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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 04:17 PM
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Great forum. Really. Great resource that has helped my during my rebuild.

But what the hell guys?! It's a message board! No matter what computer I'm on this forum hangs or takes a while to load when trying to view the index/forums.

I was going to contribute some $$ but not if I'm going to get frustrated every time I try to get on.
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 05:16 PM
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same thing for me, some day it's very very slow, some day it's just slow.... and no it's not my connection or my pc
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 05:32 PM
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Need more information.

Would this happen to be where you see the top section (LS1Tech logo and navigation bar) load but everything below that isn't loaded until X seconds later?

If so, when did this start and how long of a delay is occurring? What browser are you using?
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 06:16 PM
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I have never had a problem with the forum being slow. I'd check out your internet connection(s) first.
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 06:17 PM
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Mine loads fast....
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 06:22 PM
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On my pc I never have an issue it loads quick.
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by JeremyT
Need more information.

Would this happen to be where you see the top section (LS1Tech logo and navigation bar) load but everything below that isn't loaded until X seconds later?

If so, when did this start and how long of a delay is occurring? What browser are you using?
That's exactly what's happening. I'll see everything uptop and a then it takes about a minute or more to load the forum index.

This happens with IE8 (WinXP), IE9(WinUltimate), and Firefox. All my rigs at home are hardwired to the internet. The one's outside of home, some are wifi, some are hardwired.

But today around 6pm EST it was hanging bigtime. Took about 2 minutes for the forum to appear.
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by JeremyT
Need more information.

Would this happen to be where you see the top section (LS1Tech logo and navigation bar) load but everything below that isn't loaded until X seconds later?

If so, when did this start and how long of a delay is occurring? What browser are you using?
I too am having this problem. Just like the OP, I am using IE8. No problems with my connection either.

I've been seeing this for a while now (maybe 1-2 weeks or so?). I figured it was just a bug that would be fixed shortly.
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 10:43 PM
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Mine's fast most of the time but every once in awhile it shows just text. Usually fixes it once I reload it.
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Old Sep 22, 2011 | 10:57 PM
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I'm in the same boat. I know for a fact it's not my internet because it can handle playing halo pretty smoothly. If you play halo then you know that it sucks some massive bandwidth. I think the speed of the site has to do with how many people are trying to connect to it at once.
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Old Sep 23, 2011 | 03:32 AM
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My only problem is sometimes i have to hit reload a few times to get the pages to load, but when it loads its plenty fast.
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 02:15 PM
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this is still a problem top of the page loads then it takes forever for the rest to load I never have this on the other 2 forums I belong to and I can watch streaming HD video so I'd say my internet conection is plenty fast and so is my computer intel I3, 4gb of ram... this is my only complaint of this site.
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 06:26 PM
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IE8 loads everything slow. Get chrome or opera. That will help
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Old Oct 13, 2011 | 06:27 PM
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I know for a fact though your computer shouldnt be the problem. I would try a new browser first off.
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 06:31 AM
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Same issue for me, I have the highest speed internet att u-verse sells, some sig pics only load 1/2 way on chrome, I tired IE and FF same issue too. As I type this @ 6:30am on a Saturday, using chrome, this page will not fully load and the the icon is still spinning in my tool bar...FWIW.
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 06:36 AM
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I use Chrome and it always loads fast
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 02:39 PM
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i made a post about thisas well. i'm in IT and i have about 8 internet connections and different computer. I have the same loading issue witth this forum site. IE9, FF (i dont use chrome too many hooks in the OS)
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 04:19 PM
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I switched to chrome and couldn't be happier with it. now everything loads plenty fast.
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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 07:43 PM
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I have chrome and it used to be fine....but for about a week it has be sloooowww.....as a mater of fact until to day it would only load the top part of the page.....i did some thing to fix that ...now the whole page will load but real slow.....I have this little moon or earth in the address bar & when i click on it it says this Your connection to the site is not encrypted. This is normal for regular HTTP sites (look for the icon in the address bar).....................................It also says the Identity of this site has not been verified ??????? Please Help

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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 11:43 PM
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Sounds like you have modified Chrome. I would suggest disabling the extensions/add-ons and trying again. I don't have any issue with Chrome or Firefox and it doesn't appear that others are at this time. Thus it sounds like a local issue with your setup.

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I have chrome and it used to be fine....but for about a week it has be sloooowww.....as a mater of fact until to day it would only load the top part of the page.....i did some thing to fix that ...now the whole page will load but real slow.....I have this little moon or earth in the address bar & when i click on it it says this Your connection to the site is not encrypted. This is normal for regular HTTP sites (look for the icon in the address bar).....................................It also says the Identity of this site has not been verified ??????? Please Help
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