RMweb Premium Neil Posted August 11, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 11, 2021 Over the last few days I've had intermittent problems with the forum being very slow to load (sometimes failing) and navigating using the internal links similarly problematical. Both have about a 50% success rate which means that getting to a particular topic is only about 25% successful. The same problem manifests itself on both the pc (windows 8) and my laptop (windows 10) both using firefox. 1 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 (edited) Also experiencing similar slow-downs and no-gos. The problem areas for me are the login process (which either works straight away, as per normal, or refuses to work at all) and the non-appearance or very slow appearance of the drop-down menus (i.e. the Home, Browse, Activity, etc row). At first, I thought this non-appearance was caused by waiting for adverts to load, but I'm not so sure now. Edited August 11, 2021 by Miss Prism Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted August 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2021 (edited) Similar here. Clicking the notifications icon sometimes opens the popup quickly but very commonly "hourglasses" for a long time before it opens. Posting/Editing comments or messages sometimes leaves the display in the "Saving..." state for a long time before it updates (if ever). So you're not sure if your message has been sent or if it's safe to just refresh the window. Edited August 11, 2021 by Harlequin 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free At Last Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Also 'Load more activity' just takes you back to the top of the page. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted August 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2021 And sometimes after "load more activity" it does indeed load the next page, but then there's no button to continue nor a message saying there's no more activity. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted August 11, 2021 Administrators Share Posted August 11, 2021 Andy is on holiday this week, so I've reported it to Dediserve. The speed seems to come and go, it's not a consistent problem. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neil Posted August 11, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 11, 2021 Thanks Phil. Since I reported the problem, I've had no further issues with slow and non existent loading (sods law, but in a good way I suppose) which would fit with it being an intermittent problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Me too. The forum has been working well today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Usually happens to me in the evening, say around 8.30pm Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted August 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2021 (edited) I've noticed a slow down in the last week or so. I've also been getting Cloudflare errors quite a lot over the last few days, the last one about 10 minutes ago. Edited August 11, 2021 by 57xx 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted August 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2021 Had the slow down this morning but have been experiencing it for some time now. More in the evenings than at other times but on multiple platforms and OS's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I only view the forum on my phone, using WiFi if available. Definitely slow loading and often freezes altogether if I click back to a previous page so I have to restart back at the home page. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardbealach Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I find that I just cannot get into Wheeltappers and its sub files pages which fail to open and allow me to read, and also the same problem with Modelliing Musings. This is both both on my desk top computer and mobile phone. All the other pages drop in quickly to read. (Alisdair) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJGraphics Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 The slow page loading or pages completely failing to load is definitely becoming a problem after quite a long time when the site was working really well. The problem is transient and for me is not tied to any particular time of day . . . John 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamsRadial Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 I'm also seeing delays of several minutes when trying to navigate the sub-forums. Oddly, I was able to access this area very quickly, it's the other forums of my main interests I can't get to load. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Izzy Posted August 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2021 I’ve had this on and off for some weeks now, but what started off as just now and then has become a daily issue recently at what I guess is times of peak demand. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJGraphics Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 (edited) The "Forum Marked as Read" banner is now hanging endlessly at the top of the page making it impossible to navigate elsewhere on the site. I have tried different browsers on different platforms on different connections with the same general results – although looking at the recently-used devices list on my profile you'd never know it. The forum software thinks I only ever log-in with my Mac, when I also use an iPad, iPhone and occasionally a Windows PC when I am with a friend. John Edited August 18, 2021 by JJGraphics Corrected typo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold D9020 Nimbus Posted August 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2021 I find RMWeb these days is rather like a cheap model train — it either works very fast or it doesn't work at all. One minute it can be fine — the next it comes to a complete halt. Nothing in between. 1 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Hayter Posted August 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2021 Same problems here - exacerbated by a flaky internet connection. But I know when it's the forum causing the problems because I can load other internet pages quickly. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free At Last Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Not had this before... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted August 20, 2021 Moderators Share Posted August 20, 2021 25 minutes ago, Free At Last said: Not had this before... It happens sometimes when the connection between forum software and database is flaky. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barclay Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 For the last couple of weeks the site has been regularly freezing (every day) such that I have to log out and log in again, and this hasn't always worked. Never had such a consistent problem with it before. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Problem appears virtually every day, evenings your time! Brian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJGraphics Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 (edited) What a shame that using RMWeb has moved from being a really interesting, informative and enjoyable experience to a frustrating and time-wasting one. The site seems to hang almost every time I visit. I end up logging-out, deleting the cookies and the browser cache and logging-in again to try to read a few posts. Sometimes it does work but this afternoon it has been necessary to log back in several times. It never used to be like this . . . John Edited August 30, 2021 by JJGraphics Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted August 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2021 I've been finding it slow to access over the last few days. If I cancel it and try again 10 min later it seems ok. Mind you it does have a record of playing up over weekends and holidays; while the cat's away..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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