|
Post by prk on Sept 19, 2003 10:34:28 GMT -5
some day you will ache like I ache
|
|
|
Post by silvir on Sept 19, 2003 14:18:26 GMT -5
Why is it that when I start to pixel again pixelation happens to go down? *sigh*, can't really help with getting it back (school, laziness, and having NO clue about forums), but I can say that I have faith in you guys. Keep up the good work.
|
|
|
Post by RyDeFly on Sept 19, 2003 14:31:22 GMT -5
Regarding what Moo of Doom said about the forum color: I like the dark blue! Its easy on the eyes. If the board was white, it would be impossible to see pieces that are composed primarily of dark colors. If the color where to change, I would say keep the same value, but have a different hue.
|
|
|
Post by DarkSword on Sept 19, 2003 14:32:00 GMT -5
how about changing back the page sizes and making it so that if a post gets too close to the bottom it gets auto-bumped?
|
|
|
Post by progFX on Sept 19, 2003 15:09:15 GMT -5
A godo site thats cheap and reliable is www.uh-s.com Check them out im freidns with the owner.
|
|
|
Post by progFX on Sept 19, 2003 15:11:21 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by Noadi on Sept 19, 2003 15:17:59 GMT -5
I like the general blue theme but it's a bit too dark.
White would be far worse than the current color since it would make anything dark look incredible dar which would make details impossible to see.
|
|
|
Post by TheJovian on Sept 19, 2003 16:26:44 GMT -5
I use hostrocket and I'm in the process of switching to a new server because I'm not happy with hostrocket. If FrozenEmu needs all that I think he does, hostrocket isn't going to cut it.
We could always ask for donations from regulars who love the board to help shoulder additional costs if we can't get the board stripped enough to ease up on the bandwidth. Gotta love PayPal.
|
|
|
Post by TheJovian on Sept 19, 2003 16:29:57 GMT -5
d**n no edit...
That is to say I know that no one would want to see pixelation a pay service, but I personally am not opposed to kicking in a little cash here or there to help out and I think there would be others like me who'd consider it. Just an idea...
|
|
|
Post by New forum on Sept 19, 2003 17:07:56 GMT -5
i just joined the board...and personally, i think FrozenEmu is right about the bandwith (sp?) problem because it may take a lot of his money. Surely i think this board was a great idea...because i was kind of really desperate to see some more awesome pixel work. Anyway, nice job Fe on the board, and good luck finding a new one.
|
|
|
Post by Genius329 on Sept 19, 2003 17:09:22 GMT -5
Sorry, but just to let you people know, the post by "New Forum" was by me. Sorry...and if this is spam...sorry aobut that too.
|
|
|
Post by Sirp on Sept 19, 2003 21:34:20 GMT -5
I'm very new to Pixelation, but I just thought I'd make a few comments about the best ways to minimize bandwidth.
Firstly, any comments about reducing database table sizes are mistaken: reducing table sizes is unlikely to help with bandwidth at all, only disk space usage, which apparently isn't a problem. [1] Sure, your database query might scan a table of 10,000 users, but it'll only cost you in bandwidth if you're sending details of those 10,000 users across the wire.
Using the Pareto Principle [2] it is likely that a small number of files account for the majority of bandwidth usage. Any decent web server keeps logs of file requests and usage. I would recommend looking at the web server logs, and seeing which files specifically are taking up all the bandwidth. Then try to optimize those files.
I think it is unlikely, although conceivable, that the small button images are taking up large amounts of bandwidth. These images are both small, and used many times over, so it is highly likely that they are cached on client's machines, and only sent over the network a few times.
-Sirp.
[1] Unless the database resides on a machine remote from the web server, and you pay for traffic between the database server and web server, however I don't think this is the case here.
[2] The Pareto Principle, otherwise known as the '80/20 rule' states that in typical processes, a minority of the inputs account for a majority of the outpouts.
|
|
|
Post by Noadi on Sept 19, 2003 22:14:43 GMT -5
I think having a way for people to donate money if they can would be great.
|
|
|
Post by FrozenEmu on Sept 20, 2003 1:03:20 GMT -5
Heh.. never thought I'd see somebody talking abut the 80/20 rule on an art board. You're absolutely right. The VAST majority of the traffic (strangely enough, right around 80%) comes from 2 files - viewtopic.php and viewforum.php. Most of the traffic is coming from the HTML files that the HTML Processor spits out back to people viewing the board. That's what we're going to be focusing on in the fix.
The graphics do get cached, and they only account for a very small amount (on average, smaller than a single viewtopic.php instance), so those aren't a problem at all.
- FrozenEmu
{edit: I'll never get used to the different code system this thing has. heh}
|
|
|
Post by eghost on Sept 20, 2003 1:57:33 GMT -5
Just dug this up surfing around the net while looking for webserver related utils...Though you might want to take a look at it...I haven't gotten to test it yet but it may be useful... www.jitit.com/Products/HZIP/hzip.html
|
|