Sorry about some of the outages in the last couple of days. We’re seeing record traffic levels for this time of year, and we’re also seeing increased activity from other sites. For example, you can now find CC content from college forums on CollegeView.com , like this page: [Columbia</a> University - New York, New York - Undergraduate Information](<a href=“http://www.collegeview.com/school/school_hub.jsp?scid=2100307&location=1500&pAreaId=8]Columbia ”>http://www.collegeview.com/school/school_hub.jsp?scid=2100307&location=1500&pAreaId=8 )
To handle the higher loads, we are immediately adding three big new servers and making a host of technical changes that will give us better stability and faster-loading pages. Watch for additional improvements in the next few weeks - a spiffy new look for our College Visits section, more user features, and more.
Big thanks to our technical staff, who have been working around the clock both to keep our current servers up and running while planning and implementing the changes that will make the site run smoothly going forward.
We’re committed to keeping CC a fantastic place to talk about college - thanks for your patience!
That certainly explains a lot, lol.
Thanks a lot.
actually, i needed those outages. they helped me focus on school, cuz i wasnt checking CC every 10 minutes!!!
haha yeaa this explains a lot, i thought my computer was laggy or something.
Orien
February 26, 2009, 11:50pm
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Do you guys collocate or lease at The Planet?
Locke19
February 27, 2009, 1:11am
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Thanks for the update, I was wondering what was up. And thanks for the new servers!!
Traffic will get even heavier if CC is linked to Naviance. Given the user survey I took recently on Naviance, it’s a possibility.
All we can say is thank you!
Haha, I thought it was my internet going mad…
xSteven
February 27, 2009, 4:35pm
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Great! Thank you for explaining and the new servers!
LOL. So the outages were a feature and not a bug.
Ooo, you said “spiffy new look.”
And I agree with Mesquite_girl24. I’ve been so productive the last couple of days…I actually did my homework at home. Ah, well.
b_smom
February 27, 2009, 9:06pm
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I actually caught up on my sleep!
Thank you. The gentle competition going between the Parents of '10s and '09s threads needs an open line at all times.
thats a little bit of a relief… i thought my internet was acting up like usual.
TYVM this will hopefully solve the only complaint I have about CC.
Ahh, okay. I was wondering if something was wrong with my computer.
oooh haha i thought it was my internet.
