Has anybody else noticed that after upgrading to V8.5 of Orion that the Orion web site seems to be responding slower?
Greg,
The first time you load a specific type of web page, it will be slower. After that, it will perform better. That's just a side-effect of using ASP.net.
Denny
Well to me the response time doesn't seem to improve with age. I am sorry but so far V8.5 has not been a real winner in my book so far.
If you're experiencing generally slow times, then there's something specific to your system and you should open a Support ticket. If you're having that problem, then I can see why 8.5 wouldn't seem great. Let us help you get past this problem (and any other problems) and then re-evaluate.
Since you mentioned ASP.NET how come you're moving the Orion code over to it? I know ASP.NET is supposed to be quicker but I've never noticed a significant improvement over asp.
There are a number of key features that customers have been asking for that could not be accomplished with the old code base. We needed to make changes to enable those features in future releases. ASP.Net met the requirements for achieving those goals. You'll see the payoff in 2008 as we add new web console features.
Only the initial login is slower from here. (5-15 seconds) The rest of the site actually feels snappier.
While were talking about ASP.Net, I'm assuming you kept with VB.Net??
Does it matter, or are you just curious?
I made a few little customizations to the website- which is what I was asking about, and why I was asking.
Depending on the depth and nature of the customizations that you've done, they should still be OK. Custom resources still work; we still support classic ASP (i.e. VBScript-driven) resources. Since you do mention customization, though, I would say that the new ASP.Net website should be a lot friendlier to customizers, both in terms of look-and-feel as well as functionality. We're not putting out API docs or a customizer's guide -- ATM, our official answer for customizing the Orion website is "Unsupported - you're on your own" -- but you should still have an easier time. I know with the pre-8.5 website, sometimes simple little things like putting a custom header at the top of the pages with the company's logo was beyond painful; that should be relatively easy now.
Let me note that although we support ASP resources now, we'll be phasing them out in a future release.
