Interruption To Service, Why is the board slow Options

[Tori G]

G'day Martin.

The Glasgow Guide has been very slow at times lately, I realise, that the hosts maybe servicing the boards, is there any chance that whilst this is happening or about to happen that you can have a pop up open saying this,or have a notice on the web address prior to people trying to enter the site, which would give members and guests the option to wait or not??, lots of people have become frustrated. I've tried to explain the reasons why this happens, for some people. I can imagine it's not easy servicing a web site, especially with everything that gets added to it, which inturn causes upgrades.

Thankgoodness for edit button sometimes...forgot to mention, there's a lot of people who get stressed due to the situation, causing them to think that something maybe wrong with their computer.

Once when I was having my computer serviced, the technician told me to copy to cd or delete a lot of emails if I couldnt upgrade at the time financially aswell as pictures that have moveable parts as they take or fill up so much space by the amount of bytes they accumulate, and also to keep photo's in a smaller format, which in turn also causes the comp to slow down. Not sure how true that is, yet I thought it helped.

Thankyou for your time and energy in keeping thousands of people enjoyed on GG.

[Anne1]

yes Isobel agree with you it can be very frustrating trying to get on when your not sure if its you or the site I got on early yesterday but from 10am till now couldnt get back on and by talking with others on email they were the same. I know Martin does an excellent job in keeping us all connected

[GG]

I can only apologise for this latest problem Tori and Anne. I have just contacted our hosts to complain about the service we are getting; unfortunately, despite paying a high price for a top hosting solution the GG site has suffered very badly in the last month with the site being very slow on a number of occasions.

I am now considering a move from the company involved, but will wait and see what solution they come up with as any move will be costly in terms of my time required to transfer.

GG.

[stratson]

Yesterday was so frustrating for me too, however have discovered since, my P.C. is low on Virtual memory. Am presently using my laptop and no problems . Who knows, am going to have a go on my P.C. to compare the difference.

[stratson]

Am now on P.C. Has taken 3 mins to access this page , no doubt another 3 mins to add Reply. Definitely P.C. fault. Am going to have this driver overhauled. I really prefer sitting at my desk on P.C. meantime will use laptop.

[stratson]

Hi, Took 3 mins precisely for page to appear with my findings

Does anyone know how I can up my P.C. Virtual Memory without paying a kings ransom?

[d.c.]

Hi stratson ... with a bit of luck, it's possible that all you need is a tweak of your pc's virtual memory settings, which need not cost you a penny. Virtual memory should be set at 1.5 times your RAM, and you can usually adjust this via the Performance or System settings tab in your Control Panel, depending on which operating system that you use.

[Gemini]

boy was I ever glad to see these postings as I like everyone else thought it was my pc for a whole week I tried to get on and of course I gave up waiting thanks Tori for bringing it to light.

[GG]

Please note that I have organised a major upgrade to some of the software which runs the GG site. I am not sure when exactly it will take place, but I have requested that it happens during the (UK) night. After the upgrade there will be a loss of some features on the boards, notably the Shoutbox, so please be patient if you notice downtime and/or some loss of service in the next few days... it is planned.

I will keep you all informed as soon as I have more information.

GG.

[Anne1]

Whit Martin nae shoutbox aw whit a shame I will miss it for sure I think its a nice way to start the day, but your the boss

[mitchell]

It also depends if you are using Dial Up.
Stratson take your comp to shop or get someone to put in an extra ram.
That will speed things up a lot for you.

[GG]

Whit Martin nae shoutbox aw whit a shame I will miss it for sure I think its a nice way to start the day, but your the boss

Don't worry Anne1, meant to say I'll get the Shoutbox back quickly, and probably most of the other features as well... will just take a bit of time, but glad you like it!

GG.

[glasgow lass]

Thanks for the information Martin, it sure takes the guess work out of whats going on.

[GG]

I'm delighted to say that the first stage (and most important by far) of the upgrade has been carried out and there are a number of things still to be addressed, but I will be able to start working on these tonight.

The ShoutBox is not functioning just now, see above, but will return soon.

So please be aware that a few things may be a bit different, but the good thing is that we are now using the latest software.

More tonight.

GG.

[Anne1]

yes can see the changes started, took ages lookin for shoutbox then noticed headings at top of page were different, so far so good