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Forum Name: Suggestion Box/Recommendations
Forum Description: This is the place to submit recommendations to the WMAS presidency.
URL: http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6008
Printed Date: February 18 2026 at 2:26am
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Topic: Message Board
Posted By: Turbo Snail
Subject: Message Board
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 2:13pm
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I'm new to the site and I really enjoy the message boards. However, (being a web developer of my own) I do notice some bugs and lag with your message board. 1) When viewing the message board for the first time I notice that the icons next to each message will be a different (usually darker) color so that you can see which articles you have viewed and which ones you have not. However, after viewing like 2 articles the site just assumes I have read all articles and the icons all go lighter.....kinda annoying when you are trying to make sure you read all messages 2) The message board is very choppy. All other links on your site are quick and scroll smoothly. However, the message board gives me a headache trying to catch up with all the abrupt choppiness. Just my $0.02. TurboSnail |
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Posted By: coreyk
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 2:18pm
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after viewing like 2 articles the site just assumes I have read all articles and the icons all go lighter. I agree .. It does make it a bit of a PIA to follow threads. This also happens if you read your PMs before you look at the new messages. The message board is very choppy. I have not had this problem.  |
Posted By: Suzy
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 2:55pm
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About rule #1: You don't have to read all the threads! It will make you nuts! Jake has set up this communication tool for us. He pays for it, and does a lot of work to put in our requests. It does have a glich here and there, but for what we pay, we are getting way more than our moneys worth! |
Posted By: jfinch
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 3:00pm
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I think Jake is working on problem 1 (marking everything read before actually read). Not sure about your second concern, but it seems that lately the bandwidth has been so great on the board that it's slowed down access (at least for me it has). ------------- Jon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6y_EzjI_ljbIwf2n5uNzTw" rel="nofollow - What I've been doing... |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 3:33pm
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Turbo- As for the site speed. Yes Jon you are correct, the site has been slowing down recently. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: derikhills
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 4:22pm
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Turbosnail , since you are a web developer how about donating some time to make things run more smoothly |
Posted By: Jake Pehrson
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 4:50pm
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The message board is currently running off of an Access database. The database has become very large and therefore has started to make the web site run slower. The fix for this is converting over to SQL database, which I have plans to do in the next couple of weeks. ------------- Jake Pehrson Murray http://coralplanet.com" rel="nofollow - coralplanet.com http://utahbeeranch.com" rel="nofollow - :) |
Posted By: Suzy
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 4:56pm
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Thanks, Jake! |
Posted By: fj40fax
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 5:04pm
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I bet SQL helps a lot. Access sucks. Fax ------------- Fax 318-3632 90g 2x250W 14kK MH Sump, Fuge, G3, UV, O3, ACIII Pleasant Grove, UT Across State Street from the Purple Turtle Adjustments and Massages for Frags! |
Posted By: Jake Pehrson
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 5:51pm
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SQL should be much faster. The only thing nice about Access is it was very portable. ------------- Jake Pehrson Murray http://coralplanet.com" rel="nofollow - coralplanet.com http://utahbeeranch.com" rel="nofollow - :) |
fj40fax wrote:Posted By: Turbo Snail
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 9:31pm
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That makes sense. Didn't know you were running Access. I'm sure a SQL database things will be much faster. I don't want anyone to misinterpret what I'm trying to say here. I think the site is great and I'm thankful for all of your hard work. You deserve much kudos!! I'm sure your "To Do" list is a continual growing list which will never be accomplished......much like mine. Just food for thought when an opportunity arrises for an upgrade. Thanks for all that you do. TurboSnail |
Posted By: smatney
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:21pm
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Hmmm - makes me wonder what the back end looks like? How normalized is it? I can see how access getting large could slow things down. Is oracle too pricey? ------------- Susan Matney Farmington, UT |
Posted By: Xacttech
Date Posted: March 31 2005 at 11:37pm
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Whoa... access eh?
Jake are you familiar with Mambo? It's free, and extremely powerful. I recommend taking a look at it... For an example of a site that uses it. My buddy useses it: eliterides.com Let me know if you have any questions about it, and I'll get you in contact with m y buddy. |
Posted By: Jake Pehrson
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 10:53am
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It is extremely common to use access for the backend for lower traffic web sites. I will be moving the database to a MS-SQL as soon as I get time. Xacttech, I am familiar with Mambo, and have used it in the past. It is very clean, and powerful, but it would take a lot of work to switch it out. Switching the message board to SQL will be fairly quick. Moving the entire site would take some time, but is something I would consider doing in the future. ------------- Jake Pehrson Murray http://coralplanet.com" rel="nofollow - coralplanet.com http://utahbeeranch.com" rel="nofollow - :) |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: April 01 2005 at 11:30am
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Jake- Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: jordanh
Date Posted: May 24 2005 at 11:20pm
| Hey, do you need any help with this stuff? I'm a professional programmer and have done quite a bit of stuff with SQL and web pages; I'm not sure how much time I could donate, or if you could even use any help, but just let me know. |
Posted By: jordanh
Date Posted: May 28 2005 at 1:49am
| Where is Jake? Looks like he hasn't been on for about a week; I pm'd him about getting my status changed to member but he hasn't been on since I sent the message. |
Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: May 28 2005 at 8:07am
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He is at a Jedi training camp for 3 more days. I'll switch over your account right now. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |
Posted By: jordanh
Date Posted: May 28 2005 at 10:27am
| Sweet, thanks Adam! |