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Site playing up tonight (5/4/05)

Poppy9
Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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Has anyone else noticed that the site is playing up tonight. Constantly getting page not found message and now noticed that a thread has disappeared which was started by Martin yesterday.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=41943
:) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)

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  • rushnowt
    rushnowt Posts: 24,749 Forumite
    Yep, i've been having trouble tonight too, firefox was taking a lifetime to load each page and with IE i was getting the same error message as you, not sure which is most annoying :confused:

    It seems to have got quicker just at the mo tho, god I know i shouldnt say that, its bound to turn into a pain again :eek:
    Nobody can make you feel inferior, without your permission ;)

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    ya still freezing :p



  • Foxy
    Foxy Posts: 10,840 Forumite
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    Yep, i've been having trouble tonight too ok at mo tho
    It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give him that determines the quality of friendship. -- Mary Dixon Thayer
  • newfoundglory
    newfoundglory Posts: 1,912 Forumite
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    Yes, please reduce the number of threads displayed per page, and turn off that vB post/thread preview feature when you go over the thread link... those should reduce HTML page size; speed up page loading time and of course speed up the server under heavy loads!!
  • Foxy
    Foxy Posts: 10,840 Forumite
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    newfoundglory wrote:
    Yes, please reduce the number of threads displayed per page, and turn off that vB thread preview feature when you go over the thread link... that should both together reduce HTML page size; speed up page loading time and of course speed up the server under heavy loads!!
    you can alter the amout of threads per page in your user control panel i think it was:) if that helps
    It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give him that determines the quality of friendship. -- Mary Dixon Thayer
  • newfoundglory
    newfoundglory Posts: 1,912 Forumite
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    Foxy wrote:
    you can alter the amout of threads per page in your user control panel i think it was:) if that helps
    Yes, but that won't stop the other 700+ forum users from nearly killing the server because they have it set on the default number of threads! :p

    Its all about numbers. The server clearly can't cope.

    Or at least write a shell, perl or php script and add it as a cron job to automatically update the database to turn off resource-hungry forum features during the usual busy times :D
  • andy88_2
    andy88_2 Posts: 3,676 Forumite
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    It might be moderately busy at this bright time of day, but I doubt it's a peak period. Perhaps there's some undeclared maintenance somewhere. I thought the default page length was 10; even at longer you don't expect it to take 50 times longer than normal.
  • Luis
    Luis Posts: 637 Forumite
    I was having a mare last night too - gave up in the end. Kept getting 'page not found' all the time - still, seems OK this morning (touch wood etc!)
    "It was not my intention to do this in front of you. For that, I'm sorry. But you can take my word for it, your mother had it comin'."

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  • Glad
    Glad Posts: 18,954 Senior Ambassador
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    I was having the same problems last night but not just with this site
    I am a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Wales, Small Biz MoneySaving, In My Home (includes DIY) MoneySaving, and Old style MoneySaving boards. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • Poppy9
    Poppy9 Posts: 18,833 Forumite
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    One thread is still missing and I am sure that there are a few others too. Anyone else noticed?
    :) ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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