New server time for Bike Forums?
02-05-12 | 06:34 PM
#27
Unless I'm reading this thread wrong, those who experience a slow response are not members; hence, they would be loading ads? Is this correct?
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A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. - S. Wright
Favorite rides in the stable: Indy Fab CJ Ti - Colnago MXL - S-Works Roubaix - Habanero Team Issue - Jamis Eclipse carbon/831
02-05-12 | 06:36 PM
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02-05-12 | 06:39 PM
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There is a "Premium" membership, called Platinum Member you can pay and get access with several privileges. Worth the little cost to do and it supports the site. I did the 2 year deal. No ads to slow things down and access to the Titanium Club sub-forum.
Bill
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02-05-12 | 06:42 PM
#30
I might be using the wrong term. Do you see ads? I don't and it loads just fine.
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A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. - S. Wright
Favorite rides in the stable: Indy Fab CJ Ti - Colnago MXL - S-Works Roubaix - Habanero Team Issue - Jamis Eclipse carbon/831
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. - S. Wright
Favorite rides in the stable: Indy Fab CJ Ti - Colnago MXL - S-Works Roubaix - Habanero Team Issue - Jamis Eclipse carbon/831
02-05-12 | 06:52 PM
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02-05-12 | 08:27 PM
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About 4 levels of participation, I believe
1. Visitor, can't post, sees ads
2. Member, can post, etc., sees ads
3. Red star member - can post, etc., sees no ads, no longer available - lifetime membership
4. Titanium member, can post, access to titanium sub forum, no ads, paid for periodically
5. **********
1. Visitor, can't post, sees ads
2. Member, can post, etc., sees ads
3. Red star member - can post, etc., sees no ads, no longer available - lifetime membership
4. Titanium member, can post, access to titanium sub forum, no ads, paid for periodically
5. **********
02-05-12 | 09:32 PM
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02-05-12 | 09:49 PM
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Ad load times can slow things down. We're not carrying those ads on our servers, though. They are on the advertisers servers, and those affect load time almost as much as our servers do. Adblockers don't really speed it up, the ads still try to load, but aren't displayed is all. We still ping the adservers when you load a page. It's just blocked from displaying on your computer.
We're also bvery graphics heavy, so older browsers have problems, slow connections have problems, and if your new systems aren't kept up to date, there can be problems as well.
Finally, if you are running adblock or script blockers, those programs can slow the load time all on their own by blocking some forum functionality as it cycles through your exceptions list.
We're also bvery graphics heavy, so older browsers have problems, slow connections have problems, and if your new systems aren't kept up to date, there can be problems as well.
Finally, if you are running adblock or script blockers, those programs can slow the load time all on their own by blocking some forum functionality as it cycles through your exceptions list.
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02-06-12 | 09:20 AM
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02-06-12 | 09:46 AM
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Out fishing with Annie on his lap, a cigar in one hand and a ginger ale in the other, watching the sunset.
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You're not the only one, I have no problems either. It doesn't seem any slower than it ever was or any other sites, and I don't have ads blocked, other than flash (which I think still come in but don't autostart). Using SeaMonkey 7.3 on Windows 7, Windows XP SP3, Windows 2000, and OpenSuse 11.3.
Jim
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. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
. “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.”- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
02-06-12 | 10:26 AM
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