Forum home page loads too slow
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Forum home page loads too slow
Hello,
I would like to get some help with my forum.
https://overthegalaxy.forumlt.com/
It is an old forum (created in 2008). The version is either phpBB2 or phpBB3.
The problem is that the home page started loading very slowly and I cannot find the reason for it. It lasted for a good while from a few years back. Recently, in the last two weeks it seemed to have fixed itself somehow, however yesterday it started again. Only the home page and category links load slowly. If you jump straight to the discussion forums it seems to be fine. I have tried deleting images, scripts, disabling widgets, even changing the skin to a temp one altogether but the problem persists. I have imported the current forum skin to a brand new test forum with all the java scripts, etc that are used and it works just fine.
Slow load happens on all browsers that I have tried to open the forum on (Firefox, Google Chrome, Edge) for guests, administrator and members altogether.
If anyone could point out the issue and maybe fix it if possible it'd be a great help. I am not a programmer so I have done everything I could think of from my end and I just cannot find where the problem lies.
I would like to get some help with my forum.
https://overthegalaxy.forumlt.com/
It is an old forum (created in 2008). The version is either phpBB2 or phpBB3.
The problem is that the home page started loading very slowly and I cannot find the reason for it. It lasted for a good while from a few years back. Recently, in the last two weeks it seemed to have fixed itself somehow, however yesterday it started again. Only the home page and category links load slowly. If you jump straight to the discussion forums it seems to be fine. I have tried deleting images, scripts, disabling widgets, even changing the skin to a temp one altogether but the problem persists. I have imported the current forum skin to a brand new test forum with all the java scripts, etc that are used and it works just fine.
Slow load happens on all browsers that I have tried to open the forum on (Firefox, Google Chrome, Edge) for guests, administrator and members altogether.
If anyone could point out the issue and maybe fix it if possible it'd be a great help. I am not a programmer so I have done everything I could think of from my end and I just cannot find where the problem lies.
Blooded- New Member
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Re: Forum home page loads too slow
hello
your forum is closed to guests so i can not navigate to check the loading issue you have
can you please open it ?
your forum is closed to guests so i can not navigate to check the loading issue you have
can you please open it ?
skouliki- Manager
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Re: Forum home page loads too slow
Very sorry about that. I just made everything visible to guests as well. As you can see, the main page loads really slow. As well as if you try to jump to a category (for example beginning). But everything else loads fast as it should.
Blooded- New Member
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Re: Forum home page loads too slow
thank you
i can see the problem
please try these steps
- deactivate the javascript to see if the problem is solved
- force the default templates to see if the problem is solved
it might be the version ..when you import the skin to another test forum what version did you use ?
i can see the problem
please try these steps
- deactivate the javascript to see if the problem is solved
- force the default templates to see if the problem is solved
it might be the version ..when you import the skin to another test forum what version did you use ?
skouliki- Manager
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Re: Forum home page loads too slow
Thanks. I have tried disabling javascript before but it did not work at all. I have done that just now too. As well as I activated the force default templates function just now but it did not fix the problem either it seems. The new test forum is phpBB3.
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Yes. I just checked thanks. Both the old and the test forum versions are the same - phpBB3. They both have the same skin imported. I tried adding everything, all settings, functions to the test forum and it works fine. It is quite sad that it happened to the original forum. I assumed it is a problem with forumation in general. Maybe because my forum is just old and outdated and a bug happened due to new updates.
I also tried disabling css. Did not work.
I also tried disabling css. Did not work.
Blooded- New Member
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Re: Forum home page loads too slow
now it is better for me
edit: for a moment its was loading ok
edit: for a moment its was loading ok
skouliki- Manager
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Re: Forum home page loads too slow
Nothing changed for me opening the forum on any of the browsers both logged in and as a guest. Nor to other people who tried opening it just now.
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Re: Forum home page loads too slow
check your forum here https://tools.pingdom.com/
skouliki- Manager
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Re: Forum home page loads too slow
Hello @Blooded
Please delete this JS (Admin Panel > Display > Homepage > Generalities) and test again:

Please delete this JS (Admin Panel > Display > Homepage > Generalities) and test again:
- Code:
https://www.kostenloses-forum.be/snow.js

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Re: Forum home page loads too slow
The Godfather wrote:Hello @Blooded
Please delete this JS (Admin Panel > Display > Homepage > Generalities) and test again:
- Code:
https://www.kostenloses-forum.be/snow.js
Oh my god, thank you! I deleted that javascript a long time ago (and I mean many years ago) but I guess I missed that part of the code since it was pasted into a different section. The forum works fine now. Thank you so much for your help!
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Re: Forum home page loads too slow
Thank you both for the help!
Blooded- New Member
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Re: Forum home page loads too slow
See always the reason is a script
Problem solved & topic archived.
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