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  1. SnoSheriff

    SnoSheriff Site Owner Staff Member Administrator

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    I'm noticing slow page loads on here. I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm investigating this problem. Stay tuned for more info.
     
    SnoSheriff, Apr 2, 2011
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    Thanks

    I just thought it was me, the ads (and my phone when mobile).
     
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    S-l-o-w!!!

    I have never seen it like this.
    I usually come to the site when I get an Email notification.

    The process involves opening the Email and clicking on the Link.
    NORMALLY, ... Clicking on the LINK takes me right to the site.

    Recently, ...
    It's been a long wait for the XJ Forum to open.
    Sometimes 15 -to- 20 seconds.
    Very strange.

    Does this mean that there is a Virus or the Site has been hacked?
     
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    cutlass79500 Well-Known Member

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    Its been doing it most of the day . Its a lot faster now this afternoon it was timing out
     
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    I'm with Rogers, so I really didn't notice any difference, Canadians will get this! :wink: :wink:
    :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
     
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    SnoSheriff Site Owner Staff Member Administrator

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    I had to reboot the server couple of times so that might be when it timed out. Yes, I know it's frustrating and I'm investigating this issue. I will keep you posted...
     
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    Thanks Sno!
     
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    Well, when the post went live, I noticed there were about a dozen or so users and no less than *ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY* "guests".

    I don't know if that's the cause or a symptom, but I thought it worthy of mention. The home page was a bit slow to come up when I logged in, but it seems okay as I'm typing -- with six users and fourteen guests.

    Out of blatant curiosity, what kind of hardware is this site running on? Is it a dedicated system, or are we sharing cpu load with someone else?
     
    schmuckaholic, Apr 3, 2011
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    under "who is here" "visitors" sometimes you see home page or private messages, if i click a visitor home page sometimes i get somebody's home page sometime i get logged out
    should a visitor be able to get anywhere but forum's ?
     
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    Yes, this website is running on a dedicated server. This is by far the biggest site on it...

    I made many changes but nothing has made any significant improvements. Recently I turned "off" the Calendar and I'm noticing faster page loads. Apparently some bots crawl them 30yrs out. That is a problem.... Still digging...
     
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    Whatever you did - worked for me. It's blistery fast on the wet coast
     
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    So, how's everyone else doing? Do you notice better site performance? Any unexpected problems?
     
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    First time checking site on my phone after reading this post on pc...

    Got :

    Unknown User-Agent
    you are banned from this site due to unknown user-agent

    I'm using my droid based Eris phone

    FYI It worked fine yesterday

    ps none of the other user agent modes (desktop, iphone, ipad, droid) worked even after clearing cache.
     
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    SnoSheriff Site Owner Staff Member Administrator

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    Yes, I got some reports about this already. I tightened up the site security because of recent loads on the server. Please try again and let me know if it works.
     
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    I got that same message too.
    Hey Peter thanks for the quick reply and as you can see, it's working now.


    Cheers, Graham
     
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    Mobile loading working again

    It does seem a little fast on phone

    Is there an option to turn off recent post scroll?

    That (and necessary ads) seem to make mobile loading sluggish
     
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    SnoSheriff Site Owner Staff Member Administrator

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    Graham, No problem. What web browser or are you using?
     
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    Not at this time. I'm looking to migrate the site to a commercial platform. That will make things way more flexible and better...
     
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    I have IE8 installed, but my browser is Rogers Yahoo.
    I just figured Rogers was screwing stuff up....again! LOL!!!!!
     
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    While researching that are you considering a mobile/iphone friendly layout (or how ever sites work for pc and mobile at the same time)?

    Thanks for the improvements regardless
     
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    If it's a dedicated server, it should be the ONLY site on it, IMNSHO.

    In any event, the site is indeed much faster now; I never used the calendar function, so I won't miss it. :)

    Now we need to get you to come down south for a visit somewhere. Hell, if a Canadian can fly all the way down to Texas to drop off a cat and have it turn into a roadshow, then you can come down this way and swing by a carb clinic or three.
     
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  22. SnoSheriff

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    All of my tweaks caused server outage this evening 8O . 6hrs later I finally have the site running again. My apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. Time to go to bed now :mrgreen:
     
    SnoSheriff, Apr 5, 2011
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    Don't lie. You spilled beer on the server again. :mrgreen:
     
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    I can deal with slow pages and even servers going down, but wasting beer....."WHY I OUGHTA"!!!!!!! 8O
    :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
     
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    Actually outage seem to have made mobile loading even faster! Spill more beer...
     
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    Thank you SnoSheriff for getting it going again... sorry about your beer.
     
