As some people have noticed, pages may load slowly occasionally on the main TCS site, forums and meowhoo.com.
TCS+Forums and Meowhoo are the 2 main sites on the "TCS Dedicated Server" (Yes, TCS has its own web server which serves out your page requests on a silver platter). Over the past 2-3 month, both sites have had high growth bringing in many more users. Additionally, because of high ratings, there are many search engines scanning the sites and putting stress on the server.
At this point, it seems that the best option to keep sites running as fast as possible for the end user is an upgrade to a more powerful server. This of course costs quite a bit of money to rent and maintain. The time frame for this move cannot be estimated at this time, but obviously the sooner the better.
What can you do to help? I know that TCS runs a paid membership option which offers all sorts of perks at a very reasonable cost. Other ideas about shopping on TCS and supporting their partners is also available here: http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37659
Overall, we are working to resolve any issues and getting everything running as smoothly as possible!
TCS+Forums and Meowhoo are the 2 main sites on the "TCS Dedicated Server" (Yes, TCS has its own web server which serves out your page requests on a silver platter). Over the past 2-3 month, both sites have had high growth bringing in many more users. Additionally, because of high ratings, there are many search engines scanning the sites and putting stress on the server.
At this point, it seems that the best option to keep sites running as fast as possible for the end user is an upgrade to a more powerful server. This of course costs quite a bit of money to rent and maintain. The time frame for this move cannot be estimated at this time, but obviously the sooner the better.
What can you do to help? I know that TCS runs a paid membership option which offers all sorts of perks at a very reasonable cost. Other ideas about shopping on TCS and supporting their partners is also available here: http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37659
Overall, we are working to resolve any issues and getting everything running as smoothly as possible!