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Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:09 pm
by Grani
Is there a server problem or something? These forums sites are very slow compared to others on the net. Has someone else notice the same thing?

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:33 pm
by The Swanndri Guy
Grani, no problems with this forum down here in NZ, nice and quick. Must be a server problem for you up there.Cheers TSG.(Its getting warm down here, I might have to put some :beer: in the fridge.)

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 9:10 pm
by Grani
Nice, I mean New Zealand is exactly on the other side of our planet from where I stand. :beer: So if the problem is here, then it is a long way from you. :wink:

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:23 pm
by Brian
No problem here Grani. Site went down a week or so ago but that is all.

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:48 am
by Mervyn Spencer
I do experience slow activity at times, often have to refresh and then item comes up . Maybe our third world system?

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:16 pm
by Bensdexta
Mervyn Spencer wrote:I do experience slow activity at times, often have to refresh and then item comes up .
I second that sometimes in UK also. Sometimes when editing posts website seems to freeze.

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 1:17 pm
by henk
I have the same problem as Mervyn Ben and Grani for a long time now.

Posted: Sat Nov 20, 2010 1:38 pm
by Dandy Dave
Over here in the USA it seems to be good in the morning until about 9 AM. Then things start to slow down on all sites. I chalk it up to less internet traffic in the morning. I have a K-12 School just a half a mile down the road and wondered if the students on the computors, plus many businesses opening up put a greater load on the lines. Works better on Sunday morning when there is less demand. Dandy Dave!

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:04 pm
by Grani
Mervyn Spencer wrote:I do experience slow activity at times, often have to refresh and then item comes up . Maybe our third world system?
Here it is slow all the time. This message is then comming up.

Network Timeout The server at www.fordsontractorpages.nl is taking too long to respond.
The requested site did not respond to a connection request and the browser has stopped waiting for a reply.

* Could the server be experiencing high demand or a temporary outage? Try again later.
* Are you unable to browse other sites? Check the computer's network connection.
* Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing.
* Still having trouble? Consult your network administrator or Internet provider for assistance.










Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 7:59 pm
by Grani
The forum updated and very strange looking, but the old problem remains. :cry:


Network Timeout

The server at www.fordsontractorpages.nl is taking too long to respond.

The requested site did not respond to a connection request and the browser has stopped waiting for a reply.

* Could the server be experiencing high demand or a temporary outage? Try again later.
* Are you unable to browse other sites? Check the computer's network connection.
* Is your computer or network protected by a firewall or proxy? Incorrect settings can interfere with Web browsing.
* Still having trouble? Consult your network administrator or Internet provider for assistance.

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:04 pm
by Oscar
Performance issues are one of the reasons that I upgraded the forum software. Both my own instincts and the server logs indicate that the new forum performs better :mrgreen: . Bear in mind that the server on which the site is hosted is based in Holland and there could be many reasons why a website seems slow, not all of which have to do with that website. I realize it is a hassle if you get time-out errors, but so far I have not found anything at all that I can change at my end.

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:14 pm
by Grani
I think it´s a temporary problem even if it has last for a relatively long time allready.

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 9:16 pm
by Gavin
I notice that the profile pictures no longer show up. Is this permanent or are they coming back?

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 6:48 am
by The Swanndri Guy
Has anyone else got problems when you "Post replys" that you end up with "Cannot find server or DNS error"? :scratchhead: TSG.

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:06 pm
by Oscar
Gavin wrote:I notice that the profile pictures no longer show up. Is this permanent or are they coming back?
I'm not completely sure which pictures you mean. If something did not get moved from the old forum to the new one, then I can probably do it manually. Which pictures are you referring to?

Regards,
Oscar

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:13 pm
by Oscar
The Swanndri Guy wrote:Has anyone else got problems when you "Post replys" that you end up with "Cannot find server or DNS error"? :scratchhead: TSG.
I sincerely hope not :eyes: . That message occurs when an internet address is not coupled to a server's IP address, or if the whole server is down. But if the server were down, you would not have been able to click on "Reply". And if the internet address www.fordsontractorpages.nl were not coupled to the hosting company's IP address, then you also would not have been able to click on "Reply". So this is a real puzzling error that you get, because it indicates you are communicating to a server that is not there :mrgreen: . All I can think of is that the connection speed occasionally mbecomes so slow that your computer "thinks" that the server is no longer there.

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 8:22 pm
by Kiwi Kev
Oscar wrote:
Gavin wrote:I notice that the profile pictures no longer show up. Is this permanent or are they coming back?
I'm not completely sure which pictures you mean. If something did not get moved from the old forum to the new one, then I can probably do it manually. Which pictures are you referring to?

Regards,
Oscar

Oscar
I think Gavin is refering to avatar's
Kiwi Kev

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 9:55 pm
by Oscar
Kiwi Kev wrote: Oscar
I think Gavin is refering to avatar's
Kiwi Kev
Ah, OK. I see. That can probably be arranged. Stay tuned.

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:02 pm
by Gavin
yes the avatars are what i was referring to.

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:41 am
by Eric Schulz
Living in a relatively civilised country, Australia, and not many km's from the telephone exchange, this and all other forums work perfectly. Slow downloads, therefore, are not due to the forum.

As to the look of the current forum, all I would change is to eliminate the phpBB text in the banner and perhaps make the heading a bit larger. Both totally unimportant, just a personal preference. That there are people to set up and run this forum is far more important. So, thank you.

Eric

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 1:39 pm
by Dandy Dave
The "Relativly" part woulden't be from the likes of "Crocodile Dunde", would it now? Loved his flick, but he sure plays a rough charactor. :lol:

You sure have some Beautiful ladys in the land down under mate. :clap:

Things load fast here in the USA. I have DSL where I live. it was much slower in the days of "dial up." Dandy Dave!

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:25 pm
by henk
Still loading slow on my computer, but I think its the provider and my pc.
Take some time to get used to the new layout but it works fine.

What means the little red stars you see on some topics at the forum index?

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 8:33 am
by Oscar
henk wrote:What means the little red stars you see on some topics at the forum index?
The little stars indicate a popular discussion, with more than a certain number of replies in it.
Grani wrote:These forums sites are very slow compared to others on the net.
I've been thinking about this for a bit. Forums are super-dynamic. The pages always change when someone posts a message. The HTML code that your browser needs to visualize a page for you is created on the fly whenever someone clicks a button on a forum page. Lots of things happen when someone posts a message: the HTML is changed, there is a database change, etc etc. Non-forum websites are less interactive and therefore more constant in time, with less changes, and so they tend to load faster.

As an example, if you change your signature line in your messages, all you have to do click Submit after you've made your changes. But the forum software then proceeds to change your signature in every message you've ever posted here, which happens in the background, and which might slow things down a bit.

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 4:17 pm
by Grani
I am also active on a finnish phpBB (http://www.masinistit.com/index.php?sid ... ec45becf67) and a Swedish phpBB (http://fordson.se/phpBB2/index.php) forums and they loads very fast. This use to be as fast as they, until a month ago, when I wrote my first post about this problem. Grani

Re: Slow sites loading this forum

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:40 pm
by Gman
Hello to all. I'm in US and this site seems to be as fast as any other I get on. I'm not on dial up, if you want slow go to a dial up system.
Good luck to everyone.