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• May 21, 2008

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please let me know if you all see any improvements, i tried changing a few things around

when a page doesnt load all the way please try and post what is says in the internet explorer or firefox status bar (e.g. connected to.. transferring data from.., etc)

 

• May 21, 2008

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i read halfway thru this topic before the page loaded all the way and all the pages ive been to today have done it

 

• May 21, 2008

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Speed returned to normal for me at this point.

 

• May 21, 2008

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ndrew, what does your browser status bar say when the page is lagging?

 

• May 21, 2008

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The problem seems to be gone.

I also did a trace route to the domain and something peculiar popped up. liquidweb seems to have a fluctuating ping
[tt] 19 141 ms 154 ms 570 ms lw-dc1-dist1-ge1.rtr.liquidweb.com [209.59.157.2]
20 141 ms 147 ms 141 ms host.tritoncore.com [67.43.10.51][/tt]

However, the site was not suffering a slow response time, rather a slow speed. My pages loaded with a maximum of 2 kb/s.

 

• May 21, 2008

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it seems it went back to normal..i was getting an average 5,6kB/s speed

 

• May 21, 2008

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glad its working better now. once some more people confirm it is working well again i will try increasing the number of threads listed in a board from 25 to 40, and posts in a thread from 12 to 15. if nothing changes after restoring these settings to the original i think it is safe to assume there was a problem with one of the routers near the server.

when i get home i will be trying out a new modification for the forum that could increase performance.

please let me know any input about the sites performance-- the more feedback the better

happy to help

peace
-avery

 

• May 21, 2008

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For me, it seems to work MUCH better right now, but it is still not loading as fast as usual. I am happy that you fixed the worst problems, tho.

 

• May 21, 2008

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The same for me here.
Not quite as fast as it used to be, but still good.

 

• May 21, 2008

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glad its working better for you lazerguy & firemylaser. i will continue to do everything possible to keep the site running smoothly

 

• May 21, 2008

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Wow, sounds like a pretty big problem. If only someone else noticed it before...

http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1210852447
http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1210163394

Oh look, I did.

But NOW you all agree, it's a seriously annoying problem. But I'm glad you're working on it c0ldshadow

 

• May 22, 2008

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hey guys, i have been researching this and can't pinpoint the exact cause of the slowness. i have only experienced this problem several times. over the last few weeks the server has had very little load on it.

im going to try installing a mod that will help with performance

doing my best to get this fixed

regards
avery

 

• May 22, 2008

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Today, everything works just good as usual for me.

 

• May 22, 2008

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The only thing that seems to have the most trouble is the YaBB code thingy. That's where it seems to catch on most of the time.

So two suggestions with that: First, get rid of all those colours. We only need 20 colours, not 200. I've seen it wait while loading those for a while.

And secondly, do we even need the code box for the quick reply at all? I'd suggest getting rid of it. If you want to add code, you can just click the 'reply' button on the thread where the normal reply will have it.

 

• May 22, 2008

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i got rid of the buttons in the quick reply box. thanks for the suggestion, murudai. i honestly dont think this is the reason for the slowness- the colors and buttons loaded almost instantly for me. it is worth a try to see if this helps though.

please keep me updated on the site speed, any feedback is very helpful

regards,
-avery

 

• May 22, 2008

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Well, I like to have the buttons in the quick reply box, one less click you know. But sure, give it a go.
The box do lag sometimes anyway.

-No smiley because I'm too lazy to click the "Reply button" or "code" it, lol.