We have just added a custom Qcache database optimizer to the forum software. It makes the forum database (mysql query cache) more effective.

The software can now cache approx 40-45% of the most common database requests.

How it works:

Member #1 ask : Give me X topic

First time the query is served from database, and cached

Member #2 ask: Give me same X topic

Mysql is serving second query from cache

And the database doesn't need to do any hard work, as it already have the results cached.

If member #3 post a new message in X topic, the cache for X is lost, as he alters the X topic (Mysql is clever enough to see if something has changed in the database, and drops the cache).

We hope this will improve the speed of browsing the forum. If you notice any improvement, or encounter any problems, please let us know.

Cheers

Pages load up quicker compared to most other websites on my bookmark list. At first I thought it was a good connection.

Much quicker page rendering now

Much quicker page rendering now

i thuoght my connection was fast ,well done george its great .

Much quicker page rendering now

isn't the speed of the page rendering determined by the browsers rendering engine ? that is, client side not server side ?

Much quicker page rendering now

isn't the speed of the page rendering determined by the browsers rendering engine ? that is, client side not server side ?

Some of it, yes, but if the server is slow fetching the pages even the browsers tweaked for maximum speed are left waiting.

Hi,

I would say that this forum was already pretty fast

I think that most of times that this site is slow to display,

it's not because of a slow server,

but because advertisements are heavy and slow

Many times we have to wait for Google Adsens to be loaded

before the part of the page below it can be display...

4 big banners, many in flash, on 1 page : Begin to be too much.

Hopefully, there is "Block advertisements from ..." in FireFox

The best solution for me is to use the "lo-fi" version of this forum :

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/lofiversion/

When my connection is slow, I read the forum using the "lo-fi" forum

and only use the "full" version for reply.