Vbulletin

[sims4you]

I have vbulletin forum on my site

its been going very slow, not sure if its the server or just in general

is there anyway that i can speed it up ?, i have quite a few hacks will that slow it down ?

cheers
dan

[Cirtex Admin]

Hi

One tip is to login to AdminCP and Optimize all MySQL Tables for Database.
Also try to uninstall some unnecessary addons/mods for vbulletin as they will slow things down in general.

Cheers

[Gilead]

You could also try the template compressor mod. That will decrease your loading times. I noticed you run Flashchat, if users don't log out that can contribute to your problems.

As far as your other mods I don't see anything that would really cause slow loading times. I'd keep an eye on ajax mods that display their content in posts though (Thanks/Hide mods). That can slow you down if you get 20+ users trying to access pages of your board.

I run a vb forum on another shared host and right now we have about 5000 members with between 15-50 active at any one time. It can get very slow and we'll need a vps or dedi soon. If you're planning on your forum growing that's something to keep in mind.

[sims4you]

Thanks admin

You could also try the template compressor mod. That will decrease your loading times. I noticed you run Flashchat, if users don't log out that can contribute to your problems.

As far as your other mods I don't see anything that would really cause slow loading times. I'd keep an eye on ajax mods that display their content in posts though (Thanks/Hide mods). That can slow you down if you get 20+ users trying to access pages of your board.

I run a vb forum on another shared host and right now we have about 5000 members with between 15-50 active at any one time. It can get very slow and we'll need a vps or dedi soon. If you're planning on your forum growing that's something to keep in mind.

Im going to get rid of the flashchat i think, its pointless having at this stage, can you tell me how to compress the template (is it cache or something) ? thanks for all the advice

EDIT : Just deleted some unused tables in the database and its working a bit faster, so i just need to do the compression of the template :D

cheers
dan

[Gilead]

It's a mod. I think its Hellcat's Page compressor or something along those lines.

[sims4you]

thanks, ive downloaded it and will be doing it later on :D

rather than starting a new thread how do i stop spam bots gettin on my site and posting, i keep gettin porno sites being posted and its really annoying

cheers
dan

[Gilead]

I think your best bet is to stick to the vbulletin forums for support related to things like that. To stop spam you have to enable the image verification on signup. I don't remember the exact location in the admincp but it's in the vbulletin options section.

[InfoMatrix]

hey what server are you on? your server seems good. i had vb installed on kitty server it was very slow so i switeched to phpbb. :(

[sims4you]

pft, my server seems slow for me and my members, maybe its jst a UK thing

im on lucky

[Cirtex Joshua]

sims is on Lucky

Sims, I love the flash integrated on the front page.

[sims4you]

sims is on Lucky

Sims, I love the flash integrated on the front page.

thank you, i did it in swish max

[Gilead]

hey what server are you on? your server seems good. i had vb installed on kitty server it was very slow so i switeched to phpbb. :(

VB should for the most part be Faster then phpbb.