New poll up for site availability....

[Wobbly]

As announced on the front page i've stuck up a new poll about web site availability for VSMR (ie. good or bad). You've probably noticed the web site outages we've had recently, primarily due to the problems with our web host's facilities in california where they've had some city wide power cuts due to their current heatwave.

They are supposed to be moving to other facilities which might make things better, but I'm still concerned on availability, performance and their general proficiency, as I've had other issues I've had to work out myself without them being able to help (ie. shit they've changed that they didn't tell me about and couldn't work out the impacts of).

So please vote, let me know - it will be quite a bit of work to relocate to another provider but if that's the best thing to do then that's what we'll do...

[Flash]

Mate I have only had a problem over the last few days.

[jakestein]

Heven't noticed anything.

[kroosn]

i only had one period of a few hours where it was down, but other than that :up:

[dicky]

fsck them off, you know you want to.

[77]

The only grief I've had is not being able to upload avtar sometimes, not being able to upload pictures sometimes, not being able to upload pictures as a folder (at all), I have only found it to be down 2 times.

Oh and Sibbo (possibly also Flash) :lol: :lol: are they replaced or modified if you change servers?? :rofl:

In all honesty I think the system has been OK, I have found other sites down on occasions too (but haven't tried pics and stuff on those).

Only thing I would like to see is the home page changed a little, it is boring and seems to be always the same.

[Harry525]

I'll be overnighting in California on Thursday. Want me to go see them and show 'em where they're going wrong?

[Wobbly]

Yep, take a bat with you :lol2:

[Harry525]

Cue texan drawl...

"I'll open up a can o' whip-ass on em"

[SM93]

nah it cool with me, i do agree with 77 the home page could do with some jazzing up. I think also we should actively start chasing up some sponors like avon. we have enough active members and it might bring a few out of the wood work.

[Muzzard]

And while that can of whip ass is open,
Put the slipper in for me :twisted: ...

[Harry525]

One thing that really shits me is when the "View posts since last visit" button doesn't work. It has never worked when I'm using Linux and that's fine but sometimes it doesn't work with window$ - like right now.

[Wobbly]

How doesn't it work? I've had problems with it not recognising that you've already visited a post, but it's never missed posts?

[SMC690]

I have not had any problems with site outages of late.
View last posts only doesn't seem to work for me when I have forgotten to log out at home and try and log in at work and view 'latest/last posts'.

[Harry525]

When I first log in there are the brown post-it thingys indicating new posts. When I click on the "View posts since last visit" button it says there are no new posts. when I go back to the forum home page all the post-it thingy's are white. This morning's post was done from a laptop, I'm now on the home PC and it has done it again so it is not the computer at fault.

[Wobbly]

Hmm, that don't sound right ... is there any particular pattern to it? Happen all the time? Or just on occasion? Is your laptop and PC set to the same timezone?

[Harry525]

It's happening all the time now. The timezone deal might be causing it but one of the laptops is locked and I'm unable to change the time - it's set to USA central time and running W$ 2000, but surely that wouldn't be a prob as they are 15hrs behind EST. The other laptop is running Linix (Dapper Drake) and W$ XP Prof, both OS set at WST - Perth. The PC is running XP home and also set to Perth time. :yawn:

Maybe I've been singled out after my comments about opening the can o' whip-ass on the site host!

I suppose I'll just have to get used to it.

[Harry525]

I've also been getting this where the topic review should be when replying to a post

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: opentable() in /home/vsmrneta/public_html/includes/page_header.php on line 44

:wtf:

[Wobbly]

There's something definately not right going on there ... what version of Firefox or IE are you using?

Does anyone else have the problem with the topic review part when you either quote someone or do a reply without the quick reply window?

Does the quick reply problem happen now? OpenTable is a standard function called in the PHP scripts and shouldn't fail unless we have monkeys at work on the host again (last time they changed the user that the PHP daemon runs under which caused all our problems with file permissions that broke avatar upload and gallery upload etc). But it's all server side so in reality it shouldn't matter what browser you use, you don't see any of the PHP stuff come out, just the HTML anyway...

[shane]

only problem i have neil is after replying to a message using firefox it seems to crash ,and i have to reload the site but through ex it seems fine

[Wobbly]

Anyone on FF just make sure you have the latest version as there's been a bunch of patches out lately (Help/Check for Updates). Which is a shame since FF is much nicer to use than microcrap internet rooter :?

[jakestein]

Running the latest firefox I have no problems with the site I even loaded a small video this morning/lastnight.

Corey's Mac runs fine on here as well....!!!

[SM93]

could be operator's fault :lol:

i have no problems

[77]

I am now having a new problem. I will log on and it will show on the forum index how many threads have new posts (and there maybe like 5), I go in and read on thread and when I come out it shows no new posts even though there are??

[Sibbo]

I cant get all my boobs to work and I think this is the most serious problem we all face.
http://www.geocities.com/sibbo13/avatar1_12.gif
http://us.share.geocities.com/sibbo13/25622334617.gif

[SM93]

I cant get all my boobs to work and I think this is the most serious problem we all face.

Neil get onto this quick smart !!!!!!

[77]

I cant get all my boobs to work and I think this is the most serious problem we all face.

Neil get onto this quick smart !!!!!!

Yeah what he said!!

[Flash]

:lol:

[Wobbly]

Sorry for the outage today, friggen database hosting :?

[kroosn]

ha thats ok now i know it wasnt me


Kroosn

[Muzzard]

Or me, I thought you'de all ganged up on me and had me booted! :shock:

[Sibbo]

Not for want of trying!!!!

hahahaha

[Muzzard]

:pistols:
:shoot:
:chainsaw:
:fucku:

[Sibbo]

hahaha

[Bomber640]

I'm relieved that all of the boobs are still working after yesterdays outage, Sibbo. Someone's got their finger on the pulse...

[Sibbo]

There you go lads.

I dont know how long it will last at putfile, but enjoy it for a bit!

[Wobbly]

Well, I think I should add...

NOT SAFE FOR WORK! :lol:

[Bomber640]

Yeah Neil, I second that.. Now I've just got to figure out how to get all of these fucking perverts out of my office :lol:

[Muzzard]

Brett,
I deleted your putfile link as this is not an adult rated site with the affirmation and code of conduct as such.
We have female members too you know...
Lasted less time here mate ;) ...

[Sibbo]

hehe, no worries boss.

It was a bit on the....um....interesting side.