Trouble viewing new posts

[duraleigh]

After logging in, I prefer to peruse the forum by "view new posts" located on the right hand side of the homepage.

Yesterday and today, when I click "view new posts", I get an error message saying, "Sorry you cannot use the Search function at this time. Please try again later".

Is anyone else experienceing this? If not, I'll try to resolve it on my computer.

 

[PaulR]

I got that too, just now.
--paulr

 

[Guest]

been happening to me on and off this morning.

 

[dattia]

I have also been getting that error all morning.

 

[frustratedpoolmom]

Ditto, me too.

 

[AnnaK]

I have my browser set to load the View New Posts link from the home page directly.

Try this: http://www.troublefreepool.com/search.php?search_id=newposts, see if it works for you.

 

[Butterfly]

Information

Sorry but you cannot use search at this time. Please try again in a few minutes.

Got the message this morn. Signed back on this afternoon and still get the msg.

 

[PaulR]

FWIW--the "view new posts" under the avatar on the "home" page gives me the message, but the "view new posts" under the timestamp just under the Pool School button does work. I prefer the under-the-avatar version of new posts, though.
--paulr

 

[JasonLion]

This weekend, the server load has been peaking higher than it ever has before. The search system, which view new posts uses internally, is disabled when the load on the server exceeds a threshold. This is done so that other more important features, like reading posts, will continue to work correctly.

I have been working on optimizing some of the forum software, to get the server load down. I have also raised the threshold at which search is disabled. That should be enough to get it working again, at least until we get even more popular

 

[dattia]

Works wonderful today...YAY!!!

Thanks for the fix!

 

[Butterfly]

I am still sometimes getting this error today.

Presently not able to go thru the 'view new posts' under the avatar. However, I was able to use it a few mins ago.

 

[Butterfly]

I just got this error again. Am I the only one?

 

[dattia]

I got it one or twice yesterday and a few times today. You are not alone.

 

[muvipix]

Yeah, I think you guys need a dedicated server (if you don't have one now). I can't view active topics at this time.

 

[JasonLion]

We have a dedicated server, the forum is just really busy. Web traffic is almost twice what it was last year, which is more growth than I was expecting.

I am still working on tuning the server. I am hoping we can get through this season with only a few more adjustments. At the rate we are growing, we are going to need a cluster of several servers by next season.