JoeUser Maintenance Update

Joe under goes a tune-up

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It's been a busy week.  I've been trying to tie up loose ends on several unfinished projects.  And unfortunately several still remain unfinished. But that is mainly because I have spent much of my time this week cleaning up JoeUser.

As I mentioned earlier this week I implemented a new error tracking system which has been extremely helpful in isolating and fixing bugs.  For those of you who regulary visit JoeUser I am sure you have noticed that the site has been running smoother over the last few days.

But I wasn't just spending time fixing bugs,  I've  also been benchmarking various parts of the code to try and determine what pieces are causing JoeUser to run at a snails pace.  And my efforts are starting to pay off.  I have tweak several sections of code today which has sped things up. 

Granted, the site is still not blazingly fast but it definitely is feeling more peppy than it has been.  At least from my perspective it feels faster.  Please let me know how it feels to you.

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Good work T-Man. The site does appear to be speeding up, but something i have noticed is that under the "my account" section, it doesn't show your user rank anymore.

Also, just a quick question to satifsy my curiosity, what type of database are you using? SQL, Access or other?
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top

Thank you.  That is good news to hear.

Yes, the Rank calculation was removed.  The method we are using to calculate the rank was one of the main errors that was degregating performance.  So until we can tweak that code we have removed the rank from the My Account box.  However, you still can view it under your info pages.  I've got a few ideas and I think I should be able to get the rank back in soon.

Offworld Trading Company
Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
T-Man agree with Erofee...it is considerably faster....well done and keep up the good work. I wish I had known about the rank calculation, I popsted an article this morning which now just shows me as a parnoid jerk...pretty much business as usual then haha
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Excellent work! Things do seem to be faster.

Paul.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Tried on dial up at work, and adsl at home..... both faster!

Thanks T-Man

btw..... degregating??

Wreckless.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
However, you still can view it under your info pages.


My rank says N/A on my page. Is there a reason for that?
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Seems a lot faster to me!
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
It's faster here too.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
It's like initiating warp speed.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top

My rank says N/A on my page. Is there a reason for that?

I have temporarily disabled some of the code for calculating rank as it was one of the major causes for the slowness of the site.  I'm working on revamping that code to make it faster.  I hope to have it up and running again sometime this week.