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11-24-08, 12:42 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Member Cadillac(s): Cadillac  | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Age: 28 | | | All site speed issue discussion goes here
Damn, everytime you click something it takes it's sweet ass time. Are there any other people out there that this site pisses off? |
11-24-08, 03:45 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 2006 CTS 2.8L | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Westlake, Ohio Age: 25 | | | Re: Why does everything take so long to load on this site!!!
If you buy a supporting membership, every click is lightning fast. Try it. |
11-24-08, 06:51 PM
|  | I guess I've always liked tank tops... Cadillac(s): None | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida Age: 38 | | | Re: Why does everything take so long to load on this site!!!
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Originally Posted by TheKid  Damn, everytime you click something it takes it's sweet ass time. Are there any other people out there that this site pisses off? | Unfortunately, there is only a VERY TINY aftermarket for Cadillac. Most automotive sites as busy as this one get support from these aftermarket vendors. Since we have only a few, we need to make up for it with network advertisements - which slow down page loading. It's a necessary evil. Those viewers who do not support the site (there are a great many thousands of them online all day long) have to deal with the slower-loading pages...
Again.. The reason it's not slow for guests at places like www.corvetteforum.com or www.camaroz28.com is because the aftermarket is paying for their site, plus some (er, lots)...
The Corvette Forum supporting vendor page: http://corvetteforum.com/vendor/vendors.php
The Camaro Z28 Forum suporting vendor page: http://www.camaroz28.com/links/browselinks.php?c=2
They both also offer Supporting Member programs like we do.. Corvette Forum is owned by a very large corporation...
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11-26-08, 09:39 AM
| | I guess I've always liked tank tops... Cadillac(s): None | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida Age: 38 | | | Re: Same old stupid complaint
I honestly didn't expect any more discussion here. Closed. Stickied. |
12-12-08, 11:08 AM
| | Cadillac Owners Member Cadillac(s): Cadillac 2000 SLS | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: North Carolina Age: 42 | | | Any way to speed up this site?
I find this site very useful, but on both of my laptops it seems to hang up with the opening black bar at the top of each page and then slowly loads. Are there any settings or tips to help speed up the site, I can't get the info quick enough! Thanks... |
12-12-08, 11:29 AM
|  | If it won't run, chrome it..... Cadillac(s): 2002 Cadillac F55 STS/53000mi., 2004 Ford F150 Super cab 4x4 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland upper Eastern Shore Age: 69 | | | Re: Any way to speed up this site?
One way to remove all but the static ads is to become a supporting member. Page loads go a whole lot faster..........
BTW, go up to User CP and update your personal info with your car, model, year. It makes diagnosis much easier if everyone knows what car they're looking at........
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12-23-08, 02:21 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 1995 Deville Concours; 2000 Eldorado ETC; 2004 Escalade EXT | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bentonville, AR Age: 38 | | | Running really slow
On IE, for the past day or 2 -- the site has REALLY been running slow and has locked up several times.
Is there some kind of new ad generator running or something? It's really tedious.
Firefox doesn't seem to be quite as bad...
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12-23-08, 06:56 PM
| | I guess I've always liked tank tops... Cadillac(s): None | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida Age: 38 | | | Re: Running really slow
No new ad generator.. At the bottom of your browser in your task bar, do you see it trying to load a specific domain? That might help to tell me what the holdup is. |
12-24-08, 12:31 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 1995 Deville Concours; 2000 Eldorado ETC; 2004 Escalade EXT | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bentonville, AR Age: 38 | | | Re: Running really slow
Oh, I don't know....adserver, yieldmanager, media this, media that...they switch pretty quick, so it's hard to tell exactly. It went on for at least 90 seconds to 2 mins. Then some kind of maroon popup came up that didn't have anything in it, then it locked up and I had to end IE. |
12-24-08, 01:00 PM
| | I guess I've always liked tank tops... Cadillac(s): None | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida Age: 38 | | | Re: Running really slow
There definitely shouldn't be a popup. I suspect that might be the issue.. This stuff is getting very tricky these days. It's hard to tell whether or not there's a temporary issue that shouldn't be there on our end - or on the user end..
In any event, I really do want to lose these network ads. I have to figure out a way to reach out to a larger audience and obtain a much bigger membership. I've yet to ever run into a person on the street who's heard of this place. That tells me there's a ton of people out there we can get as signups. With enough members and activity here, maybe we'll attract enough vendors to simply have all these network ads removed... |
01-02-09, 01:25 PM
| | If it won't run, chrome it..... Cadillac(s): 2002 Cadillac F55 STS/53000mi., 2004 Ford F150 Super cab 4x4 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland upper Eastern Shore Age: 69 | | | New ad link slows page loads
As of yesterday something is really slowing down page loads, thread shifts, and refreshes. One of the common denominators seems to be a LONG display of either "bid.openx.net" or ".... . openx.net" in the lower pageload bar. This PITA occurs in either IE 7 or Firefox. |
01-03-09, 03:39 AM
| | I guess I've always liked tank tops... Cadillac(s): None | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida Age: 38 | | | Re: New ad link slows page loads
Let me know if this is still happening. There have been a TON of server attacks recently.. It's been a real challenge... |
01-03-09, 05:02 PM
| | If it won't run, chrome it..... Cadillac(s): 2002 Cadillac F55 STS/53000mi., 2004 Ford F150 Super cab 4x4 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland upper Eastern Shore Age: 69 | | | Re: New ad link slows page loads
As of right now the slow load, as described yesterday, still exists. I can't be sure, but I believe my Norton/Symantec 2009 AV is scanning addresses during the pageload sequence. I have received a large number of "Intrusion Attempt" entries in the Norton History, but no URL or address shows in the description. Curiously, the slowest page(s) to load are those, and the Post Reply, from this thread !!
EDIT: FYI, this ^^ reply took 21 seconds to upload. |
01-03-09, 06:05 PM
| | If it won't run, chrome it..... Cadillac(s): 2002 Cadillac F55 STS/53000mi., 2004 Ford F150 Super cab 4x4 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland upper Eastern Shore Age: 69 | | | Re: New ad link slows page loads
OK.....Now I'm in Firefox and it's slower than yesterday. I think there's a "redirect" program trying to run, but my Norton is set to block attempts to change my home or requested page/URL.
The two offenders appear to be "c1.openx.net" and "bid.openx.net".......those are the two addresses which show up and remain for 8 -17 seconds in the lower left Firefox taskbar.
I'll edit this when I time the upload.......
OK.....17 seconds of "bid.openx..........."
EDIT at 1711.....The offender is the banner ads in the upper right of the main pages.......Strutmasters, etc., whoever is using the "......openx......address.
EDIT at 1733......curiously, the Bondurant banner ad doesn't trigger the "openx......" problem, but the rest do......... |
01-03-09, 06:16 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Member Cadillac(s): White Diamond '03 DHS | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Woodstock Ill. Age: 61 | | | Re: New ad link slows page loads
I'm having the same problem with bid.openx. It'l locking everything up. | | Tags | complaint, discussion, issue, link, load, loads, long, page, place, redirect, running, site, slow, slows, speed, stupid, things  | | Cadillac Discussion Tools | | | 
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