Mark Smith 5 months ago
ActivityRank: 562

So, how's it looking, and do you want to see any changes?

docmartin 5 months ago
ActivityRank: 82

working well Mark, a bit slow to load/change pages but easy to register.Aweful photo of an unknown gurner as my profile pic-I'll keep on practicing in Santorini

Mark Smith 5 months ago
ActivityRank: 562

I thought the slow speed might have been a local problem with me, hmm that's something to think about...

Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming folks. I think we'll give it a couple of weeks and then i'll taek soundings, perhaps using a poll!!!

alistairmcauliffe 5 months ago
ActivityRank: 40

yeh same here i thought it was my pc

Andy 5 months ago
ActivityRank: 30

Good work Mark but the pages seem as slow as Tranmere's defence!!.....Hope you do better than John Barnes at sortiing it out.

Mark Smith 5 months ago
ActivityRank: 562

Not sure what i can do apart from look for a faster one.... Will tweak this one a bit and see, but if it's a pain we'll go for another. It is a test after all.

Andy 5 months ago
ActivityRank: 30

Seems to be a lot faster now.....What did you do?

Paul Miller 5 months ago
ActivityRank: 162

A bit slow loading pages here. Hey and less of the insults about Tranmere. We kept the score to a respectable level at 5-0. John Barnes for manager of the month.

dave.oldfield 5 months ago
ActivityRank: 46

My PC is usually quite slow but this late at night it's (note placement of apostrophe Mark) pretty quick.

steve.hammond 5 months ago
ActivityRank: 182

Thanks for getting this test site up & running Mark.

Was tediously slow yesterday while registering etc but seems much better today - have you changed anything?

Also I can't figure how to easily bring up the Forum Index page from anywhere else (even Home page) - must be missing something obvious!

Mark Smith 5 months ago
ActivityRank: 562

I have changed a few settings in the admin stuff, just guesswork really but it does seem to have speeded up today. Steve, click on the 'Tattenhall Runners' title (top left) or use the "breadcrumb trial! (just above the first post in the thread) to get back to the index page. I think (still learning myself)...

sue.simon.ellis 5 months ago
ActivityRank: 122

Seems fine to me today. I also clicke dlots of buttons to try and fine the forum but like most things IT once you have done it a few times it all seems sooooo easy!

Simon

Heli 4 months ago
ActivityRank: 294

Finding it slow tonight..

Paul Miller 4 months ago
ActivityRank: 162

Not getting any avatar pictures at the moment. Just getting a blank box with a red X in it.

Mark Smith 4 months ago
ActivityRank: 562

yeah, me too....will check that out...the joys of teething!

Mike McCorkell 4 months ago
ActivityRank: 12

My first use of the new message board tonight and it seems to work pretty well .. quick to register, easy to post a message on the forum ... thanks for setting it up Mark.

kathy frankland 4 months ago
ActivityRank: 30

seems ok today. quite like the new format actually. thanks Mark

Dave Sykes 4 months ago
ActivityRank: 106

Is anyone else having problems viewing this forum?

From time to time it won't open on my computer, I get a timed out/frozen page saying the page is unavailable. I try other sites which always seem to work ok, then when I come back a few hours later to view this forum it works again. Very strange.

Also, when people are putting links on it, can they use the 'links' tab, or is it possible to copy the link from the post and then paste them into the browser address bar?

Cheers,
Dave.

steve.hammond 4 months ago
ActivityRank: 182

Yes Dave, I've had the experience you describe - it does seem a bit temperamental !

Mark Smith 4 months ago
ActivityRank: 562

I'm not really sure what else i can so about that folks. It's a bit flakey i can see, although i never seem to have a problem - lucky i guess. Could you make a note, just a mental note will do, of how often this happens? Ta

Mark

laynie stothart-wilde 4 months ago
ActivityRank: 38

Always happens to me at work on a Wednesday. Strange.......

Paul Miller 4 months ago
ActivityRank: 162

Happened with me on Sunday night. 'The Page Could Not be Displayed' was all I would get after several minutes of hanging. All other sites were working fine.

Mark Smith 4 months ago
ActivityRank: 562

Hmmm, not too happy about the reliability of this. It's fine when it works, but this is starting to get annoying. Let me see ewhat i can do...

Nick Holmes 4 months ago
ActivityRank: 82

I am unable to load my boat race on to My Details, the page just keeps indicating "loading " forever. Is this a known problem are you just exercising reasonable management of unwanted spam?

Also each page (as indicated by the little blue circle thingy) just keeps on loading, although i can read the page...

Eventually it says
ERROR
The requested URL could not be retrieved

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://grou.ps/chat.php?

The following error was encountered:

•Zero Sized Reply
Squid did not receive any data for this request

sue.simon.ellis 4 months ago
ActivityRank: 122

Nick,

I also had a problem with loading my avatar picture with a picture of myself. Eventually I got a response from the web host confirming that this was because they did not want to frighten small children....maybe you need to reconsider the photo?

Simon

Dave Sykes 81 days ago
ActivityRank: 106

Wasn't working yesterday morning - I could see Sharon had replied to the jubilee plunge thread but couldn't read what she had posted as the page wouldn't open. Today it seems Paul has posted a reply to the UTMB thread, but it doesn't show it ??

Wondered if it was my pc, but Nick confirmed he had had similar problems

Mark Smith 78 days ago
ActivityRank: 562

It's frustrating as these things seem to right themselves. It is a bit flaky, but i can't seem to do much else now. All i can do is find another forum. What do people think?