Where'd the shop go?

[Vivienne Rousseau]

It's not appearing anymore beside the logout button. Anyone else have this? Or did I miss some sort of new feature?

[Nathan Whyte]

Oh noes! This happened before, it'll be back in an hour or so...Hopefully.

[Vivienne Rousseau]

And why are all our names bold? A coding error somewhere?

And...the garbled text...beneath our names...

[PuNk! ™]

Nope - it's a temp' glitch.
Your browser will pick it up again soon; This website runs a pretty high bandwidth with all the images, writing, mini-profile additions and etc... Probably notice it when you refresh the page, it loads in block stages sometimes.

The shop code it's self isn't fantastic, but we get by with it and it tends to pull stunts like this every now and again. As I've said, it'll reappear all in good time.
~Danny

[Vivienne Rousseau]

Hm. I think I'll try clearing my browser. That can work. Thanks, PuNk!

Edit: Nope. No browser clearing helped pick it up.

[PuNk! ™]

Yeah, the only proper advice I can give you, is;
- Clear your temp' files
- Refresh your cookies

Or, simply just refresh your browser with a new one. There's something called RAM (Random Access Memory) in every computer, it's basically the computer's short-term memory. So if you've been on the computer for hours or done a lot of things in general, it remembers them and if the RAM gets too high, it can affect other programs. Hence, Internet browsers.

So to help lesser these problems, you can clear your cookies/temp' files, so your RAM can handle more or just restart your computer/browser and most times, it clears the problem for a while.
~Danny

[Vivienne Rousseau]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

[PuNk! ™]

No problem.
If you wish to clear your Temp' Internet files and cookies, simply follow these steps;

Windows XP Users:
Start [Menu] --> Right Click "My Computer" --> Click Properties --> Click Disk Clean-up.

If that doesn't work, then follow the next intructions, because I'm using Vista and it's hard to remember;

Start [Menu] --> Click "My Computer" --> Right Click "Hard-Drive" (not backup) --> Click Properties --> Click Disk Clean-up.

Your computer may take anywhere between 10 - 30mins calculating your entire computer memory. Once completed, you may selecte temp' Internet files and cookies, then proceed to have them deleted. You can delete other files or crush some files into smaller packages, to free up memory space. Only do this if you're entirely sure, otherwise, you could lose some data. So it's your choice.

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Vista Users:

Start [Menu] --> Click "My Computer" --> Right Click "OS (C:)" --> Click "Properties" --> Click "Disk Clean-Up".

Again, as said above, it can take up to 20/30mins depending on hard-drive size and memory usage. Plus, you also have to be careful on what you decide to defrag' or delete. I suggest only selecting cookies/temp' internet files, but you can clean up other areas if you wished.

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I hope that helps you guys?
I'm real sorry about this website having a high bandwidth sometimes, but there's little I can do about that. The shop-code is to blame, really.
~Danny

[Vivienne Rousseau]

Hey, it came back when I came to this topic!

[PuNk! ™]

Glad to hear it.
Still, if any of you want to make your computer faster or free up some memory space, do use the steps provided above, it will help your computer to run more smoother. Particularly computers over a year old and not having been dealt with, by deleting Temp' Internet files.

Cookies are alright; They just remember your usernames/passwords for websites, along with other information, but they do take up A LOT of memory. So deleting them does clear up a lot of space too.
~Danny

[Vivienne Rousseau]

Besides, there are numerous security reasons why you should clear your files. Viruses can lurk in there without you knowing. :/