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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

Mighty Wanderer wrote:

The new site host was a good idea, but the site (including the forums) aren't really running any faster that before. Also, when I go to log in, or change time/date/etc. the top 2 typing bars are squished together. Same with this comment box, I can pretty much only see the studs on the minifig emoticons heads.

Mighty Wanderer

I had that before the change. Just work around it. I've noticed that if you click 'Edit' almost instantly after you post, you'll see the minifigs and the Last edited at: sign won't appear at the bottom of the comment if you're quick. But I know the shortcuts to most emotes anyway, and I only use a few.

I don't make Brickfilms. I trade virtual hats.

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

That's a problem with some older versions of Internet Explorer.  Internet Explorer is the worst browser ever, it's difficult to make a site work consistently in it.

As far as directory stuff...will need to get that looked into, I guess. The priority with changing hosts wasn't just about speed, it was mostly about problems with the old host as far as reliability and cost.  Many thanks to Schlaeps, who continues to pay for the hosting of this site.

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Sméagol's Website

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

Announcement banners are gone. Is this intentional?

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

The review section and film submission should be back to functioning now.

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

Genzarata wrote:
Mighty Wanderer wrote:

The new site host was a good idea, but the site (including the forums) aren't really running any faster that before. Also, when I go to log in, or change time/date/etc. the top 2 typing bars are squished together. Same with this comment box, I can pretty much only see the studs on the minifig emoticons heads.

Mighty Wanderer

I had that before the change. Just work around it. I've noticed that if you click 'Edit' almost instantly after you post, you'll see the minifigs and the Last edited at: sign won't appear at the bottom of the comment if you're quick. But I know the shortcuts to most emotes anyway, and I only use a few.

Same with me. It's a good thing I don't use the emoticons. But the squashed typing bar thing gets annoying because sometimes I can't see what I'm typing.

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

Sméagol wrote:

...Many thanks to Schlaeps, who continues to pay for the hosting of this site.

Yes, thank you, Schlaeps. Everything that's a problem is only a minor one that I can work around quite easily. The fact that the site is here at all is the main thing.

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

This picture made me cry for 2 hours in my room. http://i.imgur.com/17RCE.png

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

You had a picture? I simply had a sign reading: Updating! BRB!

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

I got a 404 error.

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

Genzarata wrote:

You had a picture? I simply had a sign reading: Updating! BRB!

Me too. It doesn't really matter now, the sites back up and running smoothly. That's all that matters now.

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

I didn't read this thread, and when the website was down I almost died! mini/lol
It was lucky for me that Hazzat was on Skype at the time, and told me what was going on.

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

Genzarata wrote:

You had a picture? I simply had a sign reading: Updating! BRB!

For me it went back and forth. It was mainly at the beginning when I saw the picture, but later on it went back and forth between that and UPDATING! BRB!

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

I heard stories about this "Updating! BRB!" thing.  I think that was Schlaeps; I made the image that was posted by Chris W. up there.  I'm not sure why some people got one and some got the other.

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

Did you two take turns updating, or did you work together?

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

It was mostly just Schlaeps and the webhost setting things up.  I prettied up the splash page that I was seeing but was about as helpless as any other site visitor during the downtime other than that.

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

Sméagol wrote:

I heard stories about this "Updating! BRB!" thing.  I think that was Schlaeps; I made the image that was posted by Chris W. up there.  I'm not sure why some people got one and some got the other.


In the morning I saw your picture but in the afternoon I saw the BRB thing.

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I always saw the 'BRB'.
I'm just glad the site's back!

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

Sméagol wrote:

I heard stories about this "Updating! BRB!" thing.  I think that was Schlaeps; I made the image that was posted by Chris W. up there.  I'm not sure why some people got one and some got the other.

Your image is awesome; the Updating thing was pure genius. It made the wait bearable.

LivingLego wrote:

It doesn't really matter now, the sites back up and running smoothly. That's all that matters now.

Indeed. Though it's fun finding out the facts.

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

Found something that's still down... going into "View Votes" on a film page returns this:

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare finduser() (previously declared in /home/bim/public_html/votes.php:29) in /home/bim/public_html/inc/functions.php on line 502

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Re: Hosting change and site downtime on Sunday

Did the Refugee Camp archive disappear as part of this? It's not working for me.

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