HELP WANTED FROM MEMBERS - with forum speed problem

[ubeaut]

We are being told there are a number of issues with forum speeds since the switch over to the new ISP on 20th December. To sort out these problems is really hard and we are trying our best. However it's like looking for a needle in a haystack trying to track down the cause(s) of these problems.

So could you please help where and when possible, by notifying us of any speed issues you encounter whilst using the forums. Slow loading of pages, page hangs or times out when loading or posting etc.

What we need to know is:

What happened? (time out, hang, very slow response, etc)
Time of day when it happened?
What message if any you received?
Where it happened? (loading a thread, replying to a post, looking at PM, etc)
Page address /url of problem if possible?
ANYTHING ELSE you think might be of use. (like internet hook-up eg. satellite, cable, adsl adsl2, wireless, etc speed if known)
IF SLOW LOADING - approximate time page took to load.


Any and all assistance we can get will be greatly appreciated and hopefully will help to speed things up considerably.

Cheers - Neil :U

PS If you think the forums are running faster since Dec 20th please also let us know.

[malb]

Hi Neil and the back room guys and gals.

Some things have been a bit slower loading here (Melbourne Outer East Optus Cable), but I just put it down to the transpacific pipeline being busier with the Christmas break. Slow patches have been random but seem to effect other sites as well which is why I figured that the pipeline was busy. Certainly hasn't been enough of an issue to cause concern.

Just run a speedtest (http://www.speedtest.net/) 20Mb/s from Melbourne, 4Mb/s from San Diego, so the pipeline seems good at the moment 2.00 pm Friday AEST.

Thanks and hope all is well for you.

Mal

[Mulgabill]

G'day Neil!
Just came across your Thread/request. I have noticed some definite slowness over the past little while particularly at this moment when trying to load posts from "New Posts"
and edit a reply to a post. Time taken to load and save approx 15-25 secs.
My line speed is 1311kbps and Download speed is .16MB/s. I will leave it to the techs to work out if it is good or not!:?

[FRB Design]

Lodged this site problem with Watson three days ago, still no fix?
It started after the changes.


Originally Posted by FRB Design
The problem is that I sign out as normal and next day when I bring up the site from favorites the site comes up and I'am already signed in.

Have changed my password and still the same.

When the site comes up and I'am already signed in I will go to use some functions say "send a private message" and the site asks me to sign in again, so I do sign in again and it's all normal until I sign out and when I bring the site back up to sign in It comes up again that I'am signed in.

Would you know what is causing these prob's?

Thanks,

Frank.

[BobR]

At 3:58pm today had trouble connecting to the site. Message "Ïnternet Explores Unable to Display Page" or words to that effect. Two retries resulted in my terminating the connection attempt and returned later.

Have had problems over the last couple of weeks when trying to open a thread from New Posts in the new window. No additional info on this as was not aware then of a possible problem.

Have had the system "freeze" after hitting Submit when making a Reply in a thread.

The first attempt to submit this after doing an edit resulted in a freeze.

[underused]

I've been having problems loading up pages.
Just now happened. I was in the "General woodworking forums". I clicked out, in the top left to return to "woodworking forums" and it timed out.
I'm using firefox, firefox announced it had timed out, and "try again" I tried again and it timed out once more.
I then left the forums altogether and refreshed, then clicked on my bookmark to the forums. It hanged for a while, then arrived.
Cheers!

Edit: I just had problems sending this message. Long hang time.

[BobR]

The following was an Edit to my earlier entry. Froze on two attempts to save. Total time in providing this info - 20 min!!!!!



Have had the system "freeze" after hitting Submit when making a Reply in a thread.

The first attempt to submit this after doing an edit resulted in a freeze.

[turnerted]

Took about 3or4 times longer than normal to log on today.
Ted

[Cliff Rogers]

I can't seem to post anything this arvo. :?

[Mulgabill]

15:56 Message "Database Error - The database encountered a problem"

[Mulgabill]

15:56 Message "Database Error - The database encountered a problem"
again when submitting this reply 16:51

[Mulgabill]

Duplicate posts????

[Woodwould]

I tried for 1hr. 20min. to post a new thread. It's only just gone through now. I received multiple database error messages with the new thread and other posts too.

[tea lady]

Had trouble posting a reply to drivel! http://www.woodworkforums.com/f113/friday-7th-january-2011-a-129505/index3.html#post1259009 (http://www.woodworkforums.com/f113/friday-7th-january-2011-a-129505/index3.html#post1259009)

ended up a doubel post. nothing happened at my end (No little green squares telling me something wass going through! ) so I kept trying to post every now and then. When I finally went through I discovered it was double posted. :shrug:

[Groggy]

If the page is slow to load please have a quick scan of the screen and see if there are any messages, particularly in the status area in the bottom left of the screen.

Thank you.

[Dengue]

Same problem as Mugla Bill above, 4pm Qld time

[eskimo]

market place wont load

[Mulgabill]

If the page is slow to load please have a quick scan of the screen and see if there are any messages, particularly in the status area in the bottom left of the screen.

Thank you.

Groggy the only status message I received was "waiting for www.woodworkforums.com"

[beer is good]

Hi Neil,
I just posted a message on the Renovator's forum at 2.38pm Perth time on 7/1/11. No probs with logging on but then I clicked on the Woodwork Forums link on Renovate forum New Posts page. It took about 30 seconds to connect to the Woodwork forum home page.

Good luck with your sleuthing :2tsup:

[Ross]

Everything is a little slower but other than that no problems replying to a post or gaining access to any part of the forum

Ross

[wheelinround]

1815hrs Data error message for about 4 mins

also I am seeing some multiple posts

Here is one http://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/two-small-mirrors-129537/
the same post http://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/two-small-mirrors-129538/

Then this one which has 4
http://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/picture-inside-bookshelves-metal-wood-129544/
http://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/picture-inside-bookshelves-metal-wood-129543/
http://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/picture-inside-bookshelves-metal-wood-129542/
http://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/picture-inside-bookshelves-metal-wood-129541/

[jow104]

Came into ubeaut around 07.30 London time, and I would describe the performance as sticky, most probably hangs for around half a second compared to previously.

[jow104]

At 07.48 today I submitted a reply and after pressing submit it seized up.

I had to press the return page arrow to get out of the posting. (after around 30 seconds)

dont know if this one is going to be any better.

[Groggy]

Multi-posts were deleted a while ago, let us know if you see any more by reporting the posts (like last time), thanks.

[nosnow]

Hi just tryed to send a pm to fretsaw after clicking submit it hang for 30 secs then errored
time 604 qld time
ADSL2 open

[jow104]

My post above locked, and I came out of ubeaut, but Groggy message notification came up at 08.06 london time and I see my message above did get posted, five minutes earlier I had not problem post in Nothing to do with woodwork.

Hope that helps.

Seems OK now?

[Groggy]

The server hosts are looking into an issue with one of the servers so there may be some unusual happenings. Please continue to report any unusual system behaviour.

[jow104]

appears to be working for me now.

[Scribbly Gum]

Yes it is definitely slower than previously, and seems to be getting a little slower each time I visit.
Cheers
SG

[Christos]

Slow responce and duplicate posting.
Around 18:30.

Database Error messages from 18:30 to 19:00.

Lost some post that I tired to edit? 19:00

All today 7th of January

[Pac man]

At 736 pm whilst trying to open the post http://www.woodworkforums.com/f88/get-even-more-your-router-128107/
i experienced a long load time followed by the attached message:file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Paul.PAUL-LG-LAPTOP/Desktop/Database%20Error_files/image.jpg Database error The database has encountered a problem. Please try the following:

Load the page again by clicking the Refresh button in your web browser.
Open the www.woodworkforums.com (http://www.woodworkforums.com/) home page, then try to open another page.
Click the Back button to try another link.

The Woodwork Forums - Powered by vBulletin (http://www.woodworkforums.com) forum technical staff have been notified of the error, though you may contact them ("") if the problem persists.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Took approx 3-5 minutes to get the site back up. Let me know if you need any further info,
Paul

Incidentally:no: this message is taking forever to upload
Message at bottom left of screen waiting for woodforums.com - wood forums Resources and Information. This website is for sale! (http://www.woodforums.com)

Still loading,.......loading...........still same message
Loaded a google page with no probs in another tab ( firefox)

7.50 hit reload
752 still waiting
753 loaded forum in another tab no worries but when i go to todays posts i get a long hand time
755 still same wait message

[Scribbly Gum]

Yes it is definitely slower than previously, and seems to be getting a little slower each time I visit.
Cheers
SG


PS
OK I submitted this reply some minutes ago and the thing just hung there waiting for woodworkforums.
I stopped it to add this edited post script.
I would estimate a 3-4 minute hang-up. Will now try again and I'll time it this time

Stopped timing at 6 minutes and 30 seconds with no result
will try again

[springwater]

Very slow response for WWF site to open: from 20:18:12 to 20:27:39.

