Has anyone figured out how to speed up the loading time of this board?

[Tap]

The load times are so long now, that I often only open one or two threads, and then give up. Sometimes they open fast....10 seconds or so, and sometimes they seem to take a full minute. That is probably an exaggeration, but it feels that way. 

Any tricks to speed it up? 

[cjzimmer1]

I would try clearing your cookies or even defragmenting your computer.  I'm not experiencing any lag at all loading pages/threads.

[PeterPan]

Do you need to reboot your computer? Run a virus scan?

[Arcadia]

I get a lag only when Comcast is acting up or I have a weak hotspot signal when out and about. 

[Tap]

I clear cookies and reboot at least once a week, so that isn't it. This computer is only a few months old so no need to defrag. I tried to open the board just now and it took over a minute, so I am actually not exaggerating. 

It came with a preinstalled virus software, so maybe I will try adding this site to the allowed sites. The odd thing is, I don't really have trouble on other sites. Even ones that are image heavy like shopping websites. That is why I figured it was something going on here. HMMMMM. Odd!

[Rosie_0801]

I'm having the same problem, plus the site claims to be offline several times a day. 😣

[Soror]

I have the same problem but only when loading from my phone, it loads fine from the computer.

[Pawz4me]

I'm not having any issues from either my phone or my laptop, although two or three days ago I did briefly get a "board offline" notice. 

[Tree Frog]

2 hours ago, Rosie_0801 said:

I'm having the same problem, plus the site claims to be offline several times a day. 😣

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1 hour ago, Soror said:

I have the same problem but only when loading from my phone, it loads fine from the computer.

I'm not having any problems from my computer, but I have the same problems Rosie has when I'm trying to access it from my phone, The back button is also usually very slow unless I push it twice. Then it loads faster, but it takes me to a page I've already viewed. It's faster to scroll all the way to the top and push the new content button. Interestingly enough, when I access through my social club instead of the main board, I haven't had any problems.

[ScoutTN]

2 hours ago, kand said:

Same here. Really slow and often get a server error. 

Yes, this. 

[Shelydon]

Super fast here.  I think if it is slow, it is your device or internet service, not the boards themselves.

[fairfarmhand]

What browser? I'm not having any of these issues, and I'm using Chrome. 

[Selkie]

The board has been loading very slowly for the past month or so. I often get the “temporarily unavailable” message.

At first I thought the problem was on my end, but I’m not experiencing problems with any other site, just this one.

[gardenmom5]

5 hours ago, Pawz4me said:

I'm not having any issues from either my phone or my laptop, although two or three days ago I did briefly get a "board offline" notice. 

yes, very brief.   I resubmitted it shortly afterwards and didn't have an issue. 

Otherwise it takes a second or so longer than most pages, but that's all - e.g. amazon.

[QueenCat]

I haven't had any issues lately. I use Chrome.

[Tree Frog]

I use chrome on both my phone and laptop. I frequently have a problem, but once in a while, it loads normally. I don't have this problem with other websites on either device.

[Katy]

When it happens to me I switch my internet from home wifi to Verizon hotspot and it magically works. I think I can’t use this site while DH is working in the basement. Some of his programs eat up all the bandwidth. 
 

ETA: This is especially true for large threads with lots of twitter links and pasted in graphics with more than 40 posts per page. Between 40-50 it becomes unwieldy. I wonder if we should request pages hold less posts or if this will be over in a few days after the inauguration. 

Edited January 19, 2021 by Katy

[J-rap]

I have the same issues, and I never used to.  I can't remember when it started, but several months ago I think?  I don't have this issue with any other site, even the "heavier" ones.  I click on this site and then go and do something else while it loads.  

I use Safari.

[prairiewindmomma]

I have also been having issues. Somehow using cellular signal through my phone speeds things up. I think my ISP has been throttling my neighborhood.

[TechWife]

I’ve been having the same problem. It happens on all of my devices. On my Mac, it doesn’t matter if I’m using WiFi or the hard line. Threads take a lot of time to load. Sometimes threads load and there is nothing in the messages as well. Then they eventually populate, but it often takes a couple of minutes. 

[Lawyer&Mom]

I have the same issue on iOS safari.  All my other sites load like normal and this one is molasses. 

[Rosie_0801]

Safari here too, though it loaded promptly just now coz it knows we're all looking. 🤨

[Terabith]

I have no issues with it loading on my computer, but I cannot get it to open at all on my phone.  It's weird and frustrating.  

[Helpdesk]

Sometimes this happened to me in my civilian account.  

My first response was to go old-school and reboot every device I know how to work.  That took care of most problems, like this one.  

If that didn't work, I would re-boot the things I don't know how to work, like the router.  That took care of most of the rest of the problems.  

One time, I had to clear my cache.  That must be some kind of magic because it took care of the slow-load problem here--and a bunch of small problems I was having on other sites.  As a bonus, I also got renewed access to the paywall sites that make you pay after you've read ~5 stories.  Clearing your cache erases your browser history, but I do that all the time, anyway.

I will tell the forum developers that this is happening for some people, but as it seems not to be a universal problem, you might want to take some of these steps on your side of the cyberworld to see if any of them help.  If I get any answers, I will post them in the Site News forum.

 

[Amy in NH]

Haven't read the other replies, so my terrifically unhelpful response is:

1. Buy a fast new computer

and

2. Upgrade your internet speed

You're welcome. 🤣

PS: The board doesn't usually load slowly for me, even with my old laptop and crummy DSL. 
But it just took 30 seconds for the emoji screen to load.

[Ditto]

I have not had any issues at all.  The site loads quickly and I can get to all sections of it with no problems.  I hope those of you having issues get them resolved soon. It is frustrating to have slow loading sites.