UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6 Mod Questions Query regarding UBB Accelerator

I've noticed that on PB2.1, when the Accelerator is enabled, I lose the message icons on the and new message indicators on the forum display if I go into a thread then use the back button. It seems that when the php is serving up the page it cuts out those icons. It also turns all the links into white text and underlines it all. I saw that the accelerator was turned off for a day or two recently and this didn't happen, and whenever it does happen the URL at the top has .php in it, so I'm pretty sure it's caused by Accelerator. Does this happen on all boards, and is there any fix for it? It makes browsing really difficult when, after I go into the first thread, I come back and can't tell what threads are new.

it's a problem with gzip'ing web pages in general and a bug in the browser you are using. Doesn't affect them all.

In particular, it's a problem with Javascript and gzipped output.

When you hit back, the browser isn't doing the right thing and thinks the Javascript is gzipped, and therefore no lightbulbs appear.

Crap, it happened on both IE5 and IE6. I definitely believe it's a problem with the browser though, as well all know MS dependability Unfortunately, since a large majority of people who visit our site use IE, I'm probably going to have to leave it turned off.

Telling them to use the breadcrumbs rather than the navigation is probably a wiser choice.

FYI:

I received the following from our WPP.

Hi Kerry:

Infact we can't run scripts that are web server intensive (as it creates cached copies of many pages..). It could overload servers.

Best Regards,
Jimmy

At 12:13 AM 10/12/01 -1000, you wrote:
>Hi Jimmy:
>
>InfoPop UBB is about to issue an upgrade that includes a new feature named UBB Accelerator. Below is a description of what is required for us to be able to turn on this feature. Do you folks have the PHP scripting language so that we can use the Accelerator?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Kerry
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>Attention UBB users:
>
>Introducing the UBB™ Accelerator!
>
>The UBB™ Accelerator is an optional component that can greatly enhance the speed at which your UBB™ operates. The UBB™ Accelerator is written in the PHP scripting language. It can optionally use the zlib module to compress
>its output, which can help reduce bandwidth use.
>
>The UBB™ scripts can be very intense on your web server. In order to reduce
>the potential load, the scripts create cached copies of many commonly
>requested pages, such as topics, forums, and the forum summary. The UBB™
>Accelerator uses a shortcut to get to these cached copies faster than the
>UBB™ scripts.
>
>In order to use the UBB™ Accelerator, you must have version 4 or higher of
>the PHP scripting language installed. Versions prior to 4 will not operate
>properly.
>
>For more information on the UBB™ Accelerator, read the 'accelerator.txt'
>file located in the help directory in the UBB™ zip file. The toggle for the
>Accelerator and a link to the test script can be found in Primary Settings
>-> Configuration Settings, within the UBB™ control panel.
>
>The UBB™ Accelerator was written by Philipp Esselbach and is included with
>the UBB™ with his permission. Thank you, Philipp!
>

I'm presume your web host was talking about 6.0x where all pages of a topic were created blindly even though you may only be wanting access to page 6 for example. UBB 6.1's behaviour changed so that it only creates the pages people request in the cache and with the PHP module enabled, getting to these pages is even faster.l

qasic

What I got from Jimmy's reply is he (our WPP) doesn't even have PHP scripting language.

Am I correct that the Accelerator is an optional feature that can be turned off/on?

Kerry

Correct.