Site speed?

[Leon]

Ok, we know we have the chat room to deal with but that won't be until next week. We believe everything else to be working. That being said we are now on our own virtual server. Do ya'll notice a speed improvement on the site? And lastly we can make this thread one that has any current, nagging issues. thanks again for everyone's patience. I would equate it to a minor operation that was successful. Painful but better in the long run.

[sports-rings]

Hi Leon,

first off thanks for all the hard work and dedication you and others put into this site. Your tireless effort make this such a wonderful sight.

Second, you probably are aware, but last evening I posted a message and uploaded a couple of pictures, only to find this morning that it did not post. Perhaps it was during the new install? Not a big deal, just thought you would like to know.

[Leon]

Hi Leon,

first off thanks for all the hard work and dedication you and others put into this site. Your tireless effort make this such a wonderful sight.

Second, you probably are aware, but last evening I posted a message and uploaded a couple of pictures, only to find this morning that it did not post. Perhaps it was during the new install? Not a big deal, just thought you would like to know.

Hey Michael
First off thanks for the kind words. All credit goes to Steve Freed.man on this one. He put in hours and hours of work, late at night and early in the morning, to get it done. And on top of that he wants nothing in return. I can't recommend his company, Simple Auction Site enough. As I told him, what comes around goes around. I am sure good things are in store for him and his company. If anyone is looking for a good auction software company to use and host their auctions, they would be a great one.

As for the pictures, or posts, being posted and now not being there, as I mentioned before there was approximately 4 hours of lost data. That was mainly my fault for not locking the site when the actual migration began. Very honestly I thought I was going to be told when it started but wasn't...and it was too late when I found out. I did tell the new hosting company this was urgent so I guess they just went full steam ahead :)> I accept full responsibility for that and offer my sincere apologies to anyone affected. It's onward and upward now. It seems like the new hosting company is at the top of their game. I am super happy to have moved from the previous imbecilic maroons (sic) that were doing it before.

[drc]

Seems faster to me, though I never found the old version slow.

[Davids]

Hi Leon,

first off thanks for all the hard work and dedication you and others put into this site. Your tireless effort make this such a wonderful sight.

Second, you probably are aware, but last evening I posted a message and uploaded a couple of pictures, only to find this morning that it did not post. Perhaps it was during the new install? Not a big deal, just thought you would like to know.
Hi there: Seems much faster to me. Also, although I did not report it (thought it may be my eyes!), the font had become smaller after one of the meltdowns a while back. The font has now returned to normal. Thanks for all your hard work, Dave

[Jason]

It seems faster between loads and scrolling down for sure.Thanks.

[barrysloate]

Much faster to me...I'm out of breath.

[sports-rings]

I accept full responsibility for that and offer my sincere apologies to anyone affected.

No worries or apologies needed my friend, thanks again for all the great work you do!

[glchen]

Speed looks good, but doesn't seem like PM's are going to my email mailbox anymore.

[batsballsbases]

Speed looks good, but doesn't seem like PM's are going to my email mailbox anymore.

Yes faster! But also having the PM email problem also.

[gorrister]

Is anybody receiving PM's?

[glchen]

Is anybody receiving PM's?

I receive PM's on this site, but a copy doesn't go to my email like it used to.

[ethicsprof]

'tis faster!!!
many thanks,
barry

[scmavl]

Way, way, way faster for me. For whatever reason, the old site was slow as molasses on my computer. Sometimes it took almost a full minute to load a (pictureless) page.

[Bilko G]

I voted "no difference" but now that you mentioned it and im thinking and watching it, its definitely a lot faster.



Leon, Id like to change my vote please!!!!!!:D

[Leon]

Thanks for the feedback. The site really should be quite a bit quicker. As I have stated numerous times one of my biggest pet peeves is slow sites. As for the PMs we will address those soon. I am not sure of the issue right now..It could have to do with the migration to the new server/company but it's too early to tell......best regards

[shammus]

When I checked the site for the first time after it had been migrated, I immediately noticed how quick the page loaded fully. Even before the problems with Global Gold's servers started several weeks back, it always seemed that the site would get hung up on certain images for a few seconds. That doesn't seem to happen at all anymore.

A big thank you to Steve. One thing that I noticed is that the migration was VERY smooth and very quick. Something we didn't experience with Global Gold. In fact, I was completely in the dark on whether or not the servers had been upgraded or not for over a week. To this day, I'm still not sure why they were unable to move our site from THEIR servers to THEIR other, supposedly faster servers. Made no sense to me, we never got a clear answer as to what the hangup was.

Another thing, Steve was extremely responsive. What very few and minor issues we did find where completely knocked out within the hour of reporting them. They're very up to par on customer service too it seems.

Anyway, hope you all notice an improvement in the site. Should definitely make this a more enjoyable place in my opinion!