It's sporadic for me too. I made one post this am and it took nearly 2 minutes to send/load/retrieve the new post and then my next post took a few seconds.
This one also took a few seconds.
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It's sporadic for me too. I made one post this am and it took nearly 2 minutes to send/load/retrieve the new post and then my next post took a few seconds.
This one also took a few seconds.
Keep an eye on posts from little ol me;)Quote:
Originally Posted by dneilson
Sporadic and intermittent issues like the speed issues are on the harder end of the scale to fix. BUT, it is being looked into…
48 seconds to open the lounge forum page this am. It isn't the ad server(s) I have them blocked.
The IT people replied and said they are all over the speed issue:D
They have a long list of things to try... Keep your fingers crossed;)
At least we have some word from them :)
Please, please fix the "new Posts" thing. I use it a lot, instead of going into each forums.
The New Posts link was fixed more than a week ago. It shows posts from the last 24 hours.
When you click "New Posts" link
if you have already viewed all of the lastest posts, you'll get the message:
Sorry, there are no new posts to view.
You may search for posts updated during the previous 24 hours, here
Clicking on that "here" link at the end of the second sentence will to take you to
which is _all_ posts in the last 24 hours, (whether you've already viewed them or not).
The "What's New" tab looking link does the same thing as->
which is _all_ posts in the last 24 hours, (whether you've already viewed them or not).
Yep. :)
Still slow though.....
Are we talking about the same thing. I am referring to the fact that a new post doesn't show up under "New Posts" until hours later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve R Jones
It's working here.
http://www.SpywareDrGuide.com/Virtua...on2000_001.jpg
(Compare the time of my post with the time in the screenshot).
I think the list of New Posts gets updated once an hour.
?
Since you've obviously already read your own response, the Thread you just responded to is not going to show up in _your_ "New Posts" (getnew) list until someone else responds. "Why?" Simply because there is nothing *-New-* for you in that Thread since you last read it.
Your response will show up immediately in the "What's New" (getdaily) list however.
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"New Posts" = new to you (getnew)
"What's New" = everything in the last 24 hours (getdaily)
Not sure it is how it works - at least it wasn't like this w/ the old software.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpywareDr
After I hit the submit button, a new post should be registered. At this point I have not yet read this version of the THREAD which has this new post in it. The thread I have read so far doesn't has my response in it, yet. So even "to me", it should still be a new post. Beside, if your explanation is correct, how come, then, my reply will appear in "New Post" after a couple of hours even nobody else replies to it after me. Going by your explanation, it shouldn't, b/c according to that theory, I have already read it - when I wrote the reply - and so "to me" it is not a new post.
With the old site, after I submitted a reply (a post), it will list under "New Post" within minutes.
The software is smart enough to know YOU made the post...and in theory - so are you;)
Or put another way - as soon as you click into a thread - it is no longer new to you regardless of you replied to it or not.
And then there is the The "What's New" tab that shows all new threads that have been posted in within the past 24 hours.
Oh, well, we all know that I am dumb, that's a given. All I know is that the "New Post" behavior is different from b4 the site change. No matter, it's not important enough to fuss over it anymore. Forget about it. Life goes on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve R Jones
The above was posted on July 26th.Quote:
The IT people replied and said they are all over the speed issue
8 days later....still same issue.
It's slower than molasses.
I'm afraid some poeple will opt for some other websites.
It's simply painful.
I'm seriously considering leaving this board as nothing has been done to fix extreme slowness of this site.
I simply have no time to wait 15, 30 seconds, or even 1 minute for my usually lengthy replies in malware forum to post.
It looks like nobody cares anyway since nothing has been done about it.
This topic started on July 7th so 5 weeks should be enough to fix the issue.
Everyone at Quinstreet Inc (the owners of VirtualDr and 24 other forums) are fully aware of the performance issues and the database errors… They send their apologies.
Besides upgrading vBulletin, the backend software (apache, mysql etc) is also getting upgraded. AND, as a site gets upgraded it’s getting moved from a datacenter on the East coast to a center on the West coast.
To add to the complications – the old datacenter is being shut down and time is quickly running out to move the remaining sites that haven’t been upgraded.
AND, the people that would normally work on the performance issues are the same people involved in the upgrade… It’s a catch 22.
We kindly ask for your continued patience.
Thanks Steve for the update :)
Maybe they should start a thread in our networking forum.
I just noticed that I get sort of an opening page quite quickly when I try to enter VDr. It is getting all subsequent pages (including forum links) that still is painful.
There have been numerous times that a page would refuse to open at all. Sometimes the main page - discussion.virtualdr.com - is not accessible at all. Just FYI for your team.
Couldn't get on board at all for last 10 minutes.
Getting this error:
Quote:
The Virtual Dr Forums-Computer Tech Support database has encountered a problem.
After hitting reply box getting this:
That's a new "feature." If you so much as hit the space bar while you cursor is in the reply box and click the back button - that will pop up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Broni
All I did was to hit "Post reply" button, nothing else.Quote:
If you so much as hit the space bar while you cursor is in the reply box and click the back button
I get that message periodically as well. Just hitting reply will sometimes do it.
Just saw something similar a couple of minutes ago. I had clicked "Preview Post" and after a l-o-n-g delay got some kind of "The Virtual Dr Forums-Computer Tech Support database has encountered a problem. ..." error.
Here's a pic:
http://www.SpywareDrGuide.com/Virtua...e_error_01.gif
(Click image for a larger view)
Clicked the browser's back button, tried "Preview Post" again and it worked.
Short version is that I received the following reply to a discussion about the site(s) performance and db errors:
:DQuote:
DBAs are aware of the problems we’re having on the forums. They're building out a new db server to help with this.
Appreciate the update. Any rough idea of the time involved for the new Server---a day or two? A week or two? A month or two?
Nope no idea... But I'd guess it'll be "sooner" rather than "later."
Thanx for the reply. Everyone hopes your "sooner" is right.
This site have gone through' a few software / servers changes over the years but it never really has any major problem before. What has gone wrong this time? We all want to be understanding and patient about it, but ... it really has been really bad for a really l-o-n-g time. It took me 5 connection attempts to even get on the site and 2 attempts to post this reply!
We are long time members, so we'll be more forgiving but for new comers, I don't think they will stick with us ... in this days and age when instant gratification is a must for most people.
The last few days, things seem to go very slow in waves. Sometimes OK, sometimes very slow or not functioning at all.
Same here although never really "OK".
Ditto.
Pretty soon it's going to be 2 months since the issue started.
In my opinion people who own this site don't care at all.
Oh well...