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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?
     
    RickCoMatic, Apr 2, 2011
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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
     
    cutlass79500, Apr 2, 2011
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  5. Maxim-X

    Maxim-X Well-Known Member

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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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  6. SnoSheriff

    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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  8. schmuckaholic

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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?
     
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    Polock Well-Known Member

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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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  10. SnoSheriff

    SnoSheriff Site Owner Staff Member Administrator

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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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  12. SnoSheriff

    SnoSheriff Site Owner Staff Member Administrator

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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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  17. SnoSheriff

    SnoSheriff Site Owner Staff Member Administrator

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    Graham, No problem. What web browser or are you using?
     
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    SnoSheriff Site Owner Staff Member Administrator

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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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    Maxim-X Well-Known Member

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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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  20. Metal_Bob

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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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