vB4 is very slow....
 

I own my own dual core colocated box that our forum is hosted on and I have checked system resources and load averages and all are very low. vb3 used to run LIGHTNING fast, ever since upgrading to vb4 page load times are absolutely horrible, everything feels so sluggish.

Is there a way to speed her up??? I have installed the Optimization hook and run it and it didn't seem to do diddly.

Any other suggestions?

http://www.mauldroppers.com/images/misc/amflagbg.jpg

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http://www.mauldroppers.com/images/misc/mdv20logo.png

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Cmon mate you have to be kidding !!

Redoing you main logo as a transparent gif ( very quick re-edit ) reduces that file by 2/3's its original size

Those are not what's causing my sites slowdown. These have been in place since we used vb3, which I repeat was fast as hell. vb4 is a DOG!

Have you looked into other forum software ?

Why would I do such a thing?

Just a hunch :D

try rebuild styles from maintenance

One reason vB4 is slower than vb3 is the use of shading and rounded corners. Add this to the bottom of the additional.css template and your forum will speed up considerably.

* { -moz-box-shadow: none !important; }
* { -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; }

* { -moz-border-radius: 0px !important; }
* { -webkit-border-radius: 0px !important; }

Thanks Andy, that made my forum noticeably faster.