DARK SHADOWS FORUMS
General Discussions => Testing. 1, 2, 3... => Topic started by: Mysterious Benefactor on March 11, 2025, 01:28:12 PM
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...finally back. We returned at 7:36am ET...
[Easter Chick 2] [Bunny Hopping] [Bunny Big Egg]
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Thank goodness! I thought it was my computer! I was going through withdrawals! My Pluto daily episodes was all I had to survive!
Gerard
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I noticed that there was something amiss. At least it got corrected relatively quickly!
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WELCOME BACK!!! Wow! That was crazy! Any info about what happened?
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Any info about what happened?
Nope. A representative from our host looked into things when the same problem happened the weekend before last and couldn't find any problems with the forum. It's all very strange...
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Modern technology, I tell ya. Just bring back the rotary table-top or wall-mount telephone and be done with it.
Gerard
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Curiouser and Curiouser
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And another thing, when this problem pops up, which it has been off and on (mostly on) for hours now, I don't understand why it often says -
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database.
- because I have absolutely no problems connecting to the database directly. But hey, if representatives from our host can't find any problems with the forum, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that I can't find any either...
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I thought it was me!
Gerard
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It doesn't seem to have gone away completely but at least we're able to access the forum again.
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[pointing-up] For short periods of time here and there. It's a pain. But it will pass and things will get back to normal...eventually. [easter_undecided] [easter_rolleyes]
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I could be wrong, but it's looking to me like things are actually back to normal. It didn't take me 5 tries to access any pages...
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Fingers crossed!!
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^_^ glad to see things working [easter_cheesy] [easter_cheesy] [easter_cheesy] [easter_cheesy] [easter_cheesy] [easter_cheesy] [easter_cheesy] [easter_cheesy] [easter_cheesy] [easter_cheesy]
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Board was basically a mess today. I'm pretty much staying off til it gets straightened out once and for all. Way too frustrating in its present condition. Sorry.
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When it's discombabulating, the board will not load at all on Google - at least not for me - and will just keep getting error-like messages, including when reloading. But on Edge, it'll eventually load, although I had to keep hitting reload over and over again, including when moving from one page to another.
Gerard
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It seems to be working fine for me though oddly if I went from
http://dsboards.com/
To
http://dsboards.com/indexse05.html
To
http://www.dsboards.com/SMF/index.php
I’m not logged in, but if I use a link from my history or one of several book markers I don’t need to sign back in it remembers using the cookies.
Oh and for a long time the forum has been warning me when I post something that it’s not encrypted. I haven’t gotten around to asking about that, but I’m not overly concerned.
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It seems to be working fine for me
For me things have been working today the best they have in days.
Nothing here is encrypted because there's no need for it to be.
And there's usually no need to sign back in. For some bizarre reason, looking like you're not logged in when you first come to the forum began happening after one of our host's updates to their system. But clicking on any link, including the forum's logos at the tops of all the pages, will show that you are indeed logged in when the next page comes up. [easter_smiley]
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Oh okay.
It’s working good tonight, but I was having some issues earlier today.
I had one page load up just fine and then anything else got me the white page with the message we’ve all been seeing lately.
Glad things are pretty smooth right now. ^_^
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I'm glad you got on and things went smoothly. Things seem to be working fine now, too. But who knows how long it might last? [easter_undecided] [easter_rolleyes] It might be too much to think the weirdness has passed. Only time will tell...
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Things are still working well today - it may just be a miracle!! [easter_wink]
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Three days in a row things are working well. We might get used to this. [easter_wink] [easter_smiley]
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Just saw this notice on our host's Web site:
Maintenance Notice
Scheduled maintenance of our services will be happening on June 23, 2025, 11:30 AM and we might experience downtime.
Hopefully not. But with our luck, who knows? But what I do know is I won't be online at 11:30 AM ET because I have two appointments tomorrow, one at 10:00 AM and another at 1:15 PM and I plan to run errands in between. Good luck to the rest of you. [easter_smiley]
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I'm back. Had to get a new phone and my passwords did not all travel over.
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Welcome back. [Bunny Thumb Up]
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Thanks, dom!
BTW, has anyone heard from Magnus? There's been no posting from him here in several months. I know that he has had computer issues in the past. I hope that is all it is.
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He PMed me quite a while ago regarding a PM I sent him ages ago. I can't remember if it was prior to January or not. And I unfortunately don't remember the specifics or anything that might pertain to his current absence. I, as you, hope it's merely computer issues.
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Apparently more maintenance is coming:
Maintenance Notice
Scheduled maintenance of our services will be happening on June 26, 2025, 11:30 AM and we might experience downtime.
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With coming across and responding to all sorts of older posts by Magnus on the game boards, I hadn't even realized that he hasn't logged in since early January. I also hope it's simply a case that he might be experiencing computer issues...
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[easter_shocked] I didn’t realize either.
It seems like he’s replied before to some things this year.
But I have been going through a lot of old posts the past few months (still a lot of things marked “new” since I haven’t seen them yet . . . And I appreciate that).
I hope things Are okay for him to.
I remember a long time ago (2005?) he said he had trouble seeing.
I imagine that has changed and is irrelevant, but it came to mind.