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General => The Shed => Topic started by: rosebud on August 01, 2011, 23:39:34

Title: SLOOOOOOOOW
Post by: rosebud on August 01, 2011, 23:39:34
 Is anyone else having trouble with A4A being very slow allday & this evening.
Title: Re: SLOOOOOOOOW
Post by: galina on August 01, 2011, 23:41:39
It is a bit - and has been the last few days.
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Post by: macmac on August 01, 2011, 23:48:22
but still a lovely place to be  :)
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Post by: betula on August 02, 2011, 00:00:33
Been ok today for me but sometimes so slow I could knit a jumper in the time it takes to do anything :(
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Post by: Jeannine on August 02, 2011, 00:14:48
Oh yes, I keep coming back and getting almost nowhere..has take almost 3 minutes to change pages sometimes.
.too much

XX Jeannine
Title: Re: SLOOOOOOOOW
Post by: ceres on August 02, 2011, 00:27:54
It was slow for a couple of days for me but is back to normal again.  However, as there seems to be a number of people affected I'll contact Dan.  The last time he did some tweaks but said he might have to buy more capacity as the forum is busier than ever.  He's been having a tough time of it recently so that may not be an option right now.  I suspect that contributions from photo posting have slowed to a trickle and although people are happy to post their classifieds on ebuygumbay none of them recently have been willing to make a site donation.   :(
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Post by: betula on August 02, 2011, 00:31:56
Can he not get rid of some of the really old posts?
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Post by: shirlton on August 02, 2011, 06:59:06
I keep going off and coming back again but I don't have that much time in the mornings to hang around.
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Post by: Alex133 on August 02, 2011, 08:08:27
Agree slow at times over last few days - have to close (have done 3 times today)  and reopen which is a pain.
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Post by: manicscousers on August 02, 2011, 09:01:58
Seems a shame, I've bought loads of ebooks for my kindle from amazon but can't get them through this site  :-\
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Post by: ceres on August 02, 2011, 09:51:22
Why not manics?
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Post by: grawrc on August 02, 2011, 11:56:43
Quote from: ceres on August 02, 2011, 09:51:22
Why not manics?
As you will see in this link, Amazon doesn't support it. Don't know why not.
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php?page=10 (http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php?page=10)
Click on any of the books listed and you get the message"This item is not available for purchase from this store.
Click here to go to Amazon to see other purchasing options."
Title: Re: SLOOOOOOOOW
Post by: ceres on August 02, 2011, 12:01:35
Ah OK, thanks.  I'm guessing that Amazon doesn't pay referral fees on some categories of products.  I'll mention it to Dan.
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Post by: daveyboi on August 02, 2011, 14:26:27
Quote from: ceres on August 02, 2011, 12:01:35
Ah OK, thanks.  I'm guessing that Amazon doesn't pay referral fees on some categories of products.  I'll mention it to Dan.

It does pay but I guess Dan needs to upgrade his store to the latest coding.
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Post by: ceres on August 02, 2011, 14:30:06
Thanks, I'll pass it on.
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Post by: rosebud on August 02, 2011, 14:54:12
 Hahahaha!!! at Betula, i know what you mean ;D.
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Post by: jimtheworzel on August 02, 2011, 15:06:55
mine is still slow at the mo, takes a long time to publish a post- and read a post
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Post by: vitruvius8 on August 02, 2011, 15:57:53
has been slow for over a week now!! But it's still good to be here  :)
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Post by: manicscousers on August 02, 2011, 17:52:08
Quote from: ceres on August 02, 2011, 09:51:22
Why not manics?
Quote from: ceres on August 02, 2011, 12:01:35
Ah OK, thanks.  I'm guessing that Amazon doesn't pay referral fees on some categories of products.  I'll mention it to Dan.
Sorry, been at mum in laws all day, glad you sorted it, Anne, thanks  ;D
Title: Re: SLOOOOOOOOW
Post by: rosebud on August 02, 2011, 19:04:23
 For some reason it seems to have got a little faster, perhaps DAN, has been twiddling :P ;D ;D.

Please can we all make an effort to support Dan the man with posting for £10 a year a brilliant deal,   because we have the best sight ever here.
We can put our fav pictures of summer also Christmas ones.
What do you say Guys & Dolls :P ;D ;D ;D.
Rosebud.
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Post by: Morris on August 02, 2011, 20:31:50
Quote from: rosebud on August 02, 2011, 19:04:23
For some reason it seems to have got a little faster, perhaps DAN, has been twiddling :P ;D ;D.

Please can we all make an effort to support Dan the man with posting for £10 a year a brilliant deal,   because we have the best sight ever here.
We can put our fav pictures of summer also Christmas ones.
What do you say Guys & Dolls :P ;D ;D ;D.
Rosebud.

Yes I agree. I am not sure I will get around to posting pics but I went on and did the subscription anyway. Great value imo.

Thank you Dan and everyone else running the site.
Title: Re: SLOOOOOOOOW
Post by: Admin aka Dan on August 02, 2011, 23:45:30
Hi All,

I've been tinkering to try and improve speed, sadly I can no longer just increase the size of the server we are hosted on :(

I am intending to focus on the site over the next month (before I start my new 'proper' job) to make some improvements, hopefully this will also improve speed!

Thanks for your support and kind words, I can't believe the site is now 8 years old ... we've come a long way :)

Cheers

Dan
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Post by: cambourne7 on August 02, 2011, 23:49:55
your appreciated here Dan :)

Hugs xx
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Post by: antipodes on August 03, 2011, 09:06:52
Thanks for the good work Dan. Can the older posts (i.e. over 5 years) not be deleted?
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Post by: manicscousers on August 03, 2011, 09:15:24
Thanks, Dan, we really do appreciate all your hard work  ;D