Forum going slow

[the one]

I have noticed lately that our forum is going slow.It's particularly slow when submitting new posts. That's why a lot of people are now also experiencing the duplicate posts again.

I am not sure why this is happening.Can someone check that my php is correct below.I am using vBulletin 4.2.1

PHP 5.3.29

MySQL Version 5.5.48-cll

Could it be a network/routing problem

[Dave]

What if you disable all your plugins?

You can either do that in the AdminCP or by adding
define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

to the includes/config.php file right after <?php.
If it works fine when all plugins are disabled, it means one of your plugins is causing this.

If that's not the case, try the following things:
- Clear system cache
- Optimize/repair all your tables

[RichieBoy67]

Can you share the link so we can troubleshoot it?

[the one]

Can you share the link so we can troubleshoot it?

http://jandeane81.com/forum.php

I already sent this to my server below

[localhost:/dev/pts/0][/home/aragorn]
[08:25:30][aragorn] > trace jandeane81.com
traceroute to jandeane81.com (206.72.202.131), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 10.0.0.250 (10.0.0.250) 0.911 ms 1.268 ms 1.620 ms
2 * * *
3 dD5E0CB09.access.telenet.be (213.224.203.9) 16.443 ms 17.263 ms 17.506 ms
4 dD5E0FA71.access.telenet.be (213.224.250.113) 20.971 ms 20.692 ms 19.766 ms
5 213.46.174.101 (213.46.174.101) 25.337 ms 25.100 ms 25.181 ms
6 ge-2-1-0.mpr1.lhr2.uk.above.net (195.66.224.76) 24.721 ms 18.555 ms 17.318 ms
7 ae10.mpr2.lhr2.uk.zip.zayo.com (64.125.31.194) 18.832 ms 23.535 ms 22.330 ms
8 ae27.cs1.lhr11.uk.eth.zayo.com (64.125.30.236) 92.157 ms 92.032 ms 92.275 ms
9 ae5.cs1.lhr11.uk.eth.zayo.com (64.125.29.126) 91.537 ms 88.417 ms 87.660 ms
10 ae27.cr1.lga5.us.zip.zayo.com (64.125.30.251) 86.600 ms 93.124 ms 81.683 ms
11 ae11.mpr3.lga7.us.zip.zayo.com (64.125.20.14) 91.768 ms 96.097 ms 92.841 ms
12 ae1.mpr2.ewr2.us.zip.zayo.com (64.125.24.202) 90.219 ms 85.026 ms 87.740 ms
13 208.184.34.234.IPYX-069067-ZYO.above.net (208.184.34.234) 92.164 ms 92.091 ms 90.752 ms
14 vl565.cr1.lga2.us.as19318.net (64.20.32.217) 203.307 ms 202.188 ms 198.547 ms
15 64.20.32.46 (64.20.32.46) 87.919 ms 88.600 ms 89.866 ms
16 openvz56.is.cc (209.159.146.218) 100.043 ms 103.468 ms 103.194 ms
17 server.cutestockfootage.com (206.72.202.131) 104.649 ms 100.117 ms 104.275 ms


My server must have done something because it seems to be ok now.Not sure what was going on lol :up:

[RichieBoy67]

Yeah, you need some adjustment for sure.

http://www.webpagetest.org/result/160318_5N_K29/

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Just from looking really quick I would turn off no cache headers, set up caching using htaccess and get rid of some of your sideblocks. There is much more to be done as well but just doing those things should quicken things up.

You can get the htaccess at Ozzmods.com..will help you increase your scores.

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On my way out the door so I cannot help much right now. sorry.

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BTW - Fix your main images! Make them progressive and lower the quality. Start with this one..

http://jandeane81.com/images/misc/theonetruth.jpg

[Dave]

Use this tool to lossless optimize your images without affecting the quality of the image: https://kraken.io/web-interface
Make sure to tick lossless as optimization option.

[RichieBoy67]

Well if you are going to lower from over 500,000 kbs to under 50 there will be some quality loss but will most likely not be noticed by most users. :)

Those images are huge and probably the main reason for the high first load time.

[the one]

Well if you are going to lower from over 500,000 kbs to under 50 there will be some quality loss but will most likely not be noticed by most users. :)

Those images are huge and probably the main reason for the high first load time.

Many thanks i will change the image now.

Can i say holy crap lol

I just got this back from my server and they said this below

The outbound route is different. Seems to be some latency going back to your location on the other route

They have obviously done a fix from there end but i will be trying to make my website better with your suggestions

Many thanks

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I have just noticed if i view my forum in printable version my forum logo is huge. Omg lol where did i go wrong.

