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Is it possible to archive or download copies of entire threads? There's an option to do it for private messages so I wondered if you were able to do it for threads as well.
Click 'Options' in the top right and select 'Download Topic'. 
Thanks.
It works fine, but on larger threads it only ever allows you to download the first 10 pages, is there anyway to get past that?
It works fine, but on larger threads it only ever allows you to download the first 10 pages, is there anyway to get past that?
It should download the entire thread no matter how long it is, i've just tested it successfully with a fourteen page thread using the HTML format option.
Really? I've tried with a few different threads and I just can't get past the 300th post.
It might not help that I'm trying to download some of the longest threads in the entire forum, like this one.
It might not help that I'm trying to download some of the longest threads in the entire forum, like this one.
Ok, it looks like the ones I tested this with were below the size limit. Invision Board have a hardcoded 300 post limit on their 'download topic' option. Here's their official statement:
I could raise the hardcoded limit but it would probably bog down the server and isn't a good idea.
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If it is set too high, it is going to time out during the process and/or the file will be too large. I've actually seen sites with 1000+ pages in a topic...that's somewhere near 20,000-30,000 posts. The script would just die.
We are internally discussing ways of improving this, however at this time that is an intended limitation of the software.
We are internally discussing ways of improving this, however at this time that is an intended limitation of the software.
I could raise the hardcoded limit but it would probably bog down the server and isn't a good idea.
Well that explains it, cheers.
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