tbword and Max Table, thank you very much. What I can't understand or figure out is the path for the Subforum Status Icons. This url is a 404 cause it has the word 'subforum' in it, as do all the others.

See: http://www.mysite.com/images/statusi...rum_old-48.png

The others on the main forum show up fine cause under the Main Forum, Style Options setting I just added it like this: Adem/ and it doesn't produce a 404, but then again there isn't the word subforum in there either.

I'm assuming I'd transfer the whole file of the particular icons (forum-48's) like I did in with the Main ones, but with them dropped them in Images-->>Status Icon (and dropped there). How do I do this for the subforums?

Thank you!

ScoobyDoo

You don't need custom statusicons for sub-forums to start with. Just dump them. All it is doing is increasing your bandwidth load and really giving you nothing in return.

You have 290 requests which is a ridiculous number. And are loading 1.5 MEGAbytes on browsers. Slim this down, starting with doing away with the custom statusicons for subforums.

He's 100% correct though. What he is telling you is forum management 101.

You might consider using prefixes as a method to reduce forums, yet maintain the ability to sort by topic.

Your amount of calls is one of your major problems.

Please be nice to to people that are trying to assist you. If you disagree with their advice, just ignore it. :)

Thanks Max Table. I'm actually gonna use Lynne's, and I planned on it this week but ran into the very slow issue, and now thanks to your help I realize where the problem is located. Would using the prefixes eliminate the problem? Well, I know it'd apparently save on bandwidth, but even though I don't need the status icons for the Subforums, is there a way I could use them?

Should I delete the Status Icons for the Subforums now, install the Prefixes Mod first, and add the subforum status icons later? I'd really like them there.

Thanks again Max Table!

If you can keep your page to 400-600 KB you should be okay, depending on the number of simultaneous users and the load on your server. Your browser's development tools will help you determine these totals.

Thank you tbworld. I could hit the like button again so I had to do it this way. :D

Glad to help. :)

Truly, I would simply HIDE most of those forums until you start seeing a need for them, let your posting traffic over time decide this.

The subforum statusicons do nothing for you but satisfy your own vanity friend.