Some forums are very slow

Sad Professor · 16-04-2007 12:01PM #1

The main page loads fine, as does Feedback and the Helpdesk (insufficient privileges to post however) and most others in the Sys category. But almost everything else is ridiculously slow to load, including my User CP. I've cleared cookies and cache, all the usual stuff. Also tried it on my laptop, same problem.

I'm with NTL so maybe it's some kind of forced proxy issue with them.

Anyone else having this problem? I've been having it since last night.

6th · 16-04-2007 12:04PM

Am on a very good IBB connection here and I'm having the same problems.

Mr Magnolia · 16-04-2007 12:15PM

Having problems here too, someone's also mentioned it on the helpdesk. I can't access subscribed threads and a few links seem broken, I just get a blank screen with the dropdown menu on the top of the page most of the time. I'm sure it's being worked on as we type though

The_Minister · 16-04-2007 12:19PM

Nothing's working, everything is slow, helllllllllpppppppppppp.

seamus · 16-04-2007 12:22PM

Slooooowwww. Ah well, it's lunchtime.

Mr Magnolia · 16-04-2007 12:25PM

My connections pretty fast and my subscriptions are working now too

Rabies · 16-04-2007 12:26PM

seamus wrote:

Slooooowwww. Ah well, it's lunchtime.

It was like this before the 3am back up also.

I'm sure things will be back to normal again when regi hits it with a spanner.

Blowfish · 16-04-2007 12:26PM

I don't know how loads of people are still able to post. Everywhere times out for me bar here and the front page.

Faith · 16-04-2007 12:27PM

I'm having problems too. Pages aren't loading for ages, and it's slowing down my other browsers too. Quick reply often doesn't work either.

irishpartyboy · 16-04-2007 12:30PM

Having same performance issues, taking forever to load CP and subscribed threads... perhaps some teething issues with the new hosting provider.

Beruthiel · 16-04-2007 12:31PM

I have had this problem all morning

Blowfish · 16-04-2007 12:32PM

On the plus side at least adverts is back up and running.

regi · 16-04-2007 12:34PM

I think the adverts are being served very slowly, and this is causing the pages to render only when the advert is down.

Slow Motion · 16-04-2007 12:35PM

Sparks400 wrote:

Having problems here too, someone's also mentioned it on the helpdesk. I can't access subscribed threads and a few links seem broken, I just get a blank screen with the dropdown menu on the top of the page most of the time. I'm sure it's being worked on as we type though

Ditto for the last half hour, was on this morning and everything was fine

r3nu4l · 16-04-2007 12:44PM

Am I the only one not having any problems?

crosses fingers and touches wood*

*takes hand out of pants :eek:

galwaytt · 16-04-2007 12:53PM

r3nu4l wrote:

Am I the only one not having any problems?

...yes, only you........... on motors, home and garden, pages not loading at all, only strap banner at top.

Feedback works, though.............

b3t4 · 16-04-2007 01:11PM

I'm having the same problem.

Everywhere (but feedback, thankfully) are taken an age and a day to load.

Waiting on 89.234.66.106 according to Firefox.

A

Valentia · 16-04-2007 01:12PM

regi wrote:

I think the adverts are being served very slowly, and this is causing the pages to render only when the advert is down.

I bet that's it. I have asked this before but is there any way that a site can load first and let the ads come in when they are ready. It seems daft to me for site speeds to be held to ransom by the adlet thingies.

16-04-2007 01:24PM

b3t4 wrote:

Waiting on 89.234.66.106 according to Firefox.

A

yup thats the message I get too on firefox with lots of annoying random delays today.

Valentia wrote:

I bet that's it. I have asked this before but is there any way that a site can load first and let the ads come in when they are ready. It seems daft to me for site speeds to be held to ransom by the adlet thingies.

Agreed 100%
Make it so Regi,if you have the time and it can be done.

Miguel_Sanchez · 16-04-2007 01:25PM

The site has been running quite slowly for me all morning. The menu across the top of the page will load quickly and then the rest takes ages.

peasant · 16-04-2007 01:25PM

galwaytt wrote:

...yes, only you........... on motors, home and garden, pages not loading at all, only strap banner at top.

Feedback works, though.............

same here ...Sys is the only category I can access.
earlier on even that was "read only"

nesf · 16-04-2007 01:35PM

peasant wrote:

same here ...Sys is the only category I can access.
earlier on even that was "read only"

Same, everything else just gets to the drop-down menu and then slows to a halt.

r3nu4l · 16-04-2007 01:36PM

galwaytt wrote:

...yes, only you...........

Must be my lucky day so, better buy a Lotto ticket on the way home!

Alun · 16-04-2007 01:43PM

Just get Firefox, install the Adblock extension and block all the ad sites as they spring up. The current culprit appears to be 89.234.66.106. No idea what it is since it doesn't appear to have a reverse DNS lookup, which is another reason to block it IMO.

