What you did Josef looks like a blog entry. It is very efficient and would be easier to read. Interesting Idea. Josef Lowder wrote: . While the PLUG forum and archives are both tremendously valuable, I have often wondered if there might be some way to perhaps make it a little more efficient in the way messages are presented. Many years ago (before the Internet), I hosted a BBS message board for computer users that used a very simple and efficient format for posting messages and I'd like to know if that simpler format might work for the PLUG message exchange. With no criticism intended for the current system, it does seem to incorporate a tremendous amount of redundancy. Just to demonstrate the difference between the current system and the alternate format I'd like to see PLUG consider, I copied all the messages from a recent PLUG message thread to one file and then edited it down to eliminate all the redundancy but preserve all the unique information, and put that in a second file for comparison. The before and after files can be viewed at the two links listed below. The original thread, with all of the redundant material is 289 lines with 1150 words, and the edited file with all the redundancy removed is 46 lines and only 311 words. See the two files at the following two links: Before: http://www.upquick.com/temp/plug1 After: http://www.upquick.com/temp/plug2 Does this alternate approach seem feasible and worth considering? --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss ------------------------ Keith Smith (480) 584-4772 PHP Programming --------------------------------- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase.