Admin Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Well, the maintenance tasks are finished. As a result the rating system is gone. I will give you a very visual example of why it had to go. I loaded up the front page of RWG and did a refresh on it a couple of times. Let me show you some interesting numbers; Load time of our forum front page before rating system was removed; Load time of our forum front page after the rating system was removed; No further comments should be necessary from me Also, the Bump-feature was re-added. It had somehow disappeared, but is back for admins, mods and supporters: By hitting that button, you can bump your own topics instead of posting a new meaningless "bump"-post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Padge Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Sweet! Thanks for the info, let me just rate your post..... Oh yeah! D'OH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobs1971 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 GOLDSTAR Bump! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireman_Fred Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 I'm devastated - I only used to post so I could get a Gold Star or a Zing from Victoria... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dani Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Nice, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobs1971 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 I'm devastated - I only used to post so I could get a Gold Star or a Zing from Victoria... ZING!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy333 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 I would gladly trade 8 seconds of page loading time (and I HATE long page loads) for a quick & easy way to comment without having to post. But such is life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Wow, 42 SQL queries and 31 are from the ratings system? Kill it. Kill it with fire! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 I would gladly trade 8 seconds of page loading time. It's not page loading time, it's page generation time. That's a real killer as it means TCP sockets are open for 9 seconds and Apache threads are open for 9 seconds. Given enough traffic, that's death for a server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 thank you .. thank you .. thank you.. for the last several weeks i had been getting error messages while on the board.. and my screen kept freezing.. just here.. it seems that that has been "fixed" .. much smoother now..faster.. thanks Admin.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadweller4000 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Whats good for RWG is good for the members, I guess. Thanks T! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceberg1459 Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 yeah i also realized it loads faster, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordRasta Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 thank you .. thank you .. thank you.. for the last several weeks i had been getting error messages while on the board.. and my screen kept freezing.. just here.. it seems that that has been "fixed" .. much smoother now..faster.. thanks Admin.. That's because you're so far away lani. Ya'll got internet out there on the island? Goldstar for you my friend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir-Lancelot Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 Zing! That is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 That's because you're so far away lani. Ya'll got internet out there on the island? Goldstar for you my friend! Well,.. LR... until recently we depended on the passing ships for any news of the outside world .. actually It's you peeps that are far away .. is that a double negative ... and a ZING for you man..!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 I'm devastated - I only used to post so I could get a Gold Star or a Zing from Victoria... I agree...I relied on Lady V to determine if I was a Gold Star or Funny. But...in the name of keeping performance sound and thus, costs down for the gang that is doing this as a service to all of us...do what you have to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordRasta Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Well,.. LR... until recently we depended on the passing ships for any news of the outside world .. actually It's you peeps that are far away .. is that a double negative ... and a ZING for you man..!!! LOL! the passing ships...hahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corgi Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Victoria is going to be absolutely devastated :-) I enjoyed the rating system myself but, if it makes the forum run smoother, I think its removable is a respectable choice. I think it might just contribute to increasing sociability between members, since now to agree with someone you're actually going to have to undergo the effort of writing a message instead of just clicking a button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronus Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 (edited) Victoria is going to be absolutely devastated :-) I enjoyed the rating system myself. Good idea And I'm an American living in Texas that aspires to move to Canada and become Canadian eh Edited April 25, 2008 by Chronus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Well done Admin. Speed is THE absolute priority on the net. Thank you very much. Cheers Stephane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaedo Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Well done Admin. Speed is THE absolute priority on the net. Thank you very much. Cheers Stephane Here I was thinking the biggest priority on the net was porn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephane Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Here I was thinking the biggest priority on the net was porn Of course You need speed for videos, above all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobs1971 Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Here I was thinking the biggest priority on the net was porn Funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shundi Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 D@mn it, I've been looking to click ratings on every one of your posts!! Zing, Gold Star, Funny, and Agree...not necessarily in that order . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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