West Ham Online

It has got to the stage now where I practically can't access this site anymore... I have given up trying from home and my mobile as I just get the message that the Page cannot be found 95% of the time. At work it's only 60% of the time! Anyone else having this issue... been like it for the last couple of weeks?

"Wils 12:40 Sat Apr 13 Thanks, it's gone! After I posted the flashing letter thingy disappeared then came back? Seems to have gone for good now hopefully. Sorry to put you to any trouble. I'm not going all doolally honest, just saying :-)"

"J.Riddle wrote... ""I have 1 small issue though in that the whomail envelope notification is flashing, yet when I open the whomail there is nothing new received in inbox?"" Thank J.Riddle. I have seen this happen too. It's becuase of the way it's caching the page, If the person whose request to the server refreshes the cache has a whomail alert, it caches that alert icon for about a minute until the next request is cached. You won't be able to see anyone else's mail, so don't worry. But I will adjust the caching algorythm so it won't cache responses from users that have a whomail alert. Will update in here when I have fixed it."

Had no idea about the .co.uk alternative either. So much quicker.

"I thought the server was the bastard child of a old Fax machine, stolen from the Zen desk in the 90's. Some say it needed feeding a $100 Travellers Cheque every full moon."

This site is powered by the latest “Potatoe Salad” web server technology which is responsible for its response speeds. All sits in the “cloud” along with Moyes head. Hardware must be a 286 machine circa late 80s?

"Wils, thanks as others said. Great work. I have 1 small issue though in that the whomail envelope notification is flashing, yet when I open the whomail there is nothing new received in inbox? I can try ignoring, but it is a tad irritating, and I keep wondering if an old Wes Ham mate is trying to contact me to share his lottery winnings:-)"

a zillion times quicker than .net = a thousandth of the speed of continental drift

"Wils 1:49 Thu Feb 22 Cheers mate! Keep up the good work. I agree with you re the mods here, they're like wasps, unpleasant, vicious cunts, but an essential part of our ecosystem."

Thanks for your work on rescuing the site Wils son!

"Yeah, funnily enough colly son. He must be signing up to world class porno sites"

Anyone else getting spam emails from dusty Defjam?

Had no idea there was a .co.uk site Just tried it and runs about a zillion times quicker than .net

Thanks Wils for your efforts but WHO is a long way from being fixed yet. Some days it’s fine and others not so much…

Nurse you have WHOmail

"Thank you, Coffee You're stuck with me for a while yet. I keep getting banned from Reddit subs due to my habitual...exuberance."

"Maybe not the kind of thing to be discussing in an open thread at this stage, William"

"I can give you some insight from my side as a relative newbie that has administered first aid to the site and is happy to do more. I can only see the traffic to .co.uk site and have no idea of how that compares to the traffic hitting the .net site. But here is what I see: Averaging around 2,000 unique visits per day. That has grown (on the .co.uk) from 600 per day about 2 months ago. The trend is upwards and as the .co.uk is more reachable and loads quicker than the .net site, Google has been slowly moving the site up the rankings for search results like ""west ham forum"" which is sending more traffic. From the logs and the feedback I got from the emails when the site went down I can see the ratio of lurkers (those coming to see what we have written but not posting themselves) to more regular posters such us is quite high indeed. So don't think that the relative few posters is indicative of decline, I don't think it is. I would say it's clear most of us are older. I am 50 and my son 15-year-old son wouldn't be seen dead on here, it's all West Ham YouTubers for him. I am not a mod so have no idea of how many are applying to sign up etc. Someone else would have to comment. As for the future, I have a site half-ready closely modelled on this site (with three forums and live match day page plus the ability to post richer content etc), that will completely fix the slow problem on match days and I am confident that I can migrate the users across. Once finished the advert revenue would not only cover the cost but the excess could be scrapped into the WHO fund, which I think is an excellent part of this site. I believe it would continue to survive and could still attract new blood to keep it alive. What's slowing this down is organising the people. North Bank has been in touch and I have spoken to a few of the mods buts it's been a bit difficult progressing it from there. In my view this site is nothing without those mods (love them or loathe them) continuing on the new site and North Bank staying as owner. I am reluctant to spend too much time taking it further if there isn't consensus or the will. The other option is I continue with the new site and launch it anyway whether you all migrate across or not, as no one has access to the .net site it might not survive much longer anyway. I would much rather go for the continuity option and keep all the people in charge who are currently in charge of things."

AG!

"Sorry, meant Cough."

"Couldn't agree more, Coff."

*Sticks fingers in mouth and vomits*

*Sticks fingers in mouth and vomits*

"Nurse Ratched 1:09 Thu Feb 22 Despite our occasional variance of perspective on here over the years, I'm sure I speak for the majority in saying that you contribute a great deal to this site in many ways, none remotely to do with football, and that WHO is diminished by your intermittent absences. I hope you will continue to post on here, if only to lend gentle or other accompaniment through the embers of the site's final journey."

"""What do we reckon the future holds for this site? I dont see many new people signing up and posting so will it be a case of this site just stops once we all go loopy or peg out? Speaking to my kids, they tell me that younger people dont seem to be into forums like this any more which leads me to believe that this and similar forums will just die out in time."" Yeah it's an old fashioned concept, my 30 year old son said as much to me about 10 years ago. He is aware I use this site, though I've never encouraged him to join/read it, because I thought it might be hard for him to read the (often deserved) abuse I get on here. I'm more than happy that youngsters (Gen Zs) are not interested in joining. I don't want to deal with their silly preoccupations and 'causing them trauma' by disagreeing with them/they/ze."

There are probably very few people under the age of 40 on here. No new blood. WHO is moribund.