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  • #4302
    Boards.ie: Mark
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Mark
    Boards.ie Employee


    Hi Ads by Google,

    I'm sorry to hear that you're encountering some slowdown. Unfortunately, there's nothing that I can see in any of the logs that highlights any server issues that indicate that there is an issue or that we can look into further.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



  • #4303
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,476 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    No problems at all for me but then I am not in a developing country on the far side of the world.

    Scrap the cap!



  • #4304
    Seve OB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,067 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    Seve OB wrote: »
    ive noticed over the last few days it is not bringing me to the most recent new post on a thread
    it tells me there are new posts on a thread and i go in and....... nothing new!

    Still happening

    Might get brought to posts a week old!


  • #4305
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    No problems at all for me but then I am not in a developing country on the far side of the world.

    It fails with the Cloudfare error saying I'm fine, they're fine, but boards.ie has an SSL handshake error. You can Google that and see it's the website's issue, not a developing country issue. I have a better connection to a Dublin ISP than my mum does from rural Monaghan.

    If Irish users are getting directly onto the site, whereas international users are going through Cloudfare or something like that, and that's causing issues, then it's something that could be fixed.

    It's also very annoying that there is some Ajax call being made while reading a page without any error checking so if that call fails with the SSL error, the page crashes. Pretty jarring while reading a thread. Error checking to prevent catastrophic failure in the event of a predictable scenario is coding 101.


  • #4306
    Slideways
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭Slideways


    I haven’t read back but the site has been slow for me for ages. If I’m on wifi it’s glacial in its loading.
    Have 44meg wifi so I’m fairly sure that’s not the issue. No other site does this. I can open other forums in seperate tabs, swop tabs, refresh and come back to boards and it will still be loading

    PS; am in Australia


  • #4307
    Irish Aris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,149 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Hello team,
    just to let you know that for the last 30 minutes or so, boards is a bit slow. I am on a laptop on the full site (not touch)
    Navigation between pages takes a few seconds more than usual, I had 3 cases of blank/white screen and one case where a thread took me to the second last page instead of the last page of the thread.
    Not much of a bother anyway, just thought to share this with you :)


  • #4308
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,959 ✭✭✭con747


    White pages, slow opening of threads, follow thread freezing amongst a few issues tonight.

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



  • #4309
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    Thanks for the reports guys, did it pick up after this or are you still having issues?

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



  • #4310
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,530 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    I've got a few blank white pages (with headers, just no list of threads) this morning - if I refresh it fixes itself.


    And half the time, the big block BOARDS.IE on the top left corner is missing.


    On the full site on desktop.

    ETA - the hyperlink (if that's what it's called?) at the top left still works, just the words aren't there..... so doesn't affect anything, but it's just a bit odd!


  • #4311
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Picked up again for me late last night, around midnight(ish)


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  • #4312
    Irish Aris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,149 ✭✭✭Irish Aris


    All good this morning Niamh!!!


  • #4313
    Slideways
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭Slideways


    Getting Error 522 this morning and very slow page loading


  • #4314
    Slideways
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭Slideways


    Slideways wrote: »
    Getting Error 522 this morning and very slow page loading

    And just again, this time 525

    548951.png


  • #4315
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Slideways wrote: »
    I haven’t read back but the site has been slow for me for ages. If I’m on wifi it’s glacial in its loading.
    Have 44meg wifi so I’m fairly sure that’s not the issue. No other site does this. I can open other forums in seperate tabs, swop tabs, refresh and come back to boards and it will still be loading

    PS; am in Australia

    Same problem here.

    Also posting from Australia.

    Been going on for at least 4 weeks.

    Site is mostly unusable.

    All other sites loading instantly.

    Could it be a location issue ?

    Is it worth asking in the Australia forum ?


  • #4316
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Is it worth asking in the Australia forum ?

    Nah, I've been having the same problem for ages from Asia. Cloudflare is just set up wrong and boards.ie haven't fixed it.

    Just reclick links if it seems slow and it resends the request and works.


  • #4317
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Nah, I've been having the same problem for ages from Asia. Cloudflare is just set up wrong and boards.ie haven't fixed it.

    Just reclick links if it seems slow and it resends the request and works.

    You’re correct. That does work but not every time.

    It’s fairly torturous.


  • #4318
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Nah, I've been having the same problem for ages from Asia. Cloudflare is just set up wrong and boards.ie haven't fixed it.

    Just reclick links if it seems slow and it resends the request and works.

    Is it a simple fix for boards to do ?


  • #4319
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,496 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Error 525 Ray ID: 63c614929d795d13 • 2021-04-07 20:42:05 UTC
    SSL handshake failed
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #4320
    thesandeman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,759 ✭✭✭✭thesandeman


    JP Liz V1 wrote: »
    Error 525 Ray ID: 63c614929d795d13 • 2021-04-07 20:42:05 UTC
    SSL handshake failed

    At least we know the hamsters are sticking to the Covid rules.


