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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: atlas3686 on Fri, 07 November 2014, 00:17:41

Title: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: atlas3686 on Fri, 07 November 2014, 00:17:41
Hey Guys,

So Geekhack is only half loading at work, just the top part of the site, none of the pages load the whole page. Can't find any other sites that do this and can't exactly ask IT to fix my keyboard forum  :D
Anyone have any ideas?

Screenshot:
(https://i.imgur.com/MDLOvxt.png)
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: nubbinator on Fri, 07 November 2014, 00:18:53
Using IE?  I get that problem sometimes when I check it at work.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: swathe on Fri, 07 November 2014, 00:23:17
A few people in IRC have been reporting issues, but has been working fine for me.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: bueller on Fri, 07 November 2014, 00:25:01
Been having the same problem in Chrome.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: singaporean123 on Fri, 07 November 2014, 00:25:36
same issue on chrome.

is geekhack really low on funds or something?

double posting, timing out, half screen...man
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: atlas3686 on Fri, 07 November 2014, 00:35:42
Sorry should have given a little more info, all browsers tested, they all do it. resolved itself yesterday for about an hour and the started doing it again. Have to refresh tons of times just to get it to load enough to see the post button :) Only happens on the work connection, not on my phone or home. Nothing else is doing anything similar though. 

(also apologies for the triple post here, was getting an error)

Oh works through TOR but don't like logging into sites without HTTPS on TOR.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: tp4tissue on Fri, 07 November 2014, 00:52:34
prolly adblock or someting..
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: FrostyToast on Fri, 07 November 2014, 00:53:56
prolly adblock or someting..

This happens on my phone when on a bad network or using LTE. So, it probably isn't ad block
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: Michael on Fri, 07 November 2014, 00:54:37
It's not you, it's geekhack's poor DB performance issues. It happens in all my browsers, on all of my devices. It's 100% GH
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: trizkut on Fri, 07 November 2014, 01:07:24
It's not you, it's SMF's poor DB performance issues. It happens in all my browsers, on all of my devices. It's 100% SMF

FTFY.   I don't know why any large forum in the past 10 years would use anything other than IPB or Vbulletin.  I haven't personally used Xenforo, but I hear it's been highly regarded as of late.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: naasfu on Fri, 07 November 2014, 01:17:33
Yeah, I've been getting the same thing this week for GH at work, and this happened in the past when the site was having issues.  My guess is that the GH site is taking a bit too long to serve up the page, and our work proxies are timing out and truncating the responses.

My workaround has been to use the downlevel mobile version.  Tack on ";wap2" onto the end of the url.  No images unfortunately.  Reducing the number of posts per page might help too.  I haven't tried that out yet.

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=65344.new;wap2
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: theteam on Fri, 07 November 2014, 01:45:47
only happen to my when i'm using my phone, pc is fine
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: Distilled on Fri, 07 November 2014, 01:47:32
This only happens to me at work. Phone and home is no dramas.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 07 November 2014, 02:17:31
I changed the default number of posts per page to the forum default settings and pages are loading now that weren't before.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: noisyturtle on Fri, 07 November 2014, 02:29:49
Fine on phone. Broken everywhere else.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: atlas3686 on Fri, 07 November 2014, 04:49:50
Thanks guys, at least I know it's not just me :) so frustrating, I can't get my KB fix. Using the wap2 trick now thanks Naasfu.
Will try reducing the number of posts displayed per page too.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: rowdy on Fri, 07 November 2014, 05:00:22
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=65215.0

And various similar report from this post onwards: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=33106.msg1522569#msg1522569
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: vivalarevolución on Fri, 07 November 2014, 12:07:58
I thought I was the only one and it was related my security settings or something.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: ninjadoc on Fri, 07 November 2014, 12:12:47
I've had the same problem, especially on my iPad.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: Michaela on Fri, 07 November 2014, 12:27:49
Happened to me on my iPad too.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: Touch_It on Fri, 07 November 2014, 12:31:32
Usually when I have issues like this I clear my browsing history, cookies, etc. and it resolves the issue but It does not sound like it is the case here.  My main issue is that when I try to start threads it sits forever, then errors out.  I'd chalk these issues up to the website itself :(.

