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#102010 - 2003-06-10 07:06 PM Suggestion: For Moderators
cmarti cmarti Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2001-02-26 Posts: 297 Loc: Little Rock, AR	Hello, I've been out here for a while now and looking at many of the posts by new members. Some of the posts will be cross posts or they may not have enough info in their post to troubleshoot their problem. Since the email field is required when you set up a profile can the ABC's of KiXtart board etiquette and message to new forum users be emailed to the user, not the link, but the text of the page be emailed. Most new people will not go through a forum site for helpful information because on most sites info like this is not available. This site is an exception, and a good one I might add.. . Just a thought... Just thought I'd add I come out to this site everyday during my lunch break at work. (I know you're thinking I have no life but I work about 30 miles from where I live in a different city so I don't have anything in this city to do so I stay here and eat in my office...) L8tr...
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#102011 - 2003-06-10 07:14 PM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	sure. we moderators have been discussing and even agreed on many improvements. but the board administrator who also owns the kixtart.org domain has been unavailable for months now. so, all we can currently do is wish that the board or the site won't crash. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#102012 - 2003-06-10 07:17 PM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Les Les KiX Master Registered: 2001-06-11 Posts: 12734 Loc: fortfrances.on.ca	Moderators are not board administrators. We as moderators cannot satisfy your request, only a board administrator could do that. _________________________ Give a man a fish and he will be back for more. Slap him with a fish and he will go away forever.
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#102013 - 2003-06-10 07:29 PM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
masken masken MM club member Registered: 2000-11-27 Posts: 1222 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	This whole board should get off the slow CPU hogging CGI and onto something more modern, where functions like this are integrated from the beginning Free alternatives are available too [ 10. June 2003, 19:35: Message edited by: masken ] _________________________ The tart is out there
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#102014 - 2003-06-10 10:13 PM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	cpu hogging CGI? give me better alternative! _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#102015 - 2003-06-11 10:13 AM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	Switch the board support to Linux/Apache with PHP as a compiled in module and watch the board fly...
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#102016 - 2003-06-11 11:35 AM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
masken masken MM club member Registered: 2000-11-27 Posts: 1222 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	Yes Lonkero, it's a known fact that CGI is generally more CPU hungry than for example PHP, as Richard H. suggests (of course also depending on PHP implementation and OS). The lag on this board when there's a couple of members on it for example, I think is more related to CPU than bandwidth. [ 11. June 2003, 11:39: Message edited by: masken ] _________________________ The tart is out there
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#102017 - 2003-06-11 03:06 PM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	This request needs to be directed to Henri (board operator). We have one more outstanding request of him as well. Thanks, Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#102018 - 2003-06-12 12:04 AM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	masken? richard? afaik, PHP is just one more implementation of CGI. if one uses php he is actually using PHP CGI. I can't understand how one can then say that they have speed differences _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#102019 - 2003-06-12 10:02 AM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	Jooel, With IIS (which this board runs on), PHP is AFAIK an external CGI. With Apache on Linux (and possibly Windows, not too sure) PHP can be in one of three modes: Traditional CGI (external process) Loadable module (like a DLL) via apxs Compiled in to the web server executable as static code PERL can also be external or compiled in. If not used very often you would probably compile in as loadable module (saves memory). Where it is integral to your site you would probably compile in as static code (improves execution). One of the major benefits of compiling in PHP is that it supports persistent connections. This means that where your database backend is (say) MySql, the database connection can be opened once by the web server process, and all subsequent requests which use the same authentication can reuse the connection. This is true even if the requests are for completely different end users or applications. Reusing a connector saves time, CPU cycles and memory required to start up and shut down a connection. An external CGI process suffers a huge overhead including things like building/copying the environment, loading from disk, pre-allocating swap, fork/exec and all subsequent context switching.
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#102020 - 2003-06-12 11:55 AM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	so, conclusion is that saying "CGI is slower than PHP" is false as PHP indeed is still CGI. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#102021 - 2003-06-13 12:15 AM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Richard H. Richard H. Administrator Registered: 2000-01-24 Posts: 4946 Loc: Leatherhead, Surrey, UK	quote: so, conclusion is that saying "CGI is slower than PHP" is false as PHP indeed is still CGI Not quite, don't confuse the two. CGI is a loose "standard" mechanism for running arbitrary programs. These may be compiled programs like VB or C++, or script like DOS batch files, PERL, PHP or indeed KiXtart. PHP is not CGI. PHP may be used as CGI. Running PHP in CGI mode will have the same disadvantage as any other programming or scripting language run in CGI mode. Running PHP as an internal web server module has significant advantages - it is no longer running as a CGI. Note Maskens caveat; quote: of course also depending on PHP implementation and OS So, PHP which is configured to run as a CGI is CGI, with associated problems. PHP which is not configured to run as a CGI is not CGI, with associated benefits
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#102022 - 2003-06-13 12:21 AM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	ja! you said it. I said it wrong. the main point is that one can't say like masken said: quote: it's a known fact that CGI is generally more CPU hungry than for example PHP _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#102023 - 2003-06-12 04:12 PM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
masken masken MM club member Registered: 2000-11-27 Posts: 1222 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	lol Well as I see it, you can still put it as that, when you look at real life implementations Whether it's political correct or not is of lesser importance to me hehe... CGI boards are generally slower, at least according to my own and others experience PHP is made purely with web implementations in focus. [ 12. June 2003, 16:13: Message edited by: masken ] _________________________ The tart is out there
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#102024 - 2003-06-12 08:04 PM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
cmarti cmarti Hey THIS is FUN Registered: 2001-02-26 Posts: 297 Loc: Little Rock, AR
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#102025 - 2003-06-12 09:50 PM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	sure. but you can beat it in speed with good cgi the reason why as example this board is slower is simply that it's optimizations are near to zero. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#102026 - 2003-06-19 08:26 PM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	k, studied this somewhat. if you use fastCGI type implementation (CGI-server started once for all) it indeed runs as quick as any BSS or PHP... and I once again state that it has nothing to do with the language, only how it's used has the most effect. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#102027 - 2003-06-20 01:45 AM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	PHP and UBBThreads is supposed to be pretty slick. [ 20. June 2003, 01:46: Message edited by: kdyer ] _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#102028 - 2003-06-20 02:22 PM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	Here is a buddy of mine (actually co-worker) site running UBBThreads - http://www.vhfans.com Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#102029 - 2003-06-26 10:14 AM Re: Suggestion: For Moderators
masken masken MM club member Registered: 2000-11-27 Posts: 1222 Loc: Gothenburg, Sweden	I still stand by my point The two best boards available today, without competition is VBulletin and Invision board. Both run on PHP. VBulletin isn't free. The choice is easy if you ask me The rest is either really far behind, or quite a bit behind, as is the case with phpbb for example. _________________________ The tart is out there
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