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Site problems ???
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 17, 2004 7:58 PM
Don't know if it's just me or my p.c., but have had some problems in finding the FSM site lately. My browser all of a sudden can't find it. Have had to do a search and keep marking new favorites as site seems to keep changing and no link anymore to current issues and next issues ???

Anyone else notice something strange going on ???? Also - seems that the February issue is late. Anyone else out there with similar problems ????Sad [:(]
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 17, 2004 8:03 PM
I too am having the same problem.
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Posted by shermanfreak on Saturday, January 17, 2004 8:16 PM
I've heard from a few guys today that had trouble logging in.
Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 17, 2004 8:35 PM
I've been having problems also logging into the main page
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Posted by chopperfan on Sunday, January 18, 2004 12:21 AM
Sign - Ditto [#ditto]
I have had to go to posts that I have mailed to myself to keep for future reference.
If I type in finescale.com, I get a message that there is an error with the site or it doesn't exist anymore. Confused [%-)]
I'm glad to see it's not just me.

Randie Cowboy [C):-)]
Randie [C):-)]Agape Models Without them? The men on the ground would have to work a lot harder. You can help. Please keep 'em flying! http://www.airtanker.com/
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Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Sunday, January 18, 2004 1:57 AM
Had the same trouble and got the same screen as chopperfan when trying to visit certain parts of the site.


Fade to Black...
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Posted by shrikes on Sunday, January 18, 2004 4:29 AM
Me too! What's going on? it says "We're sorry, but the page you requested contains an error or no longer exists"... We must be in internet limbo or something... Some overhauling, Lawrence?
Blackadder: This plan's as cunning as a fox that used to be Professor of cunning at Oxford University but has now moved on and is working with the U.N at the high commission of cunning planning
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 18, 2004 5:34 AM
I came here via the Scale Auto Enthusiast's website. Someone over there gave me a link to get here. Been getting an 'error message' all Saturday, 1/17/04.

Glenn
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Posted by FreedomEagle1953 on Sunday, January 18, 2004 8:14 AM
Hmmm ... me thinks there is a fungus amongus .... Confused [%-)]

Gee ... and I thought it was my stupid computer that was acting up ... guess not ... when I try to log out .... I get that error message ... "We're sorry, but the page you requested contains an error or no longer exists"... If I go to the bottom of the page ... in the wee little print ... and click on "log in - log out" I can most always get around the ... "We're sorry, but the page you requested contains an error or no longer exists"... error ... but it sure is a pain in the butt ... SoapBox [soapbox]

I sure hope David "the 'net wizzard" can fix this for us ... Bow [bow] Big Smile [:D]

FreedomEagle1953

Chicago, IL area

"keep on building 'em ... but don't glue your fingers together"

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Posted by stinger on Sunday, January 18, 2004 8:59 AM
Freedom

just tried your login/logout thing but can't get to the home page. What do you do after clicking on the wee print link?

May an Angel be your wingman, and the Sun be always at your six

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Posted by FreedomEagle1953 on Sunday, January 18, 2004 9:05 AM
... stinger

It depends ... seems like it does something different each time ... I just keep clicking back and forth until I get to where I want to go ... sometimes I have to "go all the way out" and "come back in" to get things to work right ... good luck ... I don't think this will last long ... but then I am far from being an expert .... Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

FreedomEagle1953

Chicago, IL area

"keep on building 'em ... but don't glue your fingers together"

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Posted by roosterfish on Sunday, January 18, 2004 10:13 AM
I remember last Wednesday a small announcement, hidden away in the announcement section, that this web site was going to be overhauled and speeded up. Then the rebuild was rescheduled for Thursday and that never happened. Maybe the overhaul was done on late Friday or early Saturday? I think the site is broken now.

I don't feel any faster.
Winners never quit; quitters never win.
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Posted by chopperfan on Sunday, January 18, 2004 10:52 AM
Roosterfish.
Now that you mention it I remember seeing something about that, too.
I guess the fix didn't take!!!!

Randie Cowboy [C):-)]
Randie [C):-)]Agape Models Without them? The men on the ground would have to work a lot harder. You can help. Please keep 'em flying! http://www.airtanker.com/
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Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:33 AM
Hmmm...I've had the same problems as ya'll. Got here this time via Robert's Sherman build page (thanks Tim and Robert!).
Funny, I tried the same strategy with Erock's 1/16 Tiger build page...but maybe that one links to the FSM main page, while Robert's links directly to the forums.

