Slow site

[lizbud]

I tried to get into PT to post on a thread but, after 15min , I finally gave
up. I could display POTD&COTD & DOTD, but could not post to any thread.

All other sites I visited loaded just fine. This was about 1:30pm today.

Was PT down today?

[Ginger's Mom]

I tried to get into PT to post on a thread but, after 15min , I finally gave
up. I could display POTD&COTD & DOTD, but could not post to any thread.

All other sites I visited loaded just fine. This was about 1:30pm today.

Was PT down today?

Yeah, I couldn't get into any threads on my lunch hour either. And when I did finally get on it said there were only 24 users online, you know there is a problem when there are only 24 people who can get into Pet Talk. When I came back a few minutes later it said there were 229 people (or something like that) logged on.

[Randi]

I also couldn't get on a few hours ago, but it seems to be OK now.

Karen and Paul, perhaps with the change you are going to make, it would be good time to put a limit to the size of images. They must take up a huge amount of space.

[Karen]

We were not online at that time, so didn't know about the slow-down until we saw your posts. It seems okay now.

Randi, the images are stored differently in this version of the software. I don;t know how the new server with affect that, but it handles the images much better now than it used to. Most people post images that are hosted elsewhere, unless they post them as attachments and I think that's now a separate database.

[lizbud]

We were not online at that time, so didn't know about the slow-down until we saw your posts. It seems okay now.

Randi, the images are stored differently in this version of the software. I don;t know how the new server with affect that, but it handles the images much better now than it used to. Most people post images that are hosted elsewhere, unless they post them as attachments and I think that's now a separate database.

Images can eat up space but this was not just slow response, it was
actually little to no response. I figured it was just a blip & would clear
up later. It was awful. Don't you all feel sorry for me now?

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Images can eat up space but this was not just slow response, it was
actually little to no response. I figured it was just a blip & would clear
up later. It was awful. Don't you all feel sorry for me now?

I was having the same problem you were so we are in the same cup of tea there!

[Karen]

I was having the same problem you were so we are in the same cup of tea there!

Sometimes it has to do with our server, but some slowdowns can be because of a connection somewhere between you and our server, the Internet goes through several nodes and "portals" and what they do is beyond our control!

Awww, poor Liz. Feel better now?

[Ginger's Mom]

I just spent about an hour trying to get onto Pet Talk and couldn't, although I see there was activity during that period, so the site was up. But definitely not letting me on.

[Karen]

We just had to restart the server, Sunday evening at 8:50 P.m. East Coast time, so in case you were having trouble, that is what happened this time.

[elizabethann]

And all this time I thought it was my computer.

Sometimes I go to respond to a thread and it takes forever and ever to get to the next screen. What I end up doing is 1) cancelling the response all together and going to another pet related website or 2) clicking the submit button again and that takes me to the screen that says I'm being redirected (or something like that). That usually gets my response submitted.

So I've been wanting to respond to a lot of threads, but I just don't have the patience. I very spoiled and want immediate results I guess.

[Logan]

In my case, it is our home computer that is the problem. My posting and reading at Pet Talk has been dramatically affected by the problem, too.

Karen, you will remember that we talked about this a long time ago. I am at home right now, as a matter of fact. From our laptop that I would normally post from in the mornings and evenings, I couldn't post this (well, I could, eventually, but I would wait a long time). Same internet connection on this laptop (wireless), which I am using as I prop on my pillows against the heating pad, and I can post and move around easily. From this computer and the one I have at work, I've had no problems. Only problem is that when I'm working, I'm working and can't come in here.