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Offline TWCToday

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Long Downtime
« 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
« Last Edit: December 23, 2009, 12:54:39 PM by Martin »
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #1 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!
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #2 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!!
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #3 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!
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #5 on: December 23, 2009, 02:16:41 PM »
avatars and smilies restored

attachments are slowly coming online
« Last Edit: December 23, 2009, 02:24:23 PM by Martin »
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2009, 02:27:28 PM »
Quote from: Martin on December 23, 2009, 02:16:41 PM
avatars and smilies restored
My avatar still isn't working. :no:
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2009, 02:31:49 PM »
Quote from: Stephen on December 23, 2009, 02:27:28 PM
Quote from: Martin on December 23, 2009, 02:16:41 PM
avatars and smilies restored
My avatar still isn't working. :no:

Did you try reuploading your avatar, Stephen?
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hi~ I'm Anistorm.
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2009, 02:38:06 PM »
Quote from: Anistorm on December 23, 2009, 02:31:49 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.
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2009, 02:43:02 PM »
try now
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2009, 02:44:58 PM »
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #11 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? :)
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2009, 03:02:27 PM »
Quote from: 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? :)
Yep
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #13 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.
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Re: Long Downtime
« Reply #14 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:
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