Tresco Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Why, when viewing the main page, is there a delay (10 minutes!) before we see that someone has replied to a post. It's extremely irritating.Edit: Well this has appeared immediately on the main page, but in the postbag there is a long delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsneaker Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 bad serve, have no good way to deal with,my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 There does seem something of a delay (often) and it doesmake things look quite strange (particularly when you look for the “most recentthread” at the top of the list and see another has got in there and somebodyelse has posted to the thread you were interested in, etc.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 I'm still hoping for a reply from LF, and that it can be fixed. It doesn't happen on other forums; Why here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le bouffon Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 Why is it that you find a problem?,I do not find any delay with the posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 When I post to this thread, although the post may show in the thread, it will possibly look as if you, Le Bouffon, are the last poster when looking at the main page, sometimes for quite a while. I think it's quite variable, but admin can probably explain why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 7, 2006 Author Share Posted February 7, 2006 Yes Gay, that's spot on, and it is very variable. Today one post I made in 'gardening' appeared quite quickly after maybe 30 seconds, but another in the same section took 12 minutes to appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcrum Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 [quote user="Tresco"]Yes Gay, that's spot on, and it is very variable. Today one post I made in 'gardening' appeared quite quickly after maybe 30 seconds, but another in the same section took 12 minutes to appear. [/quote]This forum seems to act quite strangely when compared to some other forums I have used. It does seem as if the software and/or hardware is not up to the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Stephenson (Archant IS) Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 The delay between posts being made and being included on the front page is by design. Due to the level of traffic the system has to support across all sites running the software, the front page is only updated with new posts every 5-10 minutes. From a performance point of view this means we can cache the rendered pages rather than recreating the lists of posts/threads every time someone views the forums.This is probably the cause of the different behaviour as most other sites do not run a single forum system across 150 separate websites. If for example you compare the behaviour of these forums to other large scale systems with 100's of thousands of posts in each forum (such as the XBOX.com community forums) you'll see similar behaviour.Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 8, 2006 Author Share Posted February 8, 2006 Thanks for taking the time to reply Tim. I'm not too good on the technical language, but are you saying we are stuck with this? (Anyone who 'knows' can answer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I think he's saying that it isn't a bug, it's a feature... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Stephenson (Archant IS) Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 I'm afraid so... The delay's a part of the forum system's high performance design and isn't something we could easily remove without severely impacting overall performance of the system.Hope this helps,Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 I'm sorry Tim but it doesn't help. How can such a delay be part of what you describe as 'high performance?'. Are you saying you could remove it without affecting overall performance, but that this wouldn't be easy to do, or that if you remove it the forums 'high performance' will suffer? I'm sitting here at 30 minutes and counting waiting for a post I made to appear, both on the main page and in the section I posted in.It drives me crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Mrs T How do you move around the Forum? If you use < back all the time it wiill not refresh, you are just going back to your start page and not updating your screen. After posting go to the top and hit the Forum button or your refresh button, then go to active and your post will be there, without any time delay whatsoever, unless of course you are on dial up and then the problem is with your set-up, not the Forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 TrescoMy list of postings , update almost immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Thanks Ron but i'm not using 'back' at all. I'm doing what you do!Tim has already said there is a built in delay, I havn't done anything to my computer to cause any of this.Either my computer is failing to see the update in one section (the lighter side where I posted nearly and hour ago) or that section has gone 'rogue'.Still just checked again, opened new window and refreshed, it's still not appeared. It's there, but no one would know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Can you guys see my post in the lighter side, or frank o'fyles from around mid day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Do you mean the follow up about your apology concerning the Blog?PS Also we can obviously see your question asking whether we can see the FoF dialogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Yes, I can read the post, but I can't see it from the main screen, listed as 'active' or listed as the last post.Is it just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 From the main page I see this. the time is now 17.15 The Lighter Side Of France Amusing story to tell? Post your comical observations here. Re: The LF website - a...by Frank O'FyleToday, 12:2472 636 And from within the lighter side I see this (sorry about format) The LF website - a guide for newcomers by Frank O'Fyle Page: 1, 2 by Frank O'Fyle Today, 12:24 That's what I can see, coming up to an hour and a half after I posted. What can you see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 Yes I see what you mean.. The post is there but has not been picked up in the index at either top, or middle level after 2 hours! This does look like a bug, beacuse given the way that Tim describes the process it should update more often than two hourlyI rarely use the index relying on "active posts" which does update immmediately. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Forum Admin Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 The reason is that Mr Frank O'Phile edited his post after you posted, edited posts are treated as a new addition to the forum and therefore appear as the newest post in the forum.It isn't your settings, it's the forum settings and soemthing we looked into but can't change.Hope this helps.James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Thanks JamesYes it does explain it. I'd forgotten about the fact that when you edit you go to the top of the list again, but that there is nothing to say you have edited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Avery Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Mrs T Mine updates in the individual headings index immediately, but I can now see what you are looking at, its the Forum main index of last postings does not update. Maybe its best that you use active or the individual topics to get round this.problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 Maybe its best that you use active or the individual topics to get round this.problem But I was using Active! Don't worry Mr A, and thanks again. T'was just me getting in a tizz. If I had remembered that an edited post is listed as 'last post' I would have realised that was what had happened. FOF must have been editing is post as I was writing my reply to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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