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IPS4 is more of a disappointment then i thought, I've been using IPS from when 3.3.x got released. I upgraded to the latest version of IPS 4.1 from 3.4.7 a week ago.
Since I upgraded IPS4 it's being a pain in the backside it's slow and sucking up too much server resources, it's loading up more then 12 java scripts and 7 css files and this is on the default theme IPS came with.
For the past couple of releases it's just been security patches being released which gives me doubt IPS 4.x.x may not actually be secure, i mean 4.1.3.2, 4.1.4.1, 4.1.5, 4.1.5.1, 4.1.5.2 all these are just security patches and most of them are patches for XSS.
I mean just look
This just gives be a gut feeling there may be more holes we don't know about an the security of my members.
Anyways back to slow IPS4, i've tired everything to speed up the site, minifyed the css & javascript, cached them, used apc/xcache/memcached also used cloudclare but the fasted speed i ever got is 4.76 seconds and i'm not evening using any plugins just stock theme and just the pages application. To me IPS4 is just such a big disappointment.
However earlier today i experimented with xenforo, i converted IPS4 to xenforo on my server but on a different dictionary so IPS4 was on mywebsite.com and the convertented xenforo was on mywebsite.com/xf
The results were amazing, i was shocked, the same server IPS4 was struggling on, xenforo smashed IPS4 on performance, Just like the same test i did, stock theme, no plugins/applications installed, IPS4 was tuned abit minfying the css and jaca script and using some caches, IPS4 did it in 6.91 seconds. BUT XENFORO DID IT IN 1.18
xenforo same thing as IPS4 no plugins stock theme, i converted all threads, posts, accounts, forums etc and without even changing any settings xenforo killed IPS via performance i am astonished by this, my staff also found xenforo way faster then IPS4.
We might actually convert to xenforo due to its speed, better support from the staff and community, and it's security
Since I upgraded IPS4 it's being a pain in the backside it's slow and sucking up too much server resources, it's loading up more then 12 java scripts and 7 css files and this is on the default theme IPS came with.
For the past couple of releases it's just been security patches being released which gives me doubt IPS 4.x.x may not actually be secure, i mean 4.1.3.2, 4.1.4.1, 4.1.5, 4.1.5.1, 4.1.5.2 all these are just security patches and most of them are patches for XSS.
I mean just look
This just gives be a gut feeling there may be more holes we don't know about an the security of my members.
Anyways back to slow IPS4, i've tired everything to speed up the site, minifyed the css & javascript, cached them, used apc/xcache/memcached also used cloudclare but the fasted speed i ever got is 4.76 seconds and i'm not evening using any plugins just stock theme and just the pages application. To me IPS4 is just such a big disappointment.
However earlier today i experimented with xenforo, i converted IPS4 to xenforo on my server but on a different dictionary so IPS4 was on mywebsite.com and the convertented xenforo was on mywebsite.com/xf
The results were amazing, i was shocked, the same server IPS4 was struggling on, xenforo smashed IPS4 on performance, Just like the same test i did, stock theme, no plugins/applications installed, IPS4 was tuned abit minfying the css and jaca script and using some caches, IPS4 did it in 6.91 seconds. BUT XENFORO DID IT IN 1.18
xenforo same thing as IPS4 no plugins stock theme, i converted all threads, posts, accounts, forums etc and without even changing any settings xenforo killed IPS via performance i am astonished by this, my staff also found xenforo way faster then IPS4.
We might actually convert to xenforo due to its speed, better support from the staff and community, and it's security
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