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Q: Why is the knowledge base home page loading slowly?

  • Why is the knowledge base home page loading so slowly?
  • Why does kb.mit.edu take forever (or a long time) to load?

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Answer

Although not the only possible reason, the main reason for this behavior is most likely slow or broken access to rss.mit.edu. The home page includes a sidebar box that includes the General section from 3down. In order to do this, it uses the feed2js service running on rss.mit.edu. (This service is also used by Webmail and other MIT web sites including RSS feeds on web pages.)

Mitigation/resolution, in order of increasing effort:

  • Wait
    The problem does not occur frequently and is often transient because of occasional network load.
  • Report to Knowledge Base team
    You can always report the problem to the Knowledge Base team, and we'll take it from there.
  • Report rss.mit.edu problem
    Verify that there's a problem reaching rss.mit.edu. If it is not a local network issue but instead a problem with the server, please [report the problem with rss.mit.edu] so it can be addressed.

Screenshot

This is a screen shot of what the home page usually looks like if the Knowledge Base server is waiting for a response from rss.mit.edu.

See also

  • [archive:How do I disable the 3down feed on the Knowledge Base front page?]

The K.B. Handbook

Documentation and information about using The Knowledge Base


Last Modified:

May 04, 2012

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