PLEASE FIX THIS SITE!!!!!!!

[Dude111]

IT IS SO BLOODY SLOW ITS UNREAL!!!!!!!

ITS BARELY USABLE BUDDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ya know if you allowed HTTP traffic like hipforums and city-data do (They are http OR https),it wouldnt be 1/2 as bad.... HTTPS is always slower and seeing we are having so many problems here,I think you might try my idea and see I am right!!

The last few days have been aweful........ Barely usable mate!!

I know its not your fault Todd,The host lied to you and said they were giving us a deal

Please contact the host and try to get us a faster connection like we had before they gave us this "deal"!! (It was quite fast then)

I love you Todd........ I am just trying to help you not let people walk all over you buddy which is what this host did when they put us on this!!!!

[icecream]

It has been a bit slower the last few days but nothing to make a federal case out of. Here we go again with your HTTP fixation, if you would use a browser that was updated in the 21st century it will go better for you. TJ has made it clear he wants to stick with HTTPS, seems like you are the one trying to walk over him not taking no for an answer.

[Dude111]

Ya I dont wanna seem like that icecream,im sorry....

I was at the library using the latest FF a couple times and this site was still unreal slow........

[TJ]

I don't know how you can say it's slow when you made at least 10 posts in the last hour. Why does it always seem to slow down only when you are on here? I hope you aren't doing anything nefarious by flooding it with connections. Maybe it would help if you didn't open up 50 tabs at once when scanning the bases.

It would be barely useable if the server was completely down, timing out or if the posts weren't making it into the database. None of that is happening.

This is basically the same server we've been on for years. It has only 2 GB less memory. It would't make much difference.

The only difference in recent years is there are many more spiders/bots connecting at the same time. I've spent a lot time blocking their IP addresses, but there are always new ones connecting. There's really not much more I can do other than keep blocking them.

[Dude111]

Im sorry Todd,I know your trying buddy.....

I love you so much!!

[TJ]

As icecream mentioned, maybe if you updated your browser to something from the 21st century it will go better for you.

Where is your VPN/proxy located? That is likely slowing you down a little bit. It takes extra hops to get here.

[stevea]

Right now there are 19 users logged in and 901 "guests." That's an unbelievably high number. I guess that's largely bots/crawlers, but I can't imagine there are anywhere near that number of search engines wanting info.

[TJ]

901 guests is a low number. There were almost 30,000 online in March.

Most users ever online was 29,684, 03-27-2024 at 07:05 AM.

I've done everything possible to block them by IP address or user agent. I've tried to slow them down to limit their crawling. It would be fine if they limited the amount of pages they are indexing. There's all kinds of bots/crawlers scanning pages for AI purposes. It becomes much slower when hundreds of them are connecting at the same time. Those connections need to close and clear before more are allowed.

It will run fine for 3-4 months without any major issues. Then there will be a few days when it runs noticeably slower.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by TJ

Where is your VPN/proxy located? That is likely slowing you down a little bit. It takes extra hops to get here.

Im sorry Todd,I dont wanna make ya mad buddy. It looks like icecream is getting mad also so I wont say anymore.....

But like I told you in email I use the same proxy to get to my friend Pauls site (www.cableforum.co.uk/board/) and its super fast!!

Its not the proxy.........

[TJ]

Originally Posted by Dude111

Im sorry Todd,I dont wanna make ya mad buddy. It looks like icecream is getting mad also so I wont say anymore.....

But like I told you in email I use the same proxy to get to my friend Pauls site (www.cableforum.co.uk/board/) and its super fast!!

Its not the proxy.........

I think you are a bit spoiled by the speed on other sites. There's always going to be fluctuations when it slows down at certain times of the day. It's an exaggeration to say they are barely useable.

I could complain to our host, but they would just look at the server load and stats and say it looks fine. It would only appear slower if you are actually on here navigating from page to page, searching and making posts.

It's hard to say how active those Cable Forums are because they limit what you can see as guests. If you're using a proxy from the UK, their site is going to load faster.

Just looking at some of their forums at a glance, they don't appear to have as many active threads as us. They have a similiar number of users and guests online.

Currently Active Users: 1545 (15 members and 1530 guests)
View Who's Online
Most users ever online was 16,244, 22-04-2022 at 08:07.

Maybe they are paying much more for their server costs. Some sites like city-data have much bigger budgets than us for their hosting.

[opus]

Originally Posted by TJ

Some sites like city-data have much bigger budgets than us for their hosting.

I’ve heard good things about their member screening process.

[Bonniegirl]

Yes! I agree ! Fix this site or else I'm outa here I tell ya, outa here !!

LOL

[TJ]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Yes! I agree ! Fix this site or else I'm outa here I tell ya, outa here !!

LOL

I was going to tell him to stop threatening us with a good time without him.

[Dead2009]

Originally Posted by Dude111

Im sorry Todd,I know your trying buddy.....

I love you so much!!

I dont mean to be rude, but I can kinda see why the other site banned you over and over. This is a bit much.

That being said, the site does load kinda slow for me as well, but it runs slightly faster if I change to a skin that isnt plastered with ads or pictures lol.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by TJ

I could complain to our host, but they would just look at the server load and stats and say it looks fine. It would only appear slower if you are actually on here navigating from page to page, searching and making posts.

Yes buddy please complain!

AN IDEA!!: Invite someone Todd from the host to come here,I GUARANTEE THE SPEED WILL BE FIXED WHEN THEY SEE HOW SLOW IT IS!!! (Sometimes they gotta see first hand before they will fix it)

I wont say anymore.......... Just ask someone from your host to come to this site and they will see!!

Thank you TJ


Im not trying to make anyone mad but like Dead2009 said above THIS IS A BUT MUCH!!

Lets get this fixed


I love you all!


EDIT:

I wanted to add The portal loads fine (sitcomsonline.com) its just the VBB site (sitcomsonline.com/boards)

Todd I will help you... If you will tell me who your host is,I will make sure they fix it!!


EDIT2:

I emailed someone about this.... Lets see if we can get it fixed!!

Im behind ya Todd 100%!!!