Some forums are very slow

Sad Professor

The main page loads fine, as does Feedback and the Helpdesk (insufficient privileges to post however) and most others in the Sys category. But almost everything else is ridiculously slow to load, including my User CP. I've cleared cookies and cache, all the usual stuff. Also tried it on my laptop, same problem.

I'm with NTL so maybe it's some kind of forced proxy issue with them.

Anyone else having this problem? I've been having it since last night.

6th

Am on a very good IBB connection here and I'm having the same problems.

Mr Magnolia

Having problems here too, someone's also mentioned it on the helpdesk. I can't access subscribed threads and a few links seem broken, I just get a blank screen with the dropdown menu on the top of the page most of the time. I'm sure it's being worked on as we type though

The_Minister

Nothing's working, everything is slow, helllllllllpppppppppppp.

seamus

Slooooowwww. Ah well, it's lunchtime.

Mr Magnolia

My connections pretty fast and my subscriptions are working now too

Rabies

seamus wrote:

Slooooowwww. Ah well, it's lunchtime.

It was like this before the 3am back up also.

I'm sure things will be back to normal again when regi hits it with a spanner.

Blowfish

I don't know how loads of people are still able to post. Everywhere times out for me bar here and the front page.

Faith

I'm having problems too. Pages aren't loading for ages, and it's slowing down my other browsers too. Quick reply often doesn't work either.

irishpartyboy

Having same performance issues, taking forever to load CP and subscribed threads... perhaps some teething issues with the new hosting provider.

Beruthiel

I have had this problem all morning

Blowfish

On the plus side at least adverts is back up and running.

regi

I think the adverts are being served very slowly, and this is causing the pages to render only when the advert is down.

Slow Motion

Sparks400 wrote:

Having problems here too, someone's also mentioned it on the helpdesk. I can't access subscribed threads and a few links seem broken, I just get a blank screen with the dropdown menu on the top of the page most of the time. I'm sure it's being worked on as we type though

Ditto for the last half hour, was on this morning and everything was fine

r3nu4l

Am I the only one not having any problems?

crosses fingers and touches wood*


*takes hand out of pants :eek:

galwaytt

r3nu4l wrote:

Am I the only one not having any problems?

...yes, only you........... on motors, home and garden, pages not loading at all, only strap banner at top.

Feedback works, though.............

b3t4

I'm having the same problem. Everywhere (but feedback, thankfully) are taken an age and a day to load.

Waiting on 89.234.66.106 according to Firefox.

A

Valentia

regi wrote:

I think the adverts are being served very slowly, and this is causing the pages to render only when the advert is down.

I bet that's it. I have asked this before but is there any way that a site can load first and let the ads come in when they are ready. It seems daft to me for site speeds to be held to ransom by the adlet thingies.

b3t4

b3t4 wrote:

Waiting on 89.234.66.106 according to Firefox.

A

yup thats the message I get too on firefox with lots of annoying random delays today.

Valentia wrote:

I bet that's it. I have asked this before but is there any way that a site can load first and let the ads come in when they are ready. It seems daft to me for site speeds to be held to ransom by the adlet thingies.

Agreed 100%
Make it so Regi,if you have the time and it can be done.

Miguel_Sanchez

The site has been running quite slowly for me all morning. The menu across the top of the page will load quickly and then the rest takes ages.

peasant

galwaytt wrote:

...yes, only you........... on motors, home and garden, pages not loading at all, only strap banner at top.

Feedback works, though.............

same here ...Sys is the only category I can access.
earlier on even that was "read only"

nesf

peasant wrote:

same here ...Sys is the only category I can access.
earlier on even that was "read only"

Same, everything else just gets to the drop-down menu and then slows to a halt.

r3nu4l

galwaytt wrote:

...yes, only you...........

Must be my lucky day so, better buy a Lotto ticket on the way home!

Alun

Just get Firefox, install the Adblock extension and block all the ad sites as they spring up. The current culprit appears to be 89.234.66.106. No idea what it is since it doesn't appear to have a reverse DNS lookup, which is another reason to block it IMO.