Anyway what are the correct sizes to use

Many thanks

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Hello only me again

I am getting a bit confused which does not take much these days lol

This link here http://ozzmodz.com/showthread.php/2579-Speed-Up-Your-Site-Via-htaccess

What part of that code do i add to my httaccess

Many thanks

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Well if you are going to lower from over 500,000 kbs to under 50 there will be some quality loss but will most likely not be noticed by most users. :)

Those images are huge and probably the main reason for the high first load time.

Hello could you please check my image

Does it look normal now

Many thanks

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Add No-Cache HTTP Headers is turned off

I am quite concerned how much my website looks messed up from that report and not sure how it got to that state.

Is there an easy fix

Many thanks once again

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Only me again if you check this link here http://www.webpagetest.org/result/160318_5N_K29/1/performance_optimization/#use_of_cdn

It say in the keep alive section you will see all red x how do i get these to be a green tick

Many thanks

[the one]

Hi everyone just a quick update on the forum going slow.

My admin says this it appears to be somewhat erratic. There are times when it's blisteringly fast, and there are times when it appears to be taking ages, with a "busy cursor" constantly spinning.

My website should not going be going slow at any time this is what my server told me Seems to be some latency going back to your location on the other route. what does that mean

Anyway i have access to my whm so is there anything i can do in there to improve things.I just posted a new thread on my forum and it took sometime to post

Many thanks

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Could any of these plugins be making the forum go slower

AdminCP Firewall 1.2 Firewall for the AdminCP - No forum should be without it!

Auto Move Closed Threads 1.1.1 Moves closed threads to a specific forum

Auto Youtube-Link Parser 1.4 Replaces youtube-links in post text with embedded version of the videolink

Ban Spider by UserAgent 3.1.2 Allows you to ban spiders from your site by User Agent

Ban Thread User 2.0 Ban A Particular User From A Thread

Check similar thread before posting a new one 1.0 Check similar thread before posting a new one

Digital Point Spy 1.1.1 System To Show What's Going On In The Forum

Duplicate IP Report by BOP5 2.1.2 Makes a regular report of any users sharing the same IP address.

Easy Mod Tools 4.2.0 Easy Mod Tools by masterross

Fireworks Display 1.0 Celebrate the forth of July with a few bangs on your website!

Force Users to Read a Thread 2.10 This hack allows you to specify a thread that you would like users to read. They would not be able to do anything else on the forum before reading it.

HostClouds - Spam-O-Matic 2.1.2 Ultimate solution to defend against SPAM: Check new registrations from StopForumSpam database, auto moderate posts against custom word-list and Akismet service.

MarkFL: Sort Who Read Thread Users 1.0 Allows you to sort the users listed in "Members who have read this thread" block.

Members who have Posted 4.2.0.0 Display members who have posted the forum.

MGC Chatbox Evo 3.4.0 MGC Chatbox Evo

More Open Graph Images Free by BOP5 1.0.2 Adds additional open graph images to Thread pages to facilitate better sharing on Facebook and other social networks.

Navigation Manager Enhancements 1.0.0 Beta 2 This Add-on provides additional features for the Navigation Manager

Notepad 0.1 Notepad for user control panel

One Touch Ban & Cleaner 1 Bans a user, deletes all their threads, posts and PMs. Mod Originally created by Mark Fyvie.

Post Thank You Hack 7.86 Post Thank You Hack

Proxy Alert Pro 1.9.3 Notify a user using tor or proxy software, that it isn't nice.

Quote Notification 1.1.0 Notifies a user when they're quoted in a post

Show Groups (Forum Leaders) Order 1.3 You choose the order of the groups on showgroups.php

Staff Online Sideblock and Widget by BOP5 0.99 Displays current staff online in the Forum Sidebar and/or CMS Widget

Thread and Forum Ignore System 2.0 Removes thread listings from New Posts

Unknown Location 0.0.1 Unknown Location index.php

vBadvanced CMPS 4.2.1 vBadvanced Content Management & Portal System

vBulletin-Self Delete 1.0.1 vBulletin-Self Delete allows users to self delete their profile in the forum.

VSa - ChatBox 3.1.8 VSa - ChatBox

VSa - Login To User Account 3.0.6 VSa - Login To User Account

VSa - PayPal Donate 5.0.3 VSa - PayPal Donate

[Ozzy47] Extended Search Links In Navbar 1.0.2 Adds extended search links to a dropdown menu in the navbar.

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Only me again lol

I have just disabled this plugin More Open Graph Images Free by BOP5 and the forum is back to its normal speed.

I like that plugin so is there anyway you can use that plugin without it making my forum a bit slow i was told because it has to pull in those images first, and so long as they are not loaded, the browser is being told that the server is still busy.