Howdy all. I’ve been working to improve the speed and load times of the site for the last couple of days. The difference you experience will be more drastic if you live far away from the server’s physical location in Los Angles. Please let me know if you notice the site being any faster or slower.
Something more tangible you should notice is the expanded comment section. You can now vote up or down comments, show more comments, share them, and even edit them if you make a mistake. You can edit your comment within one day of posting it. I was also looking to add optional features of getting email notifications to your comment replies, although this hasn’t been fully debugged yet. Maybe that feature will come soon.
One last part of this update is the use of backup servers that will keep the site running in the event that the primary server is down. In the event that the backup severs are needed, some site functionally may not be available, but all content will be view-able.
Some of these features, and possibly more in the near future were thanks to the new Suggestion Box, so feel free to leave a suggestion if you have an idea. You can earn a free subscription if we use it.
It’s been really slow loading in Iowa.
Heck, I can tell a difference even with my crappy internet speeds in mid Georgia USA. Thanks. Especially since I can relate to being a boss, IT staff, educator, Marketing, editor, and other all at the same time. Difficult yes, but you have had an impact. Remember to save some time for you.
What users suggested up voting or down voting? I remember saying something like that before the feature went live.
it made the videos for tablets/smartphone really fluid, I appreciate it !
Its awesome to know my suggestions changed the website!
Maybe get a smaller server in Europe that can act as a backup and yet help the site in the speed? I know money is an issue…
Money’s not an issue, and like I said there are backup servers now, and CDN to give people outside of the US much faster speeds.
These new features are great new for us members. I love this site already so as it gets better I’ll enjoy it more.
Coming from EU I can confirm there’s a big difference.
Awesome!