tks for that explanation. i understand better now.
however, previously, it was not like this. do you notice the halt half-way? on the bottom of the IE page, it shows 'done' but only the header is loaded. then it looks like nothing is happening. but if you wait awhile more, then the whole page loads.
what happens during the termporary halt is that most members will think that the page hanged and keep pressing refresh. and thus they get very irritated that the forum always seem to not load properly.
also, do you notice there are 'errors on page'? the notice on bottom left of IE? error: Expected ';'.
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and i own another vb forum and this lag behaviour is not observed.