Murphy strikes back (I broke the forums)

David Voss

Member since
December 2002
From: Waukesha, WI

Murphy strikes back (I broke the forums)

Posted by David Voss on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 9:51 PM

Take the night off everyone cause it looks like I broke the forums. Black Eye [B)]

I've heard from a number of people about being unable to post messages. I think I know what the problem is and will fix it first thing in the morning.

In regards to the forum performance, it is rather horrible at the moment. If I can't get the performance issues resolved in the morning, I'll re-enable the forums on the original server while we get this figured out.

My apologies to everyone. This move was supposed to improve things, not make it worse.

Hopefully when things get back to normal tomorrow, you'll all have plenty to talk about other than how I broke the forums...

David Voss Senior Web Developer Kalmbach Publishing Co. Join me on the FSM Map

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Bgrigg

Member since
May 2005
From: Left forever

Posted by Bgrigg on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:08 PM

That's too bad. I guess the only bright shining moment is I don't have to wait to talk about how you broke the forums!

Ah, kicking a man when he's down isn't as much fun as you would think. Sad [:(]

So long folks!

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David Voss

Member since
December 2002
From: Waukesha, WI

Posted by David Voss on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 9:46 AM

Okay, the problems in regards to not being able to post messages, update profiles, upload avatars, etc. should be fixed now. If you're reading this and unable to post, please send an email to webmaster@finescale.com with "FSM - unable to post" (or something along those lines) in the subject.

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:12 AM

I guess this test post says I can post, but I've noticed the Forum load times seem longer than what I'm used to.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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espins1

Member since
December 2002
From: Reno, NV

Posted by espins1 on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:19 AM

Glad you got it working fast enough for my boss not to notice in increase in my work performance. Wink [;)]

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David Voss

Member since
December 2002
From: Waukesha, WI

Posted by David Voss on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:47 AM

rjkplasticmod wrote:
...but I've noticed the Forum load times seem longer than what I'm used to.

I made a small tweak. I'm going to let it run on this server for awhile longer. If you would please let me know if it seems to be running better or worse than before, I would really appreciate it.

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espins1

Member since
December 2002
From: Reno, NV

Posted by espins1 on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:51 AM

If I click on a topic header, it seems load reasonably quickly. When I try to go to another page in the post it either takes a really long time or just sits there.

Scott Espin - IPMS Reno High Rollers My Reviews

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Yann Solo

Member since
March 2006
From: Drummondville, Quebec, Canada

Posted by Yann Solo on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:59 AM

I have to press F5 to refresh the screen when it sits there.

No matter where you go ....... there you are.

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espins1

Member since
December 2002
From: Reno, NV

Posted by espins1 on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:07 AM

Also, nothing happens when I click on the "PM" button to send a private message.

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smokinguns3

Member since
June 2005
From: San Tan Valley,AZ

Posted by smokinguns3 on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:23 AM

Hay Dave still loading slow, the main FSM logo with Galleries,articles etc loads first and takes anywhere from 12 seconds to 30 seconds to load the rest of the page.

See what happens when you fix something that dont need fixed Tongue [:P] Big Smile [:D]

Rob I think i can I think i can

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espins1

Member since
December 2002
From: Reno, NV

Posted by espins1 on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:37 AM

Ok, the forums are working great for me now, very fast. (Oct 11, 9:25am PST).

Edit: Hmmm... sometimes they go really fast for a bit, then it bogs down to a crawl again. Very sporadic.

Scott Espin - IPMS Reno High Rollers My Reviews

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 11:49 AM

It works but it is slow. So David tell us what you did to tick off the server gremlins.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!! Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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David Voss

Member since
December 2002
From: Waukesha, WI

Posted by David Voss on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:15 PM

smokinguns3 wrote:
See what happens when you fix something that dont need fixed

It seems that your login is working too well, let me go fix that. Wink [;)]

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smokinguns3

Member since
June 2005
From: San Tan Valley,AZ

Posted by smokinguns3 on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:27 PM

Well you know that goes Dave

Rob I think i can I think i can

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David Voss

Member since
December 2002
From: Waukesha, WI

Posted by David Voss on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 3:49 PM

Well for now we have two urls for the forum. So take your pick. Smile [:)]

http://www.finescale.com/fsm/cs/forums/

/forums/

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smokinguns3

Member since
June 2005
From: San Tan Valley,AZ

Posted by smokinguns3 on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:03 PM

AAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH Banged Head [banghead] Tongue [:P]

I'll use the one that works Big Smile [:D]

Rob I think i can I think i can

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Yann Solo

Member since
March 2006
From: Drummondville, Quebec, Canada

Posted by Yann Solo on Thursday, October 12, 2006 2:28 PM

If you want to know, it is still sometimes very slow, sometimes very quick to navigate thru the forum.

No matter where you go ....... there you are.

