My forums index.php takes about 3.5 seconds to load once you get to into thread or your usercp or other links into the site its under one second to one second.
How can I investigate to see if there is anything I can do or whats the hold up?
On each page it will tell you how long it took to generate the page... You can then confirm if the index really is taking a lot longer or not. It could be some kind of 3rd party/external content slowing your page.
If debug mode does show the page generation taking a long time it will also tell you if you have any un-cached templates (they'd be in red) and other possibly valuable info.
You should close your forum before turning on debug mode.
On each page it will tell you how long it took to generate the page... You can then confirm if the index really is taking a lot longer or not. It could be some kind of 3rd party/external content slowing your page.
If debug mode does show the page generation taking a long time it will also tell you if you have any un-cached templates (they'd be in red) and other possibly valuable info.
You should close your forum before turning on debug mode.
Thanks you and I will head that way when my forum is slow and close it.