I'm having trouble to load www.cyclechat.net at times

[Manonabike]

I've tried different browsers with the same result.

Is it a DNS problem or is the site the problem?

Thanks in advance

 

[Shaun]

AFAIK there are no issues with the server or the network it is hosted on.

Is this still an issue? or has it resolved itself?

Shaun

 

[Manonabike]

It was ok until just now.... I couldn't load the site for over an hour

 

[Shaun]

Have you rebooted your router recently?

Is it only an issue with CycleChat or do other sites exhibit this behaviour?

Who's your Internet provider?

Are you using a PC, Mac, or mobile device?

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Have you rebooted your router recently?

Is it only an issue with CycleChat or do other sites exhibit this behaviour?

Who's your Internet provider?

Are you using a PC, Mac, or mobile device?

Cheers,
Shaun

Ubuntu 10.04, Firefox, o2, running better privacy and no script as security. Most of the time CC won't load, if it does load it mostly takes ages, I was able to eat my morning porridge whilst it was loading a page this morning, occasionally it will load normally. get CC was taking too long to respond messages when it times out. Been like this for a couple of days. Rest of internet is working normally with no problems.

 

[ColinJ]

I've noticed a few delays at times myself over the past couple of days.

Opera 11.01, desktop PC, ISP = Freedom to Surf, as bought out by Tiscali, Talk Talk, whoever (can't keep up with them!)

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Interesting! It loaded and I could select threads and read posts, but it was still showing as loading the page, as I was reading ColinJ's post it timed out and went to the CC is taking to long to load page, strange!

 

[ColinJ]

Oh, I've just remembered ...

From time to time I get a strange error page popping up and did a search for the URL displayed. It seems that external links from CycleChat are being redirected through some portal which shares any eventual advertising revenue. That portal sometimes seems to choke on the traffic.

I don't have any objection to that being done, though I haven't seen any mention of it anywhere on this site and I think it would be a good thing to declare it. I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't be allowed in the USA without a clear declaration that it was being done.

 

[Shaun]

Oh, I've just remembered ...

From time to time I get a strange error page popping up and did a search for the URL displayed. It seems that external links from CycleChat are being redirected through some portal which shares any eventual advertising revenue. That portal sometimes seems to choke on the traffic.

I don't have any objection to that being done, though I haven't seen any mention of it anywhere on this site and I think it would be a good thing to declare it. I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't be allowed in the USA without a clear declaration that it was being done.

It's something I'm trialling for a couple of weeks. If it works without disrupting the site too much and generates a reasonable amount of revenue, then I'll post an announcement - which will include an opt-out link for anyone who doesn't wish to participate.

It only applies when you click on an "external" link though and shouldn't have any impact at all on the general day-to-day use of/access to the site.

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[ColinJ]

It's something I'm trialling for a couple of weeks. If it works without disrupting the site too much and generates a reasonable amount of revenue, then I'll post an announcement - which will include an opt-out link for anyone who doesn't wish to participate.

It only applies when you click on an "external" link though and shouldn't have any impact at all on the general day-to-day use of/access to the site.

Cheers,
Shaun

Okay, fair enough.

It gave me a bit of a fright when the error page first popped up because I thought I might have some sort of malware on my PC. When I Googled the URL, I realised what it was doing.


That's actually quite a clever idea if it turns out to be successful. Good luck with it!

 

[Shaun]

It's unobtrusive and doesn't affect the server/database/members or anyone's ability to enjoy CC.

At the same time it doesn't involve spending any visual real-estate and/or disrupting the page layout.

Another week of trialing it and I'll make a decision and post any announcements.

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[italiafirenze]

I've noticed that I don't get a server response 1 time out of every ten. Either accessing the main page or a sub forum.

It seems to be server loading.

Which brings me on to; who pays for all this? Can he afford a better server? If not, how can we help?

 

[Shaun]

I've noticed that I don't get a server response 1 time out of every ten. Either accessing the main page or a sub forum.

It seems to be server loading.

Which brings me on to; who pays for all this? Can he afford a better server? If not, how can we help?

It's possibly due to me recently reducing the number of "spare" Apache instances (to lower the memory footprint).

I'll increase them when I'm next fiddling with the settings.

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[Shaun]

Oh, and I pay for it all

 

[italiafirenze]

I applaud you for funding the whole thing without adverts. Must be a fair bit of bandwidth.