How to make your FR pages load faster under extra-heavy server loads

[Jim Robinson]

Click "Headers" on the main index page: http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/news-forum/index

Click "Account" on that same page and then "My Preferences:" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/my/

Click "20 messages per page" and "20 results per page."

You can also click on "Manage Blocks" on the preferences page and temporarily disable some of your sidebars.

You can change them back later.

Good luck.

[Mears]

Thanks——even a dork like me can do that.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Thanks for the heads-up!

[thoughtomator]

As a last resort, users can stune a beeber.

[MtnClimber]

My page loads are a little slow, but they are fast enough to keep my settings. Thanks Jim, you are one of my brothers in arms.

[Mr. K]

BEEBERS ON STUNE!

[Mr. K]

BEEBERS ON STUNE!

(OH NO... INTERNAL SERVER ERROR ALREADY)

[Nifster]

Thanks Jim

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Safe space! Safe space!

[PUGACHEV]

Thanks, maybe you can help me with another issue. Somehow, I hit a button which made the type on the FR page really tiny. I have no idea how it happened. It only affects FR, and only on my Firefox Browser. If I use Chrome of IE, the FR type is normal. Any other page or website also appears at its normal size. I’ve tried every option I can think of and nothing seems to restore the type on FR to its usual size.

[PROCON]

WARNING!

You can only STUNE one BEEBER at a time or FR crashes. :-)

[TXBlair]

Bookmark

[Sasparilla]

Thank you.

[cblue55]

Where is the live debate thread?

[Albion Wilde]

bump

[minnesota_bound]

#10 Use the mouse wheel and the ctrl button on the keyboard.
You can make the text bigger or smaller by moving the wheel.

Keystrokes:
Zoom In: ctrl ++
Zoom Out: ctrl +
Reset: ctrl + 0

[GOP Poet]

Thanks!

[zeugma]

Good reminder for folks that may help reduce server load a bit. I turned off all my sidebars years ago.

[Califreak]

Thank you.

[Utilizer]

Just a quick note...

You might wish to mention that one needs to be logged in before attempting these actions, as simply setting about them as a Generic Viewer did nothing here until I logged in and was able to follow your instructions step-by-step.

Cheers.