View Poll Results: If we cannot have the site fast with the "My Scooby" feature, We should;
Keep the feature anyway and have a slower site.
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Delete the feature and choose site speed.
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04 March 2009, 10:32 AM
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We are having to deal with new coding in new templates now, so systems that once worked fine may not work so fine anymore, its all one big lottery. LOL
04 March 2009, 10:35 AM
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Voted to drop it.
There isn't a bugeye wagon anyway - so my car isn't provided for as it currently stands.
The addition of personal avatars really replaces them - as those people who still want the car logo can use that for their avatar if they want.
There isn't a bugeye wagon anyway - so my car isn't provided for as it currently stands.
The addition of personal avatars really replaces them - as those people who still want the car logo can use that for their avatar if they want.
site runs A1 for me, ads blocked, only have SN banner, A-Plan and Scooby Sprint ad visible. As for having to scroll, it hardly hard work is it
04 March 2009, 11:11 AM
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Can we not get rid of all the avatars and logos.
This site is looking cheaper than the local chav cars.
Will be able to have our username in different colours that flash next.
This site is looking cheaper than the local chav cars.
Will be able to have our username in different colours that flash next.
04 March 2009, 12:01 PM
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I'm sure it's been mentioned already, I haven't read through the whole thread! Yes I know, bad!
Would it be possible to substitute the picture for a textual version? It's quite handy knowing what car the posters have, especially when diagnosing a problem.
Would it be possible to substitute the picture for a textual version? It's quite handy knowing what car the posters have, especially when diagnosing a problem.
04 March 2009, 12:16 PM
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I explicitly set the options in my control panel to not display the My Scooby pictures as I knew they'd slow things down when loading a page, and unlike when you view a picture heavy thread, so it's a one-off hit, the My Scooby pictures would be loaded on every thread you view.
I'd say if it's causing speed issues then ditch it. Yes, it's a nice idea, but I'd rather have faster load times over a picture of the scoob. Perhaps an alternative might be to have an extra textual profile field where you can enter your model (or have a list and the ability to select "other" and enter a value of your choosing). I'd assume that would be quicker to render than an image?
I'd say if it's causing speed issues then ditch it. Yes, it's a nice idea, but I'd rather have faster load times over a picture of the scoob. Perhaps an alternative might be to have an extra textual profile field where you can enter your model (or have a list and the ability to select "other" and enter a value of your choosing). I'd assume that would be quicker to render than an image?
04 March 2009, 12:56 PM
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I voted to ditch them, although they are quite useful at quickly seeing what type of car/colour the poster has. Having said that I have model logo turned off and it still appears.
04 March 2009, 01:11 PM
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Its not the GIF's that cause the issue's really its the fact that there is a lot more code to be processed and database work per page as the system hunts down your choices and applies the correct items to your profile for every post. 20x per page. Not always in the most efficient manner.
Although I would have thought the field for the gif file is just held in the user record which is looped anyway so there should only be an extra line of code per user.
But if its allegedly slowing the site down then I'm happy to not have them.
04 March 2009, 01:14 PM
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Scoobychicks animated avatar (20kb). If we all had animated avatars im guessing the site would grind to a halt?
I dont see how they can slow the site down that much but im willing to trial it but i think if we are penny pinching on bandwidth then animated avatars should definately be ditched too.
I dont see how they can slow the site down that much but im willing to trial it but i think if we are penny pinching on bandwidth then animated avatars should definately be ditched too.
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04 March 2009, 01:24 PM
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Scoobychicks animated avatar (20kb). If we all had animated avatars im guessing the site would grind to a halt?
I dont see how they can slow the site down that much but im willing to trial it but i think if we are penny pinching on bandwidth then animated avatars should definately be ditched too.
I dont see how they can slow the site down that much but im willing to trial it but i think if we are penny pinching on bandwidth then animated avatars should definately be ditched too.
Internet Brands have much bigger servers that are able to cope with avatars etc, it's the cartoon pics that are slowing the site down for the reasons that Stu explained above
04 March 2009, 01:41 PM
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They changed it last night so we can.
04 March 2009, 02:08 PM
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04 March 2009, 08:07 PM
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Let the techy guys know there's only one line of code that can be causing a performance issue :
They should replace that with something much simpler like
In other words, "build the html in the code without having to eval the template".
If this is done, it should remove anything that could be causing a slow down.
Unless I've forgotten something, of course.
Feel free to get them to email me re this if you like.
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Let the techy guys know there's only one line of code that can be causing a performance issue :
Code:
eval('$scooby_avatar .= "' . fetch_template('scooby_avatar') . '";');
Code:
$scooby_avatar .= "AVATAR HTML HERE";
If this is done, it should remove anything that could be causing a slow down.
Unless I've forgotten something, of course.
Feel free to get them to email me re this if you like.
Simon
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