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Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« on: Aug 30, 2011, 08:47:44 AM »
Aaarrrggghhh! :tickedoff:

I tried from 6:30 this morning to get on the forum and it would not let me in until just a few minutes ago. Message read...

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I was about to pull my hair out... :thpullhairout:
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #1 on: Sep 29, 2011, 09:53:34 PM »
jim and dianna, a couple of the graphics in the section headers are coming up as having "moved" or "been delelted" from photo bucket.  not a scream so much as a heads up for you?
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #2 on: Sep 29, 2011, 10:04:09 PM »
I am the culprit that did that, Jennifer. :Blush: Jim is aware of it, but hasn't had a chance to fix it yet...
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #3 on: Sep 29, 2011, 10:05:53 PM »
ok... as long as you know about it!
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #4 on: Sep 29, 2011, 10:06:37 PM »
We do. Thank you...:)
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #5 on: Sep 30, 2011, 09:46:47 AM »
jim and dianna, a couple of the graphics in the section headers are coming up as having "moved" or "been delelted" from photo bucket.  not a scream so much as a heads up for you?

All fixed now.
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #6 on: Sep 30, 2011, 01:13:01 PM »
:good2:
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #7 on: Oct 01, 2011, 01:53:14 PM »
alright, was i the only one who couldn't get on here for over an hour this afternoon?
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #8 on: Oct 12, 2011, 01:25:55 PM »
Arrrggghhhh! :tickedoff:

I haven't been able to get here since 11:30 this morning. I wanna bop someone over the head for using up all the resources... :smack:
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #9 on: Oct 12, 2011, 01:36:40 PM »
It's not really that.  It's more than likely the route that is being taken to get to the forum.  Try this next time it happens.

Open a CMD window (click START > Run > type CMD

In that window type >ipconfig /flushdns

Close that window and then see if you can get to the forum.  That clears your DNS cache on your system.  It's a Windows thing!
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #10 on: Oct 12, 2011, 02:00:54 PM »
Jennifer had problems, too, so it is not only me. I think someone is hogging all the bandwidth again. They need to learn to share... :naughty:
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #11 on: Oct 12, 2011, 02:17:49 PM »
Open a CMD window (click START > Run > type CMD
In that window type >ipconfig /flushdns
Close that window and then see if you can get to the forum. 

Well, since everything is working now, guess I won't be able to find out if it works, or not. I will write this down so I will know to try it the next time. Thank you, Honey... :-*
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #12 on: Mar 26, 2012, 09:28:15 PM »
Page created in 27.341 seconds ...

Varies normal (fast) to extremely slow page loads.

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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #13 on: Mar 26, 2012, 10:28:07 PM »
I am having issues as well
Not sure what a CMD window is.
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #14 on: Mar 26, 2012, 10:33:54 PM »
Page created in 27.341 seconds ...

Varies normal (fast) to extremely slow page loads.
i am also having problems.  sometimes the site loads slowly, sometimes it loads in plain text, sometimes it loads without any background. tina was having problems too!

i got tina to a cmd window.  and flushed my dns.  it isn't helping as much as i think it should.  i am still loading slowly at best.
« Last Edit: Mar 26, 2012, 10:35:35 PM by bayou girl »
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #15 on: Mar 26, 2012, 10:41:34 PM »
Page created in 27.341 seconds ...


i am also having problems.  sometimes the site loads slowly, sometimes it loads in plain text, sometimes it loads without any background. tina was having problems too!

i got tina to a cmd window.  and flushed my dns.  it isn't helping as much as i think it should.  i am still loading slowly at best.
Same problems. I think it is a wee bit faster with the cmd dump
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #16 on: Mar 26, 2012, 10:42:25 PM »
May just be a routing issue, from the trace route below.

Code: [Select]
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\William McIntosh>tracert southernspirithunters.com

Tracing route to southernspirithunters.com [199.195.146.168]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms     1 ms    <1 ms  dslrouter.westell.com [192.168.1.1]
  2    25 ms    25 ms    25 ms  50-39-160-1.bvtn.or.frontiernet.net [50.39.160.1
]
  3    25 ms    25 ms    26 ms  184.19.244.254
  4    26 ms    26 ms    26 ms  xe--11-3-0---0.car01.tgrd.or.frontiernet.net [50
.38.7.21]
  5    37 ms    36 ms    63 ms  ae2---0.cor02.ptld.or.frontiernet.net [74.40.1.1
65]
  6    37 ms    36 ms    37 ms  ae1---0.cor01.sttl.wa.frontiernet.net [74.40.2.1
54]
  7    35 ms    36 ms    36 ms  ae0---0.cbr01.sttl.wa.frontiernet.net [74.40.5.1
22]
  8    36 ms    36 ms    67 ms  twtelecom.com [206.81.80.64]
  9    91 ms    93 ms    92 ms  mke1-ar1-xe-2-0-0-0.us.twtelecom.net [66.192.249
.218]
 10    94 ms    93 ms    93 ms  static.66.185.29.241.cyberlynk.net [66.185.29.24
1]
 11    93 ms    92 ms    93 ms  bom.a2u2.com [199.195.146.168]

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\William McIntosh>
« Last Edit: Mar 26, 2012, 10:45:59 PM by William »

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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #17 on: Mar 27, 2012, 07:04:19 AM »
I had problems last night too. Nothing was loading for me and I finally just gave up and went to bed. It's loading this morning albeit slowish
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #18 on: Mar 27, 2012, 07:50:40 AM »
Sounds like resource issues.  I will open a ticket with our host to see if they can tweak something.  Keep in mind we are on shared hosting which means we are sharing resources.

UPDATE:
Support responded that last night they were doing the final migrations from our old host and there was a very large database that had to be loaded.  When that happens, no matter how robust the system, things slow down.  They confirmed that was taking place about the time everyone was experiencing the sluggish response from the forum.  They will leave the ticket open for about 24 hours in case there are further issues.  Be sure and let me know.
« Last Edit: Mar 27, 2012, 10:01:03 AM by Jim »
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #19 on: Mar 27, 2012, 11:54:42 AM »
Looks good today so far. Thanks, Jim.
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #20 on: Mar 27, 2012, 12:01:40 PM »
Figured that was done when migration took place, that sure been a long time. Of course, never migrated before so have no clue what takes place. Or was the large db for someone else, not related to SSH.

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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #21 on: Mar 27, 2012, 12:17:21 PM »
The large database was for another site.  Our database was migrated along with the forum files. 
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #22 on: Mar 27, 2012, 10:54:28 PM »
Some forums are like having the first cup of coffee to me, if you know what I mean, been like that for years for certain forums. Runs better.
  yes, i check them as soon as i get online.  only this is the only one these days!

The large database was for another site.  Our database was migrated along with the forum files. 
  jim, whatever they were doing last night, they must be doing it again tonight.  barb, tina, and i are all having intermittent problems at best.  slow loading, graphics not loading right, no backgrounds, etc.
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #23 on: Mar 27, 2012, 10:56:01 PM »
Yep, but it seems to be a bit better right this minute. It took a full 3 minutes for a page to load. Now they are loading better.
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Re: Frustrated? Scream Here 2...
« Reply #24 on: Mar 27, 2012, 11:03:57 PM »
Yep, but it seems to be a bit better right this minute. It took a full 3 minutes for a page to load. Now they are loading better.
i was thinking that same thing.  as soon as i posted it got a little better.
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