Why is it taking forever for forums to load?
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lala
Well-Known Member
dimopoulos
Thanks for the update, I agree that you should rollback to version 3.8 (for now). As a suggestion, maybe run your next "upgrade" on a parallel development server and solicit testers from your LHCF user DB. The user(s) can test functionality and performance on more than one browser. If you test on the development server (if you have access to one) vs. going production with only a few common scenarios tested, it's going to present less challenges in providing an environment that'll meet overall expectations (less grumbles). You should always want to develop to accommodate a variety of user preferences on the most common browsers
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dimopoulos
Thanks for the update, I agree that you should rollback to version 3.8 (for now). As a suggestion, maybe run your next "upgrade" on a parallel development server and solicit testers from your LHCF user DB. The user(s) can test functionality and performance on more than one browser. If you test on the development server (if you have access to one) vs. going production with only a few common scenarios tested, it's going to present less challenges in providing an environment that'll meet overall expectations (less grumbles). You should always want to develop to accommodate a variety of user preferences on the most common browsers
That is actually not a solution since it has been tried, tested and failed.
There have been numerous boards that have made the move to v4 and decided a few months later to switch to v3.8. The ones that stuck to v4 have managed to pull it through with increased server resources etc.
I always use the parallel development - heck one of the users found the dev board and went and registered there once - but it is never going to give you an accurate picture of what the live site will be like. I cannot have 1000 testers on the development board to simulate browsers, load, traffic etc.
Development boards are fine to address functionality issues but not load issues. Even with a load simulator like Apache's jmeter or ab testing you cannot get a good picture of what is going to happen in a live environment.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Vintageglam
New Member
what ever you do please do it quickly. I am virtually unable to use the forum and have noticed the numbers every evening are dwindling rapidly. its just too painful to use lhcf at the moment.
imaccami
New Member
This seriously makes me so happy!! My mood is so much better! lol. I had no idea that I loved LHCF so much.
Platinum
Well-Known Member
Thanks a million Nikos!!
I'm so happy that you're working on it and letting us know what you're going to do.
Now, what are we gonna do the whole first week of November?
Most of us will probably have LHCF withdrawal
The site is loading much faster today, whew.. The mobile app Tapatalk still loads LHCF fairly fast but it's hard for me to use that at work.
Dang, I feel kinda bad for you havin to revert the site to the previous version given all the work you guys have done, plus server moves, which tend to suck. Wish we could all give you some extra $$, maybe we could pay you in deep conditioning treatments? Pedicures?
Dang, I feel kinda bad for you havin to revert the site to the previous version given all the work you guys have done, plus server moves, which tend to suck. Wish we could all give you some extra $$, maybe we could pay you in deep conditioning treatments? Pedicures?
PeanutButterandHoney
New Member
Well, i don't visit any other forum except Motherhood. As I log in, I get a pop that tells me my submission could not be completed because I am not logged in. I then re-log in (which takes way too much time) and once I get to the forums, when I click teh Motherhood board, I get kicked back out.
What is this all about?
What is this all about?
FlowerHair
Reclaiming my time
It's so weird that it's so much faster today!! 
Everything is almost back to normal.
I wonder why?
Everything is almost back to normal.
I wonder why?
~~HoneyComb~~
Well-Known Member
I noticed that it's faster today too 
I'm not complaining
I'm not complaining 
TamedTresses
Well-Known Member
It hasn't been any better for me today.
I will say that I am happy that they are working to put things back to the way it was. It's cool that they really have been taking our comments into consideration and we weren't just blowing hot air. I prefer this new layout and look, but I miss the efficiency of the older version.
I will say that I am happy that they are working to put things back to the way it was. It's cool that they really have been taking our comments into consideration and we weren't just blowing hot air. I prefer this new layout and look, but I miss the efficiency of the older version.
pookaloo83
New Member
It's much faster now.
FlowerHair
Reclaiming my time
Magi!!!!!!!
Kiki0130
New Member
dimopoulos
Wow Nikos! I don't know what you did (or didn't do
lol), but I'm extreeeemely happy right now with the
performance of the forum! Thanks so much
Wow Nikos! I don't know what you did (or didn't do
lol), but I'm extreeeemely happy right now with the
performance of the forum! Thanks so much
Dayjoy
Old School Member
dimopoulos
Wow Nikos! I don't know what you did (or didn't do
lol), but I'm extreeeemely happy right now with the
performance of the forum! Thanks so much
I was coming in to say EXACTLY THAT!
There is still a lot of work to be done ladies. We have hired the services of a consultant who will be paid a handsome amount (4 digits) to optimize our servers to their maximum potential. There is also a lot of work to be done in the back end to ensure that everything works as fast as possible.
As far as the ads are concerned (because this was an issue at some point) we have altered the vendor and now they appear a lot faster than before.
Thank you all for your patience while we iron out all the problems.
More to come soon.
As far as the ads are concerned (because this was an issue at some point) we have altered the vendor and now they appear a lot faster than before.
Thank you all for your patience while we iron out all the problems.
More to come soon.
ellebelle88
Well-Known Member
Wow, I scaled back my visits and I only checked the Entertainment forums from my phone for the past 3 or 4 days so I wasn't logging on to see if everything had worked itself out. I logged on from my computer today and I'm glad to see that things are starting to return to normal. It feels almost weird that it's working a bit normal now because I'm so used to it acting up. But thanks Nikos for showing us that our complaints were being heard.
Br*nzeb*mbsh~ll
Well-Known Member
It's slow for me today...*frustrating*
BrownEyez22
Well-Known Member
Yay, I can get on at work again and its so much faster. Thank You so much!
I am wondering why your experience is slow. The load times for this site have dropped to 3-7 seconds...
