Problems again ??????????????? Forums

BillD

Hi,

Is there any explanation as to why the site was unavailable yesterday (Sunday) morning ?

Earlier in the morning it was working - but slowly (there were about 90 people on line). Towards noon it was unavailable for a time. A little later (about 12.15) I got back on and there were only about 20 people on line.

It seems to me that whenever the site is busy ( 80 or 90 online) it gets flakey and page reload times increase (30 secs or more is not uncommon).

This is a very popular site and I would like to see it stay that way and I hope I contribute a bit - however I think there is an increasing obligation for it to give good service. If one pays subscriptions or makes regular donations it is moving out of the one man's hobby class and into something more business-like.

Pusser

Perhaps they is a bit too much stuff on the home page not that I know much about it.

RockieRV

Hi Bill,

I have seen the problem you are describing, but it appears to happen during the evening as well - irrespective of how many are on line.

A subscription is always a good way to fund modifications to a site, but no matter how small the fee, some people wouldn't 'pay to join' and registered numbers would fall......

Whilst some members might think this a good thing (discouraging 'lurkers' and people who do not post etc) I personally think that encouraging donations is the way to go - perhaps the £150 monthly target is not adequate to fund the changes that keep being suggested in some of the forums and chatroom?

Sharon

BillD

Please, please Sharon,

Don't divert this to the subs. versus donation argument - we have done that one to death.

I merely mentioned that if either are taken regularly then IMO there becomes an obligation to provide a reasonable service.

RockieRV

Sorry Bill.

I obviously missed your point, and the 'subs. versus donation argument'.

kands

Bill
It's the candle in your PC mate. It needs the wick turning up....
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Keith

nukeadmin · Site Admin

hi gang
didnt know the site was grinding to a halt every night as its been fine here ?

there was a problem on the server on Sunday am betwen 10-12ish but that was cured and site should have been ok apart from that ?

I am on a nice fast broadband connection here now so my page generation times are less than 0.5s but what are others experiencing ?

BillD

Hi Dave,

I am on a nice fast broadband connection too and I do get very fast times - at times !!

For example this one says 3.02 secs. I have experienced very quick, down to 0.?? secs and at times in excess of 30 secs.

As I said earlier my observation is that when the site is particularly busy is when it seems most temperamental - this is not scientific proof !!

I have also read on MMM's site of the difficulties on here.

Good Luck.

RockieRV

The problems are not every night, just some nights.

Sharon