Slow site performance

Boards.ie: Mark · 01-05-2020 10:48am

For what it's worth, Chrome incognito has also been working out fine for me for the most part. Did encounter one 500 error when posting, so I typically copy my post just in case.

01-05-2020 10:48am

Could Boards.ie please just be taken down for the moment, it’s just beyond frustrating. Surely it’s easier to just shut it down, fix it, and put a notice on social media and The Journal when it’s fixed.
Someone else just suggested this too.

01-05-2020 11:40am

Deleted User wrote: »

Could Boards.ie please just be taken down for the moment, it’s just beyond frustrating. Surely it’s easier to just shut it down, fix it, and put a notice on social media and The Journal when it’s fixed.
Someone else just suggested this too.

It's only ten seconds or so, I just click on a post and while it's loading, I go back to the(home) work computer, when I look back the page is loaded!

Some of us can remember when it took a day to get a file from the "archive department", a staffed room full of filing cabinets and a paper form that needed filling in to get the file extracted. :P

So ten seconds isn't a worry.

Elessar · 01-05-2020 12:09pm

Just to note for anyone here: Clearing my cache data for boards.ie in Safari then restarting the browser seems to have resolved the issue. Links are loading as fast as normal now.

Try clearing your cache.

WestWicklow1 · 01-05-2020 12:20pm

Would you "worry" at 45 seconds?

EDIT: Sorry, change that to 65 seconds plus 50 seconds to get to this edit and ?? to save the edit.

rapul · 01-05-2020 12:21pm

It ain't road rage, it's load rage

muffler · 01-05-2020 12:43pm

Its going fine for me since clearing the cache last night. However Im not receiving email notifications for new posts in followed thread... apart from an odd one here and there. Not sure if thats Boards related or something to do with gmail but I dont think I have an issue with emails in general from other places.

Edit/took about 20 seconds for this post to display

01-05-2020 12:44pm

WestWicklow1 wrote: »

Would you "worry" at 45 seconds?

EDIT: Sorry, change that to 65 seconds plus 50 seconds to get to this edit and ?? to save the edit.

Boards.ie is not my work, it's what I look at between work tasks.
It's not a necessity to me, it's a "nice to have", anyway I have multiple tabs open here co can do other things (as well as work) while waiting.

WestWicklow1 · 01-05-2020 12:47pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Boards.ie is not my work, it's what I look at between work tasks.
It's not a necessity to me, it's a "nice to have", anyway I have multiple tabs open here co can do other things (as well as work) while waiting.

Yawwwwwwwnnn......

GinSoaked · 01-05-2020 12:48pm

I don't like clearing my cache and won't do it because its a bit of a support cop out. Why should I loose features from other sites that rely on the cache because one site is playing up?

Instead I change browser to one that I haven't used on boards.ie. Initially I got a few odd error pages then it settled down and now I'm posting using Opera instead of Chrome and speed is back to normal.

WestWicklow1 · 01-05-2020 12:56pm

GinSoaked wrote: »

Instead I change browser to one that I haven't used on boards.ie. Initially I got a few odd error pages then it settled down and now I'm posting using Opera instead of Chrome and speed is back to normal.

Thanks for that advice. I've just changed to edge for the first time in a million years and boards.ie is back to normal.

GinSoaked · 01-05-2020 12:57pm

WestWicklow1 wrote: »

Thanks for that advice. I've just changed to edge for the first time in a million years and boards.ie is back to normal.

Now your slumming it

01-05-2020 1:07pm

Clear your cache - it does speed things up!

01-05-2020 1:11pm

WestWicklow1 wrote: »

Thanks for that advice. I've just changed to edge for the first time in a million years and boards.ie is back to normal.

I've just switched to Edge too but its just as bad unfortunately, no difference at all. Is there anything else I can do?

Notdeco · 01-05-2020 1:12pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Clear your cache - it does speed things up!

This worked, thanks.

GinSoaked · 01-05-2020 1:13pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I've just switched to Edge too but its just as bad unfortunately, no difference at all. Is there anything else I can do?

Did you log out of Edge, clear your cache in Edge then log back in? If you do it won't affect the browser you normally use and is worth a try.

