It takes a truly enlightened and mature being to apologise and admit to unqualified error.

;-)

OK. I'll stick to the topic; well on matters technical at least.

I want to say at the outset that I would not under any circumstances have the expertise/work ethic/commitment to run a site; any site. I have no real clue about the work, but can guess at it.

So;- I thank-you. I do really.

I needed to say that, to that level (and meant it!), because to be blunt, I'm getting sick of the slowness of the site (took 32 seconds to get on, and clicking from the National forum to the Main page took so long that I clicked out and came back in to the Main page!),-- and the constant server error messages.

Now it seems (I'll try and get this right), that Articles appear to have a two post limit per twenty-four hours on each thread??

Was that always the case? I raise it because these things combined are making OLO very difficult to navigate and post on.

I must admit, for me personally,- if it continues I'll simply not bother. Only because it is so darn frustrating, that's all.

(That's a way to ban!! Simply make it too difficult! Surely I'm not the only one experiencing this?).

If this was occurring 'across the board' for me, then maybe I need to check my 'puter. But it isn't, though I know that compared to most of the developed world our broadband IS slow.

Sorry Admin,-I am a wee bit fed-up with this. It IS a compliment you know! There is a mass of interesting stuff on OLO. I like to ...er, get into the thick of it...

Hi Ginx, the two post rule was instituted not long after we started the forum. It's 4 posts for forum threads. The idea was to cut down on abuse, and I think it had that effect, which might give you an idea of where things were heading, given how robust debate can still be on the site.

I will be getting someone to look at the site, but I have to hire them yet. Not as easy as you might think. And I do have some volunteers, but again, not necessarily that easy to get them co-ordinated, especially when previous programmers have left some of the facilities to do with the site in a bit of a mess. I think we've got that sorted, but I'm afraid you will have to bear with me for a bit longer.

I'm told the site is working better than it was. There was a problem with the database server which has been fixed. As I flagged earlier in this thread, I'm thinking of doing some fundraising to sort the site out. A different CMS from what we are using is probably the way to go.

( I had to go out and left the computer on-I hope that's not dangerous!)

OK. Graham. I always have a conscience about saying stuff like this, because a friend of mine runs a smaller site than this, and he has to jump through hoops on occasion!

It was an easy site to scoot around last year, but things/personnel change, and that's that!

I'll beaver on;-it's up to me whether I can be patient, not you!

Let me know what you decide. I meant what I said previously.

Given that it will take time to get another technical thread approved, I'm putting this here.

I am finding the post limit message to be totally inconsistent.

My message now (Articles) now reads '..daily post limit..already reached..may post 5 times in any 24 hours,...can post again in 15 hours.'

I thought it was 8 ?
Is it 5/8 per Articles forum?, or 5 per...(hold on,- it must be per Articles-because I haven't made ANY post on the thread that I fully intend to.

5 per,-8 per,thread?/Articles?/Discussion?-2 per thread??

It's all too hard

Given that it will take time to get another technical thread approved, I'm putting this here.

I am finding the post limit message to be totally inconsistent.

My message now (Articles) now reads '..daily post limit..already reached..may post 5 times in any 24 hours,...can post again in 15 hours.'

I thought it was 8 ?
Is it 5/8 per Articles forum?, or 5 per...(hold on,- it must be per Articles-because I haven't made ANY post on the thread that I fully intend to.

5 per,-8 per,thread?/Articles?/Discussion?-2 per thread??

It's all too hard.