0 users 0 guests, possible for someone to see this...

[ɔɔɔɔɔɔuɥoɾ]

Well Somehow I made it happen, and got screenshot too




Kind of hard to explain, how one could see this, but the forum no show themselves viewing Who's online

Weird..

I believe it happened after maintenance, can anybody else make this happen

[Joshua Dickerson]

Caching?

[ɔɔɔɔɔɔuɥoɾ]

I doubt that, I just a second before it ran maintenance, FULL, removing any cached files, I have yet to explain/re-produce it lol

If your referring to my cache on PC, well I don't think so either, as I clicked the forum page, not clicked back/fwd etc

[Joshua Dickerson]

No, it doesn't update who's online constantly.

[ɔɔɔɔɔɔuɥoɾ]

Can you replicate this then?

[Arantor]

Actually, that is trivially easy to reproduce.

Admin > Configuration > Features and Options > General > User online time threshold > if it's 0, it'll give you the above.

[ɔɔɔɔɔɔuɥoɾ]

Actually, that is trivially easy to reproduce.

Admin > Configuration > Features and Options > General > User online time threshold > if it's 0, it'll give you the above.

OK, but in my situation it was not, how else can we reproduce this, All I remember when it happened is performing maintenance, all options.

[Arantor]

You still in maintenance mode? It may not be logged then.

[ɔɔɔɔɔɔuɥoɾ]

You still in maintenance mode? It may not be logged then.

I didn't change the forum to maintenance mode, I ran basic maintenance, optimize database, re count stats, "all options" lol.

P.S, don't think there is a problem in existence here, its just really weird how this can happen, how can someone see that screen, if there is "nobody" online to see it, if you know what I mean lol

I know when running maintenance, everybody gets booted to offline, at this time I'm assuming I was booted and the forum page loaded before the database was read maybe...

[Arantor]

Not quite. Maintenance boots everyone non-admin off.

When people return, there is a potential delay of up to 8 seconds before they are logged as online to avoid hammering the server.

[ɔɔɔɔɔɔuɥoɾ]

Not quite. Maintenance boots everyone non-admin off.

When people return, there is a potential delay of up to 8 seconds before they are logged as online to avoid hammering the server.

Strange...
How did this happen then?

I will have to try and replicate this, very interested to see the outcome..

[Arantor]

If maintenance boots everyone off, it can take up to 8 seconds before anyone - even admin - gets logged. It's how it's been written for a while.

[ɔɔɔɔɔɔuɥoɾ]

If maintenance boots everyone off, it can take up to 8 seconds before anyone - even admin - gets logged. It's how it's been written for a while.

So, if I run maintenance, and click on forum immediately after, which I always do, and I'm always listed as online, sometimes it could not log me, maybe slow SQL or server, basically its random?

[Arantor]

Yeah, basically it's kind of random.

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Going through all the maintanance options will effectivily empty the open sessions on the forum, and the whos online - This happens both on 1.1 and 2.0.

It might not pick up immediately after that, pending on many variables such as caching as noted already.

[ɔɔɔɔɔɔuɥoɾ]

Well I guess that solves that, I will have to still replicate this, I have to do it again!!! lol...

I run maintenance every other day anyway, so maybe I will see it again!

It does look very weird to see that though, not in a worried way, just really funny, I originally made the screenshot as a funny image, but thought I would mention it here, with all its weirdness an all

[Arantor]

You don't actually need to run maintenance every other day; some admins I know don't run it for months (and they have the *big* boards)

[ɔɔɔɔɔɔuɥoɾ]

You don't actually need to run maintenance every other day; some admins I know don't run it for months (and they have the *big* boards)

1 thing I hate is a slow running site, I will do anything and everything I can to make my members be happy and non frustrated, I have even removed all my ads, and even fix somewhat meaningless errors in the log, I hardly get any undefined errors, when I get some, I go out my way to figure out the problem, My board is starting to get populated, getting an average of about 50 online (all at one time) daily, range, 25 - 100, with that many online, on a shared server, it would be in my best interest to keep everything optimized as much as possible, even if over working it, that's just how I am, cant help it, everything needs to be working efficiently for me to be happy.
However, sometimes I forget for like 4 days at a time lol.

[Arantor]

The thing is, you can actually over optimise to the point of hurting performance rather than gaining it.

I'd follow the steps in the Server Configuration board first - there's a thread called 24 things you can to improve your performance or something, and those tips will save you performance above all else.

[ɔɔɔɔɔɔuɥoɾ]

The thing is, you can actually over optimise to the point of hurting performance rather than gaining it.

I'd follow the steps in the Server Configuration board first - there's a thread called 24 things you can to improve your performance or something, and those tips will save you performance above all else.

I will look into that, my board is already blazing fast, 24 more tips huh, oooh nice lol...