Blowfish

r3nu4l wrote:

Must be my lucky day so, better buy a Lotto ticket on the way home!

In other words you are the only one of us using adblock.

Valentia

I have adblock running.

I just noticed that google-analythics is taking a week and a day to connect. That's part of the problem for sure.

Stark

I'm getting the waiting for 89.234.66.106 message as well. It's taking forever

Everything in the Sys category is fine.

sioda

Same here and its forcing me into doing some work

Sad Professor

Alun wrote:

The current culprit appears to be 89.234.66.106. No idea what it is since it doesn't appear to have a reverse DNS lookup, which is another reason to block it IMO.

Thank you, blocking 89.234.66.106 has fixed it for me. Everything loading fine again.

Asiaprod

Thanks Alun, worked for me too

watty

Valentia wrote:

I bet that's it. I have asked this before but is there any way that a site can load first and let the ads come in when they are ready. It seems daft to me for site speeds to be held to ransom by the adlet thingies.

Well the page is served by web server
The browser parses it
Then the browser renders it in what ever order it decides (usually from the top).

Possibly only putting the banner at the bottom or in a frame or satanic evil of evils an iFrame, will allow the rest of the page to load. Or an ad blocker installed. Wait I never said that!

CrowdedHouse

Alun wrote:

The current culprit appears to be 89.234.66.106. No idea what it is since it doesn't appear to have a reverse DNS lookup, which is another reason to block it IMO.

Thanks Alun - that done the job

Valentia

Another thanks Alun. Flying now!

Tom Dunne

Another ++ for adblock. Flying along here.

Zaph

Can anything be done for those of us stuck with IE? And I'm not using my own PC so please don't say install Firefox

Stark

Is there a way to whitelist boards.ie as a whole on adblock but still block specific elements? Like I don't want to block all ads but I'd like to block troublesome ones, and there's also a few signatures around that are within sig rules but that I'd still like to block.

Alun

Stark wrote:

Is there a way to whitelist boards.ie as a whole on adblock but still block specific elements? Like I don't want to block all ads but I'd like to block troublesome ones, and there's also a few signatures around that are within sig rules but that I'd still like to block.

No need to whitelist boards.ie, just click on the adblock thingy in the status bar and selectively blacklist all the entries that look like ads. It's usually best to remove any trailing crap off the url's, and just replace it with a wildcard (*) that way you'll block everything from that site.

Stark

My adblock plus comes with a pre-populated list of ads. Before I had boards.ie whitelisted, it was automatically blocking all the "good" ads from the top of the page.

mike65

This is mad I'm waiting days for a thread to form (using Opera) I may or may not be able to read any replies. Oddly the front page is fine.

Fix it Admins whatever it is.

What ad is causing grief? I have an adblocker built into my firewall so I need a name on the ad to er add it to my list.

Mike.

timmywex

is anyone having the pronlem of the top nav bar loading ok but the rest of the page doesnt bother??

Stark

I wouldn't go signing up for any quick-draw shooting tournaments if I were you...

Stephen

Three cheers for adblock \o/

DeVore

Fixed. Sorry about that. The adserver needs a kick in the googles....

DeV.

hullaballoo

DeVore wrote:

Fixed. Sorry about that. The adserver needs a kick in the googles....

DeV.

I lolled.

People stared. ;_;

Alun

Stark wrote:

My adblock plus comes with a pre-populated list of ads. Before I had boards.ie whitelisted, it was automatically blocking all the "good" ads from the top of the page.

A "good" ad is an oxymoron.

oscarBravo

Not if it's an ad for a boards beer. Beer: goood. Hangovers: baaaad.

Stark

Alun wrote:

A "good" ad is an oxymoron

What about the ads that help contribute to boards.ie's upkeep? I've heard the revenue isn't much, but it's better than nothing and most of the ads are non-obtrusive.

nesf

Stark wrote:

What about the ads that help contribute to boards.ie's upkeep? I've heard the revenue isn't much, but it's better than nothing and most of the ads are non-obtrusive.

Ah but you subscribe you can enjoy ad free boards and not feel bad about the loss of revenue tbh.