Freebird Posted March 28, 2015 #1 Posted March 28, 2015 I made a fairly major change to the software this morning. It is not something that affects anything that you see or how it works but affects the coding in a fairly major way. The reason for it was to try and get rid of any database errors and etc. that you were getting from time to time. Some of you may not have any idea what this means but I removed a large piece of code that rewrites URLs and etc. for SEO reporting. It was code that is supposed to improve our search engine rankings. It remains to be seen if it will hurt us in the search engines but the fact is, it was causing some heavy server loads and some database errors due to those loads at times of the day when the SEO program was running. It was also causing some slow server issues during those times. Hopefully this will speed things up again. I had been meaning to do this for a few weeks but just had to find the time to do it in case it caused a major issue with the site. I appear to have been successful in removing it but I don't know how or if it may have affected any links that you had saved to threads and etc. Hopefully there will be no problems. Just a heads up though in case you have some saved links that no longer work.
Marcarl Posted March 28, 2015 #2 Posted March 28, 2015 Firefox gets a 404 error. EI is slow but gets on
Flyinfool Posted March 28, 2015 #3 Posted March 28, 2015 My Firefox got here with no issues. I have no other browsers to try. The site does seem faster.
Freebird Posted March 28, 2015 Author #4 Posted March 28, 2015 I'm not seeing any slowness and am have had no problems with Firefox or Safari.
Freebird Posted March 28, 2015 Author #5 Posted March 28, 2015 I'm logged in with Firefox now. Posted the last message from Safari.
Oldodge Posted March 28, 2015 #6 Posted March 28, 2015 I am having no issues. Logged on with Google Chrome.
Marcarl Posted March 28, 2015 #7 Posted March 28, 2015 Issue is resolved, got rid of my bookmark, now using a new one I made,,,,, good eh???
Marcarl Posted March 28, 2015 #8 Posted March 28, 2015 Issue is resolved, got rid of my bookmark, now using a new one I made,,,,, good eh???
Marcarl Posted March 28, 2015 #10 Posted March 28, 2015 Wwwwwhhattttt --tttt-y-yy-y-you mean Nono-no=now??
Prairiehammer Posted March 28, 2015 #11 Posted March 28, 2015 I have noted a slowness to the site for several days. Sometimes, it would take forever to get to a thread from another. Sometimes, I would have to leave the site altogether and come back and start again to get to a thread. TODAY, it is working faster and with no issues.
Cougar Posted March 28, 2015 #12 Posted March 28, 2015 Had to make a new desktop today so I could enter the site . not sure if that was from your coding or not says it was a dead page when I clicked to old one.
Karaboo Posted March 28, 2015 #13 Posted March 28, 2015 I get an error when I click on the "Articles" link.
Freebird Posted March 28, 2015 Author #14 Posted March 28, 2015 Those of you who are having problems with back bookmarks are using bookmarks from the OLD site. I figured everybody would have them updated by now. You need to clear them out and bookmark what you want now. Articles work fine but if you are using an old bookmark, it won't.
Cougar Posted March 28, 2015 #15 Posted March 28, 2015 my book was only about 3 months old on my Surface. Used it just fine a couple days ago.
KIC Posted March 28, 2015 #16 Posted March 28, 2015 Sorry to hijack this thread...(OK no I'm not) where are the stuck threads that were available for 1st Gens ? There were some of the (archived?) threads that were worth keeping and I remember them all being in a directory or page together, but I can not find them now. Any help
KIC Posted March 29, 2015 #18 Posted March 29, 2015 Do you mean the Technical Library? Exactly. Thanks. I guess I did not scroll down far enough on that page.
dogman Posted March 29, 2015 #19 Posted March 29, 2015 Yes my Safari book mark did not work, I had to type in a new search I will see how I change a bookmark. Another new thing to do. Life is great
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