ASF site slow recently?

[Julia]

Is anyone else finding the site slow over the last couple of days?

Last night it took me 15 minutes to type a two paragraph reply to post
because - despite my fingers moving quickly, no letters appeared on the screen. Also have been having trouble with the small page moving arrow bottom right.

Initially when clicking on ASF from Favourites, it has been taking up to a minute to get the Home Page up, and then each screen change up to 20 seconds.

Thought I'd put this on the forum, rather than contact you directly, Joe, to see if others are having a similar difficulty.

I'm not having any problem on any other website.

 

[Julia]

Re: ASF Site Slow recently

It took 65 seconds from the time I clicked on Submit for the post to actually appear on my screen. Now it has taken 40 seconds from clicking on Reply to Post for this screen to come up and now I am typing and no letters are appearing. Suddenly about 12 words appear.

 

[disarray]

no probs here. run a spyware / malware / virus check on your PC, and clear out your cookies and cache as a first step.

 

[prawn_86]

No problems here...

 

[Col Lector]

Agree Julia....was just pondering this when came across your post.
Have also noticed I'm being blocked when using the "Quick Links"....ie, wait 30 secs between searches even though I havent made the initial search.
And Competition page doesnt seem to update as suggested (ie, 20 mins delayed)
Some gremblin lurking....

 

[Joe Blow]

Hi All,

I'm not experiencing any slowness but would be interested in finding out if others are and I will see if I can get to the bottom of it.

Col, just regarding the stock competition, this is now being updated only once a day due to our not being able to display 20 minute delayed ASX data on the site any more.

 

[Col Lector]

Giday Joe..Once-a-day update helps explain the slow moving field.
Re the site delays...was thinking there might be some interference between running programs eg, Protrader, messaging applications (or even other forums god forbid!) that would explain the unexpected "30 second warning".I run a stack of programs at one time & have been having a few adobe/IE probs
Btw Joe, a bit more constructive criticism...I find the 30-sec delay a real drag...is it totally necessary?....could it be reduced to say 15 secs & achieve same ends?

 

[sails]

Is anyone else finding the site slow over the last couple of days?

Last night it took me 15 minutes to type a two paragraph reply to post
because - despite my fingers moving quickly, no letters appeared on the screen. Also have been having trouble with the small page moving arrow bottom right.....

Yes... describes perfectly what I experienced yesterday - and again today to some degree. Something seems to keep locking up - and it's only the ASF site.

 

[wildkactus]

no problems here, All normal from this end.

 

[Tradert]

No issues for me.

Would be worthwhile testing on a different browser other than the one were the problem seems to happen. Atleast this should eliminate one variable out of the way.

 

[Joe Blow]

Btw Joe, a bit more constructive criticism...I find the 30-sec delay a real drag...is it totally necessary?....could it be reduced to say 15 secs & achieve same ends?

Col, are you referring to the fact that you can only do one site search every 30 seconds?

I set it at 30 seconds due to the heavy load searching places on the server. I have reduced it to 15 seconds for the moment but if I find it is having a negative impact on performance I will put it back to 30 seconds.

 

[grace]

I found the whole system a bit slower once the new format was implemented. eg it takes longer to press a page number, or you can press it with no response. There is a slight delay when typing sometimes.

Love the new format though Joe.

 

[Trembling Hand]

I am struggling as well. I thought it was just one of my computers so I restarted it and all is well now but it was very weird. I would type in the form for a new post and the letters would lag my typing. Very strange. Is that what you experienced Julia/Sails?

I would guess now that it may of been one of the Flash banner ads locking up our systems. Will have to watch for what is displayed if it happens next time.

 

[Tradert]

Flash banner ads locking up our systems.

Seriously hate those flash ads. However, Adblock Plus (a firefox add-on) gets rid of them 9/10 times.

 

[professor_frink]

Seriously hate those flash ads. However, Adblock Plus (a firefox add-on) gets rid of them 9/10 times.

Do you really think it's appropriate to start telling forum members how to disable the main source of revenue that keeps this site up and running??

 

[Julia]

I am struggling as well. I thought it was just one of my computers so I restarted it and all is well now but it was very weird. I would type in the form for a new post and the letters would lag my typing. Very strange. Is that what you experienced Julia/Sails?

I would guess now that it may of been one of the Flash banner ads locking up our systems. Will have to watch for what is displayed if it happens next time.

Yes, exactly that, TH. When I logged on a few minutes ago the Home page came up quickly enough, but I have just waited over a minute for this reply to post box to come up and am again right now experiencing typing at normal speed but no letters appearing. I have now typed a whole paragraph and, lo, now the letters are appearing finally.

Will now time how long it takes after clicking on Submit for the post to appear.

 

[Tradert]

Do you really think it's appropriate to start telling forum members how to disable the main source of revenue that keeps this site up and running??

oops

 

[Julia]

Joe, it's a bit similar to the problem a while ago which I think you traced to Paypal.

 

[doctorj]

Pages load fine here, but I've noticed when pasting blocks of text that it often takes ages to appear.

 

[Julia]

Pretty good now, but when I logged on about 15 minutes ago it was dead slow and seemed to just lock up.