16/01/15 Downtime: Your suggestions
16/01/15 Downtime: Your suggestions
(17 Jan 2015, 2:47 pm)Malarkey Option A for me, although currently I am having zero issues with the forum in regards to running slowly etc, for me its running as it should be, no idea about anyone else though.I'm not merging any more threads... Liam will shout at me for increasing the server load again
I do think the Bus Management and Infrastructure and Off Topic Threads should be looked at, as there are a lot of Threads in those areas which have some repetitiveness to them and should otherwise be merged together.
A few examples:
Bus Stop Numbers/Darlington Town Centre Bus Stops/Timetables - Why not just have one Thread titled "North East Bus Stops and Timetable Information"
Washington Area Developments/Sunderland Area Developments/Gateshead Area Developments/Newcastle Area Developments/South Tyneside Area Developments/Gosforth High Street Improvements/Durham Road - Why not just have one Thread titled - "North East Area Developments"
(17 Jan 2015, 2:47 pm)Malarkey Option A for me, although currently I am having zero issues with the forum in regards to running slowly etc, for me its running as it should be, no idea about anyone else though.I'm not merging any more threads... Liam will shout at me for increasing the server load again
I do think the Bus Management and Infrastructure and Off Topic Threads should be looked at, as there are a lot of Threads in those areas which have some repetitiveness to them and should otherwise be merged together.
A few examples:
Bus Stop Numbers/Darlington Town Centre Bus Stops/Timetables - Why not just have one Thread titled "North East Bus Stops and Timetable Information"
Washington Area Developments/Sunderland Area Developments/Gateshead Area Developments/Newcastle Area Developments/South Tyneside Area Developments/Gosforth High Street Improvements/Durham Road - Why not just have one Thread titled - "North East Area Developments"
(17 Jan 2015, 2:49 pm)Dan I'm not merging any more threads... Liam will shout at me for increasing the server load again
Not sure whether the forum is running fine or not for me - but managed to quote no bother using Tapatalk in this post.
(17 Jan 2015, 2:49 pm)Dan I'm not merging any more threads... Liam will shout at me for increasing the server load again
Not sure whether the forum is running fine or not for me - but managed to quote no bother using Tapatalk in this post.
(17 Jan 2015, 3:00 pm)Michael Delete unused threads then, quite a few on here which hasn't being used for ages....
(17 Jan 2015, 5:01 pm)cbma06 anybody having problems with tapatalk?, I get the message alerts on my phone, but when I go into a message, it just saying loading with black screen
(17 Jan 2015, 3:00 pm)Michael Delete unused threads then, quite a few on here which hasn't being used for ages....
(17 Jan 2015, 5:01 pm)cbma06 anybody having problems with tapatalk?, I get the message alerts on my phone, but when I go into a message, it just saying loading with black screen
(17 Jan 2015, 5:01 pm)cbma06 anybody having problems with tapatalk?, I get the message alerts on my phone, but when I go into a message, it just saying loading with black screen
(17 Jan 2015, 5:01 pm)cbma06 anybody having problems with tapatalk?, I get the message alerts on my phone, but when I go into a message, it just saying loading with black screen
Last night, we decided to close the forum so that we could work on splitting the threads by month (as a temporary measure) to get rid of large threads which were causing issues with the server load and hence making the forum run at a slower speed than usual.
When trying to achieve this, the entire website went down completely. We have discovered that the bulk of our issues are a wider issue relating to our web host, and we are trying to resolve this issue with our web host now. Whilst we do have some issues with making new threads and quoting which is a NEB-related issue, our main issues stem from the web host having problems.
We are going to split the main "Latest" threads at some point next week using a script in the database. Liam can't do this until he has laptop access, which he thinks will be on Tuesday or Wednesday. This should resolve our issues with quoting etc, but the site going offline altogether cannot be resolved by us. You can check Bihira's server status for 'Mahal' by clicking here - if there are any 'No Entry' signs, this means that the website will not be working. You can also check the UK-Buses website, which runs off the same web host, to verify that it is not just a NEB-related issue.
@MrFozz - We're aware of MyBB time out messages, which we believe are related to the database issue.
The delay in pulling up a new thread or posting to an existing thread are what we're expecting users to have the biggest issue with too. It's a pain in the backside, but we hope the thread splitting activity will resolve the issue completely.
It won't be necessary to overhaul the forum with a new look, as the design (how the forum looks) is completely separate as to what is going on in the background.
Well, I hope you guys manage to sort it out.
As long as we've still got a banter thing going, morale will no doubt remain high.
Onwards and upwards.
(18 Jan 2015, 9:23 pm)aureolin @MrFozz - We're aware of MyBB time out messages, which we believe are related to the database issue.
The delay in pulling up a new thread or posting to an existing thread are what we're expecting users to have the biggest issue with too. It's a pain in the backside, but we hope the thread splitting activity will resolve the issue completely.
It won't be necessary to overhaul the forum with a new look, as the design (how the forum looks) is completely separate as to what is going on in the background.
(18 Jan 2015, 9:23 pm)aureolin @MrFozz - We're aware of MyBB time out messages, which we believe are related to the database issue.
The delay in pulling up a new thread or posting to an existing thread are what we're expecting users to have the biggest issue with too. It's a pain in the backside, but we hope the thread splitting activity will resolve the issue completely.
It won't be necessary to overhaul the forum with a new look, as the design (how the forum looks) is completely separate as to what is going on in the background.