The site is loading way too slow and it’s taking me minutes of waiting to do anything. I suspect most visitors are getting frustrated waiting for something to happen. Comments take forever, too, so please hold off on those.
I did determine it’s not the server, and it’s beyond my capabilities, so I need to find a local who can help me make things right.
I see I have a new AmmoLand article that just posted, so let me just plug it here:
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Apologies to those of you who took the time to send me news tips– I just won’t be able to do anything with them until I get this issue resolved, hopefully by next week, assuming it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, because this site is not a revenue generator for me.
UPDATE
It doesn’t appear to be constipated today, leading me to believe tech support wasn’t completely correct about server performance.
I reduced the number of posts displayed on a page and added a page speed optimizer, so we’ll see if that helps and for how long.
In the mean time, if anyone knows a pro-2A Word Press pro who lives in the Akron/Cleveland area, please ask them to reach out to me (dcodrea@hotmail.com). It would be worth it to me to pay them to come out for a few hours and analyze/improve what’s going on behind the scenes, both to eliminate the slow loading, enhance SEO, and educate me on maintenance stuff even I should be able to do.
Funny, for a guy who spent decades in policies and procedures, I read web developer instructions and my eyes glaze over. It just doesn’t click. I need to visualize and then do hands-on, which means I need to be shown and guided.