Why can't we see how many forums ect we have on line anymore? Simple question for you mods and people that run the place.

Jan switched the function off to improve performance

i was going to ask the same question

i don't feel it being any better..

i want it back!!!

I feel a petition coming on....... :banana: :cucumber: :carrot: :pepper: :grouphug:

I second that!!

I would like to see more features back too. :S
I personally didn't notice any improvement of performance.

i want it back!!!
Yes, so do I. It's good to know who's online, and how many people are in a particular forum/subforum.

PM Jan then guys

No, its a useless feature. Its better this way.

i want it back!!!

me too!

Don't PM Jan people...

This will be worked out in time. I don't think folks quite understand how much this place has grown, and how the cost can seriously escalate. Doing things like shutting off this feature saves resources to be used for other things, like ensuring that we don't have to put a user limit on the forum. (meaning that once 'x' number of people were signed on, nobody else could get on unless someone left)

i want it back!!!

I WANT IT BACK TOO!!
FIRST OFF CAUSE IT WAS A NICE FUNCTION, SECOND BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE FORUM IS TOO MUCH SLOW LIKE IT WAS BEFORE.
I DON'T THINK TO SCRATCH OUT THAT CHANGED SOMETHING; IT AIN'T THE SOLUTION.
IF YOU BRING THE "OPTIONAL" BACK I CAN HELP YOU BY STOPPING CHECKING THE FORUM DURING A CERTAIN HOUR, ALLRIGHT? :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

I understand how it all works like severs, bandwidth ect. If costs get higher why doesnt the site have a donation feature? Am sure people would donate money to make the place better and run faster. Theres all sorts of other things the site could do to make abit of money.

I WANT IT BACK TOO!!
FIRST OFF CAUSE IT WAS A NICE FUNCTION, SECOND BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE FORUM IS TOO MUCH SLOW LIKE IT WAS BEFORE.
I DON'T THINK TO SCRATCH OUT THAT CHANGED SOMETHING; IT AIN'T THE SOLUTION.
IF YOU BRING THE "OPTIONAL" BACK I CAN HELP YOU BY STOPPING CHECKING THE FORUM DURING A CERTAIN HOUR, ALLRIGHT? :D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Actually what do you guys use it for?

Actually what do you guys use it for?

For nothing.
It was just nice to see who was on-line, period.

yes it was a great feature. Good to see how many people are active in which forums..

It seems alot deader now. For all i know i could be the only person in OzScrapers

Don't PM Jan people...

This will be worked out in time. I don't think folks quite understand how much this place has grown, and how the cost can seriously escalate. Doing things like shutting off this feature saves resources to be used for other things, like ensuring that we don't have to put a user limit on the forum. (meaning that once 'x' number of people were signed on, nobody else could get on unless someone left)


Start a ssc.com webstore and have a donations page :P

or sell ad space.

seems most ppl want it back. I also want it back.

Donations page would be cool! Ranking forumers by $$$$! :D

If the site did have ad space, I would buy some and put my company on it.

^ that is a pretty good idea... well at least if we keep the advertising to Architecture or Skyscraper-related advetising.

The forum is agonizingly slow today. :(

I want it back
simple as that
!

^ that is a pretty good idea... well at least if we keep the advertising to Architecture or Skyscraper-related advetising.
Well my company doesn't have anything to do with Skyscrapers & I dont really know any companies to do with Skyscrapers and Architecture that would advertise on here(not just here I dont think that type of company puts much in to web advetising). Plus if you did that I wouldn't see as much money as you could.

i never mind banner ads

the only ads that bother me are floating ones and popups.

you guys are spoiled rotten here. I go to a forum where there's no moderation to keep nasties away, no post count, and certainly no 'who's online' or options, and yet there's never a problem although there are several hundred posts a day.
some features can be taken away and i garantee in a couple of weeks you'll all be used to it.

i don't like the add idea, and donations will certainly help boost the forum when adding some extra servers and all.
doesn't jan pay for EVERYTHING?

Brunob, its BEEN a few weeks and its still bothering me.

I understand how it all works like severs, bandwidth ect. If costs get higher why doesnt the site have a donation feature? Am sure people would donate money to make the place better and run faster. Theres all sorts of other things the site could do to make abit of money.

Yeah, what about setting up a PayPal account for donations?

I would give some euros for the cause. :)

We can have that "shot the duck for a free ipod thing " for making money.

donations page it is.

you guys are spoiled rotten here. I go to a forum where there's no moderation to keep nasties away, no post count, and certainly no 'who's online' or options, and yet there's never a problem although there are several hundred posts a day.
some features can be taken away and i garantee in a couple of weeks you'll all be used to it.
:rofl: :applause: :applause:

Its all down to the main men now and if they have the time to do it and want to do it. We've said we'll give them money towards the site.

give people incentive to keep donating too. Have a status rank under ur name or something.. that entitles you to somehting or other.

Guess what we can see whos online though quick links at the top and then down to whos online. I dont think many of you will have noticed it befour, so now you know.

It has nothing to do with the amount of space on the server or bandwidth (generally) I imagine the improvement in performance came from removing the amount of queries that the database has to perform EVERYTIME someone loads a page, now that it doesn't have to show who'sonline, who's browsing a thread, who's browsing a forum- etc- the page load time has certainly improved from my perspective.

Though I do wonder, even though it obviously hasn't been upgraded to 3.0.6, if this board is patched up with the necessary fixes to 3.0.6 standards? Some issues otherwise, I would hope it is.