Hope it all gets figured out!
~Brian
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Posted by shrikes on Sunday, January 18, 2004 11:46 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by roosterfish
I think the site is broken now.
I don't feel any faster.

Well, if it is broken, this is the right community to come to! Provided that what ever is broken is made of plastic... Tongue [:P]

Man, have you guys seen the "attendance" at the forum index? sometimes it's just one or two people! This thing is really keeping people away...
Blackadder: This plan's as cunning as a fox that used to be Professor of cunning at Oxford University but has now moved on and is working with the U.N at the high commission of cunning planning
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Posted by stinger on Sunday, January 18, 2004 12:27 PM
Freedom - Thanks

Here's the link I have in my favorites. I haven't had any problems getting to here in the forum.
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/active.asp?ActiveSince=LastDay

I really don't go to the home page very often anyway. I'd rather read the issue on the throne Wink [;)] Whistling [:-^] Angry [:(!] Smile [:)]

May an Angel be your wingman, and the Sun be always at your six

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Posted by Buddho on Sunday, January 18, 2004 2:22 PM
I had the same problem...and thanks again to Robert's site, I was able to get in...

Regards, Dan

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Posted by MikeV on Sunday, January 18, 2004 3:22 PM
Look at the bright side, at least we won't have any trolls this way. Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Wink [;)]Big Smile [:D]

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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Posted by M1abramsRules on Sunday, January 18, 2004 3:25 PM
I used Robert's group build site. I've been getting the error messages all sat. and sun.
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Posted by Lufbery on Sunday, January 18, 2004 9:21 PM
I've been getting the same error message Saturday and Sunday. I got to the forum by way of a watched topic.

Regards,

-Drew

-Drew

Build what you like; like what you build.

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Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Monday, January 19, 2004 1:10 AM
For emergency purposes use this link to the forums:

http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum

Seems to work for now.

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Posted by J-Hulk on Monday, January 19, 2004 5:02 AM
Thanks, Dwight!

Strange, eh? And no word about this mysterious phenomena at all from the FSM boys...kinda worries me...
~Brian
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Posted by shrikes on Monday, January 19, 2004 5:54 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by J-Hulk
Strange, eh? And no word about this mysterious phenomena at all from the FSM boys...kinda worries me...

True... No word at all from any of the admins? I thought i saw lawrence sneaking about the other day...
Blackadder: This plan's as cunning as a fox that used to be Professor of cunning at Oxford University but has now moved on and is working with the U.N at the high commission of cunning planning
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Posted by M1abramsRules on Monday, January 19, 2004 8:45 AM
LOL shrikes, site seems to work this fine monday morning though
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Posted by chopperfan on Monday, January 19, 2004 9:26 AM
Thank goodness. Back to normal. Whatever normal is. Tongue [:P]

Randie Cowboy [C):-)]
Randie [C):-)]Agape Models Without them? The men on the ground would have to work a lot harder. You can help. Please keep 'em flying! http://www.airtanker.com/
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 19, 2004 10:51 AM
The site was down for a good part of the weekend. Or more accurately, it appears that the non-Forum portion of the site was down. The two are more or less separate, which explains why people trying to get in through the home page were getting error messages and people accessing the forums via a direct URL were able to get in.

We had implemented significant system upgrades last Monday. You might have noticed some minor changes to the layout of some pages and the green navigation bar to the left, which we implemented as part of the upgrade.

Also, the upgrade resulted in changes to the URLs for some portions of the site; many URLs leading directly to specific articles within the site changed.

Of course, everything ran smoothly for the rest of the week until the weekend.....Our online tech folks have rebooted the site and are working on fixes to prevent this kind of crash in the future. We apologize for any distress this may have caused.

If you continue to notice problems with the home page or other pages within the site, drop me a line.

The bright side is that at least it happened on the weekend: Imagine trying to get through a day at work without periodic spirits-lifting visits to FineScale.com! [:0]
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Posted by M1abramsRules on Monday, January 19, 2004 11:22 AM
is that what you do at work??!!!Wink [;)]Big Smile [:D] when your burned out you come on the forum!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 19, 2004 11:32 AM
Ah, M1, but you see the Forum *is* my work (at least part of it)!
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Posted by J-Hulk on Monday, January 19, 2004 11:33 AM
Thanks for the update, Lawrence!
Glad to hear all is well.
I thought ya'll had been hacked by a rival site or something sinister!
~Brian
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Posted by M1abramsRules on Monday, January 19, 2004 11:36 AM
armorama and missing links strike again!!!! Evil [}:)]

when's dave coming back to visit with us lawrence??
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