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Title: Long Downtime
Post by: TWCToday on December 23, 2009, 12:52:20 PM
Due to issues beyond our control that consisted of issues with our host, database and forum the forum was forced to remain down for  several days. After hours of work I have gotten things almost back to normal. Images, attachments and other non-core aspects of the forum will remain down for a while but will slowly return. I want  to apologize to everyone who has been affected by this downtime and take responsibility for things. Had I not been working nights I would have perhaps restored the forum a bit quicker. Our host did have restrictions in place due to the errors that were being created so that was another factor we had to take into account. Thank you for your patience and continued support of this site and forum.


Merry Christmas
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: WeatherWitness on December 23, 2009, 12:53:59 PM
Welcome back to the forums, everyone!!! :D I think Martin deserves a hand for working so hard in fixing them!
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: MetalStorm91 on December 23, 2009, 01:01:33 PM
Happy that the the forums is back! Thank You Martin for your hard work getting this baby back online!!
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: Anistorm on December 23, 2009, 01:14:09 PM
Oh Martin, at least you got it back online! You worked so hard you need a break!
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: twcfan68 on December 23, 2009, 01:34:01 PM
Aww, well at least you finally got it back up. :) You definitely deserve a break.  During the downtime I did some Christmas shopping and stuff so I wasn't as distracted. :P Still, I'm glad you were able to get this place up and running again. You're really a great admin.
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: TWCToday on December 23, 2009, 02:16:41 PM
avatars and smilies restored

attachments are slowly coming online
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: Stephen on December 23, 2009, 02:27:28 PM
avatars and smilies restored
My avatar still isn't working. :no:
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: Anistorm on December 23, 2009, 02:31:49 PM
avatars and smilies restored
My avatar still isn't working. :no:

Did you try reuploading your avatar, Stephen?
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: Stephen on December 23, 2009, 02:38:06 PM
Did you try reuploading your avatar, Stephen?
I guess I could do that. :whistling:

EDIT: No, it won't let me re-upload. :no:

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The attachments upload directory is not writable. Your attachment or avatar cannot be saved.
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: TWCToday on December 23, 2009, 02:43:02 PM
try now
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: Stephen on December 23, 2009, 02:44:58 PM
try now

Works now. :)
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: Zach on December 23, 2009, 02:51:54 PM
Hmmm, I didn't have to reupload mine. :thinking:

Anyways, is the sig rotator getting fixed as well? :)
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: TWCToday on December 23, 2009, 03:02:27 PM
Hmmm, I didn't have to reupload mine. :thinking:

Anyways, is the sig rotator getting fixed as well? :)
Yep
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: phw115wvwx on December 23, 2009, 03:10:39 PM
I'm glad you were able to get the forums back, Martin! :thrilled:  I hope all these issues with our host will end soon.
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: wxntrafficfan on December 23, 2009, 04:03:50 PM
Oops, already posted in the site news topic. Anyways, glad to see the forums are back. It was frustrating the forums were down for so long, but I don't blame you Martin, and I commend you on doing whatever possible to get the site back as quickly as possible. I do hope you can check on the attachments issues both on the forums and in the individual video sites. When I try to redownload a file, I don't get the whole file, and it seems corrupted. Whenever I try to upload a video to the forums, it tells me that IE can't display the webpage. I tried this on multiple computers and connections, and still had the same issue. Not a huge concern, and I understand you have a lot more that is much higher of a priority. But please try to look into these issues when you can  :wave:
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: gt1racerlHDl on December 23, 2009, 05:52:48 PM
Glad the forums are back! Thank you martin for a Marvelous job.
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: TWCToday on December 23, 2009, 10:48:15 PM
All attachments should be uploaded
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: TWCToday on December 23, 2009, 10:55:51 PM
We are officially 100% back to normal with all files, add-on, and images working.
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: WeatherWitness on December 23, 2009, 11:41:22 PM
Thank you, Martin!! :dance: Glad to know you were able to get everything fixed. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: Anistorm on December 24, 2009, 01:13:15 AM
YAY!!!!  :clap:
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: TWCToday on December 24, 2009, 01:20:46 PM
Thanks for all of your kind support and understanding.
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: Mike M on December 24, 2009, 02:29:40 PM
Thanks for all of your kind support and understanding.
Thanks for all the work you have done for us too, I hope you can get a new host soon. We don't need to go through this hassle again :no:
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: Anistorm on December 24, 2009, 05:35:16 PM
Thanks for all of your kind support and understanding.

No problem, Martin. You're the best :)
Title: Re: Long Downtime
Post by: Localonthe8s on December 26, 2009, 01:13:44 AM
Thank you so much! I've been  busy for the past few days so I've been unable to come online
but its nice to see everything back and normal now. I don't think I can survive a day without TWCT :P Thanks again for all the effort and time you put in to get the forums back, Martin