Tork · 01-05-2020 1:32pm

Firefox/Edge are working fine for me on the computer. Despite clearing my cache in Chrome and losing all my logins, it is still crawling and taking 30-40 seconds for a page to load. Incognito doesn't help.

On the phone, I just got a cloudflare message on DuckDuckGo. According to it, there was a timeout error on the touch site.

01-05-2020 1:36pm

GinSoaked wrote: »

Did you log out of Edge, clear your cache in Edge then log back in? If you do it won't affect the browser you normally use and is worth a try.

I've just done that, cleared Cache and cookies which unfortunately means I'll be logged out of all my usual sites but its speeded up Boards - working fine again. Thanks

Alan306 · 01-05-2020 1:50pm

Hi guys I’m using a Windows XP’s pc I no it’s a crime these days but just look for advice I’m tryin to connect to Firefox but it’s not happening I tried pinging google and all that but having no look any suggestions

GinSoaked · 01-05-2020 1:54pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I've just done that, cleared Cache and cookies which unfortunately means I'll be logged out of all my usual sites but its speeded up Boards - working fine again. Thanks

Sorry thought you'd move to Edge from another browser.

podgeandrodge · 01-05-2020 1:55pm

installed Firefox, no better
Installed Opera, no better

Tried Edge for first time - no better..

Silly Gilly · 01-05-2020 1:56pm

Boards.ie: Mark wrote: »

I've separated out the new posts from the old thread so that people don't have to work through old posts. Thanks for the suggestion.

Unfortunately, we don't have an update to share. At the moment, all I can do is apologise for the ongoing disruption. I know it's frustrating, but thank you all for any patience that you can muster up as we work through these issues.

I think Boards needs to be somewhat more forthcoming with information. This is the latest in a series of incidents that has made the site barely usable for the past several weeks.

I understand Journal Media have made cuts in their businesses. Have Boards developers been let go or left voluntarily for other jobs? What is Journal Media's vision for this site? They have already closed fora.ie and severely curtailed the42. Is Boards very existence under threat?

Esel · 01-05-2020 2:14pm

Only thing slow for me (Firefox, Touch) is opening attachments. I use uBlock Origin, and am a subscriber.

Do people experiencing slow loading fit either of the above descriptions (use an ad blocker or are a subscriber)?

GinSoaked · 01-05-2020 2:17pm

I've boards.ie open in two windows (on desktop PC) chrome is one and its dead slow in that and the other is Opera with cache cleared and its working fine in that. No add blockers.

rapul · 01-05-2020 2:20pm

I'm using the brave browser and no problems

WestWicklow1 · 01-05-2020 2:35pm

rapul wrote: »

I'm using the brave browser and no problems

That's what I normally use and it was slooooooow.

There doesn't seem to be any trend emerging from this thread. An upgrade to Xenforo would sort it once and for all instead of this boards version of a very old vbulletin.

rapul · 01-05-2020 2:48pm

Ah ok, must be a boards problem in general, time will tell or if any info is released to do with the site

Hotblack Desiato · 01-05-2020 3:12pm

Boards really should put out a message on their Twitter feed when there's a problem like this, they make really poor use of it. Three messages and one retweet in the last month.

Alan306 wrote: »

Hi guys I’m using a Windows XP’s pc I no it’s a crime these days but just look for advice I’m tryin to connect to Firefox but it’s not happening I tried pinging google and all that but having no look any suggestions

Jaysus. I hope you don't do banking or buy anything online.

If you can't afford a new PC, stick Linux Mint on it.

Szero · 01-05-2020 3:42pm

WestWicklow1 wrote: »

An upgrade to Xenforo would sort it once and for all instead of this boards version of a very old vbulletin.

Is there any plans to switch to Xenforo?

mrcheez · 01-05-2020 3:50pm

Incognito mode on Chrome desktop is still majorly slow

Vexorg · 01-05-2020 3:52pm

Working perfect for me last few days with the exception of the Virgin media outage a couple of days back, flying on PC, Win 10, Chrome and Full Site and also on Tablet, Android 8, Chrome and Full site

Working fine on phone also. Android 9, chrome, full site, both on WiFi and gomo.

