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steppman2Salvaged from archive6 Dec 2006, 20:52
But the forums were taking forever to load, sometimes taking 30-40 seconds just to make a post...I used RIP, Hosts, and AdBlock to remove the adult friend finder text links and page loads are around 3-4 seconds now. I don't mind some text ads but that's pretty severe. Admittedly it could be a DNS issue on my side, or it could be an incredibly long route to my ISP from AFF but even if it is that seems like it could be resolved with either locally hosting the ads, or setting up some sort of time based cache. Has anyone else been experiencing long load times lately?
DandruffBGoneSalvaged from archive6 Dec 2006, 20:58
But the forums were taking forever to load, sometimes taking 30-40 seconds just to make a post...I used RIP, Hosts, and AdBlock to remove the adult friend finder text links and page loads are around 3-4 seconds now. I don't mind some text ads but that's pretty severe. Admittedly it could be a DNS issue on my side, or it could be an incredibly long route to my ISP from AFF but even if it is that seems like it could be resolved with either locally hosting the ads, or setting up some sort of time based cache. Has anyone else been experiencing long load times lately? Mine is driving me crazy. I'm trying to do laundry and don't have time to wait when I reload the page as I walk by (but I don't understand a word of what you recommend above). ........and it's started to work again now. Did you do that?
steppman2Salvaged from archive6 Dec 2006, 21:26
........and it's started to work again now. Did you do that? No :P
snufftelectSalvaged from archive6 Dec 2006, 21:58
Topic moved to "the Help Desk"
ColziSalvaged from archive6 Dec 2006, 22:38
Was a bit slow- thought it was my comp! Guess it aint- seems to be fine now!
steppman2Salvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 00:26
Topic moved to "the Help Desk" I don't need help now. ;) Just thought it was odd that those were slowing things down so much...
snufftelectSalvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 14:04
Topic moved to "the Help Desk" I don't need help now. ;) Just thought it was odd that those were slowing things down so much... God forbid! :mrgreen: Do you have any questions regarding the forums or our site? Post them here. Has anyone else been experiencing long load times lately? :wink: We just use the forum as a general Techy one, for future reference. :)
steppman2Salvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 14:51
No one's gonna see it here though...oh well, my load times are fixed anyways... :P
Big OzzieSalvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 17:24
I too have been experiencing ungodly long times between forums, posts, etc. Makes it extremely difficult to cut and paste...quote, etc. Also I have been experiencing "ghosts" on my screen. When I click on "Post Reply" the little reply click box can be seen (faintly) even after I am in the Reply area. Thought it was my system as well....Looks like Tech-Guy might have to look into it. Seems like it is an International Mystery! Also submitting posts is terrible! I actually got up to use the bathroom and get a drink and my post was still not uploaded. I hit submit again and it came up that I had double posted and could not submit another post so fast after the first. Then when I got into topic, I had to delete my second post!
steppman2Salvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 17:54
It's true! And I had some other thoughts... 1 : This appears to be a PHPBB forum, yet there's no branding on the bottom... 2 : Flood limitations could be taken off altogether if you query the database looking for an identical post whenever one is made. 3 : Flood limitations should not apply to editing posts... 4 : Optimizations (cache, compression, etc...) should be used heavily, especially on images and banners that require separate DNS queries.
ColziSalvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 18:05
It's true! And I had some other thoughts... 1 : This appears to be a PHPBB forum, yet there's no branding on the bottom... 2 : Flood limitations could be taken off altogether if you query the database looking for an identical post whenever one is made. 3 : Flood limitations should not apply to editing posts... 4 : Optimizations (cache, compression, etc...) should be used heavily, especially on images and banners that require separate DNS queries. If u ever need a new MOD this guy sounds like ure man ^ ^ (be filecabs first chav MOD id imagine ! :lol: )
Heero ValentineSalvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 19:21
same here, posting takes loads of time and this just happent i went from the Welcome Board to the filecabi index and it took 70 seconds to get there o.O
tgd_02Salvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 21:16
It's true! And I had some other thoughts... 1 : This appears to be a PHPBB forum, yet there's no branding on the bottom... 2 : Flood limitations could be taken off altogether if you query the database looking for an identical post whenever one is made. 3 : Flood limitations should not apply to editing posts... 4 : Optimizations (cache, compression, etc...) should be used heavily, especially on images and banners that require separate DNS queries. If u ever need a new MOD this guy sounds like ure man ^ ^ (be filecabs first chav MOD id imagine ! :lol: ) FUCK.............................................. .....no
ColziSalvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 21:32
meh How about u TG ?!
