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Offline RedRobin

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Is this the right forum for site problems?....
« on: 14 April 2008, 21:35 »
I know I'm not the only one to report that this GolfGTI.co.uk site regularly hangs blank on access to any of the forums - About 6 times today so far! It's random and touch and go and emptying cache or quitting browser etc doesn't make any difference. Other sites in the same online session don't hang at all - Not even MySpace!!

I'm on a high spec desktop Mac running OS 10.5.2 and latest Safari browser.
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Re: Is this the right forum for site problems?....
« Reply #1 on: 14 April 2008, 22:44 »
It's nothing to do with your home machine. If you look at the stats the the page views per month has pretty much doubled in the last 3 months - can/should 60 quid a month in hosting be able to cope with that? That is the current discussion :)
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Offline topher

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Re: Is this the right forum for site problems?....
« Reply #2 on: 14 April 2008, 22:48 »
150+ online with ~12 queries per page refresh = heavy load, even for a dedi server

currently researching sperm donation prices to fund hosting - may have to export to chernobyl for a better price.

Offline Horney

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Re: Is this the right forum for site problems?....
« Reply #3 on: 14 April 2008, 22:52 »
Ha ha ha, I've said it before but I'm happy to contribute a little towards the costs if they go up. Maybe I should add some scene tax to my butties at Stonor?

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Re: Is this the right forum for site problems?....
« Reply #4 on: 14 April 2008, 22:55 »
I'm happy to contribute a little towards the costs if they go up

 Second that , oh reminds me i better go order some stickers for the new golf

Offline JC

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Re: Is this the right forum for site problems?....
« Reply #5 on: 14 April 2008, 22:56 »
+3 with horney - I cough up £30 a year to have Full access on bike forums I used when on 2 wheels  :shocked: and I dont even have a bike anymore


So willing to dip in the pockets to help out here .  :wink:


After all I must have got a Fortune of advice of peeps on here just in my short time on here  :cool:

Offline Horney

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Re: Is this the right forum for site problems?....
« Reply #6 on: 14 April 2008, 22:56 »
Aye, I'll be needing some for the Pissrat an all.

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Re: Is this the right forum for site problems?....
« Reply #7 on: 15 April 2008, 14:23 »
+3 with horney


And another one here  :wink:

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Re: Is this the right forum for site problems?....
« Reply #8 on: 15 April 2008, 14:38 »
The original scheme was the Site Associates where you paid jv some money for a T shirt and that helped towards upkeep.
Then there was trade sponsorship and then the ads up the top.

Another forum I'm on recently asked for donations. That was a tenner but a much smaller site than this.

I dont see an easy solution as some people are more than willing to cough up a few quid, but the vast majority wont! and annual subs would be a pain to administer!

I guess if jv needs some cash he'll ask.
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Re: Is this the right forum for site problems?....
« Reply #9 on: 15 April 2008, 14:52 »
It doesn't help that 1&1 have become more and more unreliable for database requests. £60 p/m should get you a decent dedicated decent machine. Is the forum running the latest optimized code?