Hello, sorry if this is in the wrong place, not sure where to list this i have just launched a vbulletin forum... install was fine and the forum works ok, however when you make a post, it does not show up for about 3-4 mins even though it should be instant! Ive made no mods or plugins, just changed a few colours. My server is with webfusion shared hosting pro. Ive only got a few members at the mo with only 20 odd visits per day surely this wouldnt be a server issue ? anyone had this problem, what can i do ?
Thanks for testing it temon, but the actually making a post is not the problem. Whats happening is that its not updating the forum index, so when you make a post its not showing up on the index page for about 5 mins. This should update instantly I have another forum which is powered by phpbb on the same kind of hosting and this updates posts instantly, so i know the server should handle it I did contact vbulletin, but they said just disable the plugins and re-upload in ASCII format I dont have any plugins installed What is ASCII format ??? i just use coreftp to upload, is it a setting somewhere ??
Yeah there is a setting somewhere i couldnt tell you where it is in coreftp but in cuteftp (the client i use) if you go to options then transfer there is a transfer method option where you can either choose from binary or ascii. You can get a trial version of cuteftp so there is no worry about having to pay out, the company who makes it is called globalscape. If you still have problems after re-uploading feel free to PM me
Thanks, Been looking through coreftp and theres 3 options to choose from ASCII Binary Auto It was set to auto, does this mean it has or has not been uploaded in ASCII ? Is there a way to check ??
If it was set to auto it was more than likely uploaded as binary, i suppose you could look through your ftp logs i imagine it would be in there but it would probably be faster just to re-upload as you may need to anyway
Thanks, ill re-upload it all. just for future reference.... whats the difference then between ASCII and Binary ?
Binary is a numbering system of 1's and 0's used to represent all data at the processor level. ASCII is a character encoding system consisting of 256 bits (256 digits of 1s and 0s) Both exist at completely different levels of abstraction.
Just been reading up on the internet and it says if i did in fact upload it in binary mode i would have errors everywhere. i dont have any errors, does this mean it did upload it in ASCII ??