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Forums go Boom every time I try to post!

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Has anyone else been having this problem lately? At least half the time I try to post, the forums go Boom and my post is eaten. And it's periodic; for example, I've tried to post something like 5 times in the past 10 minutes but it won't work. But I posted something earlier in the day and it worked just fine, but the day before I couldn't post anything either.

Also, if this post works, I will cry.

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Reply #526 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting GunslingerBara, reply 524


No, we had 3 today.  Can I ask where you're located?  And which browser/OS you're using?  And if possible, can you run a speedtest and let me know your download speed?

Bara

Sure, I'm in Southern Oregon using Charter (ISP, man I hate them). Win 7 64 IE 8.

I mean it's a lot better now than it was before for sure. Maybe now though you believe me when i say i get at least one every day anyway which is a hell of a lot better than the half-dozen or more i was averaging before this last round of fixes.

Reply #527 from Stardock Forums Top

Do you always get the booms when creating a posting or reply?  And when do you usually post?

Sorry for the 21 questions, but the more info I can get the more likely it is that I will be able to track down what's causing the problem.

Bara

Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #528 from Stardock Forums Top

I just got one today too and this time hitting the back button didn't give me my post back. The back button not bringing up my post again happens occasionally but not always.

As far as I can tell, it's random, at least from my perspective anyway. I get at least one a day, sometimes more. It's been about 1-2 lately, at the height of the problem, when this was thread, I'd say i was gett more than half of my posts not going through.

I don't mind questions. I also had a weird problem yesterday where your post was showing up as a new post on "my replies" list, but clicking into the thread only showed mine as the last post. This happens to me infrequently, not as regular as the booms. I would have replied earlier otherwise. Sorry! 

Reply #529 from Stardock Forums Top

We have the forums cache on 3 different servers to help spread the load.  This means that occasionally you might see some odd things like that.  Your issue likely happened because when I made my post, it updated the cache on one server but not the others.  The others were eventually updated when the cache expired (~5 minutes).  The reason you saw it in your recent posts list is likely because the cache for that page is shorter than the one for the post page (say, ~3 minutes vs. ~5 minutes), so you just happened to view it during that 2 minute period in between.

Bara

Reply #530 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting GunslingerBara, reply 529
We have the forums cache on 3 different servers to help spread the load.  This means that occasionally you might see some odd things like that.  Your issue likely happened because when I made my post, it updated the cache on one server but not the others.  The others were eventually updated when the cache expired (~5 minutes).  The reason you saw it in your recent posts list is likely because the cache for that page is shorter than the one for the post page (say, ~3 minutes vs. ~5 minutes), so you just happened to view it during that 2 minute period in between.

Bara

Oh I see. At least now I know why some posts are there but not really there sometimes. The boom thing, i don't know why I am getting the brunt of it. I don't think there is anything especially unusual about my setup and connection is up to par. Hell charter has been doing some funny things lightly. I use to barely clock in a 3mbps while paying for 5, now I am well above the 8 they advertise. Just... weird.

Reply #531 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Nesrie, reply 530

Quoting GunslingerBara, reply 529We have the forums cache on 3 different servers to help spread the load.  This means that occasionally you might see some odd things like that.  Your issue likely happened because when I made my post, it updated the cache on one server but not the others.  The others were eventually updated when the cache expired (~5 minutes).  The reason you saw it in your recent posts list is likely because the cache for that page is shorter than the one for the post page (say, ~3 minutes vs. ~5 minutes), so you just happened to view it during that 2 minute period in between.

Bara


Oh I see. At least now I know why some posts are there but not really there sometimes. The boom thing, i don't know why I am getting the brunt of it. I don't think there is anything especially unusual about my setup and connection is up to par. Hell charter has been doing some funny things lightly. I use to barely clock in a 3mbps while paying for 5, now I am well above the 8 they advertise. Just... weird.

Perhaps you post during times when we have big jobs running?  Unfortunately it isn't easy to figure out what job might be increasing database load.  Of course, we are continuously looking into better solutions for this problem to prevent it from happening as often as it did a few weeks ago, so eventually we might do something that may help you (especially after Elemental launches and everyone all of a sudden has a bunch of free time :p)

Bara

 

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Reply #532 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting GunslingerBara, reply 531



Perhaps you post during times when we have big jobs running?  Unfortunately it isn't easy to figure out what job might be increasing database load.  Of course, we are continuously looking into better solutions for this problem to prevent it from happening as often as it did a few weeks ago, so eventually we might do something that may help you (especially after Elemental launches and everyone all of a sudden has a bunch of free time )

Bara

 

I can buy that since lately its usually the earlier posts that are going to boom instead of my later ones. Oh wells. I'll have less free time soon, not more which means less time on all forums :-)

Reply #533 from Stardock Forums Top

It's early still but so far I've launched over 5 posts without getting an error. I am getting excited here :-)

Reply #534 from Sins Forums Top

k1  Bara for fixin' us up. Thank you so much.

