The "Recently Commented Posts" List Is Back

Posted on July 22, 2005 by Ampersand

The “Recently Commented Posts” list has been restored to the sidebar.

Last time it crashed “Alas,” but that may have been because the list was 20 items long. This time around the list is only 8 items long, which will hopefully cut down on the server load. I’ve also added some more info (who wrote the most recent comment, and at what time), which will hopefully make the list more useful to y’all. (Does adding that stuff impact the server load?)

Meanwhile, Podz will run some tests and find the plug-in that does all this in the least queries.

Unfortunately, DreamHost refused to work with me as I had asked. (I’m beginnnig to think that DreamHost does not deserve its probably very profitable place on WordPress’ “recommended hosts” list). So during the trial-and-error period when I try to get a “Recently Commented Posts” list running correctly, the only way I’ll know if I’ve gone over the line is if DreamHost abruptly shuts “Alas” down again. If that happens, I’ll try and get back online as soon as possible, but that has more to do with DreamHost support than with me.

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3 Responses to The "Recently Commented Posts" List Is Back

  1. lucia says:
    July 22, 2005 at 10:31 am

    If the problem you previously describe was correct, I doubt adding the additional information will be a problem. If I understood you correctly, the time intensive feature was in sifting through the entire data base.

    Once you’ve located the comment, I’m pretty sure fishing the associated information out of the data base is quick.

  2. Antigone says:
    July 22, 2005 at 10:48 am

    YAY!

  3. Elkins says:
    August 26, 2005 at 1:39 am

    …and now it’s gone again.

    Is it gone permanently? I really hope not. I find the discussions here practically impossible to follow without it.

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