[Ted S]

Originally Posted by Spinball

Server load will be something to consider. If the answer is on the same page, will the user just be scrolled down to it using a # link? That would be the most efficient.
Otherwise, providing a link to the best answer means people will click the link to open a new page. And that had got to use more server resources than the additional query to present the answer under the first post?

Yes and no. The load for the user who clicks it wil be higher but the overall load will be lower as the script doesn't have to query to get the post for every thread view, just when someone wants to see that answer.

Originally Posted by Spinball

I'll not be upgrading to 4, by the way. I need my forums to work!

Well that makes two of us but unfortunately many people will so that's my first goal...