Clair Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Quick quick!!I'll post this before it all goes t!ts up again...We don't know what happened... [8-)][blink]It may have had to do with the mods wanting a day off... [Www]Anyway, it appears to be back [:D]or was it just me? [8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 It wasn't just you, Clair. Hope you all had a great sabbatical, mods.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maricopa Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Well, I hope it was a good vacation, you had me worried[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 It still seems rather shaky, I get "Server Error in '/' Application" at the top of the page and the index page appeared in the wrong font. It was a long time for the site to be out of action - causing all sorts of speculation elsewhere about who had broken it. There was even a theory that a banned former user had been sticking pins in a voodoo doll. [;-)]But it seemed to be an Archant-wide problem, not just this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Did they pay their electricity bills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Site is back up and seems stable now so we shouldn't have any more probl [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 I thought it was me as it collapsed just after I posted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share Posted October 5, 2008 I bet it was the cleaner in Archant IT unit... Unplugged everything, switched the light off, closed the door...[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Interestingly, the property bit of the website (and therefore the bit that earns money) was up and running well in advance of the forum.Hm...........not very nice knowing you're not on anyone's priority list, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tressy Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 [quote user="sweet 17"] Interestingly, the property bit of the website (and therefore the bit that earns money) was up and running well in advance of the forum. Hm...........not very nice knowing you're not on anyone's priority list, is it?[/quote]If someone was doing 'triage' then the forum would be pretty far down on their list of things needing restoring to health. I understand it perfectly - the principle, that is, not the techie stuff.[:)]PS I thought Bugbear broke the forum too, with his 'move to the Dark Side' thread title being the last thing I saw before it all went haywire.[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share Posted October 5, 2008 I should say that the rumours of a day off for the mods being the cause of the outage have been widely exaggerated.Like Tressy and Jonzjob, I think we all pretty much agree on who to blame for this... [Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 The property website is on http://www.francepropertyshop.com and, along with all the other Archant sites, was up and running on Saturday lunchtime when I tried. I could get into all Archant sites, the only exception was the complete France one http://www.completefrance.com , this hosts more than just our forum.Even their footie forum, which shares the same forum software, was up and running, so I wouldn't take it personally [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 [quote user="Clair"]Like Tressy and Jonzjob, I think we all pretty much agree on who to blame for this... [Www][/quote]Will you administer the wedgie as punishment Clair, or should we ask Hoddy to nip over to BB's place and duff him up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimg Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 phew i thought the site got credit crunched kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share Posted October 5, 2008 [quote user="Cat"]Will you administer the wedgie as punishment Clair, or should we ask Hoddy to nip over to BB's place and duff him up?[/quote]Let's not be too harsh... I'm sure the mere threat of Hoddy will be enough to ensure he doesn't foul again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tressy Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 [quote user="Clair"][quote user="Cat"]Will you administer the wedgie as punishment Clair, or should we ask Hoddy to nip over to BB's place and duff him up?[/quote]Let's not be too harsh... I'm sure the mere threat of Hoddy will be enough to ensure he doesn't foul again...[/quote]Thinking about it more rationally, it was probably Peter Mandelson's fault.[:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Why, is Hoddy such an ogre as that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tressy Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 [quote user="sweet 17"]Why, is Hoddy such an ogre as that?[/quote]Well, strictly speaking Hoddy is only part Ogre (on her grandmother's side, if my memory serves correctly) but lets just say her granny had 'dominant' genes.[Www][:-))][;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Trouble is ........ I'm in England at the moment.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tressy Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 [quote user="Hoddy"]Trouble is ........ I'm in England at the moment.Hoddy [/quote]Phew! [:D]When are you over here next, Hoddy? I'm not being nosey...it's just general interest, you understand, and nothing to do with your Ogerish powers failing at the channel.[Www][:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Thank goodness for that Hoddy! At least I can sleep easy tonight?Thanks for the warning Tessy! Dominant genes, is that what you call it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tressy Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 [quote user="sweet 17"]... Dominant genes, is that what you call it?[/quote]I don't normally call it anything out loud. Too scary for words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I'm getting server errors and slow response times this morning, you're not using your dark powers again are you BB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Stephenson (Archant IS) Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 All,Apologies for the downtime over this weekend. We've had a series of major failures within our web hosting infrastructure that knocked ALL Archant hosted sites offline.Our core web storage systems failed late Friday afternoon, which took most of our sites offline and the rest unfortunately followed later Friday evening.The faults were escalated to the highest level within the storage system vendor's management, and a team of 3 vendor engineers & senior Archant IT staff worked virtually non-stop through the weekend to bring systems back online. Most of the major failures were resolved by around 02:30 Sunday morning, but it has taken until this morning to fully iron out all of the remaining stability & minor issues.Our sites are now all back up & running, although we're awaiting some replacement hardware which should be delivered to our data centre (along with an engineer to install it) tomorrow morning.The site may experience a further brief outage tomorrow but otherwise stability should return.Kind regardsTim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Thank you Tim. Was that a complex way of saying that someone pulled the plug out or that the keys were lost or that an employee under notice was hyperactive with the chewing gum in the moving parts?[6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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