pauses in the admin section

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Hmm, very professional website at DFG and they seem to have covered all of the bases. Actually I was impressed with the website.

I have had trouble with installs of RN due to data packets getting corrupt during upload. I always re-uploaded the files and that fixed the problem. If you haven't already, try to upload the root files again. Who knows that may solve your problem. I hope it does. Smile

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:39 am

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Susann, How do you set the editor to 0?
That FCKEDITOR is really slowing things down....

Open rnconfig.php and change the setting there.

Upload the files again.Its also a good idea.

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:41 am

Tired re-uploading root files. No change.

Turned off fckeditor, still getting pause when entering Admin area of the site initially.

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:00 am

OKAY. If someone wants to try my site, here is the addy: [ Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login! ]

I am noticing a pattern. If I go to the main page initially, it loads really fast. Then, if I hit REFRESH in my browser(IE or FF), it takes FOREVER to load.
Can anyone else try it and see if you get the same result?

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:03 am

Just tried it...loaded perfectly for me. max time about 3 seconds. I then went through your entire navigation list loading all pages, all loaded extremely fast.

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:10 am

killing-hours wrote:

Just tried it...loaded perfectly for me. max time about 3 seconds. I then went through your entire navigation list loading all pages, all loaded extremely fast.

Yep, it loads fast for me too now, even when I hit refresh...WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON!? I'm losing it!!

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:19 am

Starting to lend itself to a network problem. The only precise way to trouble shoot this is to have two separate networks trying to access your site at the INSTANT you see it on the one you normally see it on.

I.e. Have a friend or someone hit the site from a different network the instant you see it on the one you currently use. (assuming you're at home... have someone from work or somewhere else hit the same pages in the same fashion the moment you see it happening) If it happens on BOTH networks.... you can narrow it back to the Hosting. If it only happens on one network but not the other... then it points back to the network in which you see it on.

That is where I'd begin... then you could run a ping/tracert to it to see the response times to your site ect. Do it under "normal" conditions.... then, as soon as you see things going haywire again... run ping/tracert and see if it gives you higher ping times ect.

Seems really odd. Intermittent issues are such p.i.t.a's.

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:27 am

I give up.

I'm going to move the site back to my home Linux server.

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:45 pm

WOW! Your site is beautiful! I simply could not believe it when I got there. I, like others, had no problem with your graphic heavy website. I noticed a (kinda) slow page load time on the videos page, but that's to be expected (Page Generation: 13.4 Seconds). I also compared your site to some of the large news sites out there and your load time was faster than their's.

When you re-uploaded the root files did you include the admin and includes folders and is your FTP running normally?

I would not recommend putting your website on a home server due to security. Hackers can walk right through firewalls, etc... I say this through experience (PhD., 35 years as a Network Engineer) and I've seen it all...

Maybe have your phone company flush your line. They can pick up on problems, if there are any, and at least solve/eliminate that mystery.

I'm leaning toward the idea that it may be a corrupt file in either the admin or includes files.

Don't give up this can be solved because there are tons of people here in the community who will go the extra mile for you! Very Happy

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:39 pm

I have been banned without seeing your site. Please remove IP 85.177.109.127.

Personally, I would rerun the serverEnvironement check from the Installation folder and see if there is everything okay..Also you could deactivate some more modules (step by step) to find out more or not.
With similar issues a time ago I moved my site to an other host and afterthat all was fine.
Good luck !

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:59 pm

papamike wrote:

WOW! Your site is beautiful! I simply could not believe it when I got there. I, like others, had no problem with your graphic heavy website. I noticed a (kinda) slow page load time on the videos page, but that's to be expected (Page Generation: 13.4 Seconds). I also compared your site to some of the large news sites out there and your load time was faster than their's.

When you re-uploaded the root files did you include the admin and includes folders and is your FTP running normally?

I would not recommend putting your website on a home server due to security. Hackers can walk right through firewalls, etc... I say this through experience (PhD., 35 years as a Network Engineer) and I've seen it all...

Maybe have your phone company flush your line. They can pick up on problems, if there are any, and at least solve/eliminate that mystery.

I'm leaning toward the idea that it may be a corrupt file in either the admin or includes files.

Don't give up this can be solved because there are tons of people here in the community who will go the extra mile for you! Very Happy

Thanks for the compliment. I don't know if I was going for "beautiful" but, believe it or not, you are actually the first person ever to compliment it. It took me a really long time to get it to look like that. Lot's of modding the iCGStation theme.

You probably accessed the site since I moved it back to my home server, hence the good page loads. All I had to do was change a CNAME to an A record and point the domain name to my outside IP(the change was almost instant). I keep an exact copy locally for that very reason and as a backup. I can always point it back to DFG Hosting if you think I should keep plugging away at it?? I currently have barefootski.net pointing back to DFG Hosting package and still loading slow at times. Especially when entering the Admin area and whenever I try to refresh a page. My main domain, barefootski.com is pointing to my home server for now until I can figure this mess out. I've also re-uploaded all admin/includes and root files. I use Filezilla and have for years.

I actually ran it from my home server for almost 5 years without a problem. Running CentOS 5.4 with apache, PHP 5.2 etc. Selinux is running as is iptables and so on. I don't allow access on ports 25(ssh) or other common ports. I actually change listening ports like those to uncommon numbers. Since making those types of little changes, my server logs show literally no hits from malicious sources.

My ISP is Comcast and I don't have a "land line" to flush per-say. I have had issues with Comcast, but as I stated before, when my site is bogging down, I immediately try other sites and they load fine while mine just sits there.

@Susann...The ban was not permanent. I don't see your IP banned in Nuke Sentinel. I only permanently ban for certain things. You might have hit the site in a weird way at the time.
EDIT: Susann, I had a range blocked that you fell in. You should be unblocked now.