Edit, also probably related lots of pictures will only load half-way for me.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: dustinhxc on Fri, 07 November 2014, 13:30:33
This happens to me when I'm on LTE not Wifi.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: paicrai on Fri, 07 November 2014, 13:50:34
never seen this happen wtf you dingbats
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: 0100010 on Fri, 07 November 2014, 20:04:57
I changed the default number of posts per page to the forum default settings and pages are loading now that weren't before.

What are you set to?  I have this problem all the time, and I have each page set to show 50 posts.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: rafomalave on Sat, 08 November 2014, 12:21:38
I have a few issues on Firefox and my phone loading images
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: Lurch on Sat, 08 November 2014, 12:21:56
I just want to see the beard thread :(
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: Sygaldry on Sat, 08 November 2014, 12:35:56
I have this problem with Safari on my iPhone.
At home, on both Firefox and Safari, some images only load to 20%.

 :mad: :mad:
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: noisyturtle on Sat, 08 November 2014, 13:19:29
So is this another data loss situation, but pertaining to media? Because tons of pics from any thread older than 2 months in like half bunko now. All those lost clack pics...
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: SpAmRaY on Sat, 08 November 2014, 13:22:30
I changed the default number of posts per page to the forum default settings and pages are loading now that weren't before.

What are you set to?  I have this problem all the time, and I have each page set to show 50 posts.
Try 25 or 30.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: Heliosphere on Sat, 08 November 2014, 17:48:32
I've been having this issue especially with image loading these past couple weeks. PC or phone.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Sat, 08 November 2014, 18:19:40
Dear Geekhack,

Fix your ****.

Sincerely,

The users of Geekhack

P.S. Even if you can't immediately identify the problem, any acknowledgement from the GH staff as to the status of this situation would be greatly appreciated. It's called communication. Thanks.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 08 November 2014, 18:32:08
Dear Geekhack,

Fix your ****.

Sincerely,

The users of Geekhack

P.S. Even if you can't immediately identify the problem, any acknowledgement from the GH staff as to the status of this situation would be greatly appreciated. It's called communication. Thanks.

I did read somewhere that the admins were "working on it".

About a week ago.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 08 November 2014, 20:06:59
why are ya'll so angry.. there's only a bijillion other forums to post stuff on . (http://emoticoner.com/files/emoticons/onion-head/hehe-onion-head-emoticon.gif?1292862507)
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Sat, 08 November 2014, 20:36:51
Dear Geekhack,

Fix your ****.

Sincerely,

The users of Geekhack

P.S. Even if you can't immediately identify the problem, any acknowledgement from the GH staff as to the status of this situation would be greatly appreciated. It's called communication. Thanks.

I did read somewhere that the admins were "working on it".

About a week ago.

Hmm... interesting...

A week ago it didn't seem as though this issue was as wide-spread as it is now.

And considering that it's been a week without a status update, I'd say we're due for one.



IDK... I mean, I've been working in an IT department for one whole week now, and the thing that has been made abundantly clear when dealing with a situation like this is COMMUNICATION. Even if they said the forum is ****ed and has to be shut down, I'd like to at least be informed.
Title: Re: Geekhack only half loading, can't figure out the problem
Post by: MOZ on Sun, 09 November 2014, 14:18:33
It's not you, it's SMF's poor DB performance issues. It happens in all my browsers, on all of my devices. It's 100% SMF

FTFY.   I don't know why any large forum in the past 10 years would use anything other than IPB or Vbulletin.  I haven't personally used Xenforo, but I hear it's been highly regarded as of late.
I've worked to certain extent with all three. XenForo is the best of the lot IMO.

Also, I get this issue on all my devices, in all browsers, I have 50 posts per page, I will try and go to default and see if it fixes the issue. Thanks ray!