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Greetings all,
Due to the high number of users online over the past couple of weeks we've been seeing slower page loads on the forum, specifically on the home page. On average in the past we would see at most, 60 or so users online at the same time - except for one fluke day in 2008 when 533 users were all online. Lately we've been seeing 100+ users all online at the same time. Keep in mind, the total users online refers to both registered members and guests - but we've especially been seeing record numbers of registered members online all at the same time.
In an attempt to find a solution for better site performance we've made a couple of changes. First the obvious which is the removal of the chat box for a day or two while we monitor the site performance without that load on the homepage. In addition we've removed the list of members who have visited in 24 hours from the Whats Going On box which constitutes a reasonable database query. Finally we changed the option to not display active users viewing a forum or thread. This used to be displayed on the bottom of the thread or forum, but when a lot of members are online it has a significant impact on performance.
We apologize for the inconvenience and ask that you bear with us while we work to accommodate our expanding membership.
Thank you kindly,
Orbiter-Forum
Due to the high number of users online over the past couple of weeks we've been seeing slower page loads on the forum, specifically on the home page. On average in the past we would see at most, 60 or so users online at the same time - except for one fluke day in 2008 when 533 users were all online. Lately we've been seeing 100+ users all online at the same time. Keep in mind, the total users online refers to both registered members and guests - but we've especially been seeing record numbers of registered members online all at the same time.
In an attempt to find a solution for better site performance we've made a couple of changes. First the obvious which is the removal of the chat box for a day or two while we monitor the site performance without that load on the homepage. In addition we've removed the list of members who have visited in 24 hours from the Whats Going On box which constitutes a reasonable database query. Finally we changed the option to not display active users viewing a forum or thread. This used to be displayed on the bottom of the thread or forum, but when a lot of members are online it has a significant impact on performance.
We apologize for the inconvenience and ask that you bear with us while we work to accommodate our expanding membership.
Thank you kindly,
Orbiter-Forum