Went straight to here: 20:36:39.

[chrisb691]

I had the database error message from about 8:00 pm until approx 9:00 pm.

EDIT - ADDED INFO: This post took a little over 8 minutes to actually post.

[springwater]

...and back out of the time warp 21:21:37, pinch, ouch, yep still here.

[Jarrahfrog]

I had a "Database error message" come up tonight. Eventually got in after about an hour.

Also, recently I'm being logged out when I try to go to a post or sub forum when I first log in. In fact clicking on the link to this post logged me out. Once I log back in the 2nd time it seems to be fine though.

I'm using Firefox.

Cheers

[Groggy]

Please note that although the forums are back up there are still problems. Our guru Steven and the site host staff are working on it.

Pac man and Scribbly Gum, I have deleted a number of duplicate posts you have made.

[issatree]

Hi All,
I've been on & off The Forums all Day, but have not encountered any problems of any kind.
I have not done any Post Reply's, but have read quite a few posts, & looked at Photos.
Have been shown how to do a speed thing, but can't remember now, but I'm happy with what I've got, as I see no change, & it is just as good as ever.
Regards,
issatree.

[springwater]

Our guru Steven and the site host staff are working on it.

Fair bit of Swahili going on I'd reckon :rolleyes:

[munruben]

It's been very slow navigating the site today and I have got Database error about 3 times now and couldn't go anywhere.

[steven]

It's been very slow navigating the site today and I have got Database error about 3 times now and couldn't go anywhere.

Thanks for the info

[RufflyRustic]

I had a long wait for the front page to load tonight. By long I mean more than 30 seconds

[steven]

I had a long wait for the front page to load tonight. By long I mean more than 30 seconds

I will update this thread when the providers send us confirmation it's fixed.

[Claw Hama]

Just took a little while to load my last thread, not too long but a little slower than normal. 5 photos attached.

[BobR]

"Database Error" - don't know what time as I had given up after several attemps to connect to the Forum and just left it. I believe that this week has been getting worse day by day. Today was the first time that I could not connect to the site at all on several occasions.

[Bob38S]

Tried posting this afternoon approx 14:45 to the TTIT thread - took ages to accept and failed - got a message telling me to wait [even though I had only hit the post button once]and repost after hitting the post button approx 40 seconds it worked, then I couldn't do anything, exited Firefox and tried to get back on but after a number of tries up until approx 15:15 - nil, nix, nada.

Not sure if the screen bit will help.

[ubeaut]

Thank you all for your response and for bearing with us. The problem has been resolved to an extent but still not happy. Our so called brilliant new server has let us down a little over two weeks into using it.

We will be looking at alternatives over the weekend and may be changing from the supposed new high tec, infallible type cloud server back to a good old fashioned hard drive or similar.

Anyway for now the problem seems to be fixed and some stability has returned to the forums at least for the present time. Thanks again for the info posted here, It was a help.

If you notice any more problems please let us know in here.

Cheers - Neil



Message at bottom left of screen waiting for woodforums.com - wood forums Resources and Information. This website is for sale! (http://www.woodforums.com/)

Very interesting but totally not right. These forums are definitely not for sale. The forum in the message is woodforums.com NOT woodworkforums.com very interesting that this should be displayed at the bottom of one of our forum pages.... Strange. Very strange :?

[R W]

Private Messagers are not being sent.

[Big Shed]

R W could you give some more details?

I just sent a PM to one of our Admins and he received it straight away and responded.

[Cliff Rogers]

I just tried to delete a duplicate post of mine & it sat there forever after I hit save.

[arose62]

Attempting to post a reply.
Gave up after waiting for 5 minutes.
First time I've noticed a problem.

Cheers,
Andrew

[Cliff Rogers]

Still slow posting as well.

[munruben]

Sorry still not working properly for me. Tried to go to another page just now and wouldn't open.. All other sites on the web that I use are opening just fine.

[Mulgabill]

0927 hours - Replied to a post- after 3mins of "Waiting for www.woodworkforums.com" I killed the reply and refreshed the thread. The reply did not appear to have been posted.

0931 hours - Resubmitted the reply - after another 3 mins of "Waiting..." I walked away.
When I returned I found that the original reply and the resubmitted reply have be posted.

[Cliff Rogers]

Yup, similar here & then sometimes it works fine. :cool:

[R W]

R W could you give some more details?

I just sent a PM to one of our Admins and he received it straight away and responded.

