Main page is slow to load

[geeffland]

FYI,

I am sure you get notices like this all the time, but lately the main Joomla.org pages seems very sluggish... most of the time I get the header and the left menu bar but the other content is very slow... just a few minutes ago I noticed a message in the browser waiting on ghana... so I am not sure if your site links to other sites which may be causing the slowdown...

Greg

[brad]

Thanks for dropping in to let us know this.

What do you mean: "I noticed a message in the browser waiting on ghana" ?

[geeffland]

Sorry about taking so long to answer...  I saw that message in the status bar of firefox...  have not seen it lately but I do see it transferring info from http://www.google.com and google analytics (can't remember the url though)

Greg

[geeffland]

I still see this issue... first it gets data from http://www.google.com... then "waiting for ghana"  message in the same status area of the browser

[brad]

I'd be checking your system to ensure it is not affected by malware etc.

[geeffland]

I found the issue...

On the joomla page it includes this following script

http://www.ohloh.net/projects/20;badge_js

This script then redirects itself to

http://www.ghana.com/projects/20/badge_js

which returns a 404 error

This comes right after the Submit Community News module and right before the maincolumn DIV...

So this not only explains the ghana message but also seems like a likely cause for the delays in loading the frontpage although it may not be the only cause for delays...

Greg

[ashar]

on dial-up connections it really takes longer time to load

[gws]

Yes, the main page and in particular the forums are becoming very slow to load.