With all due respect BigGogSF,
I didn’t see you on the forums, and I, as well as some others, including Simon, do make ourselves available to even those who choose not to purchase the minimal cost membership.
If you found the forums worthless, I would like to know what username you were using or, you can go on there and you can add me as a friend and I will be happy to talk with you about issues you might have had.
There is no secret that if the “panel” is activated, it slows down a site. Many people don’t use that feature because it is mainly for chat. Other features of WPS are duplicated by the panel.
I will add, if you use any chat plugin for WP, it will take system resources. Unless your chat is hosted on a different server. One big reason for that is, it constantly polls and refreshes. Many server hosts don’t like you to use chat software that is hosted locally because of that issue.
As far as searching the forums, there is an accurate search function in the forums.
I would really like to see your username and what issues you raised..
Thanks,
Ellsweb