Message did not show up in "Messages Sent" this is what leads me to believe,
wasn't sent.

[Groggy]

All, please let us know where the duplicates are by reporting them http://cdn.woodworkforums.com/images/button2/report.gif and we will clear them up. We have no easy way to find them without your help, thank you.

[springwater]

Duplicate post alert (post #5 & #6): http://www.woodworkforums.com/f187/grey-ironbark-dining-table-wip-129574/

[malb]

Database error backing out of slabman51's thread in Announcements 1100 AEST.

Repeated three times with refresh attempts and twice after dumping and reloading Explorer. Came up fine on the third reload. Not an issue to me but if you need information I will provide it where required. (Melbourne Outer East Optus Cable).

Thanks for concern

Mal

Edit About 30 seconds to submit post and 30 seconds to refresh screen afterward 1109 AEST

Edit Three minutes to submit previous edit and about 30 seconds to refresh 1109 to 1115

[seanz]

Database Error at @11.10 am EST.

Also a Database Error last night.....but I hadn't noticed the "Help Wanted " sign so I took no notice of the time.

[seanz]

Database Error at @11.10 am EST. (Edit the 4th....the forum clock is out.....I think....it says I posted this at 10:20)

Also a Database Error last night.....but I hadn't noticed the "Help Wanted " sign so I took no notice of the time.

Edit: Interesting.......I posted this and was shown the "Cannot display webpage" screen. Refreshed....no good. Closed browser (Internet Exploder) and opened it again, all fine and post showed up.

2nd Edit: Clicked "save" and got "I E cannot display this webpage", refresh no good.....close tab....open new tab.....load Ubeaut Forum from favourites....works fine.

Taking deep breath and about to click "save".

3rd Edit: It worked! :D

[BobR]

12:25 Today - Database Error when connecting to Forum.

[pellcorp]

I am using forum runner in iPhone I have not noticed any performance issues

[DanSplinters]

Hi Neil,

Today is the first time I have visited the site in several months, and I certainly noticed a slowdown in response to what I had previously encountered.When looking at items for sale(Or Sold)

I am a formaer Database Designer and Developer, and am wondering if the issue may be the result of the Database of entries having grown to the point whre it is unmanageable.

Regardless of whether this may be a factor in the slow page posting and occasional timeouts, I suggest looking at moving sold items from the main database to an alternate database, allowing members to view such if needed, but limiting the size of the database by limiting it to jut the unsold items. I also suggest allowing users to select a filter that shows items from their own stat only,.

Good luck resolving the issue.

DanSplinters..

[ldubia]

We are being told there are a number of issues with forum speeds since the switch over to the new ISP on 20th December. To sort out these problems is really hard and we are trying our best. However it's like looking for a needle in a haystack trying to track down the cause(s) of these problems.

So could you please help where and when possible, by notifying us of any speed issues you encounter whilst using the forums. Slow loading of pages, page hangs or times out when loading or posting etc.

What we need to know is:

What happened? (time out, hang, very slow response, etc)

The page just sat there for 5 minutes on one occasion, 2.5 minutes another, and 15 after leaving it to do whatever. So I guess this can be said to be VERY VERY SLOW or a hang.




Time of day when it happened?

This has occurred throughout the day and evening from 8AM Pacific time to 12 AM Pacific time.




What message if any you received?

None




Where it happened?
(loading a thread, replying to a post, looking at PM, etc)

I tried to load the thread for the Aussie swap, the thread for pen turning, the thread for reporting the hangup, and my messages.




Page address /URL of problem if possible?
ANYTHING ELSE you think might be of use. (like internet hook-up eg. satellite, cable, adsl adsl2, wireless, etc speed if known)

I use a DSL wired modem running through a wireless D-link router. I am 10 feet from the router. Same thing occurs if hardwired into the modem. I have nio problems loadig the other forums or sites I visit. They all are reasonably fast.




IF SLOW LOADING - approximate time page took to load.


It never finished loading. Just sat there with the message "waiting for woodworkforum.com."
Any and all assistance we can get will be greatly appreciated and hopefully will help to speed things up considerably.

Cheers - Neil :U

PS If you think the forums are running faster since Dec 20th please also let us know.

Not running very fast at all. If I start it from scratch it loads fairly quickly then dies off. Once I am in the forum it seems to fall off.

Good luck with this one. Internet issues are always a pain in the *%^*&T^, if ya know what I mean.

Thanks,
Larry

[elderly]

8/1 at 3.15pm approx 1min. to open new message and over 2min. to send. This was in scroll saw forum but seems to be happening more often in all forums. ADSL wired modem.

