Yesterday I reported that TalkLeft has been running very slowly since we added category archives to each entry and a section with the five most recently commented-on posts, and as a result, I stripped down the home page until I could figure out what is causing the problem. Traffic to the site is also way up. Yesterday for example, there were 17,000 visitors and 27,000 page views.

Today, being fairly confident that upgrading to the newest version of Movable Type would solve the problem and allow me to reinstate the new features, I purchased the upgrade and an installation. The two cost $100.00. If any of you frequent readers or commenters want to help me recoup the money, it would be most appreciated.

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Thanks to all, for reading and contributing.

Update: We're still short of our $100 reimbursement goal. Thanks to those who gave and if you were thinking about it but didn't get around to it, now would be a really good time.