I forget how much of a pain that was till this post pops back.

Reply #535 from Stardock Forums Top

I spoke too soon. It seems I am destined to always have at least one daily. X(

Reply #536 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Try not accessing the site when the back-ups are running.

 

The back-ups?... 8C

Reply #537 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Fuzzy, reply 536
Try not accessing the site when the back-ups are running.

 

The back-ups?...

I jump in and out of the site at different times on different days. I still get them. I got one today too.

Reply #538 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hay, Bara

I add this add-on for Fire Fox (YSlow) < is a link don't know it you can use it on Internet Explorer

it is

YSlow analyzes web pages and suggests ways to improve their performance based on a set of rules for high performance web pages. YSlow is a Firefox add-on integrated with the Firebug web development tool. YSlow grades web page based on one of three predefined ruleset or a user-defined ruleset. It offers suggestions for improving the page's performance, summarizes the page's components, displays statistics about the page, and provides tools for performance analysis, including Smush.it™ and JSLint.

 

I don't know anything about web code  but did run it on this site WC and you got an Grade E overall performance score 51

and it found Errors in the code if they are Errors I took 4 SS . I will post one and link to the others hopefully you will be able to see what is wrong and fix it..

 

did another test that comes with YSlow called JSLint it found 51 Problems and stopped at analyzing 0% of the code Because there were too many errors.

 

Please don't be mad at me just trying to help....

 


By null at 2010-08-06

 

SS-1

http://a.imageshack.us/img821/3096/jslint1.jpg

SS-2

http://a.imageshack.us/img821/3700/jslint2.jpg

SS-3

http://a.imageshack.us/img821/482/jslint3.jpg

 

 

Reply #539 from Elemental Forums Top

We've ran YSlow and other tools on our sites in the past, and we try to implement what we can for performance.  Unfortunately it comes down to the amount of time it takes to implement such changes.  But moving forward, we usually try to keep an eye out for such performance measures.

Bara

Reply #540 from WinCustomize Forums Top

been fine for the last few weeks for me...thanks for your efforts.... :)

Reply #541 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting GunslingerBara, reply 539
But moving forward, we usually try to keep an eye out for such performance measures.

The forums have been perfectly fine for me.

Post Note: You remind me of Julia Gillard. "Keep moving forward Australia!"

Reply #542 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Post Note: You remind me of Julia Gillard. "Keep moving forward Australia!"

 

X-(   if I never hear those words again it'll be too soon....friggin' ramming it down our throats.....she's right....there is no God....otherwise she'd have been struck down with permanent laryngitis long ago..... x_x

Reply #543 from Sins Forums Top

sydney & neoside, IF we could only MAKE them PAY out of their own pockets for the bloody headaches and other assorted pains that the bloody politicians(lots of blood sucking insects) force on us and then make us pay for, we would be a LOT better off

harpo

 

Reply #544 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting harpo99999, reply 543
sydney & neoside, IF we could only MAKE them PAY out of their own pockets for the bloody headaches and other assorted pains that the bloody politicians(lots of blood sucking insects) force on us and then make us pay for, we would be a LOT better off

harpo

 

"Blood sucking insects"? No wonder Gillard's hair is red...:annoyed:

Reply #545 from Elemental Forums Top

sydneysideers & neoshadow1104, if you are interested in the elemental game you might want to vistit your local jb hifi and ask them to order it in for you.

harpo

 

Reply #547 from Sins Forums Top

just had a FEW error 503 http unavailable when trying to READ the last post thread.

harpo

 

Reply #548 from Stardock Forums Top

Bah, I was down to about 1 a day, back up to 3-5 again.

Reply #549 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

I had forum go boom several hours ago.

It was the first in at least a month.

Reply #550 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I sign in on the home page then SOMETIMES when I come to the fourms I am no longer sign in and I will then resign in and it will not let me

it just did it my time 1:30AM with both IE and FF both are the newest not in beta

IE after running CCleaner and Closing both IE and FF out then Running CCleaner IE Keeped me sign in FF is not and FF will take me here

http://dnssearch.rr.com/?q=login.axd&con=nxd

here are 4 SS I have More

this one is Error  only 1 SS


By null at 2010-08-24

Messages  have 2 SS


By null at 2010-08-24

Warnings have 7 SS


By null at 2010-08-24

and just tried again with FF

the Newest SS only one


By null at 2010-08-24