Author Topic: CathInfo online again! (Read 1168 times)

Matthew · « **on:** March 21, 2013, 02:58:02 PM »

We experienced the same problem we had last September: the website was too CPU-intensive. That means the site was so complex in what it does, that it takes up too much computing power on the Internet server CathInfo lives on.

Whatever I have to trim (older PMs, older "Likes/Dislikes", votes on older Polls, ignores, topic "ratings", etc.) and whatever features I have to disable (showing the likes/dislikes for each user, etc.) I will have to do.

Because the one thing I'm not going to do is mess with the core functionality of CathInfo -- what all of us are here for -- which is reading and posting.

The Posts database is never touched. I want to have a complete collection of all posts going back to 2006.

Matthew · « **Reply #1 on:** March 21, 2013, 03:05:29 PM »

Once again, I had to delete all PMs before a certain date so that I'm not archiving outdated chatter. When the PM screen is loaded, it has to load the title of EACH PM that you've received -- since forever.

So the larger the PM database, the more computer power it takes to produce that little screen you see when you click "Messenger".

Long story short: If someone gave you a killer recipe, or a great list of links to pictures of cats asking for cheeseburgers, or anything else you don't want to lose -- just print them off, or save them to a Word docuмent or text file.

I do appreciate everyone's support (clicking on the Amazon.com banner before you purchase something there), but to be honest there's just not enough support for me to spend lots of money on web hosting.

Most people like to enjoy their Internet sites free of charge, and I respect that. So I have to keep CathInfo lean & mean so I can survive on the current level of support.

I'm making the choice that I believe my "customers" want.

MyrnaM · « **Reply #2 on:** March 21, 2013, 03:09:34 PM »

And here I thought I was banned!

ServusSpiritusSancti · « **Reply #3 on:** March 21, 2013, 03:13:24 PM »

Glad CatholicInfo is back up!

Thank you, Matthew.

RomanCatholic1953 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 21, 2013, 06:49:41 PM »

Regretting that the accuмulations of likers-critics have been obliterated.
We have to start all over again.
At lease when you are a new member, you get an automatic ten liker
points.

MyrnaM · « **Reply #5 on:** March 21, 2013, 07:31:40 PM »

There RomanCatholic 53, I like you, now you have one.

Matthew · « **Reply #6 on:** March 21, 2013, 07:45:11 PM »

Quote from: RomanCatholic1953

Regretting that the accuмulations of likers-critics have been obliterated.
We have to start all over again.
At lease when you are a new member, you get an automatic ten liker
points.

Actually, you have over 400 rep score. Your REP SCORE starts out at 10.

You start out with 0 "likers".

The "Likers" is quite transitory -- it's the Rep score that is always permanent and never gets reset.

AlligatorDicax · « **Reply #7 on:** March 24, 2013, 09:00:42 PM »

Quote from: Matthew (Mar 21, 2013, 3:58 pm)

[...] the one thing I'm not going to do is mess with the core functionality of CathInfo -- what all of us are here for -- which is reading and posting.

I strongly agree that those are the proper priorities for CathInfo.

Quote from: Matthew (concluded)

The Posts database is never touched. I want to have a complete collection of all posts going back to 2006.

I also strongly agree with that priority.

I've long been amazed at the highly affluent or profitable organizational or corporate sites that think it's OK to delete articles or technical information that are unique sources for the content they provide, e.g.: local news-media coverage of local events that stimulate national--or international--interest, or earlier models or versions of a manufacturer's own computer hardware or software. Or fail to have a page-not-found handler that can retrieve an article after it's been moved from breaking-news or current articles into an archive. I'll accept a reasonable amount of extra time, if they need it: I remember archiving being routinely done on mainframes via reels of magnetic tape. So I'd be willing to wait; it sure beats being left with nothing. Much of the time, the only essential content is the text, which uses far less space than a single one of the generic stock-photos or stock-illustrations that seems to be considered necessary for decorating many Web-pages.

I'm especially pleased that you have not bought into the buzz-phrase "integration with social media", whose practical impact, from sites that have, is causing Web pages to take nearly forever to load, because they're contacting individual social-media sites to count 'likes' and display 'track-backs', regardless of whether an individual Web-surfer uses the social-media site, or not, by querying multiple (commercial-enterprise) servers that are wretchedly sluggish (whose performance might be neglected, perhaps, because they don't serve advertising and thus don't produce revenue, hmmm?).

So thank you greatly for all your work in building CathInfo and keeping it running, all without displaying the dictatorial kind of attitude that you'd arguably be entitled to.

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #8 on:** March 25, 2013, 12:00:58 AM »

Quote from: AlligatorDicax

Quote from: Matthew (Mar 21, 2013, 3:58 pm)
[...] the one thing I'm not going to do is mess with the core functionality of CathInfo -- what all of us are here for -- which is reading and posting.

I strongly agree that those are the proper priorities for CathInfo.

Quote from: Matthew (concluded)
The Posts database is never touched. I want to have a complete collection of all posts going back to 2006.

I also strongly agree with that priority.

I've long been amazed at the highly affluent or profitable organizational or corporate sites that think it's OK to delete articles or technical information that are unique sources for the content they provide, e.g.: local news-media coverage of local events that stimulate national--or international--interest, or earlier models or versions of a manufacturer's own computer hardware or software. Or fail to have a page-not-found handler that can retrieve an article after it's been moved from breaking-news or current articles into an archive. I'll accept a reasonable amount of extra time, if they need it: I remember archiving being routinely done on mainframes via reels of magnetic tape. So I'd be willing to wait; it sure beats being left with nothing. Much of the time, the only essential content is the text, which uses far less space than a single one of the generic stock-photos or stock-illustrations that seems to be considered necessary for decorating many Web-pages.

I'm especially pleased that you have not bought into the buzz-phrase "integration with social media", whose practical impact, from sites that have, is causing Web pages to take nearly forever to load, because they're contacting individual social-media sites to count 'likes' and display 'track-backs', regardless of whether an individual Web-surfer uses the social-media site, or not, by querying multiple (commercial-enterprise) servers that are wretchedly sluggish (whose performance might be neglected, perhaps, because they don't serve advertising and thus don't produce revenue, hmmm?).

So thank you greatly for all your work in building CathInfo and keeping it running, all without displaying the dictatorial kind of attitude that you'd arguably be entitled to.

AlligatorDicax had to come up for air! HAHAHAHAHA

ServusSpiritusSancti · « **Reply #9 on:** March 25, 2013, 02:30:42 PM »

Glad CatholicInfo is back up again after that downtime earlier today. :)