Computer problems and/or advice 2012

[JohnLonsdale]

Does anyone know of a software program (preferably free) which will make a web photo gallery which shows the file name under the thumbnails? I'm using a mac and working with Dreamweaver on my website. I've spent several days fiddling with one way or another, with much wailing and gnashing of teeth, and would welcome any ideas.

Hi Anne,

I've used JAlbum for 10 years or so - http://jalbum.net/en/

Best,

John

[ArnoldT]

I have to say that for the last 6 months I've struggled try to access this forum.

During our daytime here it seems to work fine and at night it doesn't load.

I've tried three different browsers, Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome.

The pages seem to take forever to load.

Every other web page I access loads just fine.

I'm using Fios which is a very fast fiber optic connection.

Any ideas?

[JohnLonsdale]

I have to say that for the last 6 months I've struggled try to access this forum.

During our daytime here it seems to work fine and at night it doesn't load.

I've tried three different browsers, Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome.

The pages seem to take forever to load.

Every other web page I access loads just fine.

I'm using Fios which is a very fast fiber optic connection.

Any ideas?

Arnold,

I have exactly the same problem, and over a similar time period.  The last week, other than in the mornings and early afternoons, the forum has effectively become unusable.  I have no idea why, but it is not anything to do with my connection speed – that remains rock solid at 40Mbps down and 35Mbps up.  It has nothing to do with my configuration, including browser, cache etc. - performance elsewhere on the web isn't affected.  It is something unique to the SRGC forum.

It is worse now than ever and I'd love to see whatever it is 'fixed'.

Best,

J.

[ArnoldT]

John:

Even though I'm sorry to hear about your troubles, I'm  glad it isn't a problem unique to my computer or provider.

[Maggi Young]

Sad to hear that Arnold and  John are continuing to have this problem.
Thank goodness this does not appear to be  widespread difficulty.

Fluctuating internet connection speeds are a wearisome hitch  for  too many of us, as I can vouch from my own experience.

I am assured by Fast Fred that this irksome trait described by Arnold and John it is not anything that is being done/not done by the Forum site.

[David King]

Does anyone know of a software program (preferably free) which will make a web photo gallery which shows the file name under the thumbnails? I'm using a mac and working with Dreamweaver on my website. I've spent several days fiddling with one way or another, with much wailing and gnashing of teeth, and would welcome any ideas.

Do you have iLife on your Mac Anne?  If so do you have iWeb?  I use that on my web site and it is very easy to use and would do what you want but it has been discontinued in new versions of iLife.  Another way is to look on the App store as there seem to be plenty of web design aps, some free, some for a few pounds and some expensive.  We use Freeway for the two organisations sites we run but that is more expensive although excellent, similar to Dreamweaver but designed for a Mac.

[JohnLonsdale]

Sad to hear that Arnold and  John are continuing to have this problem.
Thank goodness this does not appear to be  widespread difficulty.

Fluctuating internet connection speeds are a wearisome hitch  for  too many of us, as I can vouch from my own experience.

I am assured by Fast Fred that this irksome trait described by Arnold and John it is not anything that is being done/not done by the Forum site.

Maggie,

I am not sure what you mean by 'fluctuating internet speeds'. 

Fred is right in that it is not restricted to the forum site - the entire srgc.net domain responds very slowly or not at all when the forum isn't behaving.  Ironically the AGS web site remains lightning fast at all times - so it isn't water in the wires

J. 

[Maggi Young]

John:  I and others have problems with alarming and quite unpredictable fluctuations in internet connection speeds -  one minute it can be bringing "stuff" in at 54 Mbps and literally seconds later this can fall to 2 Mbps - in which case I can forget about downloading photo files.
From what  you say this is not a problem for you, but it is a difficulty with which many of us have to contend.

[David King]

Futher to my previous re web software, this site has plenty of free software listed and on the front page is a web design app called 'Sandvox'.  Both Mac and other.

http://download.cnet.com/mac/?tag=vtredir

[annew]

Thanks for your help, folks. I'm having a go with jalbum - watch this space!

[ranunculus]

Thanks for your help, folks. I'm having a go with jalbum - watch this space!

I will be very interested in your feedback please, Anne.

[JohnLonsdale]

Arnold,

I have exactly the same problem, and over a similar time period.  The last week, other than in the mornings and early afternoons, the forum has effectively become unusable.  I have no idea why, but it is not anything to do with my connection speed – that remains rock solid at 40Mbps down and 35Mbps up.  It has nothing to do with my configuration, including browser, cache etc. - performance elsewhere on the web isn't affected.  It is something unique to the SRGC forum.

It is worse now than ever and I'd love to see whatever it is 'fixed'.

Best,

J.

This is an interesting problem.  I am at work and have no issues connecting to the forum, but connected remotely to my home machine from work, my home computer won't connect at all to the forum.  The ISPs are different obviously.  Both Arnold and I have Verizon FIOS - maybe that is the common denominator somehow causing the problem.  In case it was a DNS issue, I changed the primary and alternative DNS addresses from those automatically assigned by Verizon, to OpenDNS, but it didn't make any difference.  It is a mystery.  I haven't checked to see if it my Kaspersky internet security software, but I can't see how it can be that as the inaccessibility of the forum increases as the day goes on.

J.

[JohnLonsdale]

Thanks for your help, folks. I'm having a go with jalbum - watch this space!

Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.  J.

[Maggi Young]

This is an interesting problem.  I am at work and have no issues connecting to the forum, but connected remotely to my home machine from work, my home computer won't connect at all to the forum.  The ISPs are different obviously.  Both Arnold and I have Verizon FIOS - maybe that is the common denominator somehow causing the problem.  In case it was a DNS issue, I changed the primary and alternative DNS addresses from those automatically assigned by Verizon, to OpenDNS, but it didn't make any difference.  It is a mystery.  I haven't checked to see if it my Kaspersky internet security software, but I can't see how it can be that as the inaccessibility of the forum increases as the day goes on.

J.

A mystery indeed . It is true that at times - and these vary , since the website is very busy at different times due to the international nature of our visitors, the main site is being accessed by many thousands of readers and I can only assume that this will have some impact on speed, though I am told that this should not have too much adverse affect for most.

[JohnLonsdale]

A mystery indeed . It is true that at times - and these vary , since the website is very busy at different times due to the international nature of our visitors, the main site is being accessed by many thousands of readers and I can only assume that this will have some impact on speed, though I am told that this should not have too much adverse affect for most.

Maggi,

It doesn't appear to have anything to do with the number of users of the forum or the main SRGC site.  I can connect perfectly on one machine with one ISP, and fail to connect at all at exactly the same time on another machine with a different ISP.  There is something going on that appears to be unique to the SRGC website yet not be caused directly by the website or its user load.

J.