its own entity. This will be a bit > >confusing for those trying to trace a message back to its root when the > >subject has changed many times, but will be easier on someone just trying to > >read a single group of messages. > >This will make things easier on the system when it comes to generating the > >display of a thread. Showing 300 messages at once in a tree format takes > >time and power, even just to generate a cached version. If the thread was 50 > >messages or so, it'll be a whole lot easier. > >The bottom line is, please change the subject when you fork. :) > >(yes Ben, that's a free one. Have fun) > > > >Michael Dinowitz > >Publisher: Fusion Authority weekly news alert > >(www.fusionauthority.com/alert) > >Listmaster: CF-Talk, CF-Jobs, Spectra-Talk, Jrun-Talk, etc. > >(www.houseoffusion.com) > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
