Forum Crash - missing posts

Discussion in 'Information and Announcements' started by pippa@labforumHQ, Jul 31, 2015.

  1. pippa@labforumHQ

    pippa@labforumHQ Administrator

    Joined:
    May 10, 2011
    Messages:
    5,508
    The forum crashed early this morning. We thought at first it was a problem with the server as many people were visiting to look at the photo competition. However, it appears now that it is another problem with the forum software (Vbulletin).

    I had to chose between rolling back to a back up and getting the forum online again today, or waiting for a developer to fix the problem, which could be a matter of days.

    I therefore decided to let our hosts roll back to a recent back up and get the forum working again right away. What this means is that some of your most recent posts will be missing. And I do apologise for that. I have also contacted a Vbulletin specialist developer to try and discover what caused the problem and prevent it happening again.
     
  2. UncleBob

    UncleBob Supporting Member Forum Supporter

    Joined:
    Sep 20, 2013
    Messages:
    1,534
    Hi Pippa
    These things happen I'm afraid. You've done all that could be done. Thank goodness for regular back-ups! (That said, I do wonder whether more software developers are going the MS route - release software with minimal testing and rely on the end users to identify all of the bugs )
     
  3. Bruer

    Bruer Registered Users

    Joined:
    Feb 24, 2014
    Messages:
    759
    Location:
    Scotland
    My son upgraded my laptop to Windows 10 and since I've been having trouble on the forum and other sites. Not sure if it could be upsetting the forum?!
     
  4. Boogie

    Boogie Supporting Member Forum Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 29, 2014
    Messages:
    8,416
    Glad to see the forum back - how many times did you check to see? (A measure of your addiction! :) )
     
  5. Pilatelover

    Pilatelover Registered Users

    Joined:
    Jan 20, 2015
    Messages:
    1,969
    Location:
    Coventry
    quite a few
     
  6. Jane Martin

    Jane Martin Registered Users

    Joined:
    Apr 16, 2014
    Messages:
    2,270
    About 6-8
     
  7. kateincornwall

    kateincornwall Registered Users

    Joined:
    Mar 4, 2012
    Messages:
    9,936
    I noticed it was down last night , thought it just maintenance , obviously wrong ;)
     
  8. MaccieD

    MaccieD Guest

    The forum went down while I was catching up with posts. How many times have I checked whether it was back up? I'm not telling :rolleyes:, but really pleased to see us back online phew, the withdrawal symptoms are now disappearing :D
     

Share This Page