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  1. Sep 6th, 2011, 07:02 AM #1
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    Resolved [UPDATED: 10/31/11] Site is very slow or not accessible

    If you can read this post you are probably lucky (so was I if I could post it).
    I'm often getting error 503 - Service is unavailable.
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    Re: Site is very slow or not accessible

    Perhaps it is a hang over from Irene...I'm not having any issues at all in this part of the country.
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    Re: Site is very slow or not accessible

    Is (or did) anyone else have trouble accessing the forum? If so, please respond to this thread or email me at webmaster@ this forum's domain name if you are still having trouble.

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    Re: Site is very slow or not accessible

    I'm currently getting slow loading (over 10 seconds), the majority of which the statusbar says "waiting for www.vbforums.com"
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    Re: Site is very slow or not accessible

    It's a bit better at this point but waiting time is still longer than usual (10 sec on avg).
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    Re: Site is very slow or not accessible

    Very slow here.
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    Re: Site is very slow or not accessible

    about 60-90 minutes ago I was... still a little slow, but not like it was....

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    Re: Site is very slow or not accessible

    It seems fine now.
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    Re: Site is very slow or not accessible

    Heidi did some tweaks. All should be good now.

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    Re: Site is very slow or not accessible

    Just to confirm: it's back to normal. Thanks.
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    Re: [RE-OPEN 9/19/11] Site is very slow or not accessible

    Super slow today. No errors though...
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    Re: [RE-OPEN 9/19/11] Site is very slow or not accessible

    That's sort of funny: after posting it site became noticeably faster; I'll keep it open for awhile.
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    Re: [RE-OPEN 9/19/11] Site is very slow or not accessible

    It's 9/29 and the site at 8:45 AM EST is horrible slow. I can go get a cup of coffe between any click.
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    Re: [RE-OPEN 9/19/11] Site is very slow or not accessible

    same here... been experincing a number of "Service Unavailable" errors (503 I think it is)...

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    Re: [RE-OPEN 9/19/11] Site is very slow or not accessible

    I've asked the admins if something is happening on the servers. I've not gotten an answer yet. I'll let you know if I learn anything.

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    Re: [RE-OPEN 9/19/11] Site is very slow or not accessible

    Seems to be running a bit better now (10:30 EST)
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    Re: [RE-OPEN 9/19/11] Site is very slow or not accessible

    Heidi took care of the issue.
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    Re: [UPDATED: 10/31/11] Site is very slow or not accessible

    Entire site was unaccessible from (aprox) 7:30am and 8:30am and now it's quite slow.
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    Re: [UPDATED: 10/31/11] Site is very slow or not accessible

    It must be the "trick" since VBF can't give us a "treat" ... been better the last half hour though... we'll see how long that lasts...

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    Re: [UPDATED: 10/31/11] Site is very slow or not accessible

    9:25 pm eastern ... and it's acting reaaaaaaly slow again.

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    Re: [UPDATED: 10/31/11] Site is very slow or not accessible

    I got a 503 error once in the morning and once early afternoon but was not paying attention to the times.
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