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I have double checked the resources on the server and the server is stable at the moment:
load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.09
free 3.5G of RAM
Apache status: 2 requests currently being processed, 98 idle workers
So it does not affect the loading speed. In some cases the server configuration may affect the loading speed of a website, but it mainly depends on the architecture of the website, and its compatibility with the server configuration. As we are not familiar with the structure of your website, we recommend contacting vBulletin support or your developer to get the list of server specs, that are the most suitable for your forum.
Meanwhile I checked the website with GTmetrix and here is a report: https://gtmetrix.com/reports/thepowderblues.com/7WTpML8N
You can navigate to "YSlow" tab to check what points can be improved for better website optimization.
If you have any additional questions in regard to this matter, feel free to update this ticket.
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I have double checked the resources on the server and the server is stable at the moment:
load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.09
free 3.5G of RAM
Apache status: 2 requests currently being processed, 98 idle workers
So it does not affect the loading speed. In some cases the server configuration may affect the loading speed of a website, but it mainly depends on the architecture of the website, and its compatibility with the server configuration. As we are not familiar with the structure of your website, we recommend contacting vBulletin support or your developer to get the list of server specs, that are the most suitable for your forum.
Meanwhile I checked the website with GTmetrix and here is a report: https://gtmetrix.com/reports/thepowderblues.com/7WTpML8N
You can navigate to "YSlow" tab to check what points can be improved for better website optimization.
If you have any additional questions in regard to this matter, feel free to update this ticket.
Yslow tells you nothing of any great value. vBulletin is installed on thousands of servers worldwide without issue, it doesn't need optimising to run on one server, the server needs configuring properly and that is the host's job. Either that or it has insufficient resources. Which is also common.
At the risk of repeating myself though, you need to get those three queries run before anybody does anything else.MARK.B
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Some of the items on the YSLOW report are not current issues with speed on a properly configured server. An example would be Cookie-less domains. Some are external scripts (Google Fonts is an example) that we have no control over.
One the number of DOM Elements goes back to my first statement on showing all of the images in the two modules at the bottom. Each image creates a connection to the server and adds latency. You could also optimize your custom images to work better with the network.
If you look at the report for vBulletin.com/forum you will see it does much better in the PageSpeed area - https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.vbulletin.com/HuMeOOqX
If you run the report with the default style enabled for guests, what does it look like?
If you don't want to convert your live site to the default style, create a development install in a subdomain (i.e. dev.thepowderblues.com) and use it for testing. Probably the best approach anyway.Last edited by Wayne Luke; Wed 25 Apr '18, 4:10pm.Translations provided by Google.
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Thanks guys. Maybe i will just remove the plug in for the recent visitors. But even still im surprised that a dedicated server is having problems loading pictures. The host did say they have zero server resources loaded. So i think it can be optimized once i tell them what they need. Ill just wait for Glenn to do the 3 queries and see what happens.
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The server isn't the only thing that determines how fast a page loads. Each element on the page requires a connection over the network from the user's browser. Each one of those connections cause the page to load slower due to latency. Nothing is instant.Translations provided by Google.
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Most likely a cache issue then. You should talk with your hosting provider and see if they can install Memcached on your server. Once that is installed and you have the IP Address and Port from the service provider, we can tell you how to configure vBulletin to use it. It has more performance over the database caching system.
Learning how to run basic queries using a tool like PHPMyAdmin or Adminer will also provide benefits to running a site on your own dedicated server. Then you do not need to rely on others to do this for you.
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