Difficulty getting onto the forum?

[SimplyPotty]

...... but i live with a jaffa...........

SS

[Shortie]

Hi all
I do know what's cusing the slowness but I'll ask admin to take a look for us. I couldn't get on last night either

[Paulottie]

Yeah I managed to log on at one stage but the problem was still just as bad at 2 am. I thought Ben said the problem was solved a few weeks back in the snail site speed thread.

I have never been able to get a straight answer as to: If it is the number of guests that causes problems...there were 76 or something and one member! how come they could log on? If so why do we need guests? 'join us or get lost' I say...members wouldn't have to post if they didn't want....just be members.

[Paulottie]

Seedless......

[piskieinboots]

.......members wouldn't have to post if they didn't want....just be members.

what as in lurkers

[barrie tough]

Its been taking ages for the website to load tonight, it was like this a couple of nights ago too - anyone else?

tried for about 30 mins on fri but could not get on so gave up no probs this morning

[seasprout]

Been having continuing problems myself, my details are erased everytime i leave the site so have to request a new password every time.

I've not changed my cookie settings, so its a mystery.

[SimplyPotty]

Seedless......

Ohhh!!!!

[Topaz]

I had the same problem a few nights back where it wouldnt let me log in as me but if i clicked on ne posts i was logged in very strange indeed

[Paulottie]

what as in lurkers

Marginally better than freeloaders?

[Shortie]

Paulottie, I know I've said it a few times before, but while some of the guests might be potential grapes-to-be, others are the search engines hitting the site with us being a 'results found'

[beefy]

Just a small thought - has everybody on Windows XP updated their computers within the last week ? Windows released a very large update (Service Pack 3) which if not installed "may"slow your computer down.I know I could not get logged on one night lately but can't remember if it was before or after the update .
Just a thought

[Paulottie]

Thanks Beefy I'll check that out anyway

but in this case it was not my computer or connection as I was doing fine on another site.

Shortie, my question still stands whether it is search engines, fire engines, or potential grapes. Is it the number of guests that cause these slow downs? Sorry is that a really dim question? I'm probably getting out of my techno depth here! Are search engines just looking for the sight or scanning it for info?

[Dave]

We perform our daily backup at around that time. That's what will be causing the delay in the website

[smallblueplanet]

Are you saying you've scheduled the sites back-ups for 20:30 each evening Dave? That is about when Friday nights problems seemed to start and went on most of the night?! If so could you schedule the backups for later in the evening when the site isn't so busy?