Usability: "Reset boost database" button is unclear [#507412]

For a while, I found it difficult to get Boost to save my advanced settings, because I thought that the "Reset boost database" button was intended to save the settings. Actually, I think it does something else entirely, but I'm not sure what it is. The way the button is positioned it looks like it relates to saving the settings.

I think at this point, it might be best if Boost had another tab off of admin/settings/performance, at least for the advanced settings. The performance page is getting too long & confusing.

Comment	File	Size	Author
#6	boost-507412.patch	24.77 KB	mikeytown2
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Comment #1

mikeytown2 CreditAttribution: mikeytown2 commented 1 July 2009 at 19:31

Good suggestion, there should be a menu path for admin/settings/performance/boost. Put all the extra stuff there.

Comment #2

EvanDonovan CreditAttribution: EvanDonovan commented 1 July 2009 at 20:11

Yes, that would make the advanced settings easier to handle. Then, there could be both a "Reset Boost database" and a "Save settings" button. Although I still am not sure what the "Reset Boost database" button does...

Comment #3

mikeytown2 CreditAttribution: mikeytown2 commented 1 July 2009 at 20:45

"Reset Boost Database" sets the number of entries in the boost_cache table to 0 rows. Normal operations only set's the expiration column to 0 when the cache is expired. Will be more useful once the GUI for database operations goes in. It's useful if you switched the cache dir location or if you set some some values in the DB wrong, and want to start fresh.