F*****G CAO Site

Steoob

Man alive how **** is the cao site? ive been trying to apply for about 2 days now and i haven't even gotten to the application form stage yet.. ffs i haven't got long left to do this like...

Steoob

what a joke the phone line doesn't work either... i have to send it by post coz i cant wait any longer... i have a question... if you send it by form do they put it on the net so that you can change it however you wish on the internet? (provided they ever get a decent site)

Donald-Duck

Steoob wrote:

what a joke the phone line doesn't work either... i have to send it by post coz i cant wait any longer... i have a question... if you send it by form do they put it on the net so that you can change it however you wish on the internet? (provided they ever get a decent site)

What do you mean by you can't get to the application form? I'm pretty sure it should be working because a few of my friends have submitted theirs online in the last few days.

And yes, I'm nearly 100% certain you can change it online if you send it by post, if not, they send you out a form which you can send back to re-order your choices.

iremex

just heard on the radio that you have to keep clicking the enter/ok button to get in

Steoob

well i got through eventually... they must have some awful server that they cant have a large capacity on the site.. ah well thanks for the help anyways

Lia_lia

Just filled it out

Was pretty fast for me.
No waiting at all actually...

mang87

I got to the application stage yesterday, but it ****ing timed out when i submitted my details... :mad:

Brainy

Well if you all insist on leaving it until the last minute what do you expect?

Limerick Dude

Yup we were advised if we were applying online not to leave it to the last few days as the website always crashes because of the amount of people who leave it to the last minute

Nehpets

If it makes you feel any better... it worked for me

Although I didn't leave it late:cool:

Haven't a Clue

Took a mate of mine three hours to get her application in. Another didn't get in theirs at all yet. Ah well, what ya get for leaving it so late I suppose..

david

No traffic at all if you go to fill it out at about 4am lol

genericgoon

yas shouldnt have left it til now. there really is no excuse!

marco murphy

Ah ****, what'll i do

Nevyn

Keep trying.

ethernet

The CAO sent career guidance officers an email about this in the afternoon. 600 requests had been processed at lunch time today.

In the email, it was claimed the system hadn't crashed and that students could still make a written application.

wba88

Im gonna try at 6am, is it jan 31st 23:59 the latest time u can apply??

LundiMardi

you can still apply, but you have to have patience as it just takes a really REALLY long time for the page to load.

I applied about a week ago but just want to make a few changes. Forgot all about it till about 5 minutes ago, just waiting on my ''my application'' page to open:rolleyes:

delta_bravo

Steoob wrote:

Man alive how **** is the cao site? ive been trying to apply for about 2 days now and i haven't even gotten to the application form stage yet.. ffs i haven't got long left to do this like...

The servers are fine i believe. Its just the high volume of traffic from last minute people like yourself. Theres little point in them massively improving a site that only gets high traffic twice a year.

delta_bravo

wba88 wrote:

Im gonna try at 6am, is it jan 31st 23:59 the latest time u can apply??

this may have changed since i applied last year, but the applications deadline follows standard office hours, eg. closes at 5pm. (may have changed since tho)

2000ad

Here's a tip to extend your browsers timeouts for scripts if you're using Firefox. It will stop your browser timing out as you wait for the CAO website.

type about:config in the address bar.

Search or filter for the items called
dom.max_chrome_script_run_time
and
dom.max_script_run_time

Change both of these values to a very large number, say 600000.

When you're finished, change the values back to 10 and 20.

estebancambias

My mum woke me up at 5 in the morning to do it, but i got a day off for doing it so i was chuffed

franklern

That website is a ****ing nightmare at this time of year, I spent the last three days trying to get the ****ing thing in, I only just got it done there now.

Those "well you shouldn't have left it so late" comments help no-one.

Brainy

The deadline for CAO applications is

5.15pm on Thursday 1st February, 2007


Late applications (but not for restricted entry courses - see handbook) can be made up to 1st May but cost more.

thefinalstage

Rumours are flying that they may extent the the first phase by a week because of the website.

I did mine last night,I started at 10 finished at 12:30 but its done now so, yay!

Haven't a Clue

franklern wrote:

That website is a ****ing nightmare at this time of year, I spent the last three days trying to get the ****ing thing in, I only just got it done there now.

Those "well you shouldn't have left it so late" comments help no-one.

That's not true. I felt a lot more smug after saying it, as I'm sure the others did.