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    now I need to test with different beers. I wonder if Light beer will make things run faster?
     
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    Sno, STOP spilling the beer!!! That's alcohol abuse!!! LOL

    This was my night last night:
    Forums
    Messeges
    Forums
    Banned
    server not found
    Server down
    Banned
    Server down
    LMAO fun times!!



    Oh, btw, you shouldn't spill beer on the server....she gets mad pretty easy and will kick you out of the bar.
     
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    Quick update: while not as slow as before, there was a bit of delay logging in and getting some pages to display. Again, I noted the number of "visitors" -- in three clicks, they jumped from 70-something up to 110. It's dropped back to 85 as I type, but I've got my doubts as to whether those are legitimate users -- most are listed as being in the forums, but some are at Home, or My Account. (Why would someone who's not logged in be on the My Account page?)

    I'm wondering how many of these connections are coming through proxies -- maybe someone's being... "difficult".

    Hey, Sno -- is this your hardware in the server box, or theirs? If yours, what's inside it? Maybe it's time for a wee bit of an upgrade.
     
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  30. SnoSheriff

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    I'm still investigating this issue. I have a feeling that the site gets hit with webcrawlers and that adds to the site load.

    The Account profiles are accessible to all visitors when they click on "Profile" button in the forum post.... I'll check if this can be changed so only Registered users can access that info.

    The server is being leased in TX and I don't have physical access to it. Server infrastructure upgrade = more money (increased monthly costs). In order to do that the site will need to offer paid services to generate income to pay for the monthly expenses. I'm already planning on upgrading to a commercial software in the near future. I would like to get some custom programing done so we have new functionality on the site. That also will cost $.

    So, as the end user "What services would you be willing to pay for and how much ($5, $6.50, $7.50, $9.00... per month)?" I want to keep the free forum access to everyone so if you choose not to pay for the Optional services then you simply will have the Basic free account. I've seen sites where Paying Members have access to 'Private Forums', more PM space, bigger avatar, bigger gallery space, Supporting Member recognition under your Nickname, Garage etc etc... I'm all ears.
     
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    Bigger gallery space would be nice. Garage feature would be kinda cool. And who doesn't like recognition for their small part in keeping our bikes on the road? All features worth a small "membership fee" in my opinion. Paypal for payments of the fee would be convenient also.
     
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    I just got the Internal server error...website not available message. Lasted only a few hours. So thanks alot Sno sheriff, For as many users on this site, Ithink you are doing a GREAT job. Thank You.
     
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    Gee, ya think? :p

    You're saying it'd cost more to rent a beefier box? Makes sense, but here's the next question: do they host user-supplied boxes? I'm a cheap bastage, and probably wouldn't want to shell out for forum access, but I might be inclined to kick some hardware in your direction. Hell, I could assemble the box from parts. What OS are we dealing with here?
     
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    Hey Sno.. Out of curiosity, how much bandwidth does this site consume?

    BTW, if you ever need help troubleshooting odd server behavior, I may be able to help. I do this full time :mrgreen:
     
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    site painfully slow 6-29-11

    pc and mobile

    comcast & verison

    firefox & mobile web
     
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    Re: site painfully slow 6-29-11

    It not just this site. I have been having problems with the amazon cloudnet, and other sites as well.

    I have had to reboot twice due to connection problems. It appears that someone might be trying a denial of service attack on the networks.

    Ghost
     
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    Anyone else getting "database error" when accessing site?

    Hi Guys

    I seem to be getting this "database error" message quite frequently lately. Sometimes I have to refresh many, many times before I can connect. Anyone else having this happen?

    Pat
     
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    Re: Anyone else getting "database error" when accessing site?

    Yes I can barely log in sometimes...
     
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    Re: Anyone else getting "database error" when accessing site?

    Big probs yesterday.
     
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    Re: Anyone else getting "database error" when accessing site?

    In the last hour or two for me page loading has improved from eternal to quite slow, with the odd database error now and again.
     
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    Re: Anyone else getting "database error" when accessing site?

    Yeah had some issues.. working now but really slow still.
     
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    Re: Anyone else getting "database error" when accessing site

    I expect this to be fixed now. Please post back if this continues. I moved the site to a new webserver so the performance should be much better.
     
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    XJBikes.com is running on a new webserver as of July 2 2011.
     
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    Thanks Sno! Things seem very good for me this morning. Sure appreciate you getting the site onto a new server as well as all you do to provide this great resource for all of us. Let's give props to the SnoSheriff!
     
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    I don't realize how much I rely on and use this site until it goes down!!

    I hope it can stay free, or maybe the new server can add features that would be worth paying for. Someone's gotta be paying something somewhere...
     
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