[arcadian_girl]

k, i love this mod, i really do, but it's increasing server load a lot...and i run two forums, so that's doubled, cos i've installed it on both forums. i've only had it installed a few days, so no complaints yet from my host, but i'd like to avoid any complaints.

could we possibly have a list of all the things you can do to reduce server load? i've been reading through this thread-don't claim to have read it all, but i've read about 1/3 of it, and this is what i've come up with:

-dont allow smilies in the shouts, or if so, allow only 1 smiley per shout
-prune shouts (how much effect does this have? how often should i be pruning them?)

is there anything else i can do with the shoutbox to reduce server load? is there somewhere i can change how often AJAX refreshes-it's once every 10 seconds, no? is there somewhere i can change that, and if so, what would i change it to?

thanks in advance for any help-i really like this mod and want to keep it, but i've got to find a way to get the server load down.