windrivers site speed

[freddy]

about 3 weeks ago i moved house and had new phone line fitted , i thought the speed on windrivers forums was v slow , having had time to surf the web ,and other sites , i have come to the conclusion that it is not my line but windrivers.

I am of course on 56k modem , all i seem to get is at bottom left X No. to open , and it takes ages.

is anybody else on 56k modem power having the same probs?

maybe if there wer,nt as many banner adds it might speed up.

and before i get wise cracks "get yourself DSL" let me say this is not an option.

[Darren Wilson]

You are not the only one Freddy. I am on a 1Mb Cable link and the forums are very slow compared to other sites. I think it is about ready to be moved onto UBB threads (as these load almost instantly on other sites, just like vBulletin forums)

[freddy]

[quote]Originally posted by Darren Wilson:
<strong>You are not the only one Freddy. I am on a 1Mb Cable link and the forums are very slow compared to other sites. I think it is about ready to be moved onto UBB threads (as these load almost instantly on other sites, just like vBulletin forums)</strong><hr></blockquote>

thank god it,s not only me.

as i said i thought it was my line but its not.
i often get sidetracked (when u put links) to other forum sites and have no probs.

I soppuse (and i,m as guilty here) its all the animated gifs (avatars) and the pasting of pictures in replies.

but i think a lot is down to the banner adds etc

just try it darren on a 56 , you can almost make a brew.

[Darren Wilson]

[quote]Originally posted by freddy:
<strong>but i think a lot is down to the banner adds etc</strong>

I have them all blocked via the firewalls ad/popup blocker so they don;t come into it for me

<strong>just try it darren on a 56 , you can almost make a brew.</strong>

Don't own an analogue modem anymore so I will skip on that one thank you <hr></blockquote>

[Windowscrash]

Have you tried the UBB 6.3.0 Beta? It flys along!!!

But yes, UBBthreads or vBulletin (No debates intended) are the way to go...

[DANIMAL]

[quote]Originally posted by Windowscrash:
<strong>Have you tried the UBB 6.3.0 Beta? It flys along!!!

But yes, UBBthreads or vBulletin (No debates intended) are the way to go...</strong><hr></blockquote>


It only tooks about 4 min to reply to this but.....6.3 is the way to go.

[AlienDyne]

I use to browse the forums when most of you are sleeping due to the time zone. I have no particular problems when posting on the forums.
The only thing is the main page. Windrivers.com always takes a long time to load for me.

ISDN 64K here..

[freddy]

[quote]Originally posted by AlienDyne:
<strong>I use to browse the forums when most of you are sleeping due to the time zone. I have no particular problems when posting on the forums.
The only thing is the main page. Windrivers.com always takes a long time to load for me.

ISDN 64K here..</strong><hr></blockquote>

i also do find it quicker when the americans are asleep , can get a reasonable (but not quick) throughput up to about 4pm uk time (about 10am USA) ,,,,but in the evenings ie midnight (about 6pm US) it is v slow.

[Gollo]

[quote]Originally posted by AlienDyne:
<strong>I use to browse the forums when most of you are sleeping due to the time zone. I have no particular problems when posting on the forums.
The only thing is the main page. Windrivers.com always takes a long time to load for me.

ISDN 64K here..</strong><hr></blockquote>


I get that here (main page loading slow) and I'm am only like 3 hours from the physical server location (it's still in Chicago right?) Not only that but my ISP routes all request to their chicago server and it's still slow.

[WinDrivers1]

Allright, I have UBB Threads all set to go, I just have to import, probably tomorrow and we'll give it a whirl. Be prepared for a new URL on the home page.

[Windowscrash]

WOW!!! - UBBThreads

I can't wait to see it in action...Wonder if we'll see a new forum style??? (Maybe not)

[WinDrivers1]

I'll change the colors and the font type but I'm no Picasso.

[Windowscrash]

Are you upgrading just this board or both boards (this and the company forums)?

[Commander Klarg]

[quote]
The only thing is the main page. Windrivers.com always takes a long time to load for me.[/QB]<hr></blockquote>

Same here. It seems that when the bar with the Site Search gets loaded, it just sits there waiting for something.

Looking at my hostwatch program I see that it is attempting to connect to <a href="http://www.milosierdzieboze.com/sbtpolls/show.php?site=windrivers.com" target="_blank">http://www.milosierdzieboze.com/sbtpolls/show.php?site=windrivers.com</a>

After a while, the rest of the page loads, and hostwatch doesn't see the milosierdzieboze connection anymore.

What is happening?

[DocPC]

[quote]Originally posted by Lt. Cmdr Klarg:
<strong>

Same here. It seems that when the bar with the Site Search gets loaded, it just sits there waiting for something.

Looking at my hostwatch program I see that it is attempting to connect to <a href="http://www.milosierdzieboze.com/sbtpolls/show.php?site=windrivers.com" target="_blank">http://www.milosierdzieboze.com/sbtpolls/show.php?site=windrivers.com</a>

After a while, the rest of the page loads, and hostwatch doesn't see the milosierdzieboze connection anymore.

What is happening?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Same here................ <img src="confused.gif" border="0">