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  • #4321
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,522 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    i'm seeing this 552 again today, site is incredibly slow and doesnt always load


  • #4322
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,496 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Error 522 Ray ID: 63f7eaaa1ea1dd9b • 2021-04-13 21:51:36 UTC
    Connection timed out
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #4323
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87,496 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    It is slow posting on the mobile
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #4324
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,531 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    This is the wrong forum I think, but I can't find where to report inappropriate ads. Canada dating:

    On my phone so screenshot attached.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php




  • #4325
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,743 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    I don't know how that got in there... of course, there are no Canadians on Boards.ie

    Inappropriate ads thread here, with instructions on how to report these ads to google
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=117028667


  • #4326
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,531 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    I don't know how that got in there... of course, there are no Canadians on Boards.ie

    Inappropriate ads thread here, with instructions on how to report these ads to google
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=117028667

    It's the size rather than the content.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php




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  • #4327
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Not sure if this is the thread to raise it- is there any issue with PM's at present?

    Sent two in the last fortnight or so without any acknowledgement


  • #4328
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,530 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    May or may not be related to the above, but the last couple of PM's I got came through, but the email notification for them came waaay later (like, a week or so).


  • #4329
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Not sure if this is the thread to raise it- is there any issue with PM's at present?

    Sent two in the last fortnight or so without any acknowledgement

    No issue with PMs themselves at the moment but as the user below has pointed out, notification emails for some people are being delayed so they may not have received notification of your messages right away.
    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    May or may not be related to the above, but the last couple of PM's I got came through, but the email notification for them came waaay later (like, a week or so).
    Unfortunately a known issue that we will look into as soon as we can, thanks :)

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



  • #4330
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Thanks Niamh, dont get mails anyway (that I know of)

    Just being ignored so!


  • #4331
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    Oh I meant that the people you sent messages might not have received a notification so unless they were logged in anyway and noticed the PM, they might have missed it.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



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  • #4332
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,681 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Is the search function acting up?

    When attempting to search for a user (to pm), and clicking on the name that appears under user, the system simply freezes instead of directing you to their profile or any of their posts.


  • #4333
    Tilden Katz
    Registered Users Posts: 379 ✭✭Tilden Katz


    Every time I go on boards, the cookie warning comes up. That’s fine, I guess. But once I hit ‘okay’, boards.ie switches over to the touch site. It’s very irritating having to scroll down every time to switch back over to the full site. And sometimes it happens again during browsing: cookie warning —> touch site. I’m never going to use the touch site and this feels like an attempt to foist it upon people, hoping they’ll give up making the switch back to the full site.


  • #4334
    TherapyBoy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 4,374 Mod ✭✭✭✭TherapyBoy


    Tilden Katz wrote: »
    Every time I go on boards, the cookie warning comes up. That’s fine, I guess. But once I hit ‘okay’, boards.ie switches over to the touch site. It’s very irritating having to scroll down every time to switch back over to the full site. And sometimes it happens again during browsing: cookie warning —> touch site. I’m never going to use the touch site and this feels like an attempt to foist it upon people, hoping they’ll give up making the switch back to the full site.

    I’m having the same problem. Getting the ‘Accept Cookies’ box appearing, I accept & the site changes to the other version. While I’m navigating down to click ‘Full Site’ the ‘Accept Cookies’ box reappears.

    Used to get the cookie request/version change thing happen maybe once every couple of weeks, has something on the site changed recently?

    Moderator: Non Drinkers Group & Grand Theft Auto



  • #4335
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,681 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    TherapyBoy wrote: »
    I’m having the same problem. Getting the ‘Accept Cookies’ box appearing, I accept & the site changes to the other version. While I’m navigating down to click ‘Full Site’ the ‘Accept Cookies’ box reappears.

    Used to get the cookie request/version change thing happen maybe once every couple of weeks, has something on the site changed recently?

    Try the "save and exit" option instead of "accept" ?


  • #4336
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    Tilden Katz wrote: »
    Every time I go on boards, the cookie warning comes up. That’s fine, I guess. But once I hit ‘okay’, boards.ie switches over to the touch site. It’s very irritating having to scroll down every time to switch back over to the full site. And sometimes it happens again during browsing: cookie warning —> touch site. I’m never going to use the touch site and this feels like an attempt to foist it upon people, hoping they’ll give up making the switch back to the full site.
    TherapyBoy wrote: »
    I’m having the same problem. Getting the ‘Accept Cookies’ box appearing, I accept & the site changes to the other version. While I’m navigating down to click ‘Full Site’ the ‘Accept Cookies’ box reappears.

    Used to get the cookie request/version change thing happen maybe once every couple of weeks, has something on the site changed recently?

    Switching the site version is not intentional so I will pass this info on the be looked at, thanks.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



  • #4337
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    Deja Boo wrote: »
    Is the search function acting up?

    When attempting to search for a user (to pm), and clicking on the name that appears under user, the system simply freezes instead of directing you to their profile or any of their posts.
    Not that I am aware of but there may have been an issue with the site at the time you were trying to find the user. If it is still happening, please let me know.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



  • #4338
    TherapyBoy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 4,374 Mod ✭✭✭✭TherapyBoy


    Deja Boo wrote: »
    Try the "save and exit" option instead of "accept" ?

