Brent, open the Active Topics page at NOR...

http://www.nissanoffroad.net/messageboard/active.asp

...then view the properties.

Today it's 632,002 bytes. That's over half a fucking meg. XOC's Active Topics page is 8,087 bytes.

Open the main page on NOR, 144,178 bytes. Here it's 9,671 bytes.

XF is almost as bloated but it's running the slug known as PHPNuke on a 486 with a dial-up line (with the copyrights illegally removed so BP can claim he wrote it himself).

Leave the web development to web developers.