All non-essential functions disabled

[CRGreathouse]

Do what you have to to keep the boards running, Morrus. Persoanlly, I'd love to have searching back, at least on the Rules forum (the only place where it's really important to search).

 

[Morrus]

I can live without these features,,, but there are some I really want back .
Once you feel ready to start re-implementing features, please re-implement the drop-down list of forums in the low left that lets you jump to any forum you want, and please re-implement Who's Online. I have found it extremely useful to see if the other participant in Fight Club threads is still online.

Who's Online and search are two very big processes - if any don't get turned back on, those are the two most likely candidates.

 

[drnuncheon]

I don't know how the message boards are set up or how customizable you can make them, but the only way I can think that the 'jump to forum' drop-down would be at all processor-intensive is if it's made on the fly each time.

One idea might be to replace it with a hard-coded dropdown. You would have to change it manually every time you added a new forum, but I think that's a rare enough occurence that it wouldn't be too bad.

In case you can't tell, I'd really like that back myself. 8)

J

 

[graydoom]

Who's Online and search are two very big processes - if any don't get turned back on, those are the two most likely candidates.

I don't mind about search (I've used it all of twice, ever , but how will I live without my beautiful Who's Online!?!?



Oh well, I underswtand. But if the boards ever do quiet down, and if there ever is a bit of extra processing power... remember Who's Online .

 

[Darraketh]

It's not the board software right.?. The boards a AMDMB.COM seem to handle far more traffic than we get here. They use vBulletin version 2.0.3 we have 2.2.1!

Is the latest version buggy?

We have a new dedicated server; right?
Do they have a more powerful server?

It seems to me that either the latest version of vBulletin is buggy or we did not get a powerful enough server.

We should be able to operate with all the features and with 600 people logged in!

It's like buying a Ferrari and having to drive it at 35 mph all the time!

I know we have people working on the problem but this is a forum so I feel encouraged to speak my mind.

 

[Darkness]

I don't mind about search (I've used it all of twice, ever , but how will I live without my beautiful Who's Online!?!?



Oh well, I underswtand. But if the boards ever do quiet down, and if there ever is a bit of extra processing power... remember Who's Online .

I second that; Who's Online is a really neat feature. Besides, it's handy to coordinate between Moderators (and/or Admins).

Still, the "Buddy List" can serve these purposes - just not as well...

 

[Left-handed Hummingbird]

I wonder, Morrus, do you have GZip compression turned on? If you have, you are minimizing your bandwith needs, but it puts more stress on the server CPU.

That said, there are still other ways of minimizing bandwith by tinkering with the templates. On my vBulletin boards a thread list in a forum is less than 7KB. Here it's about 65KB!

 

[EverSoar]

I do miss the jump to forum button. I can't function without it.


Also, I never experience much of a problem with speed of the boards. I guess living in Aus I use it at a time, when you are all in bed.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

As with everone one else I'm greatful for what we've got, but if it becomes pausible again I'd like to throw in support for returning the Who's online feature.

Thanks for providing such a great way for gamers to get together,
YOU DA MAN, MORRUS!

 

[Henry@home]

I, too, loved my jump menu.

However, the irony of how these boards have suddenly reverted back to the look and level of features of the old UBB boards is slapping me in the face. Hopefully, these boards are more stable and easier to manage for you, Morrus, than the old UBB boards.