*poke poke poke* Someone get me a forum geek

Hey there Linus. I've had this problem for a while now but it's getting worse and is making the site almost unbearable to use.

In Firefox, Safari or Chrome (all current versions), after I've been logged in a short time the site gets slower and slower taking minutes to load one page if it loads at all. It'll do this for an hour then load a couple of pages instantly only to return rapidly to making me want to throw a brick through my screen.

This is the only site that it happens on for me. I clear my cookies, cache and history regularly - two or three times a week, run scripts regularly and repair permissions.

I'm using OSX 10.6.8

ps. I won't sully my mac with IE to see if that improves matters.

I've just had a play on my windows laptop and whilst the site functions slightly quicker than the interminable slowness on my iMac it still functions slower than any other site.

There's a special box of, rolled on the naked thighs of virgins, cigars in it for you if you can save me the horror of having to phone my ISP, in one of their overseas call centres, at a wallet crunching rate per minute to ask them why the hell one site won't function properly.


Ta ever so in advance

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Incubus

Hey there Linus. I've had this problem for a while now but it's getting worse and is making the site almost unbearable to use.

In Firefox, Safari or Chrome (all current versions), after I've been logged in a short time the site gets slower and slower taking minutes to load one page if it loads at all. It'll do this for an hour then load a couple of pages instantly only to return rapidly to making me want to throw a brick through my screen.

This is the only site that it happens on for me. I clear my cookies, cache and history regularly - two or three times a week, run scripts regularly and repair permissions.

I'm using OSX 10.6.8

ps. I won't sully my mac with IE to see if that improves matters.

I've just had a play on my windows laptop and whilst the site functions slightly quicker than the interminable slowness on my iMac it still functions slower than any other site.

There's a special box of, rolled on the naked thighs of virgins, cigars in it for you if you can save me the horror of having to phone my ISP, in one of their overseas call centres, at a wallet crunching rate per minute to ask them why the hell one site won't function properly.


Ta ever so in advance

I use a Mac (10.6.8) and use Firefox 7.0.1 without problems. That said, there may be something specific on your system. Take a look at this link:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread...art=0&tstart=0

A search showed that it was consistently a DNS issue. (Domain Name resolution issue).

Originally Posted by Linus

I use a Mac (10.6.8) and use Firefox 7.0.1 without problems. That said, there may be something specific on your system. Take a look at this link:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread...art=0&tstart=0

A search showed that it was consistently a DNS issue. (Domain Name resolution issue).

Cheers Linus

I've deleted the file the thread you posted suggests and I've turned off IPv6. Let's hope that makes a difference because I'm getting to the point I don't want to log on. It is just this site that's the problem, no other.

[Inuus]

Maybe I wasnt meant to chat..dunno. Anyways still the same problem when I try to get into chat. the chat screen is so big I cant see the text box at the bottom(thats when I click float). When I just click enter chat room it doesnt go anywhere nothing happens

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Incubus

Cheers Linus

I've deleted the file the thread you posted suggests and I've turned off IPv6. Let's hope that makes a difference because I'm getting to the point I don't want to log on. It is just this site that's the problem, no other.

Beyond what I've got there, I don't know what to suggest. I haven't heard of too many people having issues and most of the issues that are reported seem location specific rather than site.

Originally Posted by Inuus

Maybe I wasnt meant to chat..dunno. Anyways still the same problem when I try to get into chat. the chat screen is so big I cant see the text box at the bottom(thats when I click float). When I just click enter chat room it doesnt go anywhere nothing happens

Inuus: what browser (Firefox, Safari, IE, etc.) are you using? And how recent is your java on your system? Do you have java installed?

[Alurra]

I figured out how to post gifs! (With a little help from Princessbelle).
Is there a way to size them down using html?

They are kind of annoying huge.

Thanks a lot

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Alurra

I figured out how to post gifs! (With a little help from Princessbelle).
Is there a way to size them down using html?

They are kind of annoying huge.

Thanks a lot

Resize them before posting them. So put them on a place like Imageshack or flickr and get the link from there.

[Inuus]

Originally Posted by Linus

Beyond what I've got there, I don't know what to suggest. I haven't heard of too many people having issues and most of the issues that are reported seem location specific rather than site.




Inuus: what browser (Firefox, Safari, IE, etc.) are you using? And how recent is your java on your system? Do you have java installed?

I use Firefox and yes everything is updated. Its weird I can chat at other sites just not here. Not sure if its just me but also if I click on see whos chatting I get an error page

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Inuus

I use Firefox and yes everything is updated. Its weird I can chat at other sites just not here. Not sure if its just me but also if I click on see whos chatting I get an error page

Are you trying this from the front page? If so, that's always been problematic.

Try going into the forum area and click on the links on the menu bar from there.