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Site seems very slow?; Background & Smilies Info
Topic Started: Mar 7 2008, 09:15 AM (236 Views)
shygemini	Mar 7 2008, 09:15 AM Post #1
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	Hi teach- I've been noticing lately that this site is very slow. It will take 1-2 minutes for a topic to post, or a message to be sent. I am wondering if something changed that could be causing this? The only thing i can t hink of is the addition of the new smileys..although i don't really see why that would be the cause..



healthymama	Mar 7 2008, 01:40 PM Post #2
Newbie Posts: 65 Group: Friend Member #74 Joined: February 23, 2008	It hasn't been slow for me
	Current goal- storm the gates of Onederland! Ultimate Goal "I can do all thru Him who strengthens me"


shygemini	Mar 7 2008, 02:02 PM Post #3
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	hm interesting.... i would say it is my computer but it seems to be slow regardless of what computer i'm using...who knows!



purrrple	Mar 7 2008, 02:06 PM Post #4
Advanced Posts: 1,199 Group: VIP Member #4 Joined: May 20, 2007	Yes I found the same thing Shy. It has been slow!



TeachX3	Mar 7 2008, 02:27 PM Post #5
Elite Posts: 3,539 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	I am not having a problem... ?? so I do not know... anyone else having a problem? hmmm... let us try to figure this one out and fix it! I can prune smilies out if you guys want, no biggi.
	My Beliefs & Opinions (Public Blog) ► Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


shygemini	Mar 7 2008, 02:29 PM Post #6
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	actually...and this is strange....as soon as i posted this the site seemed to go back to normal LOL i will see what happens at home today...but for a few days it was definately quite slow (and it was doing it on my home computer AND the work one here)...i am glad it seems to be back to normal.



TeachX3	Mar 9 2008, 01:00 PM Post #7
Elite Posts: 3,539 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	Ok, I have deleted all smilies for now, THIS IS A TEST... please let me know if the board runs any faster without the smilies. Thank you.
	My Beliefs & Opinions (Public Blog) ► Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


TeachX3	Mar 9 2008, 09:21 PM Post #8
Elite Posts: 3,539 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	Well, I am not seeing a difference... (ugh, and I hate the red x's all over the posts that have replaced our cute smilies!) But, for the betterment of the community, this is an important test to determine if there are any problems with the board... so, anyone else? How is it running for you?
	My Beliefs & Opinions (Public Blog) ► Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


shygemini	Mar 9 2008, 09:26 PM Post #9
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	I have another theory...when did you change the background teach? was it around the same time as the smilies or before?



TeachX3	Mar 9 2008, 09:31 PM Post #10
Elite Posts: 3,539 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	Before... but I am going to temporarily remove the background and we will see how that goes... All we can do is try things and hope for the best. If it is a server problem, I cannot fix that. Are you still seeing a lag Shy?
	My Beliefs & Opinions (Public Blog) ► Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


shygemini	Mar 9 2008, 09:46 PM Post #11
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	nope, and i haven't for awhile now...it was just for a few days that i did.



sapphire	Mar 9 2008, 10:20 PM Post #12
Advanced Posts: 809 Group: VIP Member #5 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Custard apple, pomelo, orange Favorite Vegetable? Cucumber Favorite Exercise? kickboxing, cross-trainer, rowing Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To eventually be at 140 lbs with muscle tone, and to run my first 5k race.	I didn't find the site to be really slow earlier, but I noticed it's faster now, probably because there are less graphics to load.



TeachX3	Mar 10 2008, 09:48 AM Post #13
Elite Posts: 3,539 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	Exactly sapphire. Less graphics, less load time. I wanted to point out to everyone... at the bottom of each page, in the gray bar you will see: Page creation time: 0.0186 seconds So for each page that loads, you will know the amount of time it took. Weigh in with your opinion if you have one... the decision to replace background and smilies will come soon!
	My Beliefs & Opinions (Public Blog) ► Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


healthymama	Mar 10 2008, 10:07 AM Post #14
Newbie Posts: 65 Group: Friend Member #74 Joined: February 23, 2008	I've never had a problem with the pages being slow. I feel like taking the smiley's away is like the sun going behind the clouds:(
	Current goal- storm the gates of Onederland! Ultimate Goal "I can do all thru Him who strengthens me"


shygemini	Mar 10 2008, 11:13 AM Post #15
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	i agree! i loved the smilies! i think perhaps if we had not as many..that would be a happy medium..



