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A couple of suggestions to possibly make your pages load faster [UPDATED]
Jim Robinson

Posted on 10/29/2012 11:49:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

Edited on 10/30/2012 2:16:38 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Very sorry about the problems with our servers causing FR to fail under heavy traffic loads. Praying that John finds a solution or workaround soon.

In the meantime, here are a couple suggestion you can use to possibly make your pages load faster:

  1. Configure your sidebars to display fewer items. I've temporarily disabled all sidebars but breaking news on mine.

    Select "Disabled" in the "Region" pulldown for each sidebar block you wish to temporarily disable then click "Modify":

    http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/manage-blocks

  2. Reduce the number of threads and replies downloaded on each click. Go to personal preferences and reduce the "Thread Pagination" to 20 messages per page and "Browsing" to 20 results per page.

    http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/settings

  3. Update: And a suggestion (made by metmom) is to set your "Brevity" preference to "Headers." This will definitely make your index pages (latest posts, etc) load faster.

    And it’s simply a click to toggle "Brevity" from "Text" to "Headers" or back the other way when needed: http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/news-forum/index

  4. And for firefox users: KoRn has posted a useful tip to make firefox load pages faster: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299854/posts

If enough of us did this we would reduce the amount of data downloaded on each click, reducing the load on the database and the server and possibly increasing overall systems performance.

To reset your preferences later, click on "Account" at the top of any of the main index pages and then "Manage Blocks" to configure your sidebars and "My Preferences" to set your number of threads and replies per thread preferences.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/my/

Thank you all very much and good luck.


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To: tubebender
I'll bet that your modem's manual will show you that those two lights indicate signals coming TO you via the Internet -- and your "black hole" is FR not "answering back"...
101 posted on 10/30/2012 10:28:14 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: tweakDU

BTT


102 posted on 10/30/2012 11:26:17 AM PDT by Fawn (RESTORE FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: sauropod

mark


103 posted on 10/30/2012 11:28:49 AM PDT by sauropod (For Barack so loved the poor, he created millions more of them.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Thanks for the suggestions.

As I did that, I realized that some of that stuff I didn’t really use anyway.

And now the page is less cluttered and easier to navigate.


104 posted on 10/30/2012 12:59:54 PM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: Jim Robinson; wagglebee; little jeremiah; Slings and Arrows; 2Jedismom; 6amgelsmama; AAABEST; ...

Here is an interesting thread that may make your FR use easier and more efficient.

I cleaned up my account and found that I didn’t use much of it anyway and it IS loading better.


105 posted on 10/30/2012 1:11:35 PM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: Jim Robinson; wagglebee; little jeremiah; Slings and Arrows; 2Jedismom; 6amgelsmama; AAABEST; ...

Here is an interesting thread that may make your FR use easier and more efficient.

I cleaned up my account and found that I didn’t use much of it anyway and it IS loading better.


106 posted on 10/30/2012 1:11:35 PM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: Jim Robinson

Would it help if people set their “Brevity” setting for their pings to “Headers” instead of “Text”?


107 posted on 10/30/2012 1:19:28 PM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: metmom

Brevity = Headers definitely will make the pages load faster. And that’s simply a click to toggle one way or the other. Thanks.


108 posted on 10/30/2012 1:29:11 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: metmom; Jim Robinson; All
I wrote this around 8 years ago(about the time I signed up here on FR actually lol) It REALLY seems to help with all page loads in Firefox:

How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity)

I'm not sure if there are any differences with latter version of Firefox, but it may be well worth one's while to look in to. Some of those settings may be set by default now.

Awesome!! The above thread is actually the 4th link on the page if you search "How To Speed Up Firefox" in Google! That's pretty cool, considering how old that is.

109 posted on 10/30/2012 1:43:02 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: metmom

Thanks! Hopefully, it will cut down on those double-posts as well.


110 posted on 10/30/2012 2:08:16 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Democracy = Communism on the installment plan.)
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To: metmom

About half the time in the evenings I can’t even get on anymore. Not much use to me since that began around the time of the second debate.


111 posted on 10/30/2012 3:03:31 PM PDT by CynicalBear
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To: CynicalBear

Did the storm affect you any?

We have have nothing more than typical fall weather. Mostly overcast, sometimes rain, sometimes gusts, but NOTHING like was forecast or other areas have experienced.

We definitely dodged the bullet, although for CNY the primary problem was likely to be power outages and maybe some localized flooding. I have no clue what it would take to flood my community, but it is certainly more than we’ve seen the last few days.


112 posted on 10/30/2012 3:17:05 PM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: metmom

No problems here! A little windy and now it’s gotten cold. Down in the upper 30s every night this week and only in the low 60s in the afternoon.


113 posted on 10/30/2012 3:46:59 PM PDT by CynicalBear
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To: CynicalBear

We’re warmer than you. That’s pretty weird that we’ve been so much warmer than areas so much further south than us.


114 posted on 10/30/2012 5:07:35 PM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: metmom

Thank you, mm!


115 posted on 10/30/2012 6:02:13 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (If you love your freedom, thank a vet.)
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To: Jim Robinson
One problem has to be the large amount of duplicate (or triplicate) posts on FR. How about having a little patience when we post?
Try to allow at least 5 minutes before you repost.
116 posted on 10/30/2012 6:18:27 PM PDT by Larry381 ("Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.")
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To: Larry381

That’s not necessary. All someone has to do is open a second tab and check their ping list to see if the comment posted.

If it’s not there, then they can hit the post button again.

Sometimes it’s just a matter of someone’s computer hiccuping, or they accidentally double click, or sometimes there’s a weird message from FR about Proxy errors, but that often happens with large ping lists. Then it’s good to check on another tab to see if the comment posted.

No need to wait so long before retrying. Sometimes just checking to see if it posted will avoid multiple posts.


117 posted on 10/30/2012 8:10:38 PM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: Jim Robinson; metmom

Thanks. Rarely have a much of a problem except when FR is down, but one thing that should be included in your advice is a free speed test: http://speedtest.net/.

Wait till you see Begin Test and hit that (NOT Start now to increase speed)

Mine was 14.21mbps download, and 42ps for ping, and 0.86 for upload, which is good for $22.00 a month from Verizon (with phone service). Thank God.


118 posted on 10/31/2012 4:30:12 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: KoRn; metmom

Amazing, 426 posts from 2004! I thank God for FF, which is far better from me (due to multiple tabs and other tweaks via TabMixPlus, and Colorful Tabs, BBBcodeXtra,Count Word n character, Menu editor, the Noia theme, etc.) than IE8 which is kinda gov. issue, or Chrome which lacks the degree of customization FF has.

Also, you can copy from View Selection Source (with the html formatting) and paste it in FR posts.


119 posted on 10/31/2012 4:43:44 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: daniel1212; Jim Robinson; metmom

Correction, that is $30.00 a month for high sped internet enhanced, plus 29.00 for Verizon freedom essentials, and 13.50 for taxes, including 2.33 for the Obama Phone (actual name) via the universal service fee, which may essentially be a campaign contribution.


120 posted on 10/31/2012 5:56:02 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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