I run a VB board myself and we used to chunter through 25 gigs of bandwith a month, and as im sure you know that costs a small fortune



I have managed to cut that down by a little (not as much as id liked but a little is better than nothing) by doing a few things.

Hosting the images Externally on another host.


and installing the quick reply box.


I like the quick reply box cause it means people dont have to load a whole new page just to reply, hense saving the bandwith each time the page is loaded


Add Template > showthread_replybox

PHP:


<script language="javascript">



<!--



var postmaxchars = $postmaxchars;



function validate(theform) {



    if (theform.message.value=="") {



        alert("Please complete the message field.");



        return false; }



    if (postmaxchars != 0) {



        if (theform.message.value.length > $postmaxchars) {



            alert("Your message is too long.\n\nReduce your message to $postmaxchars characters.\nIt is currently "+theform.message.value.length+" characters long.");



            return false; }



        else { return true; }



    } else { return true; }



}



function checklength(theform) {



    if (postmaxchars != 0) { message = "\nThe maximum permitted length is $postmaxchars characters."; }



    else { message = ""; }



    alert("Your message is "+theform.message.value.length+" characters long."+message);



}



//-->



</script>







<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="newreply.php" name="vbform" method="post" onSubmit="return validate(this)">



<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]">



<input type="hidden" name="action" value="postreply">



<input type="hidden" name="threadid" value="$threadid">



<input type="hidden" name="title" value="">



<input type="hidden" name="iconid" value="0">



<input type="hidden" name="parseurl" value="yes">



<input type="hidden" name="email" value="yes">



<input type="hidden" name="disablesmilies" value="">



<input type="hidden" name="closethread" value="">



<input type="hidden" name="hiddenreply" value="">



<input type="hidden" name="signature" value="yes">



<input type="hidden" name="rating" value="0">







<table cellpadding="{tableouterborderwidth}" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="{tablebordercolor}" {tableouterextra} width="{contenttablewidth}" align="center"><tr><td>



<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="{tableinnerborderwidth}" border="0" {tableinnerextra} width="100%">



<tr>



    <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" colspan="2"><normalfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}" class="thtcolor"><b>Post Reply</b></normalfont></td>



</tr>



<tr>



    <td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}" valign="top" nowrap><normalfont><b>Your Reply:</b></normalfont></td>



    <td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}">



        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">



        <tr valign="top">



            <td><textarea name="message" rows="7" cols="$textareacols" wrap="virtual" tabindex="1"></textarea><br>



            <smallfont><a href="java script:checklength(document.vbform);">[check message length]</a></smallfont></td>



        </tr>



        </table>



    </td>



</tr>



</table>



</td></tr></table>







<br>







<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="{contenttablewidth}" {tableinvisibleextra} align="center">



<tr>



    <td align="center"><normalfont>



    <input type="submit" class="bginput" name="submit" value="Submit Reply" accesskey="s" tabindex="2">



    <input type="reset" class="bginput" name="reset" value="Reset Form" accesskey="r" tabindex="3">



    </normalfont></td>



</tr>



</table>







</form>

PHP:


<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="newreply.php" name="vbform" method="post" onSubmit="return validate(this)">

<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]">

<input type="hidden" name="action" value="postreply">

<input type="hidden" name="threadid" value="$threadid">



<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center"><tr><td>

<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0"  width="100%">



<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="newreply.php" name="vbform" method="post" onSubmit="return validate(this)">

<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]">

<input type="hidden" name="action" value="postreply">

<input type="hidden" name="threadid" value="$threadid">



<table cellpadding="{tableouterborderwidth}" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="{tablebordercolor}" {tableouterextra} width="{contenttablewidth}" align="center"><tr><td>

<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="{tableinnerborderwidth}" border="0" {tableinnerextra} width="100%">

<tr>

    <td bgcolor="{tableheadbgcolor}" colspan="2"><normalfont color="{tableheadtextcolor}" class="thtcolor"><b>Post Reply</b></normalfont></td>

</tr>

$logincode

<tr>

    <td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}"><normalfont><b>Post subject:</b></normalfont></td>

    <td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}"><normalfont><input type="text" class="bginput" name="title" value="$title" size="40" maxlength="85" tabindex="1"></normalfont> <smallfont>(Optional)</smallfont></td>

</tr>

$posticons

<tr>

    <td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}" valign="top" nowrap><normalfont><b>Your Reply:</b></normalfont>

    </td>

    <td bgcolor="{secondaltcolor}">

        <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">

        <tr valign="top">

            <td><textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="70" wrap="virtual" tabindex="2">$message</textarea><br>

            </td>

        </tr>

        </table>

    </td>

</tr>

<tr>

    <td bgcolor="{firstaltcolor}" valign="top"><normalfont><b>Options:</b></normalfont></td>

    <td bgcolor="{firstaltcolor}" valign="top"><smallfont>

    <input type="checkbox" name="parseurl" value="yes"> <b>Automatically parse URLs:</b> automatically adds <a href="http:// and " target="_blank"> and </a> around internet addresses.

    $disablesmiliesoption

    <br><input type="checkbox" name="signature" value="yes" checked> <b>Show Signature:</b> include your profile signature.  Only registered users may have signatures.

    </smallfont></td>

</tr>

$attachmentoption

$threadratingoption

</table>

</td></tr></table>



<br>



<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="{contenttablewidth}" {tableinvisibleextra} align="center">

<tr>

    <td align="center"><normalfont>

    <input type="submit" class="bginput" name="submit" value="Submit Reply" accesskey="s" tabindex="3">

        </normalfont></td>

</tr>

</table>



</form>

</table>



<br>

I wish i could offer some money to help with the hosting costs, but i have my own hosting issues at the moment with the amount it costs me

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

I'm solving my bandwith problems by starting my own isp.. e-mail me and let me know how much space/bandwith you need and i'm almost certian i can match and/or beat whatever your getting now..
The place where we're getting our bandwith from is telling us that our oc3 will be up and running by june 7th.. Thanks for the vb hacks..
-X69

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

hehe i have just started to put together plans for doing the same as yourself.

np with the hack i have had it floating around for a while, if there are any others you need just let me know i may be able to get hold of them

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged