Forum Problem

Rick · 28th October 2009, 11:40 PM

This is the only site that has been giving me problems .

Dom · 29th October 2009, 01:26 AM

dito, here with me

Spunjer · 29th October 2009, 02:05 AM

whew! I thought it was my "funny" pics collection that was doing it

yeah I'm getting the same message...

Lee · 29th October 2009, 04:03 AM

Sorry all. I have no idea of what is going on. Presumably they are working on the webserver at the web hosting service, as I have made no settings changes recently.

kahnjar1 · 30th October 2009, 08:21 AM

Yes same in NZ both myself and Illiad could not access.
Internal Server Error message
Regards Stuart

kai · 30th October 2009, 10:56 AM

Hello Lee,

First of all, thanks for providing this site/forum and time you spend for maintenance work!

Quote:

Sorry all. I have no idea of what is going on. Presumably they are working on the webserver at the web hosting service, as I have made no settings changes recently.

Perhaps an "upgrade" to the forum software?

The main site is not affected, only the fora. The latter have been down for hours yesterday (possibly most of the day) and similar for the last week or so - certainly not any usual server downtime, especially since the main site doesn't exhibit any connectivity issues.

Regards,
Kai

Lee · 30th October 2009, 12:21 PM

Yes, I am expecting it is an issue with some defective patch to PHP or CGI or the like. Non-scripted services are unaffected. It is very frustrating as I am pretty much in the dark as to what is being done and when recovery is expected.

kahnjar1 · 30th October 2009, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kai

Hello Lee,

First of all, thanks for providing this site/forum and time you spend for maintenance work!

Perhaps an "upgrade" to the forum software?

The main site is not affected, only the fora. The latter have been down for hours yesterday (possibly most of the day) and similar for the last week or so - certainly not any usual server downtime, especially since the main site doesn't exhibit any connectivity issues.

Regards,
Kai

Re the above---the main site WAS affected here and showed same 500 Server Error.
Regards Stuart

Lee · 31st October 2009, 04:37 PM

Well, my fingers are crossed that our web hosting company has the server back to normal. I have not received any details about what the problem actually was. This site shares a server with probably several hundred if not thousand other sites and I suppose another possibility would be there may also have been some bad scripting somewhere crashing the script interpreter or something like that. When these outages occur, it almost always takes a few days for things to be cleared up; very frustrating during the time in the dark, but eventually the problems do get cleared up. A large 'bulk' provider like ours is not charging anywhere near enough to be providing 'concierge care,' but as a consolation, please keep in mind that the service is sufficiently inexpensive that there is no need to annoy you with advertising or whining for donations...

29th October 2009, 04:03 AM	#4
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 970	Patchy Service Sorry all. I have no idea of what is going on. Presumably they are working on the webserver at the web hosting service, as I have made no settings changes recently.

31st October 2009, 04:37 PM	#9
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 970	Back to Normal... Maybe? ... Possibly? Well, my fingers are crossed that our web hosting company has the server back to normal. I have not received any details about what the problem actually was. This site shares a server with probably several hundred if not thousand other sites and I suppose another possibility would be there may also have been some bad scripting somewhere crashing the script interpreter or something like that. When these outages occur, it almost always takes a few days for things to be cleared up; very frustrating during the time in the dark, but eventually the problems do get cleared up. A large 'bulk' provider like ours is not charging anywhere near enough to be providing 'concierge care,' but as a consolation, please keep in mind that the service is sufficiently inexpensive that there is no need to annoy you with advertising or whining for donations...

28th October 2009, 11:40 PM	#1
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	This is the only site that has been giving me problems .

29th October 2009, 01:26 AM	#2
Dom Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG) Posts: 1,142	dito, here with me

29th October 2009, 02:05 AM	#3
Spunjer Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Witness Protection Program Posts: 1,730	whew! I thought it was my "funny" pics collection that was doing it yeah I'm getting the same message...

30th October 2009, 08:21 AM	#5
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,813	Yes same in NZ both myself and Illiad could not access. Internal Server Error message Regards Stuart

30th October 2009, 12:21 PM	#7
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 970	Yes, I am expecting it is an issue with some defective patch to PHP or CGI or the like. Non-scripted services are unaffected. It is very frustrating as I am pretty much in the dark as to what is being done and when recovery is expected.