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Road.cc goes 90’s dial up internet

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  • June 8, 2015 at 4:03 pm #24195
    Leviathan

    A few times recently I have come to the forum or homepage and it doesn’t load properly. It loads up like a 90s dial-up internet page with all the text left justified and in Times New Roman. None of the comments are visible or new posts available. I often have other pages and videos running okay at the same time. Anyone else getting this or am I in a crazy timewarp?

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  • June 11, 2015 at 2:36 pm #849407
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    Anonymous

    VeloPeo wrote:Mentioned this

    VeloPeo wrote:
    Mentioned this before but there’s also a massive difference in the load time of pages on the site depending on whether you’re logged in and logged out

    Logged out it’s between 0.2-0.4 seconds. Logged in it’s between 2 and 4 seconds.

    Very annoying


    Sounds like a job for a database cache.

    June 10, 2015 at 8:04 am #849405
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    notfastenough

    Yep, all of the above. I
    Yep, all of the above. I used to navigate round the site using the ‘recent posts’ sidebar, so that one is frustrating. It is unusual for a site that generates enough traffic that it retains proper paid staff, to performs quite as slowly as this one often does.

    June 10, 2015 at 6:37 am #849403
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    wellcoordinated

    I agree road.cc is v slow
    I agree road.cc is v slow even on a good day. Is it running on a Pentium 4? Yes I have noticed the style sheets not loading quite a lot recently v annoying.

    June 9, 2015 at 8:52 pm #849401
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    VeloPeo

    Mentioned this before but
    Mentioned this before but there’s also a massive difference in the load time of pages on the site depending on whether you’re logged in and logged out

    Logged out it’s between 0.2-0.4 seconds. Logged in it’s between 2 and 4 seconds.

    Very annoying

    June 9, 2015 at 8:11 pm #849399
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    The _Kaner

    still no fixie…
    still no fixie…

    June 9, 2015 at 11:29 am #849397
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    fukawitribe

    vonhelmet wrote:bikebot

    vonhelmet wrote:
    bikebot wrote:
    I’m pretty sure it’s Drupal under the hood.

    A quick look at the page source suggests you’re right.

    Ah – good point, didn’t look. Cheers gents.

    June 9, 2015 at 10:56 am #849395
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    vonhelmet

    bikebot wrote:I’m pretty sure

    bikebot wrote:
    I’m pretty sure it’s Drupal under the hood.

    A quick look at the page source suggests you’re right.

    June 9, 2015 at 10:50 am #849393
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    bikebot

    fukawitribe wrote:Not the

    fukawitribe wrote:
    Not the only one, happens quite a bit here too – almost like the style sheet has gone AWOL. Slow page access appears to be making a bit of a re-appearance too… i’d love to know what the architecture is, love road.cc dearly but the i’m struggling to think of another site I frequent that is so consistently un-responsive.

    I’m pretty sure it’s Drupal under the hood.

    June 9, 2015 at 10:24 am #849391
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    Beatnik69

    yes, all of the above.
    yes, all of the above.

    June 9, 2015 at 9:48 am #849389
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    Kadinkski

    Yep, I get it too – the
    Yep, I get it too – the stylesheets don’t load. Refreshing, clearing cache etc don’t seem to fix it. I just give up now and go somewhere else, then try again in a couple of hours and it usually works.

    And yes, now the latest comments/forum sidebars only appear on the homepage which is also frustrating. They’ve probably done it for technical reasons as the site is slow and buggy but its a terrible UX design decision.

    June 9, 2015 at 9:18 am #849387
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    hughw

    same problem here –
    same problem here – particularly on safari on my iPhone.

    @Otis I’ve noticed that. I think it’s intentional, but I don’t like it

    June 8, 2015 at 10:59 pm #849385
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    MartyMcCann

    I thought it was only me
    I thought it was only me having those issues due to a crappy laptop and even crappier broadband- that’s a relief at least.

    Now again is it just me or are the “Latest Comments” and “On the Forum” sidebars only appearing on the home page and not when you go to an article page?

    June 8, 2015 at 4:53 pm #849383
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    fukawitribe

    Not the only one, happens
    Not the only one, happens quite a bit here too – almost like the style sheet has gone AWOL. Slow page access appears to be making a bit of a re-appearance too… i’d love to know what the architecture is, love road.cc dearly but the i’m struggling to think of another site I frequent that is so consistently un-responsive.

    June 8, 2015 at 4:47 pm #849381
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    Gkam84

    Yeah a number of people have
    Yeah a number of people have been having this problem, it has been noted and I believe has been dealt with or at least is being fixed

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