Hi gents,
We found the problem to be W3 Total cache, specifically the page caching facility and so have switched off this facility and now the forum is working as expected.
Thx
well – as is commonly discussed here there is no need to turn page caching off. What you need to do is to exclude the forum slug from ALL cache types that you are using. The data is far too dynamic to be simply cached.
Yes I added the forum to the exclusions and this did not work for us.
It may well have been a combination of settings within W3 total cache that caused these issues, but certainly for us page caching was more of headache than the befits it gave due to the issues it caused with our registration process as well.
I have to admit that I have never had much success with it. Never smooth and never really a noticeable saving…
Yes I think CDN might be a better option, it’s just a case of finding that sort of service at a reasonable price.
Good luck with that!
I don’t have much good to say for most CDN services either! They are good for hard-coded html pages but with frameworks like WordPress there are often too many variables to cope that well. But worth a try.
Good point! I am certainly going to try more traditional ways of speeding the site up first.
and we have a bunch more optimizations planned as part of 5.5.1… just too late in 5.5 cycle to get in… should be released tomorrow assuming I can get back home today… 