[Erwin]

Originally Posted by Trigunflame

I actually hadnt thought of that erwin, my general idea was for it to be seamlessly integrated into the forum itself, but now that you mention it. Really is a great idea, considering not having to use "any" connection.

Also, if mysql went down the potential would be there for people to still read thread in some cases, if I can put together a script that uses Vbulletins code to reproduce a queryless forum.

Ps. anyone got any ideas on reducing memory usage, or about the increase in file size sequentially. I know its not that big of a deal as we can adjust the sizes for memory limit... but I want this hack to be available to everyone, not just those that can manually tweak their settings.

Basically, you would be creating a new way of storing threads and posts in parsed html in files, rather than in the mysql database. Very interesting concept! vB3 can already store parsed HTML in the database to save on queries and load, but imagine if you could do this in real-time in files, and really only update the threads daily if a new post is posted... you would cut down server load by a lot, especially for large sites like mine, by eliminating database queries altogether for normal thread reading!