chris956 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Can a tweak be made to the speed of the forum please. Like a really BIG tweak.... I`m paying all this money to Virgin Media for state of the art speedy broadband but the site is so slow its unbearable. (presses button then walks off to put the kettle on whilst page reloads)Pretty please with knobs on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative paul richards Posted October 14, 2014 Area Representative Share Posted October 14, 2014 Working fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Durrant Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 OK for me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Pearce Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 Clicking "New and Updated" takes around 7 seconds for me - Firebug shows that over 6.5 seconds of that is waiting for a response, the actual data transfer takes less than half a second.I get similar results for Active Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris956 Posted October 14, 2014 Author Share Posted October 14, 2014 I'm using chrome on my laptop. Every other website is almost instant except for this one that hangs constantly. Roughly timing after button press is approx 7-10 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmaster Flatcap Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Win7 & Chrome, and "new and updated" takes circa 8 seconds, but feels slower than that when I'm used to other sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris956 Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Tested the website today and the main Lotus 7 website is OK. As soon as you request the forum part it hits the buffers ... literally ! Still 7-10 seconds to load the page........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F355GTS Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I'd echo other's performance levels with 7 or 8 second delays and many total stalsl after visiting one topic then trying ot get back to new and updated. Using OSX and Safari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaterBram Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I suspect there is a permissions error somewhere.If I access the forum as a guest i.e. not logged on , its quick to enter and the various top tabs refresh quickly.If i'm logged on the forum takes a while to load and the tabs take 7-8 seconds to bring up the infomation.tested this in ie11 & Chrome and get the same result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Pearce Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 That difference is caused by the query having to check the time that you last viewed each thread to tell you if there are any new posts. If you are not logged on it doesn't do this check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris956 Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Yep I think you are right. looked at the site after clearing all my cookies so effectively not logged in and it was super speedy. Logged in and like wading through treacle again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Golf Juliet Tango Posted October 26, 2014 Area Representative Share Posted October 26, 2014 A shame isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Bonkers. It's deadly slow over 4G on my phone - other sites are fine. I don't give a stuff about updated thread indicators - can this be turned off by the user? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 yep I'm with Chris, tediously slow getting to chitchat and navigating around it, going back to threads etc. Mac Yosemite Google or Safari, not changed much if at all since day one, speed was one of the many simple beauties of the old BC, on mobile devices, phones, slow rural connections it was almost alway virtualy instant, I have, like many others I suspect, got to a point where I can't be bothered to navigate around the threads, sorry TimPS took over 7 seconds to post that, that is ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surreptitious Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Same on Opera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Area Representative Steve Wright Posted November 5, 2014 Area Representative Share Posted November 5, 2014 Very slow and clunky for me too.I venture to suggest that this is the biggest problem with the forums. I can no longer flick around threads and categories like we used to, and soon get fed up so log off and do something useful instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Im with Tbird - flicking through threads is too much like hard work, and Im looking at Pistonheads more and more at work and on my phone while commuting just because its easier for hopping around forums and discussions. Ive not reistered to comment there yet, as its a bit big and scary and time - its like leaving my comfortable, caring CofE Primary School, and going to the Comprehensive Secondary school on the estate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris956 Posted November 5, 2014 Author Share Posted November 5, 2014 C`mon Blatchat - get this sorted already. Its one of the main gripes from everyone and turns people off the site which is not good for business.We`ve paid lots of thousands of £££`s to get this site developed so why cant someone pick the phone up and start shouting. . . . . .or at last give some sort of explanation as to why it is sooo slow and moving forward , some timescales as to when it will be sorted ??? <<Presses the "post new comment button" ... and then has time to read 2 threads over at PH before anything happens>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Support Team Shaun_E Posted November 5, 2014 Support Team Share Posted November 5, 2014 It's being looked at. Our dev partner are now looking at the underlying MySQL database to see if it can be better indexed. There are over 2 million records on the site so every query has a lot to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Hope they are not telling you that 2 million records is big for MySql, it ain't even quite large, Facebook uses MySql and I suspect it has a few more than 2 million records, the hosting company and Devs need to up thier game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris956 Posted November 5, 2014 Author Share Posted November 5, 2014 ^ exactly my point. Someone needs to start shouting about how much has been spent and its still broken. It can't be that hard for the Tefal heads to sort it as its fine when you are not logged in ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Well they have done something, its running even more like a lame dog tonight, its so slow i'm getting web page unavailable messages before each topic opens Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian B Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 It's a LOT quicker for me this evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 test, hmm still 3 seconds ish to post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbird Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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