Have you noticed the forum is a bit "zippier" than before?

For a long time, we've had sporadic - often daily - problems with system bog. Believe me when I say that we were at least as frustrated as you. After awhile, it became apparent the slowdowns were purely a function of demand coupled with our use of standard MS Access DB functions.

Of course, we knew something had to be done. We want this to be the best place for sharing information, right? Unfortunately, computer upgrades take time, money and lots of planning. So, we proceeded slowly and began by relocating to a more reliable (and co-operative) hosting server.

But it wasn't until yesterday that we made the big change: porting the DBs to a separate, SQL server. It now handles all the Forum pages, plus the Classic Ford Classifieds and our online NOS Parts Inventory . And I think you'll agree this has made a significant improvement in response times.

Of course, we still have some minor wrinkles to iron out. Still, I'm confident we've made the right choice and I think demand-based slowdowns are a thing of the past. Please let us know if you have any questions or problems, either by posting it here or by using our Feedback link, below.

Thanks for sticking with us through the process. And special thanks to Joe Oliphant, the other half of "we" at FoMoCo.com. He put in lots of time doing the grunt work - getting the code switched over and then setting up the SQL DBs....and did it without grousing. Thanks a bunch, Joe.  :-)

Mr F