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TV Forum - 83% slower than the rest of the Internet

(December 2005)

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SP
Sput
Equidem posted:
I run a forum thanks very much, and it's a hell of a lot quicker than this one.


Yes, but that'll be because no-one uses it.
DJ
disco james
good one Sput Laughing
DJ
disco james
Equidem if you dont like this forum why dont you p**s off and go back to your own forum.
MA
Matrix
disco james posted:
Equidem if you dont like this forum why dont you p**s off and go back to your own forum.


Ohh, watch it, my lippy's in that handbag.

Fair point though, it's a free site and if your not happy then don't use it. Asa's not forcing you...Is he?
HA
harshy Founding member
It dosen't seem slow today though, remember Asa dosen't get paid for doing TV Forum, so we have to appreciate the work in providing this facility to us television presentation anoraks, it's really hard to get phpBB to like this you know! Wink
MA
Matrix
harshy posted:
It dosen't seem slow today though, remember Asa dosen't get paid for doing TV Forum, so we have to appreciate the work in providing this facility to us television presentation anoraks, it's really hard to get phpBB to like this you know! Wink


Umm. Really important point. TV Forum cost's money and I'm certainly very grateful for a place like this.

Anorak back over eyes.
PA
pad
I'm sure the ads help Asa quite a bit though. Wink

That said I do agree with an earlier point - I would love him to port us to vBulletin. There is a porting script included with it which allows you to copy all posts, PMs, boards, etc over.

Only thing we'd lose is the layout, but vBulletin is highly customisable.
RT
rts Founding member
pad posted:
I'm sure the ads help Asa quite a bit though. Wink

I could be wrong, but think the advertisments probably only generate enough to keep the site running, and don't think if anything is left over it will be enough to line Asa's pockets for a regular nights out on the piss!

(Although I cannot believe p1ss is censored...)
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
The revenue from ads isn't necessarily that great, and I imagine the hosting cost is fairly high due to bandwidth used.

Personally I prefer InfinateCore Technology to PHPBB. It is going to be publically release within a fortnight and will have additional plugin modules such as home page modules. I know that it's developers have heavily tested it on servers that recieve high traffic, and the bugs they've found have all been fixed. The problem PHPBB has is that it is fairly buggy and fixes keep having to be released, I don't think this site is using the latest PHPBB version.
EQ
Equidem
Sput posted:
Equidem posted:
I run a forum thanks very much, and it's a hell of a lot quicker than this one.


Yes, but that'll be because no-one uses it.


And how would you know?
LO
Londoner
Equidem posted:
disco james posted:
get lost Equidem you great big idiot noone wants you on here.


Charming!

(report this post)

Maybe Sideshow Ed et al have got a point. You're happy to call people "fat virgins" and bandy about all sorts of other insults, but someone calls you a "great big idiot" and you cry foul...

(Mod note: Quote refers to a now removed post, as topic was tidied to remove a 2 user arguement.)
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
* Charlie has a tidy up *

To 'Equidem' and 'Disco James': if you wish to argue between yourselves please save it for the playground and don't hi-jack this thread.

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