Blowfish · 16-04-2007 01:47PM

r3nu4l wrote:

Must be my lucky day so, better buy a Lotto ticket on the way home!

In other words you are the only one of us using adblock.

Valentia · 16-04-2007 02:00PM

I have adblock running.

I just noticed that google-analythics is taking a week and a day to connect. That's part of the problem for sure.

Stark · 16-04-2007 02:01PM

I'm getting the waiting for 89.234.66.106 message as well. It's taking forever

Everything in the Sys category is fine.

sioda · 16-04-2007 02:05PM

Same here and its forcing me into doing some work

Sad Professor · 16-04-2007 02:19PM

Alun wrote:

The current culprit appears to be 89.234.66.106. No idea what it is since it doesn't appear to have a reverse DNS lookup, which is another reason to block it IMO.

Thank you, blocking 89.234.66.106 has fixed it for me. Everything loading fine again.

Asiaprod · 16-04-2007 02:22PM

Thanks Alun, worked for me too

watty · 16-04-2007 02:33PM

Valentia wrote:

I bet that's it. I have asked this before but is there any way that a site can load first and let the ads come in when they are ready. It seems daft to me for site speeds to be held to ransom by the adlet thingies.

Well the page is served by web server
The browser parses it
Then the browser renders it in what ever order it decides (usually from the top).

Possibly only putting the banner at the bottom or in a frame or satanic evil of evils an iFrame, will allow the rest of the page to load. Or an ad blocker installed. Wait I never said that!

CrowdedHouse · 16-04-2007 02:46PM

Alun wrote:

The current culprit appears to be 89.234.66.106. No idea what it is since it doesn't appear to have a reverse DNS lookup, which is another reason to block it IMO.

Thanks Alun - that done the job

Valentia · 16-04-2007 03:05PM

Another thanks Alun. Flying now!

Tom Dunne · 16-04-2007 03:07PM

Another ++ for adblock. Flying along here.

Zaph · 16-04-2007 03:18PM

Can anything be done for those of us stuck with IE? And I'm not using my own PC so please don't say install Firefox

Stark · 16-04-2007 03:18PM

Is there a way to whitelist boards.ie as a whole on adblock but still block specific elements? Like I don't want to block all ads but I'd like to block troublesome ones, and there's also a few signatures around that are within sig rules but that I'd still like to block.

Alun · 16-04-2007 04:15PM

Stark wrote:

Is there a way to whitelist boards.ie as a whole on adblock but still block specific elements? Like I don't want to block all ads but I'd like to block troublesome ones, and there's also a few signatures around that are within sig rules but that I'd still like to block.

No need to whitelist boards.ie, just click on the adblock thingy in the status bar and selectively blacklist all the entries that look like ads. It's usually best to remove any trailing crap off the url's, and just replace it with a wildcard (*) that way you'll block everything from that site.

Stark · 16-04-2007 04:22PM

My adblock plus comes with a pre-populated list of ads. Before I had boards.ie whitelisted, it was automatically blocking all the "good" ads from the top of the page.

mike65 · 16-04-2007 04:32PM

This is mad I'm waiting days for a thread to form (using Opera) I may or may not be able to read any replies.

Oddly the front page is fine.

Fix it Admins whatever it is.

What ad is causing grief? I have an adblocker built into my firewall so I need a name on the ad to er add it to my list.

Mike.

timmywex · 16-04-2007 04:39PM

is anyone having the pronlem of the top nav bar loading ok but the rest of the page doesnt bother??

Stark · 16-04-2007 04:42PM

I wouldn't go signing up for any quick-draw shooting tournaments if I were you...

Stephen · 16-04-2007 05:11PM

Three cheers for adblock \o/

DeVore · 16-04-2007 05:56PM

Fixed. Sorry about that. The adserver needs a kick in the googles....

DeV.

hullaballoo · 16-04-2007 06:39PM

DeVore wrote:

Fixed. Sorry about that. The adserver needs a kick in the googles....

DeV.

I lolled.

People stared. ;_;

Alun · 17-04-2007 09:30AM

Stark wrote:

My adblock plus comes with a pre-populated list of ads. Before I had boards.ie whitelisted, it was automatically blocking all the "good" ads from the top of the page.

A "good" ad is an oxymoron.

oscarBravo · 17-04-2007 09:34AM

Not if it's an ad for a boards beer. Beer: goood. Hangovers: baaaad.

Stark · 17-04-2007 09:34AM

Alun wrote:

A "good" ad is an oxymoron

What about the ads that help contribute to boards.ie's upkeep? I've heard the revenue isn't much, but it's better than nothing and most of the ads are non-obtrusive.

nesf · 17-04-2007 11:21AM

Stark wrote:

What about the ads that help contribute to boards.ie's upkeep? I've heard the revenue isn't much, but it's better than nothing and most of the ads are non-obtrusive.

Ah but you subscribe you can enjoy ad free boards and not feel bad about the loss of revenue tbh.

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