Boards.ie: Mark · 01-05-2020 4:02pm

Some people seem to be more fortunate than others and some seem to find certain actions more useful than others. I am seeing warnings about the nodes under strain so I can't say that clearing your cache or using another browser will help, for example. It is working for some people (or they're just lucky at that point in time and it appears like a solution).

I have been one of the lucky ones - attachments are slow / don't load and have had occasional 500 errors but the site hasn't been too sluggish. I'm on Chrome incognito, but as I say something like this is working for some people and not for others.

Sorry for the ongoing disruption, but I'm afraid I don't have a timeframe for when things will improve.

Tork · 01-05-2020 4:19pm

At least you've put something on Twitter. A small gesture but at least it shows you're aware of what's happening. I hope you can get to the bottom of it soon

01-05-2020 5:03pm

rapul wrote: »

I'm using the brave browser and no problems

Slow as a snail for me in Brave.

Arghus · 01-05-2020 5:04pm

Touch site working at normal speed for me now.

Better Than Christ · 01-05-2020 6:12pm

I use two laptops - a Chromebook and a Windows one. Pages are taking ages to load on the Chromebook, but are loading normally on the Windows laptop (using the Chrome browser).

Harry Palmr · 01-05-2020 6:19pm

I have no idea if this is linked but embedded tweets are not showing for me since Tuesday I think, I just get the url. I've checked other comparable forums like Red Cafe and they show fine so its not my ancient browser.

This is it · 01-05-2020 6:55pm

Arghus wrote: »

Touch site working at normal speed for me now.

Still showing threads from 15 years ago though, speed is fine but almost unusable with the other issue

end of the road · 01-05-2020 6:56pm

the sight has been slow for me since last night on both chrome and firefox but seems to have speeded up a bit now.
as well as that i'm getting very few email notifications for subscribed threads, the odd one is coming through but mostly not dispite the threads being posted in.

One More Toy · 01-05-2020 7:14pm

Ah jesus fix this it's driving me mad!

Baseball72 · 01-05-2020 7:43pm

Just saw this thread now - thought it was just me.....pages very slow to load for the past 2 days.....

So frustrating.......could the issue not be flagged in a banner when people log on.....I am on boards several times a day, and must have missed the initial announcement (if there was one)....how are people meant to know there is an issue if its not flagged when logging on/visiting the site......?

01-05-2020 8:05pm

JP Liz V1 · 01-05-2020 10:23pm

I find it worse today, slow on all devices on all browsers

HeidiHeidi · 01-05-2020 10:57pm

Incognito on the phone working well for me.... not entirely perfect, but a million times better than anything else.

Varik · 02-05-2020 1:35am

Cleared cookies and while logged out everything work perfectly, same as said for incognito.

Log in and I get 1/2 pages before it's snail's pace again.

kippy · 02-05-2020 3:27am

Just to add, site is extremly slow. Chrome (latest version) on Windows 10 desktop at a time of night where I would expect traffic to be extremely low. Has been really slow all day across desktop devices. The mobile site has been more responsive and is currently much faster on Android with chrome than the desktop site.

mrcheez · 02-05-2020 8:21am

seems to be marginally faster this morning... is the reason some experience a slowdown because each user has access to a node which may/may not be affected during their session?

Mav11 · 02-05-2020 10:39am

Am finding the site to be almost unusable this morning. I will be lucky if this posts!!! It's going on and getting worse for the past 2 days.

HeidiHeidi · 02-05-2020 12:35pm

It's bizarre -

Ridiculously slow on Firefox on the laptop
Can't even log in on Chrome on the laptop
Ridiculously slow on Chrome on android phone
Fine on Chrome on android tablet
Fine on Chrome on an incognito page on the phone

All using the same wifi/ mobile data.

How does all that even add up???

Varik · 02-05-2020 2:08pm

Chrome working fine today now

set always allow boards to set cookies to allow, and manually set the site and port to allow too. Then manually exception to this for a bunch and an ad blocker does the rest. Working fine now.

Slow site performance

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