spursmaddave Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 I say, I say, I say there seem to be a lot of double and triple posts lately! Just new server issues I am sure but it makes I laugh Quote
spursmaddave Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 No doubt there will he LOADS of double & triple posts on this thread now Quote
coldel Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Site is running slowly lately, I had one come up twice, where it hung when posting so I cleared the page and wrote it again, but it came up twice...blame technology, it cant argue back Quote
Wasso Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 I don't actually want to post with the fear of repeating myself Quote
Chesterfield Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 The site only has double or tripple posts if people click the reply button twice or three times. When its running slowly, people click the button again - which adds another thing to the queue of items to process, slowing the site down further and will ultimately post their reply again.... Quote
Wasso Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Example: I post my text. Receive error 408 after 60sec delay. Press back to retrieve my text as I have been informed the server did not respond. So I post again in the hope the server responds. Error 408 again. Repost Error 408. Give up and presume my post has not been accepted to find its been received multiple times. So if I receive error 408 the post has been received yet being informed otherwise?? Quote
coldel Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Mine just sits there with the little icon spinning for minutes at a time...so give up and post it again a few minutes later...but there is no information to say whether it has posted or not Quote
Ekona Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 If the browser hangs upon submitting, click back and then select preview instead of submit again: it refreshes faster 99% of the time and you can see instantly if your first submission went through, as it'll give you the 'A new post has been made, you may want to review...' message. Quote
spursmaddave Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 I think it's just people trying to boost their post count Quote
Chesterfield Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 At the moment some people my be seeing that. Whats actually happening is there appears to be a rogue query or table item within the database that whenever it is being run, locks up other queries behind it until it has finished doing whatever it is. At that point all the other backed up queries (like people wanting to post, or read a page) get run in the blink of an eye. Currently trying to find what it is thats causing this, as it has been fine for quite some time, and then suddenly started misbehaving. To be fair the way we have modified phpbb3 from its original out of the box state, its a wonder its not happened sooner. We will find it and fix it though. A move to a different platform more in keeping with the size of this board has not been ruled out - but we know how people like the look and feel of this site, so we arent rushing into that option. Quote
spursmaddave Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 The look and feel of the site is good, but I have to say it is starting to look its age Quote
coldel Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 ...what forums have a more modern look? Maybe worth listing a few examples? Quote
Wasso Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Personaly I like the way the forum is set out. Why change something that isn't broken? Okay we're having minor glitches now and again, but does the front end visuals really matter. I've seen a lot worse on the net and I think the functionality and visuals are fine. Quote
spursmaddave Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 The spurs forum i am on has just had a major refresh and I like the look of it spurscommunity if anyone wants to have a look... To be honest I use tapatalk 99% of the time so the forum looks cool on my iPhone or tablet but if I load it at work or on my PC it looks a tad old Quote
spursmaddave Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 Personaly I like the way the forum is set out. Why change something that isn't broken? Okay we're having minor glitches now and again, but does the front end visuals really matter. I've seen a lot worse on the net and I think the functionality and visuals are fine. I bet you still have one of those new fangled VHS recorders Quote
Wasso Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Personaly I like the way the forum is set out. Why change something that isn't broken? Okay we're having minor glitches now and again, but does the front end visuals really matter. I've seen a lot worse on the net and I think the functionality and visuals are fine. I bet you still have one of those new fangled VHS recorders My VHS recorder died a fair few years ago and moved onto DVD. But now I use this thing called Sky+ it's great you can record things really easily now Quote
spursmaddave Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 Personaly I like the way the forum is set out. Why change something that isn't broken? Okay we're having minor glitches now and again, but does the front end visuals really matter. I've seen a lot worse on the net and I think the functionality and visuals are fine. I bet you still have one of those new fangled VHS recorders My VHS recorder died a fair few years ago and moved onto DVD. But now I use this thing called Sky+ it's great you can record things really easily now Steady on there grandad Anyway stop arguing, haven't you got something to polish Quote
Wasso Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 Funny enough I'm at work at long last so polishing in the evenings now. Quote
spursmaddave Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 Funny enough I'm at work at long last so polishing in the evenings now. I do most of my polishing in the evenings too Good news on the work front Oh if your boss is looking over your shoulder then I have no idea who this Wasso guy is and he hardly ever comes on this forum during work hours.... honest Quote
rtbiscuit Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 forum has been crashing out for me lots recently or taking an age to load, have generally left it to its own devices and come back later. an update and a refresh sounds good though. Quote
M13KYF Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 we are looking in to the server issues that is causing the slow times Quote
spursmaddave Posted June 18, 2012 Author Posted June 18, 2012 we are looking in to the server issues that is causing the slow times The thread wasn't started to cause any hassle as I know everyone has a day job, I just found it amusing that people were posting 2/3 times. Maybe you need to put a little sign next to submit like on banking forms that says 'Press this button only once, if you press it more than once you may look a tool' Quote
Chris`I Posted June 18, 2012 Posted June 18, 2012 We shall look into using that exact wording Dave Quote
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