Very slow loading shop?

[Mel]

Hi Everyone,

Have not been in the forum for some time busy on other projects

A shop I put up last year which which I have had not had a lot of time to develop in recent months so I assume it is still running the old version 1 software? is still very slow loading always has been

Is this because it is still running on the old software? Fairly sure it's not my end have a fully dedicated server for my sites - Intel Xeon 3210 Quad Core Kentsfield Processor 100 Mbps Uplink 4096 MB RAM all other sites are very fast loading

Here is the link to the shop http://top-gift-ideas.co.uk

Any thoughts on why this is loading so slow and what I should take a look at to resolve this problem would be appreciated

Thanks - Mel:)

[Bud]

I can't answer your question directly but I'm still running V1 on a few sites and they're not running slow at all (in fact they're quicker than V2 at the moment).

[Mel]

I can't answer your question directly but I'm still running V1 on a few sites and they're not running slow at all (in fact they're quicker than V2 at the moment).

Hi Bud,

Yes see what you mean - I have just clicked on your link and it is definitely NOT loading slowly

I wonder if it is the images as the images in my right hand column are being pulled from the AW server but I have just noticed on yours that the skyscraper in your left hand column is from AW server so maybe that is not the answer

Strange

Mel:confused:

[CaptainFalcon]

Hi Mel,

I took a look at your site earlier and was presented with a soap error message saying a possible timeout occured. It said it was during a call to getCategoryList.

I would suggest taking a look through your code and checking to see that everywhere you are making this call you are doing so correctly.

Have you tried turning on error reporting in your config file to see if that turns up anything?

The AW Images should not cause your site to slow down as they serve them to many different affiliates without problems.

Hope this helps

[CaptainFalcon]

I took a look at your site earlier and was presented with a soap error message saying a possible timeout occured. It said it was during a call to getCategoryList.

In fact, judging by the way your page loads (sometimes pauses on the category tree) i would say this is almost definitely your problem.

A soap call that is taking too long to run will tend to cause delays in loading. Best bet is to debug your page and find the location of the error...

[Mel]

In fact, judging by the way your page loads (sometimes pauses on the category tree) i would say this is almost definitely your problem.

A soap call that is taking too long to run will tend to cause delays in loading. Best bet is to debug your page and find the location of the error...

Hi CaptainFalcon,

Thanks for the suggestion will check it out in debug mode and let you all know how I get on

Thanks Mel:)

[Mel]

Update:

Have set the following:

in the - includes/soap/constants.inc.php

define('PS_PRINT_SOAP_ERRORS', true);

define('PS_PRINT_SOAP_DEBUG', true);

and in the includes/constants.inc.php file

ini_set('display_errors', 1); // php errors

I cannot see anything obvious error wise and to honest I would not really know what I am looking for

I have left these settings on as above so if anybody wants to have a look please feel free

The shop is still loading as slow as ever

All and any comments/suggestions would be appreciated, as in it's current state people are not going to stick around long enough for pages to load:o

Thanks Mel