    5844-B6-E8-1-DCF-4912-8-D47-963-FB7046-B3-B.png

    In order to click ‘save & exit’ I have to go into ‘cookie settings’, scroll to the bottom of that page & then click ‘save & exit’. Tried it now when the cookies box appeared anyway to check your suggestion but it’s just adding more steps to the whole process AND the site version still changed & a second cookie box appeared again while scrolling down to click to switch back to the full site.

    This cookie box/site version switch thing was happening to me before Niamh, but I was only getting the cookie request box appearing maybe once every 3/4 weeks or something. Having it happen at least once per day recently is a noticeable annoyance & the double cookie box thing started at the same time as the daily cookie box change. I haven’t changed any settings/software etc on my device.

    Moderator: Non Drinkers Group & Grand Theft Auto



  • #4339
    Boards.ie: David
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 36 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: David
    Boards.ie Employee


    TherapyBoy and Tilden Katz.

    OS, Browser, and Browser Version please.


  • #4340
    TherapyBoy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 4,374 Mod ✭✭✭✭TherapyBoy


    Boards.ie: David wrote: »
    TherapyBoy and Tilden Katz.

    OS, Browser, and Browser Version please.

    Using Safari on an iPhone 11 David

    Moderator: Non Drinkers Group & Grand Theft Auto



  • #4341
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,681 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Boards.ie: Niamh wrote: »
    Not that I am aware of but there may have been an issue with the site at the time you were trying to find the user. If it is still happening, please let me know.

    Then it must just be my chromebook, because it's still freezing anytime I try to use search for a forum or username.


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  • #4342
    Boards.ie: David
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 36 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: David
    Boards.ie Employee


    TherapyBoy wrote: »
    Using Safari on an iPhone 11 David

    Thanks TherapyBoy.

    I deployed an update.

    The next time you are logged into the full site on your phone, can you click "Cookie Settings" in the footer to launch it, save your settings, and let me know if you still get redirected touch?


  • #4343
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,681 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Boards.ie: Niamh wrote: »
    Not that I am aware of but there may have been an issue with the site at the time you were trying to find the user. If it is still happening, please let me know.

    Discovered the problem, this happens when I only 'save & exit." If I click "accept' on the new cookie box, then voila, search works!


  • #4344
    TherapyBoy
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 4,374 Mod ✭✭✭✭TherapyBoy


    Boards.ie: David wrote: »
    …and let me know if you still get redirected touch?

    All good so far David, I’ll post here again if there are any similar future problems. Thanks!

    Moderator: Non Drinkers Group & Grand Theft Auto



  • #4345
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,240 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Deja Boo wrote: »
    Is the search function acting up?

    When attempting to search for a user (to pm), and clicking on the name that appears under user, the system simply freezes instead of directing you to their profile or any of their posts.

    I get similar. Using Edge I cannot click in forum when I used the find forums search window, clicking it nothing happens.


  • #4346
    Justin Credible Darts
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭Justin Credible Darts


    got an email telling me I got a pm, but no pm shows up in my inbox


  • #4347
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    Some notifications are delayed at the moment so it may be a PM that you already read a day or two ago. Sorry about that.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



  • #4348
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,408 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    On the mobile site if you click into one of your followed threads you usually go to the first unread post. For threads that haven't been updated in ages, I usually go to the first page, and have to find the first unread. I've noticed that this now seems to be happening for more threads - is there a specific timespan that this should affect? (hope this makes sense)


  • #4349
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    As far as I remember if you haven't visited the thread in 2 weeks, your last read post will be forgotten and you'll be returned to the first page when you click on the thread.
    Though I don't think that should happen when it's the thread itself that has had no activity (rather than you not reading for a period of time).

    Will have to check that one and get back to you.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



  • #4350
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    Deja Boo wrote: »
    Is the search function acting up?

    When attempting to search for a user (to pm), and clicking on the name that appears under user, the system simply freezes instead of directing you to their profile or any of their posts.
    Deja Boo wrote: »
    Discovered the problem, this happens when I only 'save & exit." If I click "accept' on the new cookie box, then voila, search works!
    Hurrache wrote: »
    I get similar. Using Edge I cannot click in forum when I used the find forums search window, clicking it nothing happens.

    On the issues that some of you are having with Search, i.e. the drop down suggestions are unclickable, we're pretty sure we know what that is and are looking into it at the moment.

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



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  • #4351
    Dubwat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 425 ✭✭Dubwat


    Hurrache wrote: »
    I get similar. Using Edge I cannot click in forum when I used the find forums search window, clicking it nothing happens.

    I'm having similar problems. I use the search bar to get to certain forums. Previously, I'd type in, say, vaping and then click on the resulting suggestion. Now that doesn't work. Hasn't worked for maybe a week?

    Win10 & Vivaldi browser.


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