The site is undeniably slow. It's not a connection issue at the users end.
PErhaps there's a connection issue where it's hosted?
Perhaps there's an issue with the underlying database? (I get mysql erros occasionally when refreshing pages)
Don't tihnk it's hte actual content since other "heavy" sites load fine.

But it is slow to load.

 Bitch and moan bitch and moan. Jingus........chill guys...........(thanks Darky)..... If this site is so important as to get points across and opinions..............................

                                        *911*

Damn...................The world won't end if you a few seconds late on a blog. There are other things that should matter in priority than this.

Um howta hair...................................................

For what it's worth, I've been getting the same message as JJ all day and have also noticed that the site has been very slow over the past couple of days.

 Seems to be running much faster now. Mike must have put some quarters in the meter or he got 'nuked'.

Gotta run...Larry Burchall horn de lyne........Yah yah...eye no its dah show.........oh...yah makin a jurnal like me?.........Zingggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg warp speed.................

Not being a computer geek or anything close to it  given that this morning (7am) the site seemed to be running at it's normal speed, and, as of now, it is in it's slow mode, with the speed picking up later in the afternoon. This would suggest that it may be a traffic issue. I don't know if anyone else can back this up.

Anyway, a suggestion (how dare I...)

On the "lite" site, is it possible to add something which shows which posts are active? As far as I can tell the only way is if the topic is at the top, but that doesn't mean people have posted. Therefore is there an option to add something like the last 5 posts (similar to here)?

I am focused on what is important, and one of those things is site accessibility. Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond any ones control (please don't take this as a criticism aimed at you, because it isn't), the page load speeds drop off considerably.

I figure that a fair few of the users use this site when at work, (some more than others), and for me there is nothing more frustrating than having to waiting for a page to load.


I do use the "lite" site quite frequently, hence what I thought was a constructive suggestion. By no means do I expect this to be adopted immediately (or at all), I only ask that it be considered.











(If I post this now, hopefully by lunchtime the page will appear  )

This is the link UE

http://www.bermudarocks.com/forum/index.php?imode

As Mike has probably stated on other threads about it, it is an extremely streamlined version of the site which has it's uses.

I will be using it as of now.......I had to type in the url as I gave up waiting for the page to open (the explanation below will help to explain why)

Mike was able to count to 2 perhaps 3 elephants (Gregory's Girl time keeping method) when opening a page here, due to my limited arithmetic skills I am struggling after 30 elephants (not the alcoholic ones  ) and as I consider "time" to be something that is important to me in excess of 30 seconds to open a page for whatever reasons is unacceptable.

This is the important bit.

Disclaimer.

Any frustration due to the page refresh times is in no way directed at Mike.

Hahaha.  Thanks Jimmy.  I've done this type of work for a long time; I don't take it personally and I don't expect to win against the machines! 

The easy URL is http://lite.bermudarocks.com - it redirects to the long one you posted.  (note to self... time to update the FAQ)

There are two other lite (wap) options, if you want to test them out:

http://www.bermudarocks.com/forum/index.php?wap
http://www.bermudarocks.com/forum/index.php?wap2