Gah! Slow forums!

Majic · #1 10-27-2003, 12:30 AM

THe forums are running EXTREMELY slow for me right now. Heck, this is worse than 56K... Anyways, my internet is working fine for all other sites, and my computers not slow itself.

I'm jsut wondeirng, is this a problem for anyone else, or is there some sort of problem now?

atusiya@ · #2 10-27-2003, 01:43 AM

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Originally posted by Majic
THe forums are running EXTREMELY slow for me right now. Heck, this is worse than 56K... Anyways, my internet is working fine for all other sites, and my computers not slow itself.

I'm jsut wondeirng, is this a problem for anyone else, or is there some sort of problem now?

me,too...

oddguy · #3 10-27-2003, 02:27 AM

I've noticed it's been going slower as well. And the other day something weird was going on with Abe Babe's sig. It was all over the place in different spots. Part of it was on the 'reply' button and some more of it was above random avatars. Very strange.

-oddguy

Hobo · #4 10-27-2003, 05:22 AM

Yeah, It's slow here too on my 150k...

***Wil*** · #5 10-27-2003, 06:09 AM

It was ever so slightly slow for me yesterday, but then my entire connection has been slow. I probably missed it.

***Alcar*** · #6 10-27-2003, 10:12 AM

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Originally posted by oddguy
I've noticed it's been going slower as well. And the other day something weird was going on with Abe Babe's sig. It was all over the place in different spots. Part of it was on the 'reply' button and some more of it was above random avatars. Very strange.

It must be back to normal, as on 56k it's running at it's usual pace. Concerning the images out of place oddguy, that is a problem with vBulletin and the server.

I'll attach a funny screen print of when paramiteabe's banner took the place of an image, some time ago.

Alcar...

paramiteabe · #7 10-27-2003, 10:32 AM

When did that happen? hehe that was funny. anyway nothings been happening to me here. But Then again I havent been on that much in the last few days.

***Wil*** · #8 10-27-2003, 11:40 AM

It's now running at normal speed for me, but the background and header image are pretty screwed up. I'll get a screenshot.

EDIT: It's all fixed now. Damn, I can't add attachments. Silly edit post thing.

SeaRex · #9 10-27-2003, 06:51 PM

Hmm... it just started running slow for me.

Ah, I had forgotten what the sting of 56K felt like...

oddguy · #10 10-27-2003, 09:01 PM

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Originally posted by Alcar
It must be back to normal, as on 56k it's running at it's usual pace. Concerning the images out of place oddguy, that is a problem with vBulletin and the server.

I'll attach a funny screen print of when paramiteabe's banner took the place of an image, some time ago.

Alcar...

I knew there had to be a logical explanation for that. Thanks Alcar! That screenshot of PA's sig was funny as well!

-oddguy

Majic · #11 10-27-2003, 10:20 PM

Isn't that the old forum scheme Sydney had? Did PA have that banner back then, or are you holding out on a layout with us

***Alcar*** · #12 10-28-2003, 12:31 AM

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Originally posted by Majic
Isn't that the old forum scheme Sydney had? Did PA have that banner back then, or are you holding out on a layout with us

That was one of Sydney's old layouts. I was testing it, but that picture was taken ages ago... Back in January.

Sydney has given us permission to use the old layouts, but whether or not we do han't been discussed with Abe Babe.

Alcar....

Majic · #13 10-28-2003, 01:40 AM

O yea? Yea? Well... the monkey in my avatar says thats cool, but it still doesn't remember PA having that banner since January. Maybe becuase I put him up like 2 days ago... Hm...

Quite perplexing.

***Alcar*** · #14 10-28-2003, 02:26 AM

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Originally posted by Majic
O yea? Yea? Well... the monkey in my avatar says thats cool, but it still doesn't remember PA having that banner since January. Maybe becuase I put him up like 2 days ago... Hm...

Quite perplexing.

Look at the dates presented in the image. All the dates on the forums state it was January 2003.

Alcar...

***Wil*** · #15 10-28-2003, 02:35 PM

I can't say I've ever known PA's banner to change. Anyway, here's my exciting discovery, where I caught OWF in the midst of a full-on Sligs' feet fetish...

Al the Vykker · #16 11-02-2003, 02:04 AM

Yeah I wish I would have taken some screenshots too, when some of the avatars were showing up for several different buttons, such as replacing the reply images.

Facsimile · #17 11-02-2003, 02:55 AM

It's still going slow for me. Loading the reply page took about a thousand hours.

M.U.D.T. · #18 11-02-2003, 05:34 PM

also for me, darn its just too bad

Majic · #19 11-02-2003, 06:36 PM

It's working pretty much fine for me now.

There's still an occasional super long load time for a page though.

oddguy · #20 11-02-2003, 08:02 PM

Here it goes again. PA's banner has taken over zee forums! Odd help us!

Oh, and the forums are loading even slower than before.......for mwah that is.

-oddguy

Majic · #21 11-03-2003, 12:05 AM

I was using my moms old ghetto computer, and every single picture was replaced by some banner ad for a movie or play or something. All the links and such were gone too, and refreshing didn't work. It was damned strange.

***Alcar*** · #22 11-03-2003, 02:39 AM

Hopefully when we upgrade to vBulletin 3 the image problem will stop persisting in annoying us. The slow loading times will be sorted soon.

Alcar...

Facsimile · #23 11-03-2003, 05:42 AM

Forum speed is nearly at norm now for me.

M.U.D.T. · #24 11-03-2003, 03:26 PM

i dont have any img prob only some texts shuffled here or there.

Joshy · #25 11-05-2003, 09:20 PM

I was thinking something was wrong wif my internet connection... it was cable and still loading slow for the forums.... but now its faster now

Majic · #26 11-05-2003, 09:30 PM

O crap. Joshy is back.

Strangely, this topic always takes forever for my computer to load. Ugh.

Joshy · #27 11-05-2003, 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by Majic
O crap. Joshy is back.

Yes under special circumstances am i back. My comp just got fix last night and i'm sick thats why i'm not at school and staring at the computer screen playing ffx...

Facsimile · #28 11-06-2003, 01:14 AM

Tell your new spoon of a friend to go away.

***Cloverfield*** · #29 11-07-2003, 10:36 AM

I found a temporary fix for the strange image loading problem. I had it come up on my computer today ... so used it as an opportunity to see if I could get rid of it.

Hold down CTRL + SHIFT (at the same time) and then click the Refresh button (while still keeping these held down).

Of course it's only a temporary solution ... as weird images might creep back in from time to time ... but at least it will fix the isssue in the short term.

Abe Babe...

***Alcar*** · #30 11-07-2003, 07:38 PM

Ah! Yes, it could be a cache issue. Then that'd mean it's our computer's fault as well as the server. Unless the server has it's own cache system, and is presenting us with the wrong cached images.

But I'm not a server guru, so I'm only guessing.

(I use Ctrl + F5 myself

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Alcar...