Inliners International Forums General Discussion Bench racing Bulletin Board

I loaded fairly quickly today.Not bad at all.I'm hesitant to complain because my Verizon internet service is bad alot of the time and is more at fault then the site(s) are.

I have set all the forums to only show topics that were active in the last six months to see if that will speed up the BB. The topics on the Engines forum, for example, go back to 2000 and loading these every time may be part of the problem. Also, at the bottom of the main page of each forum you can set your preferences, for example, you can decide if you only want to see topics that were active in the last day or so. This is only temporary, so give me your feedback if it is helping, and if it is worth not seeing all there is to be seen in some forums.

Tim

8 year old topic under X amount of replys could be removed Like we have done in the past.? Is it possable to move High reply topics Into a archives fold only PAID members could get into?? Even if it has to be put over to the left side links?? Just a thought.

It's still pretty slow. I am able to logon now without problems, but it takes a while.

Still slow.

I put in a trouble ticket with the web host and they told me that this has been a problem with the new platform and they are trying to balance the servers to the traffic(??), so eventually it should improve.

I noticed that it does depend on when you login, it just took almost a minute for me to log in just now but early this am it took 4 seconds. There are alternatives such as dedicated servers and more expensive plans, but as of now we have a relatively small number of regular BB users, a fairly inexpensive website monthly cost, and especially NO advertisments or banner ads. We do have, I know, a vendor section but it is not 'in our face' every time we log in and is in fact more of a service to us (imho).

To have a forum like the H.A.M.B., Stovebolt, etc. would throw our budget in the hundred(s) of dollars a month range and require advertisement funding or (?). I think a little slowness is worth the alternative, what are your thoughts?

If I was still on dail-up service (Which I'm NOT) This would take for ever for sure and I wouldn't be wasting time waiting for it to load. I am how ever on a HIGH Speed service and I can be On two-three other sites In Less time (At the sametime) and have them pages load alot faster ( AT the sametime) in what it takes for this site to now load up. Our home page loads in a Flash And so do the rest of the links on the left side of this site.
So in knowing many people are still on the old dail-up I'm sure we may very well see less traffic from those who are. and not
that i am anyone but i for one may not be spending as much time here. And no offence to anyone here. any web sites I go to if i have to spend much time waiting I just close it and move on to the next. I have always been this way Even when i had the old
daily-up network. When I had my old web site I was told by
many it took to long to load so I just closed it and went on.
So when I started my new site I took them old words to heart you
could say and I went with a different company site & server for my new site and So far I haven't had any of them old complaints about it being to slow. and I have been with them now for about 3yrs and only had 1 email issue which they took care of in less then a 24 hr period.

anyway this is my2cents. on how i think/feel about how slow it is now and what could happen when it comes to others trying to Veiw this site.

I for one do not mind banner ads, as long as there is only one banner. I have been to sites that have banners on three sides of the screen (didn't go back). The site being slow is merely an annoyance to me, as I am on broadband as well. Dialup would be torturously slow though as Twisted 6 said. I expect there are people now that are not logging on because of the time to load (or they think the site's down because of it).

I don't know how much exactly it would cost for a 'faster' allotment, but till the host gets their end sorted out I believe it is better to wait and see (as you implied).

we used have banners that changed from one to another.And was paid by club members who had business,They also had and do have Ads in our 12 port. And the site still loaded far better then it
does no at this time. But I see no problem in having those banners put back up. I do have copies of those banners.

i agree w/larry. many people are not coming on because of the painfull wait. i also have broad band at home and it takes 30-60 sec to come up.
titen, did you get contacted by the provider i sent your way? i do not know what we are spending, but he has real good rates and real people working for the clients. tom

It seems faster this morning just browsing I haven't posted anything yet. I know,I know! I haven't ever posted ANYTHING yet!

Not sure who did what, but the board loads MUCH faster now. Hope that was the 'allotment' thing and it didn't cost any extra. Of course it's 1:00 am here, but then that's roghly when I check in here anyway, sooo???

well it is 9:43 here in fla and IT SURELY Did NOT load any FASTER
today in the least bit. I was able to load 3 other web sites and
answer 4 ims in the time it took to get from the Our Home page
to the BB

So when this does get straightened OUT someone let me know Pease
in the mean time I outa here.I don't have time to just sit here
and wait. I'll check back in a few days

Hi guys,

I'm on Time Warner RoadRunner(which is fast) and a very fast computer here in Southern Ohio. Here's what I saw this morning.

Inliners page came up quickly.
Bulletin board took 45 seconds to come up.
Bench racing took 30 seconds to come up.
After that, switching to other topics was faster than a week ago but not as fast as the previous board.

One suggestion might be this.
I'm not an IT person but have been having to be my own admin person for years. I believe that this new server has a problem with the old posts and history. Perhaps it is being routed through a slower processer or IT line. Can I sugget that we save all the posts 2 years and older on a different server and start with a cleaner file.
Having to work daily on a work station, any time your speed decreases by only 5%-10% people get nasty and start throwing things. I see it daily. Titen, if we can purge all posts 2 years and older (of couse we should save them) and see if that helps the speed problem, then we'll know that all that past load needs to be compacted and perhaps put in an "Archive" folder. I know we like to go back and look up stuff but if it's prohibiting keeping members online and getting new members, perhaps we can switch our system just to provide current (2-years) info to be accessed faster and older stuff worth the wait.
Just a suggestion.

