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General Category => General Chat => Topic started by: Adi on Aug 29, 2011, 10:00: AM

Title: Forum problems (technical)
Post by: Adi on Aug 29, 2011, 10:00: AM
the forum has been running very slow for me lately and it seems most people are experiencing the issue.

I've contacted the host about it and they have done little about it.  I just optimized our database and the forum seems to be running very fast again.

I hope it stays that way, but we'll see when things pick up a little.

Let me know what you experience usually here...

1) Dow long does it take for page to load?
2) Does it impact how much you post?  

For me it matters... a forum must run fast so you can read, post and navigate quickly.
Title: Re: Forum running slow!
Post by: jabarinho on Aug 29, 2011, 10:26: AM
for a long time it has been slow. Sometimes slow and sometimes fast. But now today it is lightning fast. Hope it stays this way. Even the search feature is running fast :13: Before today the search feature was snail pace.
Title: Re: Forum running slow!
Post by: Adi on Aug 29, 2011, 12:05: PM
OK, I'm keeping my fingers crossed it stays good tomorrow...

The test will be when everyone logs on. :021:
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: L_I_S on Aug 29, 2011, 05:52: PM
Hey Adi, I hope you don't mind me changing the title. I think the new topic would be a lot better to get everything to be as good as the community wants it to be. Feel free to change it of course.

Could one of the admins please update the jump to function? I really miss using it.
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: alexfs on Aug 29, 2011, 09:21: PM
running good for me now -

1. it used to be slow - like sometimes it would take 10 minutes for the forum to open - then i would work normal - i only noticed that it was taking long for the forum to start but navigating after - was alright
2. no it does not affect how much i post tbh

thnks for working on making it faster
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: Adi on Aug 31, 2011, 06:00: AM
Don't care about the subject line change...

We were down for a bit last night.  Not sure how long.  Host said it was due to high server load.

I am trying to upgrade to a better plan.  Today's speed seems to be OK but not as good as yesterday.
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: L_I_S on Sep 03, 2011, 09:44: PM
8:44pm AEST, very slow.
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: L_I_S on Sep 04, 2011, 12:04: AM
8:44pm AEST, very slow.

11:00pm New Zealand Standard Time(NZST) -  Fast
11:04pm AEST - back to normal.
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: L_I_S on Sep 04, 2011, 09:35: PM
08:35pm AEST - took 15 seconds to load http://www.beyondfootball.com/forum/ (http://www.beyondfootball.com/forum/)
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: ukiFS on Sep 05, 2011, 09:21: AM
just wanted to ask one question, dunno if its off-topic or not, but according to what time zone is forum time? Is there any way i modify it so its same as time at my place?  :017:
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: L_I_S on Sep 05, 2011, 07:14: PM
I think you can change it under the profile settings.
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: Adi on Sep 06, 2011, 05:39: PM
Thanks for the updates. Keep them coming.

It seems forum is running better overall. Let me know your thoughts.

Forum time should be set for USA Central. Profile/account settings allows you to change that and much more.
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: Adi on Sep 12, 2011, 03:16: PM
I forked up some money and upgraded to a more expensive server.

Let's see if this helps.  It will take a couple of days to get everything moved over.  I'll let yall know when the new server is live.
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: Adi on Sep 14, 2011, 02:04: PM
Test
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: Adi on Sep 18, 2011, 04:59: PM
9.18.2011
New server is live.  Website should run faster now.  Sorry for the downtime over the last few days.
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: Adi on Sep 22, 2011, 02:23: AM
www.beyondfootball.com

Can a few of you please go to the homepage and tell me what it looks like?  Is everything in place design wise or does it look funky?  One laptop shows it fine for me, but another laptop makes a mess of it.
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: L_I_S on Sep 22, 2011, 03:34: AM
Looks good
Title: Re: Forum problems(technical)
Post by: Adi on Sep 22, 2011, 09:53: AM
I forgot, please post what browser you check it in.
Title: Re: Forum problems (technical)
Post by: Palgi on Sep 22, 2011, 10:37: AM
Looks good on firefox & chrome
Title: Re: Forum problems (technical)
Post by: L_I_S on Sep 22, 2011, 03:01: PM
I forgot, please post what browser you check it in.
I was using Firefox.
Title: Re: Forum problems (technical)
Post by: Adi on Sep 23, 2011, 03:42: AM
Thanks!

Can you please try to log in and post a status update?  I'm not sure why there hasn't been any activity over the last two days.  I wonder if there is a log in issue maybe?
Title: Re: Forum problems (technical)
Post by: Tupac on Oct 23, 2011, 03:22: AM
Not really a technical problem,

but could you make it so if we want to share a picture on here, that we can upload it into the site, not really sure if you know what i mean....

But say I wanted to put a picture in this post, I could upload it into this post?
Title: Re: Forum problems (technical)
Post by: L_I_S on Oct 23, 2011, 04:02: AM
Not really a technical problem,

but could you make it so if we want to share a picture on here, that we can upload it into the site, not really sure if you know what i mean....

But say I wanted to put a picture in this post, I could upload it into this post?
If you press preview the option is there to attach a picture. I had the same question a while back.
Title: Re: Forum problems (technical)
Post by: Adi on Oct 23, 2011, 01:51: PM
Yup, as LIS say... check under "additional options" when you post.  Additional Options only show up if you hit "reply."  You won't see the extra options if you're using the Quick Reply at the bottom of the thread.

 :great:
Title: Re: Forum problems (technical)
Post by: Adi on Oct 23, 2011, 01:52: PM
By the way, it's a joy to browse this forum when pages load instantly.

 :bf:
Title: Re: Forum problems (technical)
Post by: Tupac on Oct 24, 2011, 05:31: AM
Yup, as LIS say... check under "additional options" when you post.  Additional Options only show up if you hit "reply."  You won't see the extra options if you're using the Quick Reply at the bottom of the thread.

 :great:
ahhh got it! thanks  :bf: