Soooo SLOW...

newbie, apologies -- the site is pretty fast on my end. i'm not sure if the server was having problems earlier today?

did anyone else experience slowness?

It has been very slow since the switchover. I'd personally opt for a less visually appealing webpage in exchange for the old speed.

Nychimp, I'm very grateful for all your hard work and time that you've poured into this site.

I have accessed WSOAsis from different PCs and like COMPbanker said, its very slow - I actually find myself using it less due to inpatience.

Take all the unnecessary graphics out. We access this at work, so the less colour, pics, the better.

i think i know what has been slowing it down. i really don't think its the graphics...i had the access log saving too many records which i think was slowing it way down. i have fixed this but it may take a day to work through.

i am planning on moving to a dedicated server in the next few months which will cost me much more $$, but i think performance will improve significantly.

ultimately, the site is incredible. i have used the site 20% of my old usage since the switchover last weekend. i find myself unable to use it because it takes far too long to load pages.

also, the way the topic and posts have changed in terms of layout is unappealing. just a humble opinion, still a wonderful site.

cheers, net worth or nothing

I dont think its the graphics that much but still something is holding up the pages. The loading is not smooth but clunky instead. I kind of liked the older layout better. Also it would be nice if the background had a different color to the posts. Something that visually seprates one post from another instead of a simple box. JMT.

it should be running faster now...but i will try to do a few more things over the next few days to speed it up even more.

this layout in the forums, side bars, and overall theming still needs work.

I feel like it's running just as slow as it has been. It's starting to be a real pain to visit this site...I don't think it's a coincidence that there have been much fewer posts recently.

i agree completely. the speed is definietly hurting the site. i am trying everything i can to find the solution.

i apologize for the inconvenience and will let you know when I think it's up and running better.

i tried a few things yesterday today but they don't seem to be helping.

I've noticed significant improvement... great work!

Of course, it may just be a mental thing.

i never really noticed a slowdown...definitely not over the past weekend which seems to be when others experienced slowness

on firefox, the site seems to be loading super fast for me now. on Internet Explorer 6, it still takes some time to load. i will check IE 7 tomorrow while i'm at work.

thanks for your patience guys. we will get there and i promise the theming will get there too...and the jobs module, etc.

i think you can lose all the fancy images/graphics, forums run much faster when the layout is simple

right now...it runs really slow, i personally thought it was fine before.... except the search feature which seems to be much better now

I have noticed a speed decline post-changover as well. I agree with all on the graphics. People come to the site for content and not necessarily for the pretty UI.

I don't like the new design at all personally. I know you put a lot of work into it but it's an eyesore and it's very slow. I think you should have left it the way it was chimpy.

slowness has nothing to due with the "graphcs", but how the browser in IE7 is reading the "theme" / layout of the site.

i am working with my web developer over the last few days to switch over to a new theme / bone structure for the site that should look similar (still have sand dune and water, etc) but improve performance hopefully in IE7 as well