RapRap
1940 ChoppedChevyCoupe

PS-

It took over 1 minuted for this post to be submitted. A bit slow.
We are in the middle of a snow storm right now. We have 14+ inches of snow and are expecting 3-4 additional. This just south of Dayton, OH. I'm sure the Midwest servers are slow as most are inside and online!
I'll post some photos later of me doing some donuts in my driveway!

Rap

Titen,

What ever you did, you did the right thing! The bulletin board is as fast as it ever was. Great Job!
RapRap
1940 ChoppedChevyChoupe

it is not loading fast for me.
the website is instant
the BB board took 30 sec
the first topic i looked at 30 sec
the second 30
the third 3 sec

i'll try some more tom

here is a edit 2 hrs later. now the BB comes up much faster?
it seemed that the first log on of the day was the slowest. now it is up to speed. tom

i tried to edit the post above. it went to lala land. never did edit?
so why does the original logging on to the BB take so long? it seems once i am in and checked a few things, then it goes at normal speeds. tom

Well it does seem to be much better today. as It loaded for me almost as quick as the main home page. so to me Now thats more like it. Even replying to a topic/post responded much faster.

I even just did a edit. and it is Like Click and it was off.So at this time i must say 100% better over day one.

Compared to the last few days it's lighting fast this morning. I can shut down solitaire now.

Larry

Tim

Something else we need to do seeing we are Up Grading THE CLUBS
SITE for Paid MEMEBERS can we set-up the Classifieds Strictly
for PAID CLUB MEMBERS so that SCAMMERS can Not USE IT !!!!.I feel
The classifieds here is No different Then our 12 Port News WHICH is FOR Paid members ONLY!!

Well, it would seem that I spoke too soon, I couldn't get in yesterday (Sunday) and from the posts I have to believe that the site wasn't down. It's running slow today, fastest so far was a post I submitted about 5 minutes ago, it took 1 minute 34 seconds according to the readout :(.

The site seems to be slowing down again. I have had several messages taking over a minute to load. Also my log in time was very slow this AM. I have a very fast computer with high speed connection, but this seems like dial-up.

YUP dail-up in slow Moooooooooooode lol

titen, how much are we spending for this web hosting service? on a per month basis.
it is real slow for me right now. took a minute to post in the forced induction forum. this is testing my patience also. tom

Yes, it is very slow for me tonight too.

It's has been slow since day one.

MBHD

Over 4 minutes to get here!

2 min. 33 sec. to post with 2 bad response messages. never mind!

Takes too long.
Fast computer and fast DSL.
The old system was not like this.

Other sites are not slow.

to Slow is a understatement!! My old dail up was better then this
even when trying to down load videos.( ok some videos depending the the size) but the point is this is now really starting
To BITE and getting to the point of packing it in ????

OK Guys, I know it's slow and I am working on ways to get it up to speed. I am spending a lot of time on this problem, and it's getting pretty frustrating, so posting about how slow it is every few hours doesn't help anything.

The latest answer I got from tech support, which finally sounds like it might make sense and show a little honesty, is that they are overwhelmed with their upgrade and the transition to new servers is going slower than anticipated. They host something like 350,000 accounts.

According to the web stats, our little web site has had over 5000 unique visitors, and used over 3GB of bandwidth already this month. Because they have been a good host in the past I am going to give them a while longer to complete the transition, besides, it is a real PITA to change hosts and redo all the web stuff.

So, let's see what happens with the BB speed issue in the next couple of weeks, I have a lot of updating to do on the rest of the site. Feel free to ask me any questions, except maybe 'why is the BB so slow?'.

Thanks, Tim

We know it is not all in your hands and your doing what you can Tim.

Gentleman I have an idea of what you can do while waiting for the BB to load. Write an article about your car or up date the pictures and info found in the racing area. Several cars have stated plans or hopes for the future but never updated to let us know how they turned out. Also it would be nice to have some additional tech articles written, maybe a piece on how to do a basic low dollar turbo, or anything else you wish to share with us. Just a thought.

I agree Bill.

I would like to see a good up to date tech article on EFI as a Throttle Body and Multi Point, using EDIS and MegaSquirt, so we do not search all over the BB for answers.

If I was more informed on it, I would write it.
But I have not gotten off the ground with it yet.

Tim, sorry,thanks for what you're doing. We know everything is not in your control. I just need my Inliners fix! No other BB out there does what is done here. I hope we never get as big as some!

Tim, I'm not complaining when I post. I figure you are on top of it and am just posting for feedback so you know if what you are doing is having a positive effect or not.

FWIW the board is running slow, but somewhat faster than the other day. Hope that helps.

Well I see the Board/traffic has pretty died out. Or it sure looks that way Very little action. snails on a coffee brake move better then? aw heck Im not complaining I can do more of other things now that i have more time And needed a brake anyway.:)

Larry, I cannot even read my PM's.
Need to email me direct.
I have not been able to read any PM's through this website.

MBHD

I haven't been stopping by much either. The main reason is that I either don't have the time or patience for the page to load. This morning it loaded fast. Others it takes a minute or won't load at all.