I installed the page generation stats mod found here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...ght=generation
According to it, the CMS pages are using 266 DB queries! The forum only uses 18 which leads me to think something is wrong. Most widgets I'm using are custom HTML that have an ad or picture. The only other one I'm using, besides the main content, is the Categories widget.
Any ideas?