I and a lot of other users have noticed that when they make a thread or make a reply they don't show up immediately; they have to reload the page in order for the post to appear. I'm guessing this problem has been stated before and there's a solution to it.
It's to do with the .htaccess file you should have in your root directory. an example one comes with the wakaba distro, upload it, rename it from example.htaccess to .htaccess, and that's it!
Is this for your boards or iichan?
That's already been done, actually.
And yes, this is my own board
www.eleochan.org/imgboard.php
If your server doesn't have mod_header loaded, it won't work, sadly. You can try adding some stuff to the HTML template in futaba_style.pl instead. I haven't done this in the default version because I've heard it can cause some trouble with IE (IE might not cache the thumbnails, which increases the bandwidth load).
Open up futaba_style.pl, find the HTML header (serach for <head>), and add:
<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache" />Sometimes even the additional header lines can't help. If all the expires/pragma/cache-control did nothing, you're probably SOL. It's not due to wakaba but rather a non-compliant httpd or transparent caching proxy.
BTW, your board works just fine for me.
>>6
Generally it does, but sometimes it just doesn't. Really doesn't make a whole lot of sense in that way.
Is there any way for me to check if my server has mod_header? What is that, anyway?
mod_header is a built-in Apache module for changing HTTP headers. Problem is, not all hosts load it, even though it's installed by default.
IIRC, if your server doesn't have mod_header, and you have "Header add"s in the .htaccess, you'll be getting 500s.
You can always try something like ethereal to look at packets the server returns.
The default .htaccess file is insulated by IfModule statements, so you don't get errors from it.
You can remove the IfModule:s to force it to always try, which will cause 500:s if mod_header isn't loaded.
All of this went over my head.
Oh I get it.
Yup, 500 error.
Right then. Complain to your provider, or try doing >>5.
Or maybe someone could name a webhost that doesn't suck ass? That way I can be sure it works!
lots of people here use dreamhost, seems to be pretty good.
Thanks dude. Those deals are actually pretty damn decent.
Except for setup fee >:(
NUTS.
If you're not going to be using large amounts of bandwidth, I heartily recommend Site5.
Adult content not allowed! Owned.
Nevermind, I whined to web admins and got mod_header (which I was told is an apache module?) installed. Seems like all is good again. Thanks to everyone for their help.
Big win!
where are you hosting?
iValuehost.
I'm thinking of switching to Spoono.com, though. Their hosting looks like more bang for the buck.
I had the intention of switching but ivaluehost fixed mod_header fast enough so that it was unnecessary. Until my bandwidth gets blown up I have no reason to switch hosting quite yet.
What are your criteria for hosts? Budget? Space?
Meidokon costs me US$10 a month, and I'm very happy with it. Can't say I know how it performs under real load, though, but for something small I can certainly recommend it. I believe it's also had much praise for bigger stuff as well.
Since my site is pretty small now, I'm just going for the cheapest possible that isn't complete crap. Right now I have 500MB of space and 10GB bandwidth, and it's been adequate and probably will be for a while. I get this at $5/mo.
For $10/mo I could get hosted at spoono.com and get 1GB of space, 50GB transfer, unlimited pop3 e-mail accounts, unlimited subdomains, unlimited MySQL databases, unlimited FTP accounts. This is a vastly superior service for an extra five dollars. The setup fee is $15.
Setup fees are usually a big turn-off. $15 is acceptable but some hosts ask for a lot more, so much that you might as well sign up for a year's worth of hosting (which I'm sure is the idea.)