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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on Feb 27, 2006 23:05:34 GMT -5
Star, if turning off the sigs and acs doesn't help with load times, then I doubt limiting them will help either. Although, the picture thread is the worst about loading time. Perhaps we need to make a rule of posting links instead of images in threads.
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Post by Secret Pseudonym on Feb 27, 2006 23:13:19 GMT -5
That'd be sad.
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Post by Dangerbabe on Feb 28, 2006 0:36:22 GMT -5
I really don't think it's the images. I've never had a problem loading any huge amount of images, signatures, etc. I'd say we should try limiting smilies as a first step. Our piccies are such a part of JA culture.
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Post by The Rolling Rooster on Feb 28, 2006 10:09:46 GMT -5
You could always do the rule I have at my site, use image shack & make them thumbnails that click to the full size pics.
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Post by The Symbolic Sacrifice on Mar 1, 2006 0:55:53 GMT -5
I have had no trouble with images, I have to admit its probably the smilies I use them so much, I'm addicted to them. #fishslap# CC, do you want me to set up a smilie poll, to see if we can narrow it down to an acceptable level that will make everything load quicker? Something like pick the twenty smilies you cannot do without? ~SS~
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Post by Dangerbabe on Mar 1, 2006 1:48:11 GMT -5
I like the way this Aussie thinks.
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on Mar 1, 2006 1:53:05 GMT -5
It's neither the smileys, nor the pictures. I think it's the combination of both... just the sheer mass quantities all together.. plus there are alot of theme images to load on every page. And let's face it, when it comes to file size: the bigger the picture, the bigger the file. I'm starting to think it's really not so much the smileys. My other board rarely has slow page loads, but it has about 50 smileys and nobody had big sigs and there aren't pictures posted all over the place and there's not so many themes. Here, click on this page and see how fast this loads for you. It's alot of gifs (like smileys) on one page with a theme to load, but not much other images. See how it goes: thetale.proboards21.com/index.cgi?board=pictures&action=display&thread=1107238778I can load that page pretty quickly. Let me know how that works for you.
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Post by Dangerbabe on Mar 1, 2006 2:03:31 GMT -5
Rocket fast for me. I'm flexible. I'll do whatever will help.
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on Mar 1, 2006 2:09:56 GMT -5
Again, making me think it's not the smileys.
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Post by Dangerbabe on Mar 1, 2006 15:21:30 GMT -5
Well, when it comes to my comp, I have never had a problem downloading JA pages just as fast as The Tale--no matter how many pictures were on it. There hasn't been a gradual slow-down there was just a sudden change. One day things were loading just as quickly as normal, then the next day, I was waiting 30 - 60 seconds for threads to load and it's been that way ever since. So, I dunno. I just think it would be good to change one thing at a time, see if there's any effect, then change another thing, etc. Kind of like checking for allergies.
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Post by The Fearless Fiend on Mar 1, 2006 22:12:59 GMT -5
The Tale page still loaded fast for me but Capo says she's been having trouble loading pages too and she has Firefox as well. :/ So I don't know what the heck that's all about. DB's idea of the allergy thing sounds like a good one to me. In any case, good luck, CC. I know you'll figure it out. -Fiend
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on Mar 1, 2006 22:22:23 GMT -5
Argh! Well if it happened all of a sudden, then now it sounds like the smileys again. About how long have you been noticing this, DB?
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Post by Dangerbabe on Mar 1, 2006 22:24:44 GMT -5
*hops up on Dr. CC's table*
I'm guessing here, but I thing probably several weeks...like mid January?
Would you like to check my pulse? ;D
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Post by The Capricious Capodecina on Mar 1, 2006 22:32:53 GMT -5
hmm yea like FF said my pages are taking about 30 to 40 seconds to load now... which is a long time to wait for a page to loag but some of the threads with lots of pics like the graphic challenge pages... those take over a minute sometimes... But I do think DB's idea is the best so far... guess and check I guess
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Post by The Caribbean Crusader on Mar 1, 2006 22:37:22 GMT -5
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