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by Prince of area51
Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:35 pm
Forum: [3.0/Olympus] New features discussion
Topic: Fast reply!
Replies: 26
Views: 35460

Re: Fast reply!

I kinda disagree, I think you got to understand that phpBB is not just used by developers (or people who are techies). For example, most of the users on my forum come from countries where they are still using 56.6kb modems (with downloading speeds of 4-5 kb), having to open a page to reply, is a bit ...
by Prince of area51
Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:04 pm
Forum: Chit Chat
Topic: Filesystem or database?
Replies: 5
Views: 9799

Re: Filesystem or database?

- idea dropped -
by Prince of area51
Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:05 pm
Forum: Chit Chat
Topic: Filesystem or database?
Replies: 5
Views: 9799

Re: Filesystem or database?

Hi Nicholas,

I aint an expert on this so I would recommend you do try some benchmarks first (as you will be doing it with the actual data, results may vary).

Now coming to reply, I think databases prove to be faster (and efficient) in handling what you have suggested. File access takes time and ...
by Prince of area51
Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:13 am
Forum: [3.0/Olympus] Discussion
Topic: Understanding database struct (phpbb2 to phpbb3)
Replies: 3
Views: 5984

Re: Understanding database struct (phpbb2 to phpbb3)

The project is not complete yet (Release Candidate phase), once its finalised people will start putting the documentation together properly .. I know the tables well as I am making a CPF MOD for phpBB2 .. so here goes ..

phpbb_profile_fields:
Stores all profile fields, their types and their ...
by Prince of area51
Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:28 pm
Forum: [3.0/Olympus] Discussion
Topic: Troubles with RC4 release?
Replies: 10
Views: 15389

Re: Troubles with RC4 release?

[...] I had a similar issue but I had couple of MODs running on the board and somehow messed up the session starting bit. But once I uploaded clean set of files, the problem was gone.
I have a suspicion. :P Possibly the initial release had a corrupted file inside. If they understood this, probably ...
by Prince of area51
Thu Aug 02, 2007 4:04 pm
Forum: [3.0/Olympus] Discussion
Topic: Troubles with RC4 release?
Replies: 10
Views: 15389

Re: Troubles with RC4 release?

If its the index.php you are having problem with, try downloading RC4 again and uploading index.php (or I would perfer uploading all files). I had a similar issue but I had couple of MODs running on the board and somehow messed up the session starting bit. But once I uploaded clean set of files, the ...
by Prince of area51
Mon Jul 30, 2007 10:10 pm
Forum: [3.0/Olympus] Discussion
Topic: Innodb or MyISAM
Replies: 1
Views: 3618

Re: Innodb or MyISAM

As far as I remember from ma Database lessons .. InnoDB are best suited for transaction-based tables (locking rows, etc). I think MyISAM will be a better choice as considering the number of users adding posts, we dont want tables to lock and create long back-logs (can't remember the exact term).
by Prince of area51
Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:17 pm
Forum: [3.0/Olympus] Discussion
Topic: Download Speed
Replies: 10
Views: 15495

Re: Download Speed

hmm one way I handled this issue with one of the websites I did was to actually tell the template engine which css files to place in the <head> tag.
by Prince of area51
Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:12 pm
Forum: [3.0/Olympus] Discussion
Topic: Bug is less,
Replies: 1779
Views: 1880916

Re: Bug is less,

84 .. hmmm .. slowly but surely ;) i juz wish dhn can clear out those styling bugs (haven't seen a comit from him)*

*i'm not attacking him .. i just miss him :P he was a true spokes person for da dev team :D