Chris,

I like the look of the new site, but I'm getting some problems:

1. The 'new items' icons are not working for me - most of them are grey, even on something I haven't seen before.

2. For some strange reason access to the site is extremely slow over my fast link in the office, but reasonably fast on my slow home dial-up line... weird!

For info, I've tried this using IE6 and Opera browsers. Both have cookies enabled.

regards,

David

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Originally posted by David Jenkins
Chris,

I like the look of the new site, but I'm getting some problems:

1. The 'new items' icons are not working for me - most of them are grey, even on something I haven't seen before.

2. For some strange reason access to the site is extremely slow over my fast link in the office, but reasonably fast on my slow home dial-up line... weird!

For info, I've tried this using IE6 and Opera browsers. Both have cookies enabled.

regards,

David

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No problem here either. The server is the same and it's still in the same pysical place so I can't see why the change. Most probably a network issue that'll resolve itself...?

You should expect a slightly longer delay for the pages to load as more queries are being done to the database but were looking in the order of 100ms so I'd doubt you'll notice that!

BTW the number right at the bottom of every page is the time it took for the server to process your request. If this is low (ie < 1sec) it's a network problem, otherwise it's being caused by high server load. Don't worry - LB should have it's own dedicated server soon (well, as soon as I get the cash together for it!)

Chris

PS See the 'Red Topic's post for the other problem....

[Edited on 10/17/02 by ChrisW]

Chris,

It only seems to be on the main LocostBuilders screen.

I get a long delay when I first try to open the page, and if I click on the LocostBuilders tag at the top of the page.

Going from that page to other places is very quick.

David

What does the timer say at the bottom of the page? Is this significant to the time it takes to load?

Chris

Chris,

Had a look at the timer this morning...

Opening the main page - data speed = 19 b/sec (yes - 19 bytes per sec!)

Changing to topic lists = 25kbytes/sec.

Changing back to main screen = 10 bytes/sec.

It's worth noting that with the old software (i.e. last week) I got around 20 - 25kbytes every time.

cheers (and good luck!)

David

I watched the 'byte-meter' as I tried to connect - very low rate for a long time, then an increase to several kB and the screen appeared within a second or two.

Seems to be an initial handshake thing.

I had another thought - have you changed IP numbers as part of the re-arrangement? Or some other aspect of your addressing?

I'm wondering if whichever DNS I'm using doesn't have the correct details - can't find you - hands off the request to another, etc, until you are found - then immediate access.

cheers,

David

David

The server is exactly the same - just the software has changed.

Can you check the page timer for slow and fast pages and post the results please? It's the last thing on every page.

Chris

Chris,

Going to the home page from anywhere (from a non-site page, or via the LocostBuilders link at the top of the page) = around 1.85 secs.

From the home page to any page on this site = around 0.3 sec.

I usually have to wait 10 seconds or so to get onto the home page.

cheers,

David

Chris,

A little more info - if I'm sitting on the home page and click on refresh then I get the long delay.

This rules out any DNS problem I think... something on the home page is taking a long time to set up or download.

TTFN,

David