steppman2Salvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 21:34
Nah, I'd make a bad moderator...too many opinions, although I do enjoy freedom of speech and am good at allowing other people to exercise their rights to the same. I'd make a better administrator as I've used PHPBB since the early stages of development and already have quite a few PHPBB sites in operation, I'm also familiar with modifications to the system itself and how to make any changes necessary to maintain optimal performance under all conditions. Having said that, I'd be a bad administrator because I just don't have enough time to dedicate to a site this large with the other projects I'm involved with. Needless to say, the moderator permission level in PHPBB gives you no access to forum configuration or the database itself, and that's what I'd need to implement any changes. So to recap... Moderator : No Administrator : No Apologies...
steppman2Salvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 21:38
meh How about u TG ?! Why don't we just invite all the members of myg0t over here to be mods!
ColziSalvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 21:54
meh How about u TG ?! Why don't we just invite all the members of myg0t over here to be mods! LOL :lol: Current mods are doing great- no worrys!!
steppman2Salvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 22:07
LOL :lol: Current mods are doing great- no worrys!! Maybe you didn't get that... http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Myg0t http://www.myg0t.com/ http://www.pwned.nl http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/171762
ColziSalvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 22:17
Oh ok ! I never heard of a myg0t before !
tgd_02Salvaged from archive7 Dec 2006, 23:16
myg0t...nubs....
Big OzzieSalvaged from archive8 Dec 2006, 01:59
myg0t...nubs.... #4000 post for tgd_02!!^^^^^^^Catch me if you can, homz!
tgd_02Salvaged from archive8 Dec 2006, 02:02
^^^ dude ull foever be 200 posts ahead of me...i guess posts made in the mod room count as well...and damn i aint even realize it....
tgd_02Salvaged from archive8 Dec 2006, 02:04
meh How about u TG ?! not too divulge too much...but i was considered..but more of a threat than a help... FAGGOTS ARE FUCKING SCARED BUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Ace1875Salvaged from archive8 Dec 2006, 08:13
It's true! And I had some other thoughts... 1 : This appears to be a PHPBB forum, yet there's no branding on the bottom... 2 : Flood limitations could be taken off altogether if you query the database looking for an identical post whenever one is made. 3 : Flood limitations should not apply to editing posts... 4 : Optimizations (cache, compression, etc...) should be used heavily, especially on images and banners that require separate DNS queries. If u ever need a new MOD this guy sounds like ure man ^ ^ (be filecabs first chav MOD id imagine ! :lol: ) Colzi you had initially confused me. A MOD is a program attached to the phpBB2 Databse and a moderator AKA mod is diiferent. The first one is always capitalized sooo.... you see.... BTW steppman we are looking for a person that is knowledgeable in phpBB2 programming, if you know 'how to' by all means post here to let us know and then pm Merri and I will throw in a recommendation for you also. ;) ofcourse there is a test in that criteria. :)
steppman2Salvaged from archive8 Dec 2006, 17:25
I'm honored that you would consider me, I really am...but with my other PHPBB projects, along with that little Army thing I also do, I just don't have enough time. ;) But I would be more than happy to help out with any issues you guys might have. I haven't used anything but PHPBB for message boards since I made my own rudimentary forums back in the day. Oh and another thing you guys might consider that I implement on a few of my sites...user selected signature/avatar displaying...some people just aren't interested in seeing them. That one's actually freely available as a PHPBB MOD, probably on the phpbb.com site. It also saves a bit of bandwidth (not so much on the sigs but it helps if you host the avatars). Edit : Pic! http://www.agentstepp.com/files/avsig.JPG Edit 2 : Just occurred to me that you guys might not like mods since they throw off patching PHPBB a little, but then I realized you guys appear to use at least a couple already, so maybe you guys manually patch using those crazy difference files (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/phpbb/phpBB-2.0.21-cod… ;) I would be interested in knowing how you guys approach adding things, and testing security/stability before implementation. I've not dealt with a site this large with a forum before and it makes me extremely curious.

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