New site: known issues

[Anonymous]

The directory that contains the avatars is not being flushed at the CDN. compare and contrast:

http://cdn.whathifi.com/sites/whathifi.com/files/imagecache/advf-author-pane/pictures/picture-1031567.jpg

(the cached picture on the content delivery network server)

http://www.whathifi.com/sites/whathifi.com/files/imagecache/advf-author-pane/pictures/picture-1031567.jpg

(the picture on the website server)

Get Internet Ops to flush the CDN and add that directory to the flushing routine...

sorry jd but that's beyond my pc knowledge..

could you explain in laymans terms please?

 

[The_Lhc]

The directory that contains the avatars is not being flushed at the CDN. compare and contrast:

http://cdn.whathifi.com/sites/whathifi.com/files/imagecache/advf-author-pane/pictures/picture-1031567.jpg

(the cached picture on the content delivery network server)

http://www.whathifi.com/sites/whathifi.com/files/imagecache/advf-author-pane/pictures/picture-1031567.jpg

(the picture on the website server)

Get Internet Ops to flush the CDN and add that directory to the flushing routine...

sorry jd but that's beyond my pc knowledge..

could you explain in laymans terms please?

He wasn't talking to you.

 

[John Duncan]

It was more for Clare to pass on to the operations team than for you, Max.

 

[scene]

The directory that contains the avatars is not being flushed at the CDN. compare and contrast:

http://cdn.whathifi.com/sites/whathifi.com/files/imagecache/advf-author-pane/pictures/picture-1031567.jpg

(the cached picture on the content delivery network server)

http://www.whathifi.com/sites/whathifi.com/files/imagecache/advf-author-pane/pictures/picture-1031567.jpg

(the picture on the website server)

Get Internet Ops to flush the CDN and add that directory to the flushing routine...

sorry jd but that's beyond my pc knowledge..

could you explain in laymans terms please?

To ensure a better end-user experience, a content delivery network ("CDN") keeps copies ("caches") of certain parts of an underlying website on multiple web servers ("nodes"), which are widely distributed. This reduces the average time it takes for a webpage to be downloaded, and increases the resilience of the site, as their are now (effectively) multiple identical copies of it available. The stuff cached is usually media content that is regarded as basically "static" - i.e. it won't change over time. The CDN's content is refreshed periodically, so a given node may nor have the latest version of the media file. Individual companies, ISPs, etc. may have their own CDN to help manage the amount of data downloaded from the internet, by keeping local copies. It is these caches that are out of date and that need to be replaced ("flushed").

 

[Anonymous]

ah, i thought it was an issue at my end.. ta...

 

[Clare Newsome]

It was more for Clare to pass on to the operations team than for you, Max.

And I have done just that. We've had a number of 'flushing' issues in the past 48 hours, which may/may not be related...

Thanks JD - always a delight to hear you talk technical 😉

 

[Anonymous]

Puzzling... I just deleted your avatar and re-uploaded the Marty Feldman pic - all of which is showing in your user profile. But still Jason King persists.

Time to clear cache, I reckon (and that may be our cache!)

thanks clare 🙂

 

[Anonymous]

The directory that contains the avatars is not being flushed at the CDN. compare and contrast:

http://cdn.whathifi.com/sites/whathifi.com/files/imagecache/advf-author-pane/pictures/picture-1031567.jpg

(the cached picture on the content delivery network server)

http://www.whathifi.com/sites/whathifi.com/files/imagecache/advf-author-pane/pictures/picture-1031567.jpg

(the picture on the website server)

Get Internet Ops to flush the CDN and add that directory to the flushing routine...

sorry jd but that's beyond my pc knowledge..

could you explain in laymans terms please?

To ensure a better end-user experience, a content delivery network ("CDN") keeps copies ("caches") of certain parts of an underlying website on multiple web servers ("nodes"), which are widely distributed. This reduces the average time it takes for a webpage to be downloaded, and increases the resilience of the site, as their are now (effectively) multiple identical copies of it available. The stuff cached is usually media content that is regarded as basically "static" - i.e. it won't change over time. The CDN's content is refreshed periodically, so a given node may nor have the latest version of the media file. Individual companies, ISPs, etc. may have their own CDN to help manage the amount of data downloaded from the internet, by keeping local copies. It is these caches that are out of date and that need to be replaced ("flushed").

thanks scene, i think i've got it now 😉

 

[Andy Clough]

Yup, lots of 'flushing' and 'caching' going on

 

[John Duncan]

Thanks JD - always a delight to hear you talk technical 😉

Makes a change from talking rubbish, I suppose.

 

[Andy Clough]

Oh, don't let us stop you!

 

[Anonymous]

any luck with the "flushing" guys? i still can't get rid of jason 🙁

 

[Clare Newsome]

It's on the list, Max....

 

[Anonymous]

thanks clare.

 

[simonlewis]

I've noticed my avatar has changed so thanks to who ever is responsible.