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Jul 23, 2009, 11:56 AM
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It is so incredibly slow. It took me 12 minutes and 20 seconds to get to post this thread. I have had this problem on and off ever since last Sunday. I just can't navigate around this site. Everything takes a really really long time.
Nothing is wrong with my computer, it is squeaky clean and I have phoned my service provider. No problems there. All my other internet dealings are 100%. Just this site. It is frustrating me in a very big way as I really need to be here and I can't be. Anyone know what's going on?
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Jul 23, 2009, 12:06 PM
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Go figure..............
I post this and now everything is nice and quick! I have visited 3 threads in the last minute where it normally takes 20 minutes to get to 2 threads. Hopefuly my good fortune lasts.
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Jul 23, 2009, 06:48 PM
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((((((((Sabrina))))))))))))))
I think it depends on the software for the site, and something to do with the server, and other computer gobblty-gook that I can't understand or explain. It's not YOU, it's part of the normal process I think. Sometimes it's slow for some periods ...
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Jul 24, 2009, 03:18 AM
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Ok, thanks. I will just have to remember to be patient and log out when those times are about.
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Jul 24, 2009, 09:31 PM
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LOL..Sabrina~ Look at it this way....At least you've learned a way to fix the problem..... When, (if), it happens again, simply create a post questioning why it's even happening....and viola...problem solved...lickadeesplit! (It's sorta something like....the best way to find something that's been lost somewhere in the schuffle of the house....go out and buy it again. And when you return back home....lo n behold...there it was all along....lol....(happens to me, anyway). Take care~ Shangrala 
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Jul 25, 2009, 03:02 AM
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It's also possible that the server might bog down when many members are active (reading or posting) at the same time. I'm pretty much used to the normal speed of this site. At various times I've noticed delays (sometimes around this time of night, sometimes in late morning), but usually when that happens I just try again -- right away or a little later. If a delay happens while I'm trying to post something, I do copy-paste the text and save it in a file in case it should disappear on me. I don't think I've ever actually lost a post here, though. |
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Jul 28, 2009, 01:26 PM
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There's nothing that's affecting the performance of our site or servers, or is showing up in our logs. Everything is and has been running normally for months now.
Sometimes I have to reload a page if it seems to be timing out, but I attribute that to my having a few dozen browser windows open at any given time. But it might also work for you too! DocJohn
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Jul 28, 2009, 03:07 PM
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Correct me if im wrong admin or Doc, but i seem to remember you(Doc) saying that the server updates around 5-6 am every morning. That would correlate with what Foomph was saying!
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Jul 28, 2009, 07:32 PM
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There's nothing that should cause a 12 minute delay in loading a page, no.
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Jul 28, 2009, 07:48 PM
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Sabrina,
I notice that sometimes things run very slowly. A likely culprit for me will be my computer has something running in the background. Something scheduled like defrag. Other times I haven't a clue why. I find if I reload the page that usually does the trick. Maybe you can try that & see if it works for you. Oh, the usual disclaimer, I'm not a computer geek! Good luck!
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Jul 29, 2009, 05:00 AM
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Thanks notz. I have just thought about my antivirus software - could have been updating during those times.
I have had better performance the last couple of days. I now just log off and walk away to try again later. Instead of getting all anxious and hot under the collar.
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Aug 01, 2009, 01:55 AM
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Most of the time this site acts normal for me but when it doesn't, this is the time of evening that it most often doesn't.
About 10 minutes ago (11:25 PM PDT) I tried to preview a post. I had only one Firefox window open (and only one tab open in that window). I got a small amount of modem activity, then nothing. I tried again; same thing. I launched System Monitor (a Windows 98 utility -- dk if later versions have it too). It occasionally showed brief bursts of activity (Bytes transmitted: 413; Received: 41) then another long period of 0 and 0. I opened a second tab in Firefox and went to the "Forums" page on my way to Feedback & Technical Support. Similar delay. It was 11:28 before I got a response; at that point the pages in both tabs seemed to start loading at the same time. The "bytes received" stat went to 4 or 5 K for a few seconds (the normal figure when a page is loading successfully). It looked to me as though most likely the server itself, but possibly the Internet between here and the server, was temporarily too busy to deliver my request or my pages and was telling me to be patient. Firefox does "time out," sometimes fairly quickly, while waiting for pages from other sites but when it's slow here it rarely does anything except wait quietly. BTW, I'm currently connected via dialup at 50,666 bps -- my most common modem speed by far. |
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Aug 02, 2009, 11:16 AM
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OK, I just had to come here and say how FANTASTIC the site is for me tonight. I have NEVER known this site to be so quick. I am zipping between pages and in games I kept getting told I had to wait a couple of seconds between posts. How wonderful is that! If only it could be like this all the time. Wow - I could get used to this!
I just wanted to say, that even though I have had my hassles, I am so grateful for this resource and I couldn't do without it in my daily life!
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Sep 02, 2009, 01:15 AM
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I've taken to dealing with these late-evening delays by taking a short break or doing something else in another browser tab (or window) till the page I'm waiting for comes up. |
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Sep 02, 2009, 08:54 AM
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Well, I must say, the problems that I was experiencing when I originally posted this thread were extreme. There was a glitch somewhere, whether it was with me and my browser or this site, I don't know.
I haven't had any troubles like the original one's for a while now. A few time delays here and there but nothing that drives me up the wall. I am probably never on line when routine site maintenance or whatever takes place so I am not really affected. All's well that ends well, for me at least!
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Nov 21, 2009, 04:38 PM
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Since the site came back up I've encountered no further delays like these. I'm convinced that what I was seeing was a failing hard drive dropping behind the requests for it, probably as the result of all the retries it was having to do at times of heavy use. The time frame I noticed equates to 1:30 to 3 AM Eastern time -- right when I'd expect backups and other drive-intensive housekeeping to be scheduled. |
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Dec 05, 2009, 03:16 PM
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Part of the reason I didn't see them before may be that I haven't been on much during that time, or been writing something long that didn't require anything from the server till I was ready to preview or submit it. I'm not talking about 12-minute delays now. I wouldn't even notice a delay unless it was 15 seconds or more, and I don't remember having to retry even for a full minute. |
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