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Forum is slow and glitchy

Discussion in 'Everything Else (off topic)' started by Redneck, Apr 29, 2026.

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  1. MikeInMa

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    I've been on/off the site since 4:330am. For the most part, it's been meeting my expectations, with different browsing devices.
     
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    Yup, I'd say this morning has been 80/20...80% good, 20% slow
     
    brenndatomu, May 9, 2026
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  3. JRHAWK9

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    no, I'm hardly ever on there. I have more interests than firewood. :p
     
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    Totally understand. It was more of a dig at this site.:eek:
     
    Jeffrey Svoboda, May 9, 2026
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  5. theburtman

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    I've experienced a few minor glitches this morning but for the most part the site is much improved compared to recent days.
     
    theburtman, May 9, 2026
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  6. Scotty Overkill

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    The long germ plan will be to get a more expensive and better server. I'm in need of a volunteer tech guy who can help navigate the site and help with keeping it up to par. Any takers?
     
    Scotty Overkill, May 9, 2026
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  7. Horkn

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    It's definitely a lot better this am
     
    Horkn, May 9, 2026
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  8. Horkn

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    I've been a mod and admin on forums before, not a tech guy per say, but I can plug in cables and turn things off and on and a bit more than that. Lol. I'm no code writer or programmer though
     
    Horkn, May 9, 2026
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  9. Scotty Overkill

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    I kinda need someone on the code/programming end......
     
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    Does that mean the future FHC site will have viruses? :D
     
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    brenndatomu has a member who might be interested in helping.
     
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  12. yooperdave

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    It looks like there was a brief trend at fund raising in hopes to eliminate the site's slow/no response through it's server.

    I immediately asked my secretary for an audit/review of all membership fees that have been received over the years.

    Hillary (her name) told me evidently, while the site was down/slow/not responding to commands, somehow all those records disappeared! :faint:



    I haven't been able to get ahold of her since then......:whistle:
     
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    Seems that I read somewhere that all those files would be released??
     
    eatonpcat, May 10, 2026
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    Figured that. But I'll still offer to do whatever I can to help this awesome community that has been formed.
     
    Horkn, May 10, 2026
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    Forum looking good when I first got on. Not so good now so I'm ready to get off.
     
    Backwoods Savage, May 11, 2026
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    Weird...it's been decent all weekend...not perfect, but tolerable
     
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    It's been on and off this morning. I've had it time out on me and had to confirm I wanted to Like a post. And some of the time it works great.
     
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    Here's where I think one of our issues comes from.....look at the guest count. The other day it was up over 1000, with only 9 members on the site at a given time

    Don't get me wrong, guests are welcome here, but how many of these are actually bots or scavengers? I'm sure this slows the server down......

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    Scotty Overkill, May 11, 2026
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    And FWIW it's working jet fast for me right now
     
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    Well spotted! That will indeed slow things down.

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