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Originally Posted by Admin
Just wanted to give everyone a quick update...
Shoutbox...
For some reason this shoutbox software is sucking up a bunch of the memory from the server and we'll be removing it until we figure out what's going on... we have a new one in mind already...
Forums...
the forum code is a complete mess and is obviously causing lots of problems so we we'll be setting up a fresh version of the forum tonight that will hopefully speed things up... this should be done in the next few days or so. We're also going to save the old version of the forums somewhere so that users can still get any of the information that couldn't be ported over to the new install...
Ads... The new forum system will have ads but the majority of the ads will only be displayed to guests and members who don't have a certain number of posts... (we're thinking 250) That way active forum members won't have to view the majority of the ads.
Content...
We need to freshen up the home page with some fresh content. Please contact the head aministrator ( the dude) to coordinate this...
PM with any questions. |
EXACTLY what is needed. Glad you came in here before it was too late...
All the issues you addressed are the problems here. There is too much of a mess to know what is causing what, and YES, the Shoutbox is an issue.
My opinion, check to see if there is an option for the refresh rate. If so, it should be (at the VERY least) 10 seconds... with anything higher being recommended. The more it takes to update itself, the mroe CPU that stacks. Thus, when something else decides to use a spike of CPU, it'll kill the server.
Again, this is looking very good and will motivate staff again
Thanks Ralph.
EDIT: Although, there is still the issue of having the site updated/re-tuned. I'd be willing to help, but whoever gets to do that, please just make sure it happens. Traffic comes in from content/media, while the community captures and imprisons the traffic.