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:34 pm

Susann, server Environment check came back with this: Everything else looked good.

Directive Recommended Actual
Safe Mode OFF OFF
Display Errors ON OFF
File Uploads ON ON
Magic Quotes GPC ON ON
Magic Quotes Runtime OFF OFF
Register Globals OFF OFF
Output Buffering ON OFF
Session auto start OFF OFF

Also, how do I get that silly error_log file to stop being created and populated?? I have display errors OFF in config and rnconfig errors set to default.

Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:15 pm

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You probably accessed the site since I moved it back to my home server, hence the good page loads. All I had to do was change a CNAME to an A record and point the domain name to my outside IP(the change was almost instant). I keep an exact copy locally for that very reason and as a backup. I can always point it back to DFG Hosting if you think I should keep plugging away at it?? I currently have barefootski.net pointing back to DFG Hosting package and still loading slow at times. Especially when entering the Admin area and whenever I try to refresh a page. My main domain, barefootski.com is pointing to my home server for now until I can figure this mess out. I've also re-uploaded all admin/includes and root files. I use Filezilla and have for years.

I actually ran it from my home server for almost 5 years without a problem. Running CentOS 5.4 with apache, PHP 5.2 etc. Selinux is running as is iptables and so on. I don't allow access on ports 25(ssh) or other common ports. I actually change listening ports like those to uncommon numbers. Since making those types of little changes, my server logs show literally no hits from malicious sources.

My ISP is Comcast and I don't have a "land line" to flush per-say. I have had issues with Comcast, but as I stated before, when my site is bogging down, I immediately try other sites and they load fine while mine just sits there.

Ahh, good ole Filezilla. I've had it since Columbus landed at Plymouth Rock Smile

Sounds like you have things set up well for your home server, you're one that can speak of it logically. I like the idea of the switch you created back to GFX. I read their site in depth and was pretty impressed with what I read and saw. All of the separate add-on's (forums, etc..) are seamlessly integrated, a positive sign. I myself would sign on with that host. Problems can be worked through, but you may have done the best thing by moving it to your home server. When you start messing with stuff too much you run the chance of really messing stuff up.

But, I think you are knowledgeable enough to keep things sorted out. Don't get frustrated about it, slow and methodical always works in the end.

Oh, I was just wondering why you re-install your desktop every year?

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:59 am

papamike wrote:

Oh, I was just wondering why you re-install your desktop every year?

It's Windows..need I say more Razz

. Actually, I like the feel of a fresh install of Windows once in a while. That OS tends to start getting boggy after a while with all the junk that is loaded after time. Plus, I've been an IT tech for about 20 years now and it sort of has turned into a habit.

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:04 am

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Also, how do I get that silly error_log file to stop being created and populated?? I have display errors OFF in config and rnconfig errors set to default.

Usually with loglevel = 0 in rnconfig.php and chmod 644 for dblog its not writeable.
It really can slow sites if this file is too big.

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:18 am

Susann wrote:

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Also, how do I get that silly error_log file to stop being created and populated?? I have display errors OFF in config and rnconfig errors set to default.

Usually with loglevel = 0 in rnconfig.php and chmod 644 for dblog its not writeable.
It really can slow sites if this file is too big.

Then I'm not sure what is going on with this new error_log file in my root directory. Every time I delete it then access the site, it gets recreated. Could it be something my host has turned on and nothing to do with RN?

EDIT: I just checked and it is being created by my host. I'm going to see if it can be turned off as it is getting pretty big with all the deprecated errors I'm getting since moving the site to php5

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 7:14 am

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That OS tends to start getting boggy after a while with all the junk that is loaded after time. Plus, I've been an IT tech for about 20 years now and it sort of has turned into a habit.

Yep, old habits are hard to break. Smile

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:33 pm

myrtletrees wrote:

Susann wrote:

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Also, how do I get that silly error_log file to stop being created and populated?? I have display errors OFF in config and rnconfig errors set to default.

Usually with loglevel = 0 in rnconfig.php and chmod 644 for dblog its not writeable.
It really can slow sites if this file is too big.

Then I'm not sure what is going on with this new error_log file in my root directory. Every time I delete it then access the site, it gets recreated. Could it be something my host has turned on and nothing to do with RN?

EDIT: I just checked and it is being created by my host. I'm going to see if it can be turned off as it is getting pretty big with all the deprecated errors I'm getting since moving the site to php5

Checked with my host and it is a log file THEY create and they wont turn it off for server purposes. In lieu of that I simply created a cron job on my web host to delete that file every once in a while. Works for me.

Can any of you check my site now? The barefootski.com domain, and tell me if it loads fine for you?

FYI: I have the barefootski.net domain still pointing to my DFG web hosting account and I am seeing a pattern to the "slowness".

If I enter the Admin area, it slows down initially, then if I go to other areas of the site it is pretty much fine until I hit REFRESH, then it REALLY bogs down. Again, this is ONLY after I enter the Admin area. Otherwise the site loads fine and refreshing pages is fine.

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:38 pm

barefootski.com is loading very fast for me. Everything looks great....

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 3:19 pm

Loads good for me too. Are you sure that you don't have a virus or root kit?

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:26 pm

papamike wrote:

Loads good for me too. Are you sure that you don't have a virus or root kit?

Yup, I have a roto rooter kit and a virus that mostly attacks Linux OS's and a thing they call the "green bean" effect. However, I think other than that, my server is doing OK. Rolling Eyes

EDIT: So after testing, I would have to say, there must be something going on with my web host that is causing this "pausing/slowness effect".

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:41 pm

Well for sure you're sharp on the issues, and good at tracking things down. At least you have your home server up and running and have a good backup system, thanks to your IT knowledge. Smile