Connection error messages

[Shannon Parks]

OK - update!

I got nowhere with my web host provider. Maybe twenty emails, chats and phone calls with great detail regarding the issue received the infuriating response "Went to http://www.diytube.com and it loads. Ticket closed." Argh. Finally got to 'Tier 3' whom I couldn't contact directly and I received the same response. Obviously I will be shopping for a new web host and appreciate any advice.

After that I took the proactive approach, and I hope this works. I moved the database to a MySQL5 server (newer MySQL and different server). Hoping the connections issue isn't the same, so let me know. Also, let me know if you have any bugs with the forums. I think I have it 98% there. Lots of snafus I won't go into here, other than with my new web host I need phpMyAdmin to be able to handle multiple databases.

Thanks for the patience, folks. Refresh the website. And (crosses fingers) I hope things are working better and look forward to your feedback. Post any error messages here.

Shannon

[Geek]

You SO need a new webhost

[Shannon Parks]

You SO need a new webhost

No doubt! Since I live in Champaign-Urbana - birthplace of HAL9000 and Mosaic - I'm going to see if I can get a local host, run by nerds that love their servers and not a soulless, unreachable entity.

Shannon

[20to20]

.... I'm not going to say it...........but ..... I think ..... the board....

[Shannon Parks]

.... I'm not going to say it...........but ..... I think ..... the board....

Happy New Year's Day to you all! Here's to the best year yet.

Shannon

[EWBrown]

Was the site server down today (Jan 21st) , I was getting a "500" "internal server error" during a few login attempts during the early evening.

Everything seems to be running correctly, now.

/edB

[Shannon Parks]

Someone emailed me last week with the '500' error and I've seen it once, so you're not alone, Ed. I plan a move to greener pastures this spring.

Shannon

[mesherm]

I have received the "500" error with IE then immediatly tried with Firefox or Chrome and all was ok so I assumed it was IE specific.

[Geek]

Seems after 9PM local time for me, this place becomes completely unuseable

[20to20]

I've not gotten any more error messages since I posted last back in December. There was one time a few days ago the board was inaccessible for a minute, but that's it. I check the board quite a few times each day.

[Geek]

It's behaving itself tonight so far

Well, we know it's not the forum software, it's well proven, as is Shannon's database administration abilities.... it's the webhost.

Cheers!

[nyazzip]

i've become rather used to it- if at first you don't succeed.......................

[Geek]

.......... just keep clicking "Reload" until the page shows or we bring down the server

[EWBrown]

Press and hold F5

[Geek]

last few days, I've had to re-login daily and manually search for new threads. Though topic indicators show new posts, the "View New Posts" or active topics returns blank