[Therapy]

Yesterday as part of my regular computer maintenance, I deleted temp files, history, cookies, saved passwords etc. Now, every time I want to log onto the Forum, I have to type in my forum name and password, despite ticking "Remember me", which is a bit of a pain.

I have rebooted a couple of times but still need to type in forum name and password to log on.

It may not be related in any way to the data base problems currently being experienced.


Therapy

[Big Shed]

Yesterday as part of my regular computer maintenance, I deleted temp files, history, cookies, saved passwords etc. Now, every time I want to log onto the Forum, I have to type in my forum name and password, despite ticking "Remember me", which is a bit of a pain.

I have rebooted a couple of times but still need to type in forum name and password to log on.

It may not be related in any way to the data base problems currently being experienced.


Therapy

You need to tick the box marked Keep Me Logged On, or words to that effect.
You have deleted the cookie that was set the last time you did that, doing it again will create a new cookie for you.

[steven]

thanks guys, great info!

We're coming into a busy time of the day, in regard to new posts and visitors. Feedback between 6:30 and 9pm will be handy.

[RufflyRustic]

I'm using my Linux EEE with Firefox and have had normal (quick) connection times for loading the Forums home page, posting a reply and editing said reply. :2tsup:

[Cliff Rogers]

All seems normal for me tonight.

[Groggy]

Glad things seem normal for you now.

However, we have been under a concerted spam attack for a while now. If you see what appears to be a spammer slipping through please let us know. It may appear as a slightly weird sounding post, in a signature block or in Blog or Album comments.

[fxst]

Hi neil 11:45 pm SA time threads loading very slowly.
I'm on adsl2 and not a problem here before xmas but happening more lately
Hope it helps
Pete

[LifetimeBan]

Page hanging
0917 pm Perth
No message
Conducting search in HAND TOOLS - UNPOWERED - Woodwork Forums (http://www.woodworkforums.com/f152/)
Backed out of page, went back in and retried the search, little slow, but happened within 15 seconds, previous search had hung for over 5 minutes.

[Christopha]

All seems normal for me tonight.

Normal and Cliff in the same sentence? Ridiculous concept!!!!

[reefology]

15:56 Message "Database Error - The database encountered a problem"
Had this message 6 or 7th Jan,I live near Ingham in FNQ 4850,I do think that the service has speeded up a bit.:2tsup:
Kind regards.
Tom.

[jow104]

I have had no email notifications for 24 hours.

(I've got a super cricket joke to post so going over to another section:D )

[Big Shed]

I have had no email notifications for 24 hours.

(I've got a super cricket joke to post so going over to another section:D )

We've installed a special filter that stops outgoing emails to our members in England, we're not talking to you:D

[jow104]

Without breaking up a serious thread, that reply worked quickly and with email notification.

:D

[Sawdust Maker]

8:12 pm nowish

tried to edit my signature. Got this message:

"you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation."

I've also noticed that a second post (in another thread) will take a while to get going ie a number of seconds. Not sure this is clear. log on, look at a thread, make a post, ok, go to another thread read new posts, make a reply, seems to take a while to get going. Message down on the bottom left corner says either waiting for woodworkingforums or waiting for cdn.woodworkingforums. the wait can be as long as 20seconds or even longer yesterday and day before as I gave up.

PS just to prove me wrong that one was instantanious

[Fuzzie]

I had a problem about 5.30pm posting a reply to my WIP thread.

1. Started a new reply.
2. Typed in text
3. Attached images
4. Previewed reply. Looked ok, including image previews.
5. Modified text
6 Re-previewed reply.
7. Attachments gone missing.
8. Posted reply
9. Attachment still missing
10. Started another new reply.
11. Attached images.
12. Posted reply. Did not preview
13. Attachment appear in reply.

[jow104]

Received two email notifications on the last Fuzzie post, speed is OK today.

[munruben]

I've been surfing the forum for the last hour or so and so far no problem. Pages are coming up quickly and have had no trouble with posting. Maybe we are back on track.:2tsup: or maybe I'm just lucky..

[Cliff Rogers]

Normal and Cliff in the same sentence? Ridiculous concept!!!!
Normal for me.... that would probley be several levels above your comprehension anyway. :wink:

[ubeaut]

Still hanging from time to time but when it's working properly it's isn't too bad.

