What is wrong with the forum lately - extremely slow and locking up when posting

[Sharkie]

I also have massive delay's posting. After clicking post or after clicking add photo, it can take a long time to actually respond. Its quicker to refresh the screen than to wait for the post to be "posted".

[Guest001]

Strangely this morning when I first opened the forum and typed a reply the text was a word slow in appearing and then it actually didnt appear as a reply I refreshed the page and tried to post the reply again and it said I was too soon so it obviously had registered the first one but not posted it ..

At the time my computer would have been doing an automated virus and malware scan so Im not sure which was the cause but it usually doesnt interfere even on here

EDIT
It posted this instantly.

[The_Hawk]

I'm yet to see weirdness on my end, but I have been looking into alternative hosting arrangements as well as potentially upgrading the forum software. That last one being the real concern since it's a one way process and I need some dedicated time to do testing (like when I'm not at my day job).

[Guest001]

Mine has been Ok since this morning

[Gutoneto]

Having problem here as well… every time I try to load section in the Forums and replying something I have a huge lag and takes ages to even show something on the screen. Also, as soon as I load VWWatercooled website the fans on my Mac goes crazy. I have to type what I want in World and copy and paste if I want to write anything (even that takes ages)

[The_Hawk]

Is there any particular section people are trying to access where the problems seem to happen to see if I can narrow it down?

I'm still digging on the issues, but still haven't encountered them myself which makes it hard.

Load averages look good: 0.53, 0.68, 0.72

I get an email any time there is a database timeout which does happen from time to time, but will result in an error page on the client side (and usually pretty quickly). It also tells me which user it's for, and it's almost never for a logged in user (definitely not for the recent ones I've just checked too) so it's probably not that side of things.

I'm going to try a few more things to see if I can resolve the problems before taking more drastic measures.

[The_Hawk]

OK, update time.

I might found the issue with a long-standing plug in that I updated in January and completely forgot about.

I've made that change at a global level, so it would be great if I could get feedback on if things are working like they should now.

Failing that, I've also created a new test style which should kill off any/all modifications I've made to the code over the years. It's a bit of a nuclear option where I would have to build back up from scratch all the little modifications. But it's always an option.

If I can get some feedback on if the changes I've made to the default style(s) are working. No need to test both, they share the same configuration save for the fixed width: VWWatercooled V2.0 or VWWatercooled V2.0 (Fixed Width)

If you're still having issues, I've temporarily enabled the test style and reverted everything back to its stock form which means some things will be missing, but core functionality should still be there. This should rule out anything I might have broken, but I there is a good chance I've found the culprit.

To change styles, down in the very bottom left of the page there is a drop down to select different styles/themes. Go in there and select "VWWatercooled - Test View", this should revert back to a default vanilla, unchanged theme.

[Guest001]

Have mainly been in the TIG forum and only once had a slow page and upload reply and yesterday was a bit slow uploading a reply but only a few seconds slow. Hardly noticeable from my computers and I dont use a phone to access anything

[The_Hawk]

That's what makes it strange, it doesn't seem to be consistent or affecting everyone.... you know, the best type of issues to hunt down

[Lucas_R]

That's what makes it strange, it doesn't seem to be consistent or affecting everyone.... you know, the best type of issues to hunt down

This is a test reply - will update to advise whether it posted as normal or with delay.

As for which are of the forum it happens, doesn't seem to matter to me.

EDIT: This one posted as normal (eg no delays). yippee. Thanks Hawk. Will test some more over the coming days and advise.