Hello.

Further to the problems we were having a few weeks ago, we've been working on a new system architecture and it's now (I think) ready for some load testing.

Functionally we've been using it for the last week, and it's identical to the live site: running from the same databases (so the bulletin boards on it have live data, and any posts made to them appear on the main site etc etc)

If you would like to test this new site, you'll need to do the following:
Delete your MoneyAM cookies from your browser (in Firefox you can do that from the Tools/Options/Privacy menu, in IE the easiest way is to 'delete cookies' from the Tools / Internet options menu (note: you'll delete all your cookies this way!))
Point your web browser to: http://test.moneyam.com/
Start using that site.


The deleting of your MoneyAM cookies is vital, else you won't be able to log into the new site (you'll keep getting directed back to the login screen).

Also, if you then want to start using the main site again (http://www.moneyam.com), you'll need to go through the delete cookies routine again. Due to them running different software versions, the cookies are not compatiable.

If this sounds like I'm trying to put you of testing, then I'm sorrry, but I need to make the limitations clear to mitigate lots of questions along those lines.

If you do decide to test the new site, please post below so I know you're doing it and post any feedback that you may have (any errors you get for instance)

Many thanks,
J.

Ps: this post was created on the test site, as proof they're running on the same backend databases.

Hello,

If any other users want to try out our new test system, please follow the instructions in the first post and let me know how you get on!

J.

J,seems stable,using it on IE and FireFox on Win2k and Xp.

Mega...

Jon,

Been using it with Opera 8.54 as well the last few days on Win XP and no problems seen (not that I really expected any).

D.

MB/MM

Thanks for that.

I've just forced a logout to everyone on this server, so that one was expected :)

J.

all,

I've just put in code which will stop sessions from expiring if you only view PHP pages on the site.

Please let me know if you still get the logout issues after 4 hours or so.

Many thanks,
Jonathan.

Hello,

We're looking like we'll be going live with the new system this weekend. If more users would like to follow the instructions in the first post and use http://test.moneyam.com as their primary site for the next few days it would aid our load testing.

Thanks,
J.

I'm not 100% thrilled about deleting ALL my cookies to try the new site.

Can you please advise which specific MoneyAM cookies are to be deleted and I will find them and then just delete those.

J,i aint deleted no cookies yet,if aint broke i dont fix it,its working fine on 4 puters :-)

DocProc,

They are the cookies named JSESSIONID for any of the moneyam.com domains (www.moneyam.com, moneyam.com etc etc)

HTH,
J.

Couldn't find it, or anything resembling it. I searched drive c: for any file, including hidden files, for anything containing JSESSIONID. I did find one such file , but it wasn't anything to do with MoneyAM.

I do Spyware scans fairly regularly and usually delete any tracking cookies. Could it be I have already deleted it?

Anyhow, I made your new URL in your opening post my new Home Page and then went to it and logged in afresh. And I'm in and posting on the Trader's Thread.

I now seem to be able to access both the old site and the new test site.

My old and existing bookmarks seem to still work on the old site's URLs quite OK. All the URLs start with 'http://www.......'

The new site takes me to the new URLs via the test site's Home Page and it's button links. All the URLs start with 'http://test........'

DocProc,

If you're using IE then finding specific cookies is almost impossible as it sticks all cookies for one site in a single file with some kind of encoding. For this task, firefox is much better.

When logged into the new site you'll be able to access all PHP pages on the old URLs, but accessing any of the streaming pages should being up the login screen...

If it's working, then great, let me know if you see any problems with it.

J.

Hi,

One thing I have found is that the 'News' buttons do not bring up any news on my stockwatches. I am currently on BT yahoo but I have tried on IE and Netscape and still they don't work.
Di

Dynamite,

Sounds like your popup blocker isn't allowing popups for test.moneyam.com.

You'll need to add that domain to your allowed list to get that working again.

J.

oh ok I'll try that.
thx
Di

all,

I just caused that slowness on the test server, apologies for that, I've knocked up a load testing client and threw hundreds of connections at it :)

Normal service has now resumed.

J.

Hello,

I've just deployed a new configuration of the test site which is optimised for production use.

Please post below if you experience any problems with it (other than having just been logged out!)

Thanks,
J.

TullettJ,

I've not tried the new site yet - lack of courage as I'm experimenting with Level 2! However, one thing that I think would improve the old site is how the 'Portfolios' appear to be treated. Once a portfolio is set up if I change a share by making a transaction all the history, i.e 1 day ago, 1 week ago etc., changes as well. Could this be corrected as it would allow portfolio value to be realistically tracked. The only information that needs to change is that of the day of the transaction.

Kind Regards

Steve

Lostandfound,

I can't make any promises, but I will certainly pass onto the tech guys to see whether this is possible for future enhancement.

Ian

Loadandfound,

Changes to how sections of the site work are beyond the scope of what testing this new architecture is for.

We've had major performance problems over the last few weeks with our current Java Application Server (JAS) so we're testing a different one as we believe it'll fix the situation.

It would suggest making your comment on the bugs and enhancements thread which is where our developers take ideas for future projects.

J.