Do animated gifs for avatars and in signatures impact server load?

[TitanJeff]

I'm having the same problem but this didn't fix this for me. All was well until I changed the placement of avatars from the database to a customavatar folder. I assume I have to alter the ccpic.php file...

[TitanJeff]

Thanks everyone.

[TitanJeff]

Maybe I should be more specific: does having an animated gif hosted at another site impact my server (beyond the one query) or does it just impact the member's load time (which they can turn off)?...

[TitanJeff]

I'm assuming they do. I just don't know how much. I'm trying to optimize my forum but have never seen that as a suggested method. If I do need to turn off, how would I do that? Thanks.

[TitanJeff]

I'm wanting to change the color of the sub-forums listed on my forumhome but can't pin down the CSS. Does anyone know which style controls that list and/or how I can add some new code to make the change?...

[TitanJeff]

I'm having the same problem now with Safari for mac. I don't know if it is the case with IE.

Anyone ever figure out the code needed to make sure banner ads stay to the background? Thanks...

[TitanJeff]

It was a server issue. The host migrated the DNS servers and forgot to update it on the mail system. I have no idea why that would slow down the forum but all seems good now. Thanks.

[TitanJeff]

The server seems to be fine. Good load times, etc. This has never happened before. Baffling.

[TitanJeff]

A very strange thing started happening this afternoon. My forum, goTitans.com, started running extremely slow. We're talking 2-4 minutes to load a page. It does eventually load.

I checked...

[TitanJeff]

It was. I thought it was somehow related to the reason I get some emails from the forum and not others.

[TitanJeff]

Thanks. What would you suggest I do?

[TitanJeff]

The host says it's a vB issue. This look familiar to anyone?

[TitanJeff]

I did check my spam folder and have found quite a few "Mail Delivery Systems" errors which point to a possible database issue.

Example:
Database error in vBulletin 3.8.6:...

[TitanJeff]

I'm trying to work through some problem I'm having with email sent from the forum.

I don't receive notification when a new user signs up. I tried to send myself a password reminder and didn't...

[TitanJeff]

Hi Lynne,

Thanks for your reply. Everything went back to norm once I upgraded to 3.8.6 pl 1. Now, my only issue is getting this error when I try to mark all forums as read.

"Your...

[TitanJeff]

I don't understand. I was using the same template before and after the upgrade. None of the other templates are functioning properly either.

[TitanJeff]

Got the old database restored (back to 3.7.3). My css is messed up now. Anything I can do so that it can find the old style? Thanks.

http://www.gotitans.com/goForum/

[TitanJeff]

I didn't notice any notification in the admin panel about this. Was one done?

[TitanJeff]

Let's just say I upgraded two days before the security patch and never got an email (I've not been getting emails from vB for quite some time) that a problem existed.

I have a backup from...

[TitanJeff]

Thanks for your reply. I've sent you a PM.