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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #120 on: 25 September 2011, 15:27:49 »

I didn't see it mentioned before, but has anyone else noticed that the server seems to go AWOL for ~5 minutes at a time every now and then?

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Just got back on after several hours of trying.  But since the change there have been the odd 5 min outage

TB is aware, no doubt doing his best after a complicated migration  :)
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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #121 on: 25 September 2011, 18:55:56 »

can we have the previous / next thread buttons back please  :y

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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #122 on: 25 September 2011, 18:58:10 »

all looks good to me  :y
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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #123 on: 25 September 2011, 18:58:26 »

Theme tweaks, not sure what it is about this theme, don't like it as much as Yabb, took a look at some alternatives, sure you've already seen most likely? Maybe worth a few tests, polls?

 http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=2368

http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=1867

=blue;desc[]=blue;start=20]http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?action=search;name[]=blue;desc[]=blue;start=20

http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=1706

http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=1051

http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=1284

http://custom.simplemachines.org/themes/index.php?lemma=563

(drop the background)
We are not changing themes (too many problems with each upgrade, as most of these theme writers never bother after they get bored).  Artwork & css is fine.
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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #124 on: 25 September 2011, 18:58:47 »

can we have the previous / next thread buttons back please  :y
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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #125 on: 25 September 2011, 19:08:52 »

I didn't see it mentioned before, but has anyone else noticed that the server seems to go AWOL for ~5 minutes at a time every now and then?
Yeah, we know what causes it, and was aware the day before migration.

We have a couple of options available, but are still trying to get a baseline, so we know if any tweaks improve the situation or not.
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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #126 on: 25 September 2011, 19:23:25 »

I didn't see it mentioned before, but has anyone else noticed that the server seems to go AWOL for ~5 minutes at a time every now and then?
Yeah, we know what causes it, and was aware the day before migration.

We have a couple of options available, but are still trying to get a baseline, so we know if any tweaks improve the situation or not.

TBH, this evening is the first time i've noticed the problem.....is the old yabb forum on the same server? coz that seems to disapear as well for me  :-\
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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #127 on: 25 September 2011, 19:27:23 »

I didn't see it mentioned before, but has anyone else noticed that the server seems to go AWOL for ~5 minutes at a time every now and then?
Yeah, we know what causes it, and was aware the day before migration.

We have a couple of options available, but are still trying to get a baseline, so we know if any tweaks improve the situation or not.

TBH, this evening is the first time i've noticed the problem.....is the old yabb forum on the same server? coz that seems to disapear as well for me  :-\
Yup, YaBB site on same server. Which certainly isn't helping matters - its surprising how many people are constantly on the old site. Why, I have no idea...
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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #128 on: 25 September 2011, 19:28:43 »

can we have the previous / next thread buttons back please  :y
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Not yet - something not right with it. Far more important things to investigate before that.
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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #129 on: 25 September 2011, 19:38:14 »

can we have the previous / next thread buttons back please  :y

100% agree with this request ... just got back from the weekend away and "catching up" used to be easy ... go to last read post, then use the previous button to step up through the posts ... now you end up having to select page 2, then the post - read it , then the heading, then page 2, then the next post.. its slightly easier once you reach page 1 .. but still not "user friendly"  :(

Other than that whinge ... congrats to TB for excellent work .. looks good and seems quick (except for the odd can't connect" which I guess is work in progress) so a big "thanks" from me  :y :y
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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #130 on: 25 September 2011, 19:41:25 »

I didn't see it mentioned before, but has anyone else noticed that the server seems to go AWOL for ~5 minutes at a time every now and then?
Yeah, we know what causes it, and was aware the day before migration.

We have a couple of options available, but are still trying to get a baseline, so we know if any tweaks improve the situation or not.

Is it every time I view a page that's causing it? :-X  ::)  :)
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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #131 on: 25 September 2011, 19:47:09 »

I didn't see it mentioned before, but has anyone else noticed that the server seems to go AWOL for ~5 minutes at a time every now and then?
Yeah, we know what causes it, and was aware the day before migration.

We have a couple of options available, but are still trying to get a baseline, so we know if any tweaks improve the situation or not.

Is it every time I view a page that's causing it? :-X  ::)  :)
Yeah, its all you rather fault, gayboy :P


In layman terms:
Its the hourly backups

For those that understand, to get a point-in-time backup of the database (and it has to be point-in-time to maintain consistency), it is necessary to lock the database tables before the backup starts, and release the locks when its complete. In testing, this was taking less than 30s, which we thought we would get away with.  Now traffic has ramped up, and an unexpected high number of users still browsing the old YaBB site, the server is working much, much harder, and its taking a few minutes. People then get fed up with waiting, so constantly hit refresh, giving the server yet more requests to deal with.
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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #132 on: 25 September 2011, 19:48:26 »

can we have the previous / next thread buttons back please  :y

100% agree with this request ... just got back from the weekend away and "catching up" used to be easy ... go to last read post, then use the previous button to step up through the posts ... now you end up having to select page 2, then the post - read it , then the heading, then page 2, then the next post.. its slightly easier once you reach page 1 .. but still not "user friendly"  :(

Other than that whinge ... congrats to TB for excellent work .. looks good and seems quick (except for the odd can't connect" which I guess is work in progress) so a big "thanks" from me  :y :y
As said, there is a problem with it, and fixing that is not a priority I'm afraid.
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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #133 on: 25 September 2011, 19:50:51 »

I didn't see it mentioned before, but has anyone else noticed that the server seems to go AWOL for ~5 minutes at a time every now and then?
Yeah, we know what causes it, and was aware the day before migration.

We have a couple of options available, but are still trying to get a baseline, so we know if any tweaks improve the situation or not.

TBH, this evening is the first time i've noticed the problem.....is the old yabb forum on the same server? coz that seems to disapear as well for me  :-\
Yup, YaBB site on same server. Which certainly isn't helping matters - its surprising how many people are constantly on the old site. Why, I have no idea...

Probably coz they are lazy like me  ::)
Open new window in chrome.....type om......chrome brings up yabb version first, so i just click on the linky to the new site from the yabb version  ;D
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Re: New Look OOF - Problems?
« Reply #134 on: 25 September 2011, 19:51:42 »

I didn't see it mentioned before, but has anyone else noticed that the server seems to go AWOL for ~5 minutes at a time every now and then?
Yeah, we know what causes it, and was aware the day before migration.

We have a couple of options available, but are still trying to get a baseline, so we know if any tweaks improve the situation or not.

TBH, this evening is the first time i've noticed the problem.....is the old yabb forum on the same server? coz that seems to disapear as well for me  :-\
Yup, YaBB site on same server. Which certainly isn't helping matters - its surprising how many people are constantly on the old site. Why, I have no idea...

Probably coz they are lazy like me  ::)
Open new window in chrome.....type om......chrome brings up yabb version first, so i just click on the linky to the new site from the yabb version  ;D
::) Me too  :-[
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