But yer right. Tis though having to stick to a deadline to decide how you'd like to spend your next 3/4/5 years...

smemon

thelastangryman wrote:

Rumours are flying that they may extent the the first phase by a week because of the website.

the deadline WILL NOT be extended.

they made that clear on the radio yesterday.

i suggest we all leave our browsers on auto refresh overnight to stop the latecomers getting in. That way there will be less competition for places and the latecomers will have to pay €80 just to register :cool:

Attol

You have until May or something to decide. You could have just put in one random course so you had a CAO number and then changed it when you got the chance? It's free and as long as you're not looking for restricted courses you'd be grand.

yurmothrintites

I stayed up till 1.30 last nite and i started at 8.30! I had it all nearly done at nine and then it got really really slow so it was near impossible to do it! I didn't even get it finished at 1.30 so I got up at seven and I did it in a matter of minutes! Thank god!

smemon

got my details filled in there now..

all is quiet.

AdMMM

It's been said before, but why the hell would people leave it this late?!

JC 2K3

Damn moaners. You seem to want to register early to save money, but complain that the site is slow. Do you want to pay an extra €20/30 so CAO can buy a better server?

The site is very quiet in the early hours of the morning. Every idiot seems to go on in the evening. Take this advice on board and keep in mind you have until 5pm tomorrow to do it before the price goes up.

Naikon

I agree.
I mean no offence but why did most people leave it so late?
Did anyone anticipate massive server saturation?

I think it even says in the handbook not to leave it so late.
Its surprising the CAO doesent have the network Throughput to deal with it though.(I am aware that they are a small orginisation)
LOL I can imagine a few crusty old machines running winNT are handling the requests:D

JC 2K3

In fairness there's only one week per year where they can expect tens of thousands of connections at once. It wouldn't be woth their while getting better severs just to cope with that.

marco murphy

Got mine done this morning at 6am.

fonpokno

my friend was tryin for 8 and a half hours and still didnt get it filled in! poor dote... its meant to be grand if you do it at like 2 in the morning!

Donald-Duck

franklern wrote:

That website is a ****ing nightmare at this time of year, I spent the last three days trying to get the ****ing thing in, I only just got it done there now.

Those "well you shouldn't have left it so late" comments help no-one.

I laugh at people like you.

delta_bravo

JC 2K3 wrote:

In fairness there's only one week per year where they can expect tens of thousands of connections at once. It wouldn't be woth their while getting better severs just to cope with that.

Finally some sense on this topic. To the people who still cannot get on, tough luck. You have had months to do this. Don't blame the cao

delta_bravo

Sin é

insafehands

Naikon wrote:

Did anyone anticipate massive server saturation?

LOL I can imagine a few crusty old machines running winNT are handling the requests:D

That post smells of geek.

AdMMM

insafehands wrote:

That post smells of geek.

and that post contributed absolutely nothing to this topic. Well done.

I think that the CAO handled the load quite well and I hope that everyone did manage to get their applications in on time.

analyse this

Naikon wrote:

I agree.
I mean no offence but why did most people leave it so late?
Did anyone anticipate massive server saturation?

server saturation...damn why didnt i think of that...oh wait maybe cause i was actually thinking about my future and studying for my leaving cert while you were thinking about your damn server saturation!...ass!

Ruen

Ye should apply in December when there is no backup of people trying to enter on the web, common sense really :rolleyes:

JC 2K3

analyse this wrote:

server saturation...damn why didnt i think of that...oh wait maybe cause i was actually thinking about my future and studying for my leaving cert while you were thinking about your damn server saturation!...ass!

You apply early to avoid the extra cost. If you leave it too late it's not like you can't put in an application.

analyse this

these people haven't applied late.... there is still a few days left before the deadline, how have they incurred any extra costs by applying a few days before the deadline!?

JC 2K3

A few days? We're talking 2 days max. And anyone with half a brain would get up early and do it in the morning if they had trouble at peak time.

Naikon

analyse this wrote:

server saturation...damn why didnt i think of that...oh wait maybe cause i was actually thinking about my future and studying for my leaving cert while you were thinking about your damn server saturation!...ass!

Did you not have sufficient time at Christmas to send in an application?
It takes about 5 minutes to send an application in.
You really could have sent it in a bit sooner.
I laugh at people who try to send an application on the CAO,s most hectic day.
Read the handbook in relation to applying the day before the closing date, lets just say it isnt......recommended:)