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David Voss

Member since
December 2002
From: Waukesha, WI

Posted by David Voss on Thursday, October 12, 2006 5:21 PM

Yann Solo wrote:
If you want to know, it is still sometimes very slow, sometimes very quick to navigate thru the forum.

Which url are you using? cs.finescale.com or www.finescale.com?

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Thursday, October 12, 2006 5:54 PM

You might want to check the smilies, David. Some aren't working for some people.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!! Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 12, 2006 8:52 PM

yes, thats true. ARG!!!! like in my MSN, i cant se those d*mn smileys

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Yann Solo

Member since
March 2006
From: Drummondville, Quebec, Canada

Posted by Yann Solo on Friday, October 13, 2006 7:44 AM

David Voss wrote:
Yann Solo wrote:
If you want to know, it is still sometimes very slow, sometimes very quick to navigate thru the forum.

Which url are you using? cs.finescale.com or www.finescale.com?

cs.finescale.com

Should I use the other one?

No matter where you go ....... there you are.

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David Voss

Member since
December 2002
From: Waukesha, WI

Posted by David Voss on Friday, October 13, 2006 10:06 AM

Yann Solo wrote:
David Voss wrote:
Yann Solo wrote:
If you want to know, it is still sometimes very slow, sometimes very quick to navigate thru the forum.

Which url are you using? cs.finescale.com or www.finescale.com?

cs.finescale.com

Should I use the other one?

Yeah, I would highly recommend using www.finescale.com for now. Something is definitely not working right on the other server, which is where cs.finescale.com is being served from.

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David Voss

Member since
December 2002
From: Waukesha, WI

Posted by David Voss on Friday, October 13, 2006 10:09 AM

cassibill wrote:
You might want to check the smilies, David. Some aren't working for some people.

Yeah, I know. Sad [:(]

It's probably going to be like that while both urls are setup for the forums. I'm hoping we can get this resolved sometime next week. In the meantime... use your imagination. Wink [;)]

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Yann Solo

Member since
March 2006
From: Drummondville, Quebec, Canada

Posted by Yann Solo on Friday, October 13, 2006 10:39 AM

I hope you enjoy your work David ...... cause I wouldn't. I hate computer problems. Thanks for all your work.

No matter where you go ....... there you are.

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Friday, October 13, 2006 12:27 PM

I remember what it was like when I programed. The little things sometimes helped you figure out the big problems. I wrote a hangman program once that crashed whenever certain words were used and one frame of the animation always failed to load and it skiped it. Turned out some coding got switched fixing the animation helped fix the whole thing. I thought the smilies might help narrow down the protocals with bugs in them.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!! Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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Hippy-Ed

Member since
December 2004
From: Stockton,Ca

Posted by Hippy-Ed on Friday, October 13, 2006 10:26 PM

David Voss wrote:
cassibill wrote:
You might want to check the smilies, David. Some aren't working for some people.

Yeah, I know.

It's probably going to be like that while both urls are setup for the forums. I'm hoping we can get this resolved sometime next week. In the meantime... use your imagination.

Be very very careful Dave Tongue [:P]

She has a wild imagination & it could get the better of you Mischief [:-,]

If you lose your sense of humor, you've lost everything

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gulfstreamV

Member since
October 2005

Posted by gulfstreamV on Friday, October 13, 2006 11:33 PM

Hippy-Ed wrote:
David Voss wrote:
cassibill wrote:
You might want to check the smilies, David. Some aren't working for some people.

Yeah, I know.

It's probably going to be like that while both urls are setup for the forums. I'm hoping we can get this resolved sometime next week. In the meantime... use your imagination.

Be very very careful Dave She has a wild imagination & it could get the better of you

Stay XX Thirsty, My Fellow Modelers.

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cassibill

Member since
February 2003
From: Indiana, USA

Posted by cassibill on Saturday, October 14, 2006 4:30 PM

Hippy-Ed wrote:
David Voss wrote:
cassibill wrote:
You might want to check the smilies, David. Some aren't working for some people.

Yeah, I know.

It's probably going to be like that while both urls are setup for the forums. I'm hoping we can get this resolved sometime next week. In the meantime... use your imagination.

Be very very careful Dave She has a wild imagination & it could get the better of you

What are you saying, Ed? Evil [}:)] You're making me crazy here.

cdw My life flashes before my eyes and it mostly my life flashing before my eyes!!! Big Smile The 1/144 scale census and message board: http://144scalelist.freewebpage.org/index.html

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espins1

Member since
December 2002
From: Reno, NV

Posted by espins1 on Thursday, October 19, 2006 11:52 AM

Is it just me or are the forums still really slow and buggy?

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Hippy-Ed

Member since
December 2004
From: Stockton,Ca

Posted by Hippy-Ed on Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:40 PM

espins1 wrote:
Is it just me or are the forums still really slow and buggy?

to the best of my knowledge, it's just you Shock [:O]

Seems to be running like it's usual self to me. May be you need to clear your cache??

If you lose your sense of humor, you've lost everything

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