We spent the best part of the day fending off major spam attacks, close to 200 new users banned in the last 24 hours and even more than that on Renovate Forums. This may account for some slowness at times today as IP searches were being done throughout the day and they are extremely resource hungry things to do.

Anyway I think we might be looking at another server shift if the counters tonight show any more slow page loads, hangs, drop-outs, etc.

Thanks for all the info.

Cheers :U

[Carry Pine]

Neil,

Super slow today. hasn't happened like this before. Pages take an age to open- but they get there! 3:47 on 11.01.11

Graham

[steven]

Neil,

Super slow today. hasn't happened like this before. Pages take an age to open- but they get there! 3:47 on 11.01.11

Graham

Thanks, I'll check for an obvious cause around this time. Were you just browsing or attempting to post a message?

How many times did you see the error?

Is it still occurring? if so, please post a url you're having trouble with.

regards

[aalstin]

Hi Niel, jan 11 10.00 pm, Slow as , tried to open market place, have given up. Left this thread loading til it did now can comment
ISP is definitely a problem.

I am on ADSL 2+ which is fairly fast here in the bush, any page loads almost instantly, Woodwork Forum takes ages. Sorry, cheers and Happy New Year, hope all have a good one.

Poor sods in Queensland have my sympathy..........re floods

[John T]

i have trouble with ispy droping out and slow page loading

[Paul39]

Jan.11, 2011, 10:05 Eastern Standard Time in USA.

Tried to reply to NAI's post, after about 10 seconds got timed out message, clicked resend, got site unavailable message.

Last few days Woodwork Forum has been a bit slower than usual - about 10 seconds from click to action complete.

Time would be between 10:00 AM and 9:00 PM Eastern Standard Time in USA.

Thanks for the forum, I feel very close to those on the Woodturning section.

[Tung tied]

Hi computer guys,

10:10pm, very slow response to post a reply - about 2 minutes.

Good luck,

Cheers

Bryan

[paulwjax]

I wanted to note a strange problem, maybe this isn't the correct thread for it but here goes anyway. When I visit the forum as a visitor I can see all the photos attached to threads no problem. However, when I'm logged in I have to click on each photo link in order to view the image. Shouldn't it be the other way around?

[RossM]

Not sure if this is related or no - here goes:

I posted this thread http://www.woodworkforums.com/f213/sliding-dovetail-minimise-wracking-129780/

However It does not seem to show up in new posts or in any form of search (tried searching by poster, by keyword etc)

I was wondering why I got no reply, so searched for the post & it did not come up. It does show under "The Workbench" subforum

[Groggy]

Ross (and others interested), I find the best way to search the forums is to use google. The command to use is:

"SEARCH WORDs + site:http://www.woodworkforums.com" in the google search box

So, for your search try -

"Sliding dovetail to minimise wracking site:www.woodworkforums.com"

To find "shellac" try

"shellac site:www.woodworkforums.com"

[RossM]

Thanks Groggy,

I really wanted to highlight the fact that this post seems to have some problems that may indicate an underlying database error, as the entry did not show up in my "New Posts" or in results using the site search functions that rely on the forum database (as opposed to Google, which maintains its own index of pages that it discovers by crawling sites)

I do agree that Google is a fine way to search & gives you way more options to narrow or expand your search than the forum tools. The Google Advanced Search Form is a useful first step, but you can get a lot more power by understanding Google search syntax - this link (http://www.googleguide.com/crafting_queries.html)has details for those intersted (worth reading, as it will make your use of Google far more productive in general, not just for searching the forums )

[Groggy]

No worries, Steven will pick up on your post when he next browses this thread. Cheers.

[wheelinround]

On and off all day slow to load even this morning PM's. seems to be in spurts when it is quicker.

[munruben]

Was working fine this morning up until about 10 minutes ago and now has come to a crawl posted a couple of posts in the toy forum but sooooo slow. 9-38am.

[munruben]

It seems to have picked up the pace again now and working okay.:2tsup:

[steven]

Not sure if this is related or no - here goes:

I posted this thread http://www.woodworkforums.com/f213/sliding-dovetail-minimise-wracking-129780/

However It does not seem to show up in new posts or in any form of search (tried searching by poster, by keyword etc)

I was wondering why I got no reply, so searched for the post & it did not come up. It does show under "The Workbench" subforum

Hi there

The new posts page is basically a search for posts you haven't already read, so viewing your new post would eliminate it from this search from here on - its no longer new.

Regarding searching by keywords, it should show up in the results. I tested a search using the exact title as keywords and nothing except this thread :wink: I'll check it out soon.

regards