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  • 25-03-2006 2:17pm
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    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,190 ✭✭✭


    I've looked through CP settings and done a search on the subject but I can't seem to find anything on this.

    When searching, particularly the New Posts search, is there a way to set the number of results per page you want? For example, currently you get "Showing results 1 to 25 of n" - the only way to get higher than 25 results per page is to edit the URL (add &pp=200). The maximum is 200 results per page, which would be better then clicking Next Page repeatedly IMO.

    Is there any way to have the number of results returned a setting, like the way the Number of Posts to Show Per Page is (currently maxed at 40 - but that's a different gripe), so you can set your own default?

    Just a thought. :)
    Post edited by Shield on


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Unfortunately not. Afaik, this is one of the settings hidden away in the super-sekrit Administrators' Control Panel.

    Put simply, the more results per page, the longer the page takes to display and the more load on the server. I have found that even on decent servers with zero load, returning 200 or more rows from an SQL query and formatting them into a simple table introduces a noticeable delay in page generation.

    Now imagine that on boards.ie's scale, and 50 or 100 results per page multiplied by n users would cause all sorts of speed problems.


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    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    At the moment the speeds on boards isn't great so that idea is nice in theory but not right now


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