September 1, 2007

Comments Still Humming, 24 Hours Later

So far, so good -- it looks like the last fix applied last night has really solved the commenting issue. I've timed the process at my home, with high-speed Internet access, and it looks like conmments are still executing in 5 seconds, perhaps less. A few commenters have posted their approval; hopefully we will no longer have any issues with comments.

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Posted by Carol Herman | September 1, 2007 11:18 PM

Perhaps, the real test comes when traffic returns after Labor Day?

Sometimes, I've noticed the "waiting" that comes after hitting the "post" button, is that there were other posts in the "Q."

Yes, it's wonderful to see the comments going on up there, real fast, though. You done did good work.

Posted by Hugh Beaumont | September 1, 2007 11:23 PM

Testing comments!

Posted by Hugh Beaumont | September 1, 2007 11:25 PM

Thanks Ed! Finally....the commenting section of your site has been a frustration.

Posted by KJBtruth | September 1, 2007 11:31 PM

Captain Ed,

You stated at the end of this post:

"hopefully we will no longer have any issues with comments."

I doubt it! I predict many issues with comments.

Here is one:

Why is called "joshing" someone? Was there once, long ago a great Josh, who was such a "card" (for another day) to have that type of behavior named for him?

Ok, and why is a "john" a toilet, a "trick", or a johnny-come-lately?

I have many questions, but maybe another time. Instead here is an overheard Washington conversation:

Sandy Berger came home late one night, and his wife greets him at the door and says "are those incriminating, very embarrassing to the Clinton's top-secret documents in your pant or are you just happy to see me?"

Seriously though, moving on to Larry Craig... on the other hand...

Whoduh thunk it? The LA Times? hmm.


OK, there are some issues in comments.

oh wait. issues WITH comments. my bad.

As you were.


just a couple of seconds. big improvement.

ken

Posted by Mr. Michael | September 1, 2007 11:51 PM

Man... after all the compliments that I've given you, I feel bad about pointing out a really minor problem...

But..

If you look on the 'Main Page' of the site, at the bottom of the two most recent posts it says:

Comments (0)

When in fact there are indeed comments to be read. :sigh: Tweak on, Cap'n... tweak on...

Posted by KJBtruth | September 2, 2007 12:03 AM

Yes... indeed it is raining in Mr. Michaels viewpoint, but I remain positive!

That is a clever device meant to drive comments way up!

Very smart. Way to go Captain Ed!

ken

Posted by Christoph | September 2, 2007 12:36 AM

Congrats, Captain Ed.

One oustanding minor comment issue I'm noticing is the number of comments on the mail page doesn't match the actual number of comments... this page now has 6-comments, but the front page says 0.

Is this related to the fix, in other words, not rebuilding the pages?

If so, is there any way of using rss xml feed with regular expressions or an off the shelf solution or plugin to show the correct number of comments to the indicator on the front page?

Posted by Christoph | September 2, 2007 12:39 AM

*main page, not "mail" page. In other words, on the individual item pages, it's correct, but on the home page, it's wrong and you can't tell new comments have been added because the indicator doesn't move.

I'm thinking it probably only moves when the page is rebuilt... in which case, the indicator on the main page is not useful at present.

Posted by Carol Herman | September 2, 2007 1:17 AM

HUMMING?

The counter for comments, remains set at ZERO.

A fly fell into the soup.

Posted by Rose | September 2, 2007 2:11 AM

Looks fabulous, Captain. I know you have put MONTHS of aggravating labor into trying to get this humming right.
Congratulations! Hope this gives you a good breather, and makes your job much easier!

Posted by Edward Cropper | September 2, 2007 8:32 AM

I'm sorta new to this blog and I have a question for Rose and Carol. I enjoy your comments but I can't help but wonder how you can blog 24 hours a day and still get other things done.
You shoud join forces and write a self help book. How to Blog and Still Have a Life.

Posted by Captain Ed | September 2, 2007 8:35 AM

Yes, the count didn't update because I kept the script from rebuilding the index templates. I've changed that setting; let's see what the delay is for that change.

Posted by Captain Ed | September 2, 2007 8:37 AM

It seems to push processing time to around 15-16 seconds. Is that livable for everyone?

Posted by Mr. Michael | September 2, 2007 8:47 AM

It wouldn't bother me at all, Cap'n... I mean, how many times per minute does anybody need to post, anyway...

Posted by Mr. Michael | September 2, 2007 8:50 AM

... and I counted to ten, not 15. (...and when I tried to post this right away, I got a warning page, saying I'd posted too often! Irony lives!

Posted by Christoph | September 2, 2007 9:01 AM

It seems to push processing time to around 15-16 seconds. Is that livable for everyone?

Acceptable. And that should be about the same for anyone on either a high or low speed connection, right, because your server's doing the work?

Posted by Captain Ed | September 2, 2007 9:13 AM

Christoph,

I think that's right. The connection speed would impact the reload after the comment processes, but that's it.

Posted by Christoph | September 2, 2007 9:13 AM

That wasn't too bad. I've certainly posted on slower sites.

It took a few minutes for the count to update, but it DID update.

Posted by Only One Cannoli | September 2, 2007 11:38 AM

"ship's in shipshape shape"

Posted by RD | September 2, 2007 11:49 AM

I always wish I knew what people are talking about when they talk the language of computers but as long as my comment appears when I push that little thingie (thingamabob or thingamajig?) I'm happy (and just once is even better)

Posted by mrlynn | September 3, 2007 7:20 AM

MUCH better, thanks! I had trained myself to go do other browsing while waiting for the CQ comment to 'take'; I even learned to not re-post just because I got an error; the comment did take after all!

Today's was amazing, nearly instantaneous--back to the 21st century!

Now about the olive-drab, Army color. . . Is this the pea-soup Navy?

Oh, and can we have a Print button?

I know, we're spoiled rotten, and never satisfied. ;-)

/Mr Lynn

Posted by Cardinals Nation | September 3, 2007 8:44 AM

Just seeing if it works.

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