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Title: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Newportnobby on October 29, 2021, 04:03:43 PM
The last couple of days the forum has been extremely slow, particularly on the 'add ons' like PMs, N'Porium and pic gallerys.
No issues with other sites before anyone suggests it's this end.
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: guest311 on October 29, 2021, 05:28:55 PM
slow here as well, but then I have [finally  :-[ ] been trying to delete some of inbox and sent pm's to cut down on clutter.
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Nbodger on October 29, 2021, 06:05:19 PM
Agree it has been slow on and off for the last two days, although doesn't help when some people post 30 to 40 Mb of photos in a single post
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Dorsetmike on October 29, 2021, 06:55:19 PM
Yep, whoever's job it is to feed poor Hammy in his treadmill needs a boot up the jacksi
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Tank on October 29, 2021, 07:31:46 PM
Seems fine for me, but it does seem to have slow moments at various times.  We're due an update in a couple of weeks, so that may help.

There is a major upgrade in the next 6 months.
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Newportnobby on October 29, 2021, 08:26:48 PM
(https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/gallery/67/264-040718132202-671891766.jpeg)

:P
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Bealman on October 30, 2021, 12:26:55 AM
That's a fake photo. Nobody has cathode ray tube monitors anymore.  :)
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: chrism on October 30, 2021, 06:17:55 AM
Quote from: Bealman on October 30, 2021, 12:26:55 AM
That's a fake photo. Nobody has cathode ray tube monitors anymore.  :)

Shows how long he was waiting  :smiley-laughing:
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: The Q on October 30, 2021, 06:32:04 AM
Just got a 404 error page not found, the next try which this is, took some time to load, as did this post update page.
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Buffin on October 30, 2021, 08:31:57 AM
The site's fine here fwiw.
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Railwaygun on October 30, 2021, 09:10:29 AM
Quote from: Tank on October 29, 2021, 07:31:46 PM
Seems fine for me, but it does seem to have slow moments at various times.  We're due an update in a couple of weeks, so that may help.

There is a major upgrade in the next 6 months.

Having just spent 3 days fixing my IMac after the latest OS upgrade (ie trying to remove the upgrade) , the phrase " major Upgrade "   Fills me with horror!,
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Papyrus on October 30, 2021, 11:20:47 AM
Working fine here...

Cheers,

Chris
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: guest311 on October 30, 2021, 12:25:11 PM
still slow here, and just looked at Dunston works thread, 7 photos in the laters post, and too a whole minute to show them.
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Nbodger on October 30, 2021, 12:58:21 PM
Quote from: class37025 on October 30, 2021, 12:25:11 PM
still slow here, and just looked at Dunston works thread, 7 photos in the laters post, and too a whole minute to show them.

Around 40 to 50 Mb of photos
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Papyrus on October 30, 2021, 02:02:29 PM
Quote from: class37025 on October 30, 2021, 12:25:11 PM
still slow here, and just looked at Dunston works thread, 7 photos in the laters post, and too a whole minute to show them.

By way of comparison I did the same. They loaded straight away. Whatever the fault is, I don't think it is entirely down to the Forum.

Cheers,

Chris
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: ntpntpntp on October 30, 2021, 05:22:35 PM
To be honest I've not noticed any severe problems in recent weeks: all pages have loaded pretty much as I'd expect.

Some of the photos on Dunston do seem to be a bit larger resolution than is really necessary for a forum thread, the full screen versions are massive.
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Newportnobby on November 01, 2021, 09:43:28 AM
Since 09.00 this morning 17 posts read and 3 x 'Error - timed out' messages :unimpressed:
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Bealman on November 01, 2021, 09:50:18 AM
Had problems with reloading pages on my phone throughout the day here, but it seems to be belting along tonight on my laptop (8.50 pm, Aus time).
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Papyrus on November 01, 2021, 11:20:25 AM
Still whizzing along here, Mick. I've just been back to the Dunston Works thread and the photos loaded straight away. Admittedly, I have just changed internet provider so I assume I now have a state of the art router, which might explain the difference. Is it worth contacting your ISP saying you are having problems? You might at the very least get a new router out of them.

Cheers,

Chris
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Post by: port perran on November 01, 2021, 11:45:13 AM
Whizzing along here this morning.
Dunston loads almost immediately for me.
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Post by: guest311 on November 01, 2021, 11:53:37 AM
quite quick here today, but when I tried the Dunston Works thread, started to load, latest two posts, then locked up when it started to try to download the post with all the photos again. came up with a 'page unresponsive' report.

went back to show all unread posts, then to this thread and all ok.
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Newportnobby on November 01, 2021, 12:14:16 PM
Quote from: Papyrus on November 01, 2021, 11:20:25 AM
Is it worth contacting your ISP saying you are having problems? You might at the very least get a new router out of them.


I don't have issues with any other site, Chris. I'm quite happy with my BT fibre optic set up.
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: mickeyflinn on November 01, 2021, 12:45:35 PM
Varying for me - quite speedy at the moment, but took almost 45 seconds to go back one page earlier.
Title: Re: Forum very slow......particularly..............
Post by: Tank on November 01, 2021, 01:58:07 PM
Quote from: Papyrus on November 01, 2021, 11:20:25 AM
Still whizzing along here, Mick. I've just been back to the Dunston Works thread and the photos loaded straight away. Admittedly, I have just changed internet provider so I assume I now have a state of the art router, which might explain the difference. Is it worth contacting your ISP saying you are having problems? You might at the very least get a new router out of them.

Cheers,

Chris

Hi Chris,

This is a website issue, not to do with anyone's ISP.  To solve it is a huge task, and also expensive.  As I have said previously, I'm hoping that a major update that SMF (the forum developers) will help us with that.  However, it's still in testing, which lasts months!