TeachX3	Mar 10 2008, 01:30 PM Post #16
Elite Posts: 3,539 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	FYI everyone: At times, when necessary, you may try to log in and you will get a 'board is offline' message, that means that I have taken the forum offline for maintenance and it will be back up as soon as possible. Smilies are back UP and these 40 are the ones who made the final cut. There will be red X's where I have cropped and certain ones no longer exist. As far as the board being slow/fast, etc... I can do nothing about that. This issue is completed, -TeachX3
	My Beliefs & Opinions (Public Blog) ► Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


shygemini	Mar 10 2008, 06:26 PM Post #17
Elite Posts: 3,054 Group: Super Mod Member #2 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Cabbage Favorite Exercise? Step aerobics, spin class, muscle sculpt, walking Healthy Lifestyle Goal? Currently, to continue to improve my eating habits, and lose the 10lbs i gained back recently!	i'm glad he made the cut! i like the smiley selection, i have trouble remembering the ones that were there which you removed!



TeachX3	Mar 11 2008, 01:22 PM Post #18
Elite Posts: 3,539 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	Shy, it's a good thing you don't remember them, that way you won't miss them! You know, it is funny... but I (personally) associate certain smilies with certain people... This guy reminds me of Righ (miss you dude!), and now this guy reminds me of YOU! I am glad you like the final cut whew I was hoping I chose a well rounded group to express many things... my favorite is: But that is because I custom made him... I took the "New Years Resolution: Eat Healthy" guy and removed that text and added my own! I just want to say to everyone for your help and patience during this, and I couldn't ask for a better group of healthy friends! Fit4LifeFriends
	My Beliefs & Opinions (Public Blog) ► Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


healthymama	Mar 12 2008, 06:23 PM Post #19
Newbie Posts: 65 Group: Friend Member #74 Joined: February 23, 2008	Was it the smiley's & the background slowing things down? I do remember some of what's missing: the rainbow, What's up, 4 smilies jumping 4 joy, fantastic, rolling smiley, eyeballs that popped out on springs, woohoo, kick me, aargh @#%$, the poinsettia... I do miss the background & some of the smilies, maybe they can be rotated? But the one I wouldn't miss is still around... the pig!
	Current goal- storm the gates of Onederland! Ultimate Goal "I can do all thru Him who strengthens me"


TeachX3	Mar 12 2008, 07:20 PM Post #20
Elite Posts: 3,539 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: May 20, 2007 Favorite Fruit? Apples, Pears, Strawberries, Bananas, Grapes, Cherries & Pineapple Favorite Vegetable? Onions, Broccoli, Olives, Baby Carrots & Fully LOADED Veggie Salads Favorite Exercise? Dancing, Stretches, Walking & Playing w/ my Furry Babies Healthy Lifestyle Goal? To be as healthy as I can be w/ having MS and to weigh between 140-144 pounds!	Hi Healthymama I do believe it was the skin that was slowing the board. We will be upgrading soon and when we do, each member will have the ability to chose their own skin. As of now, the smilies are the final set. I'm sorry if you miss a few but we still have some cute ones!
	My Beliefs & Opinions (Public Blog) ► Age 41 • 5'5" • Medium Frame • Began: 01/17/07


healthymama	Mar 15 2008, 06:29 AM Post #21
Newbie Posts: 65 Group: Friend Member #74 Joined: February 23, 2008	If only you could just simply choose your own skin. I'd pick one that weighed a whole lot less!
	Current goal- storm the gates of Onederland! Ultimate Goal "I can do all thru Him who strengthens me"


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