waiting for www.pointbuzz.com...

It seems to happen all too often.

I click on a link and my browser says "waiting for www.pointbuzz.com..."

It'll count up and tell me how many seconds it takes for the site to actually respond to my request. Normally when this occurs it takes upwards of 20 - 25 seconds. That's unacceptable when I am running a cable connection and have no issues with any other site.

This problem has always occurred as far as I can remember with this site but it's not constant. It may happen every 5 minutes or might be 20 mins before it does it again.

What it seems to me is that the server that the site is hosted from is not responding as it should. *** Edited 6/7/2006 5:31:02 PM UTC by Loopy***

I was thinking of posting something similar.

There will be times when I click the button in my fav. folder or even if I type in the url, it takes a while. This is also happens when posting or when clicking between threads. The same thing happens to me at Coasterbuzz.

Not a big deal really, more of a minor inconvenience.

I have had no problems like that. Perhaps its a browser issue. I'd suggest trying a different browser, to see if you experience the same thing.

Opera and Firefox are a couple alternatives.

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*** Edited 6/7/2006 5:39:15 PM UTC by djDaemon***

I should have mentioned I am using Firefox and running XP Home.

It occurred using IE also though before I used Firefox. *** Edited 6/7/2006 5:45:16 PM UTC by Loopy***

Same thing happens to me on both Coasterbuzz and Pointbuzz, using different combinations of IE, Firefox, and XP Home and Pro.

Hmmm...

Do you regularly run antispyware programs, Loopy? This may or may not be the problem, but is a good idea nonetheless.

If not, I suggest Spybot Search & Destroy, or AdAware. Or, Windows Live OneCare for a more comprehensive solution.

I use Firefox on XP Pro with Adaware and several extensions on my Firefox browser. I also had the same issues with IE and Netcrap.

This happens on serveral computers I have access to. Most of them are running different setups than the two I use primarily.

Strange... Like I said, I've never experienced it from work. Err, I mean, home... yeah, home. That's what I meant to say.

Although we have a full T1 at, umm, home, so that may be a factor.

I'm on the University's network here in Akron-not in class, though :), and I've had problems here. I'm not sure what it is.

Clear your browser cache

I get the same sort of response problems on a semi regular basis and I have it happen on more than one network. Trust me when I say my PCs are clean.

I'd like to be able to attribute the problem to an excessive amount of users on the sites. :)

The box has intermittent performance issues. I'm aware of it. It's an application problem. I don't know which app is causing it yet.

Considering that it serviced 40 million hits and passed 700 gigs of data last month, I'd say it's doing OK otherwise.

Sounds good. Like I said, it is really a minor inconvenience. I usually open another tab on Firefox and surf elsewhere until it loads. It fixes itself after that.

I just isolated the site in its own process to see if that makes a difference. Hard to say since I can't really predict when the response is going to hang.

40,000,000 hits and 700 GB of transfer on a P4 2.6ghz machine is almost unheard of. That code must be pretty efficient.

Actually, it's not as good as it should be. But keep in mind too that there are no static pages, and even the images are passed through the framework to prevent bandwidth leeching.

There are a lot of really bad inefficiencies in the forum, which, if you read my blog, you'll see have been haunting me for the better part of three years. That's what's also holding back a redesign at this point because the forum is the core the site in terms of permissions, logins, etc.

Well, compared to the retarded crap some people try to use, I'd say this isn't bad.

Oh, c'mon Ben.... What's wrong with phpBB? ;)

The CliqueSite POP forums and the customized version of vBulletin that somethingawful uses are the 2 most user-friendly, organized and visually pleasing forums on the internet at this moment IMO. Sure, there's always things that I wouldn't mind seeing added or tweaked, but that's always the case with any software - no complaints here.

I have seen some truly horrible ones out there, that get you lost in them and it's a terrible pain in the ass to find all replies, etc..

-Josh

Come on Josh, my gaming group has been using PNphpBB2 for a good while now (approx. 3 years) and I don't see anything majorly wrong with it.

We would like to change to something else but other forums out there just don't mesh with the main site as nicely.