The ads are very clever. They are usually based on page content, but sometimes if a certain ad gets a lot of clicks then you might get a site targeted with a lot of the same type of ads. If we're seeing a lot of mature dating ads for a few weeks then it means we're giving them the good traffic.
If I was allowed to I'd certainly be having a look.
Still having trouble getting onto the site occasionally.
If I'm logged in to the forum, visit another site then come back the page doesn't always load.
WFCForums is the only site I visit where this happens at the moment.
site was locking up for me this evening. not sure if anyone else experienced this.
Yup, just wouldn't load at all!Originally Posted by Optimistichornet
OK, enough is enough. I'm going to kick the hosts backsides until they fix it.
I'm aware of ongoing issues. Waiting for some more lies from the hosts!
You wouldn't believe what they've done now. Unbelievable.
Have they done you over Adders?
They sent the boys round as we were overloading their servers. They've been filling my sewers with rags until they overflow and are the cause of the constant bad weather!
The issue with our hosts is that they keep blaming us, (the forum), for the speed issues, but over the years with them they've come up with a lot of stories about how it's always our fault, yet it never is. This time we appear to be at a point where they appear unwilling or unable to fix the current issues. The time for a new host is fast approaching, it just means we have to close the forum whilst this happens, which is a major pain at the moment due to so much news.
What a bunch of crooks! So their essentially forcing your hand into the upgrade. Have they specified how long the update will take?
It's not as simple as that and they are way better than a lot of the hosts, but I do think we're now paying over the odds for their issues. They've been very good over the years and their speed of support is second to none, but as seems to be the case with all hosts eventually the support tails off. Anyway, I'll give them until the end of the week to fix the issues else my hand is forced.
I retract my statement about them being crooks. Fair enough, I didn't realise they have been good these past years. I thought we switched hosts when we upgraded a couple of months back. Hopefully they sort the problem out.
The funny thing is, they're accusing certain IP addresses of having over 100 connections at a time, and the one they mentioned this morning was yours! Perhaps they're reading this thread!
100 connections? How have I managed that?
I'm guessing they didn't like me calling them crooks!
There have been a few users that I have contacted and asked them to run a full virus scan and malware check. Could you do the same please? Everyone else has been clean, and I assume you will be too. It's the sort of thing that I've been dealing with a lot recently, IE not our issues.
Yeah will do Adders.
Just scanned and there is nothing wrong with my computer, no spyware or malware and no other viruses. Hope this helps Adders.
Thanks Dom.
Well the issue has been happening between 10 and 11pm every evening so I made sure we run no services during the hour, then started monitoring user connections and server behaviour. Bang on 10.15 the memory usage went through the roof and the site was temporarily unavailable. I checked every users connection and all were very low. This is not down to us in any way.
Waiting to see what the hosts have to say now.
maybe you need to send your heavys round ?
I'm on my way....
Sounds to me like an automated process. A backup, virus scan or search engine trying to cache the site.
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