The Forum Has Moved!

Nobody has mentioned it, so maye it's just me, but since the server switch, this forum has been even slower than before. From the time I hit 'reply' til I'm able to type is almost a full minute. The same thing when I try to get into a sub forum or hit 'submit'...a full minute. This is happening even with threads with no or minimal pictures.

I honestly don't think it's this computer, even though I've done a disk clean up, defrag, and cleared my cache. I even rebooted to no avail. I have no option to use FireFox on this computer, only IE. It only happens with this forum. :

No problems like that here Nightowl. Only seconds to post after post reply and the same with submit. I am using Firefox though. I haven't tried with IE but could to see if there's a difference.

IE is a little slower to open a thread, but not too much slower.

Hi nightowl... no serious delays for me with forum pages loading using IE7. I suspect my experience is rather like Velma's. not zippy-quick but not what you describe.

I can say though that I DO notice it will slow down if I have incoming email. Richard mentioned that once Waaaaayyy back as a possible reason for slow response from the forum. I had my email set to check for messages every 5 minutes and sure enough when I paid attention forum delay was worst when I had incoming mall. Now during Cam season I set my email to check every 20 minutes and while I still note it is slow when email is arriving It isn't as bad.

Interesting hint, Terry - thanks! I didn't remember that.

Quote by: Birdsie

Thank you JudyB for the darling wave it is adorable!

I love these, too ... ... : ... ...

Ah! an eagle! hooooray!

And, Pat, if that is you out there organizing them--you did a great job--thanks!

Thank you Birdsie
You can thank jkr for the eagle - she didn't have time to pop it in herself - so passed it to me!!

Thanks Terry! BUT I don't even have my email open. Does that matter? In fact, I'm notorious for forgetting to check it for days at a time. :oops: I finally found out I'm using IE8 on this thang. (still on the loaner, that I've nicknamed 'lightning' cause it's so fast....except here. )

I have 6 windows open, including FreeCell, the forum, and the Hornby cam. Anything else is fine and goes like lightning. :dunno:

Thanks jkr for the eagle smilie.

ETA...

Well, the forum is back to it's normal speed for me. Go figure.

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What is a security token failure error screen? I get that when trying to send a private message. I'm logged in and the message has a subject.

Most of the time it just means you've taken too long to compose the PM. Usually all you need to do is hit submit again and it will go through.

Beans and Terry--
I had this problem for weeks at the beginning of this new website.

The problem can also be a setting on your security system--my problem was a setting in Zone Alarms. If you are still having the trouble let me know and I'll find my post about how to fix it.

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What is a security token failure error screen? I get that when trying to send a private message. I'm logged in and the message has a subject.

Beans--let me know if you are still having the problem--and I can tell you what I did about it. Terry is right, however, most of the time it occurs when a person takes a long time to write a PM. If you get it, try to send the PM again by clicking "submit" again and it usually goes. I think I've had to try up to three times to get it to post--and it usually does--unless you have a problem setting in your security program--which I can tell you more about if you need to know.