# Divide long posts? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 18, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divide-long-posts/55012 "2001-02-18T20:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divide-long-posts/55012/1 "2001-02-18T20:55:04Z")
I’m considering posting something pretty lengthy, and I was wondering–is it better to do such things as one long post or multiple shorter posts? As I recall, **Anthracite** divides her “Horror At Cecil Cove” stories into multiple posts–is there a technical reason for doing it this way, or does it not matter? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divide-long-posts/55012/2 "2001-02-18T21:05:55Z")
I once did a GD thread where it wouldn’t accept my entire text. I had to break it up into 5 different parts. so, at a certain point, you technically must break it up. You might want to do so earlier, just to give people a break too. ---
**Author:** ![ShakeNBake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@ShakeNBake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShakeNBake)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divide-long-posts/55012/3 "2001-02-18T21:25:07Z")
If it’s really that long, maybe it deserves to be on your own website with a link to it? Just a thought. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divide-long-posts/55012/4 "2001-02-18T22:08:59Z")
Well, FTR, **Ecks,** I’ve never had any trouble with the server accepting my admittedly lengthy posts in one chunk. And I even once asked, “How long is too long?” and got the reply from Tuba that text really didn’t matter–it was graphics that clogged up the CGI. This was back when [IMG] was still turned on. So now I’m curious as to which thread that was, Oldscratch. Was it with UBB or vB, and did it have a lot of graphics in it? ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divide-long-posts/55012/5 "2001-02-18T22:27:54Z")
Five parts? Jeez…mine isn’t anywhere near _that_long. And I’ve tested it–it works as a preview, so I assume it’d work as a post. On the other hand, there are easy dividing points–it’s a chapter from my novel, which is divided into sections for scene shifts anyway–so presenting it as muliple posts wouldn’t be any problem. I wondered mainly because I’ve seen **Anthracite** divide hers up–she is more likely to be familiar with the limitations than I am, so I thought maybe there was a technical reason for it. **DDG** –oddly enough, there’s a section in this that features both ducks and geese. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2001, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divide-long-posts/55012/6 "2001-02-18T23:43:37Z")
If you have natural dividing lines, use 'em. Give your readers a break, smaller pages resolve quicker. You could even put in links from section to section, if you were so inclined, that would be really nice. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divide-long-posts/55012/7 "2001-02-19T00:41:56Z")
It was a couple months ago. Simple test. No weird code or anything. I don’t have the desire to dig it up right now. ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divide-long-posts/55012/8 "2001-02-19T01:16:46Z")
**TubaDiva** said: > [@](#): > > If you have natural dividing lines, use 'em. Give your readers a break, smaller pages resolve quicker. Okie dokie. > [@](#): > > You could even put in links from section to section, if you were so inclined, that would be really nice. Er…links within the same thread? I didn’t know you could do that. (How do you do that?) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divide-long-posts/55012/9 "2001-02-19T05:03:59Z")
Set up each of your . . . chapters or whatever you’re calling them. I’m assuming that’s a separate thread for each one, no? Then put in hyperlinks to the next “chapter” . . . and the previous “chapter.” That’s two posts in each thread, the text and the links. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2001, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divide-long-posts/55012/10 "2001-02-20T06:24:56Z")
I haven’t been clear, for which I apologize. It’s only one chapter that I’m thinking of posting, preceeded by a section from another chapter that serves to explain what’s going on, with both preceeded by an introduction and a few tidbits as background. All this would go in one thread–my question is should I divide it into different posts within that thread. (Hey, if I wrote and rewrote posts four or five times, then proofread them a half dozen times, they’d make sense too.)