Saint Garrett Posted 24 May, 2013 Posted 24 May, 2013 I'm not sure why my thread was locked on the main forum, but the forum is horribly slow. Taking literally a few minutes to load between pages ?
Batman Posted 24 May, 2013 Posted 24 May, 2013 same for me. On Chrome very slow not too bad on safari
Saint Garrett Posted 24 May, 2013 Author Posted 24 May, 2013 I've only tried on Chrome. Was fine on Tapatalk though when I tried that...
Saint Garrett Posted 24 May, 2013 Author Posted 24 May, 2013 I've only tried on Chrome. Was fine on Tapatalk though when I tried that...
Batman Posted 24 May, 2013 Posted 24 May, 2013 I've only tried on Chrome. Was fine on Tapatalk though when I tried that... tapatalk is also fine with me. its just Chrome it seems
Deano6 Posted 24 May, 2013 Posted 24 May, 2013 Completely agree with this one! I'm a slow typist and often by the time I have written out my comment and posted it the conversation has long moved on. I think having a slow forum alongside the others would really be beneficial to people like me. Good suggestion!
Saint Garrett Posted 24 May, 2013 Author Posted 24 May, 2013 It only seems to be today...although I didn't come on here on the website yesterday. Something not right.
twopintsnilnil Posted 25 May, 2013 Posted 25 May, 2013 Yep, loading knackered on Chrome. Mods - any changes you can tell us about? Logically, if a number of different users using the same browser, but without issues elsewhere are having a problem.....Just saying I'd be looking at server changes. Help appreciated.
twopintsnilnil Posted 25 May, 2013 Posted 25 May, 2013 OK......Chrome has been updated over the last couple of days. I'm on version 27.0.1453.94 which seems to be the current stable release according to http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.co.uk/ so this could be the issue. As all other browsers - including Tapatalk seem OK, so I'm back to IE or Firefox until this is fixed.
Saint Garrett Posted 25 May, 2013 Author Posted 25 May, 2013 The mods did an update on this forum last week sometime, it seems to be pathetically slow since then.
S-Clarke Posted 25 May, 2013 Posted 25 May, 2013 Have no problem what so ever here. Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari. Loads as normal as it ever did. (through Virgin and also BT ADSL).
Saint Garrett Posted 26 May, 2013 Author Posted 26 May, 2013 Before it was loading almost instantly, now it's taking about a minute to load per page. On both my work pc and personal pc....both on Chrome.
twopintsnilnil Posted 26 May, 2013 Posted 26 May, 2013 Have no problem what so ever here. Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari. Loads as normal as it ever did. (through Virgin and also BT ADSL). Which version of Chrome do you have? (menu/About Google Chrome)
JonnyLove Posted 26 May, 2013 Posted 26 May, 2013 Not just chrome, also affected in safari on my ipad
Saint Garrett Posted 26 May, 2013 Author Posted 26 May, 2013 Which version of Chrome do you have? (menu/About Google Chrome) Not sure. On Tapatalk ATM and haven't been around today. Will have a look T some point or I want my fiver back!
S-Clarke Posted 26 May, 2013 Posted 26 May, 2013 Which version of Chrome do you have? (menu/About Google Chrome) Version 27.0.1453.94 m
stevegrant Posted 27 May, 2013 Posted 27 May, 2013 There do seem to have been a few problems with newer builds of Chrome recently, I've not noticed a problem on here but loading times for other sites have increased massively. Due to the auto-update nature of Chrome, it's likely that hardly anyone will notice when they fix the problem, but nor is it possible (seemingly) to roll back to the last known fully-working version
Weston Saint Posted 27 May, 2013 Posted 27 May, 2013 I have the latest Chrome on a new Windows 8 Lap Top installed on Wednesday. No issues at all. Even the Echo loads without delay!
JonnyLove Posted 27 May, 2013 Posted 27 May, 2013 FYI, I cleared out my cache and cookies and this site now runs as it should
Saint Garrett Posted 28 May, 2013 Author Posted 28 May, 2013 Hmm I've tried that with bit my work and home laptop....still horribly slow.
OVER THE HILL Posted 28 May, 2013 Posted 28 May, 2013 Very slow for me on Chrome.Getting really ****ed off with this.
JonnyLove Posted 29 May, 2013 Posted 29 May, 2013 Does seem to only affect Chrome and Safari (on iPad not tested my Mac yet). IE seems to work fine. Strange thing is I can load the first page and a forum page but if I try and view reply to a thread it slows right down.
SaintsAhoy Posted 29 May, 2013 Posted 29 May, 2013 It affects Firefox too! And it's bloody annoying. I have no problem at home with every other site on the internet, so I'm thinking the problem must lie somewhere within this site. First page loads instantly. When you click on a thread, wait 90 seconds for the page to open.
JonnyLove Posted 29 May, 2013 Posted 29 May, 2013 Seems to affect IE now as well. Good to know the Admins on this site are all over it (probably a good think I don't pay a fiver)
Ajv2809 Posted 29 May, 2013 Posted 29 May, 2013 Have tried Chrome, Safari and Firefox. Seems to affect them all. Incredibly frustrating to put it mildy.
spiderwebb46 Posted 31 May, 2013 Posted 31 May, 2013 I am running IE9 through a VM cable connection with 100me= download ability and it's still taking a very long time to open any page within this site. Mods...Is there something you need to tell us about or should we all migrate off to somewhere else for a while ?
