forum threads- multiple pages

[darryl]

Is it just me or are most of the threads which haven't progressed to multiple pages showing up as 2 pages, 3 pages, -

[dp]

Got an example?

[Frank Ford]

Over three pages, I think there's an inverse relationship between length and value. . .

[darryl]

Ok, now it's not doing that.

So now I don't have an example, but what I was seeing is this- I go to the site, General is what I have bookmarked, so there I am. First posting is 'how to post pics, etc. That is multiple pages, and you can go to them. Fine. Next thread might have only two postings, but it might show (1, 2, 3...last page). Click on 2 or 3 or last page and you go to page 1 which might be all there is so far, say one or two posts, or maybe 15 if that still fits on the first page.

Go to next thread down, it would be the same thing. There might be more than one page to the thread, or maybe not, but the (1,2, ...last page) would still be there.

Not a big deal, but confusing as you expect there to be those pages when they aren't there.

Funny how for the past several days it was like that, and just now since I posted the topic about it, it's 'fixed'.

Honestly, I haven't been smoking anything-

[Evan]

Since the big switch a while ago the performance has been a lot worse. There also seems to be some transparent caching going on near the server that is screwing up the appearance vs submission time of postings and even the post counts.

When I posted my recent thread on machining PET-G after half an hour it was still showing no views even when I opened it in another browser. When I then went in to look not only were there 24 views when I came back out but their was already a reply that didn't show up at all until I checked.

What ever was done has resulted in a big reduction in usability. Over half the time when I go to make a reply it just times out instead of responding. That only happens to the replies page. The rest of the pages eventually load but it sometimes takes several minutes.

Another thing, posts do not always appear at the time they are submitted. Frequently when I check a thread, perhaps make a reply and come back later there is another post before mine that wasn't there when I last checked, yet it should have been.

[dp]

Since the big switch a while ago the performance has been a lot worse. There also seems to be some transparent caching going on near the server that is screwing up the appearance vs submission time of postings and even the post counts.

I've noticed some time related surprises - a thread you started recently showed up rather suddenly and already had a couple pages or replies, for example.

[Evan]

Ok, so I posted the electropolishing thread at 6:53. An hour later it was still showing just one view which is a reply. I opened it in Opera, same thing. At 7:58 I check one more time and suddenly there are 42 views.

Something is definitely fishy. The problem is to find out where the caching is taking place.

[Ken_Shea]

Over three pages, I think there's an inverse relationship between length and value. . .

ha-ha, that's good Frank

[Evan]

Now, 45 minutes later it still shows 42 views. What is up with this?

[Ken_Shea]

Now, 45 minutes later it still shows 42 views. What is up with this?

Well, my very exciting "What's under the head of a air compressor" only has 37 views

[Evan]

That isn't the point. It seems to be changing only once per hour. It just jumped from 42 to 80 views. If the full updating of the BBS is only being delivered once per hour it makes it very difficult to hold an orderly discussion.

[Ken_Shea]

That isn't the point. It seems to be changing only once per hour. It just jumped from 42 to 80 views. If the full updating of the BBS is only being delivered once per hour it makes it very difficult to hold an orderly discussion.

I wasn't making a point Evan, just having fun.

[dp]

But this thread is updating regularly, no?

[Evan]

That seems to be because posting to the page forces a cache update since the size changes and that also updates the page views.

[tattoomike68]

this place is funky but damn fun, I still like to tell don at PM to eAT MY POO.