SaintsAhoy Posted 1 June, 2013 Posted 1 June, 2013 Yeah can we get some kind of a response here. At least pretend that someone's looking into it or something?
Saint Garrett Posted 1 June, 2013 Author Posted 1 June, 2013 This is why I originally put the issue on the Main Board as no one seems to look here !
Saint Garrett Posted 1 June, 2013 Author Posted 1 June, 2013 This is why I originally put the issue on the Main Board as no one seems to look here !
Batman Posted 1 June, 2013 Posted 1 June, 2013 No joy at all on safari or Chrome Oddly, Firefox seems to be OK (not perfect though)
Tokyo-Saint Posted 1 June, 2013 Posted 1 June, 2013 This is why I originally put the issue on the Main Board as no one seems to look here ! You can say that again
Spudders Posted 1 June, 2013 Posted 1 June, 2013 (edited) ------ Edited 2 June, 2013 by Spudders factually incorrect ramblings
OVER THE HILL Posted 1 June, 2013 Posted 1 June, 2013 Works Ok for me on IE and Safari but Chrome is terrible
JonnyLove Posted 2 June, 2013 Posted 2 June, 2013 So I had a thought. I turned on private browsing and either they have fixed the issue at the same time or doing so has fixed the slow forum. Try it and see what happens. If it does work simple work around but I'd be asking big questions as to what is trying to run on this website that private browsing turns off.
Whitey Grandad Posted 2 June, 2013 Posted 2 June, 2013 I normally use Tapatalk and have no problems with that. Mind you, I don't have problems with IE8 or later.
OVER THE HILL Posted 2 June, 2013 Posted 2 June, 2013 . I turned on private browsing and either they have fixed the issue at the same time or doing so has fixed the slow forum. . Please explain what this is and where I might find it.
JonnyLove Posted 3 June, 2013 Posted 3 June, 2013 Depends on your browser. IE 9/10 (not sure about : Tools - InPrivatre Browsing Firefox: File - New Private Window Chrome: Customise And control Google Chrome: New Incognito Window (Or Press CRTL+SHIFT+N) Safari on iPad: Go to Safari Settings and Turn on Private Browsing, Please note when turning on Private browsing your user details are not saved so you will need to enter them on each visit. I have tested this now on all web browsers and turning on Private browsing resolved the issue with slowness on all. Steve Grant over to you to find out what your website / ad's / hosting company is up to.
SaintsAhoy Posted 3 June, 2013 Posted 3 June, 2013 I LoveJonnyLove. That's 'fixed' it, at least enough for me to enjoy browsing through the site again
stevegrant Posted 4 June, 2013 Posted 4 June, 2013 I'm back in the office tomorrow so I'll have a look into it then.
JonnyLove Posted 4 June, 2013 Posted 4 June, 2013 I'm back in the office tomorrow so I'll have a look into it then. Might be worth finding out if your hosting company uses cdn distribution servers as it could be an issue with how it's distributing the load into your server, as not everyone is experiencing the issue it could be more localised
stevegrant Posted 4 June, 2013 Posted 4 June, 2013 Might be worth finding out if your hosting company uses cdn distribution servers as it could be an issue with how it's distributing the load into your server, as not everyone is experiencing the issue it could be more localised We don't. There are two possible problems, I think - the first being that the new infrastructure with better firewall isn't handling things as well as it should, the second being that the company who host the adverts (a combination of Google AdSense and another company) has changed the way they serve the adverts which has had a knock-on effect. I'm not convinced it can be the latter option because some full members are reporting issues as well as "3-posters".
JonnyLove Posted 5 June, 2013 Posted 5 June, 2013 That was my thinking about the ad's but then I too noticed full members reported the issue, but it would be strange if it was a firewall issue as it's interested how private browsing resolves it and unsure why a firewall would care. But good luck on finding it so I can get back to not having to type my user details in each time
stevegrant Posted 5 June, 2013 Posted 5 June, 2013 There is an update to vBulletin that I've been putting off due to not having enough hours in the day at the moment, so I think I'll probably explore that avenue as well. It could be that there was something in the current version (v4.2.0) that exposes this problem and has subsequently been fixed. There is a major new version available as well, but I'm not yet convinced it's good enough to be worth either the expense or the time it would take to design a Saints skin for it.
Saint Garrett Posted 7 June, 2013 Author Posted 7 June, 2013 Private browsing certainly seems to have improved the speed of the forum by a long distance, but there shouldn't really be an issue with running it just on the normal browser.
stevegrant Posted 7 June, 2013 Posted 7 June, 2013 Private browsing certainly seems to have improved the speed of the forum by a long distance, but there shouldn't really be an issue with running it just on the normal browser. Agreed. Still investigating this, need to try a few things over the next week or so.
lambtiss Posted 8 June, 2013 Posted 8 June, 2013 Slowness is back for me on Safari today. Yesterday I managed to get around the page load delays by following the advice above of switching on Private Browsing. Today the slowness is back although I still have private browsing switched on.
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