[Illusionary]

(Original post by mr tim)
Wondering why the site went down for Maintenance? should at least inform us... even if its for 20 odd mins

Glad the site was back up quickly though, although silly to have a maintenance, possibly just minor updates or something.

I think we're somewhat unusual here in that we do get explanations for even minor downtime I'm sure it's just a case of admin being busy.

[ChrisN]

(Original post by Illusionary)
I think we're somewhat unusual here in that we do get explanations for even minor downtime I'm sure it's just a case of admin being busy.

Exactly that. We'd love to tell everyone about everything in advance, but the reality is that the days do get super busy and sometimes its better to get a build live and issue fixed...we try not to though, and dont do too bad normally.

Last night was a site speed related build - which made a big improvement, but we weren't aware in advance would need downtime. We then had fun and games with the maintenance notice and Varnish - our caching servers - which explained that weirdness.

The night before was an upstream ISP maintenance window that shouldn't have impacted us but did..

[insignificant]

Whats happened to the top bit?

[RK]

(Original post by insignificant)


Whats happened to the top bit?

We made a few updates to the announcement section last night. It look like you're seeing a little hiccup as a result of that. If you clear the cache of your browser, or even just refresh the page then I think that should fix most of the problems you see.

Let me know how you get on

[mr tim]

just had the database error a few mins back.

[Kevmeister]

Ditto the above.

[Illusionary]

At a guess, it could be related to security precautions currently being taken in relation to the compromised passwords. I know that you guys have likely seen this, but for others' reference: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/anno...hp?f=611&a=854

[mr tim]

(Original post by Illusionary)
At a guess, it could be related to security precautions currently being taken in relation to the compromised passwords. I know that you guys have likely seen this, but for others' reference: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/anno...hp?f=611&a=854

yeah that's what I thought...

[mr tim]

just had the .php download.

[Sakura-Chan]

[Wild Horses]

(Original post by mr tim)
just had the .php download.

same here, kept doing it for ages

[mr tim]

(Original post by Wild Horses)
same here, kept doing it for ages

couldn't access the individual forums until I refreshed the site.

[Beatlemania]

(Original post by mr tim)
just had the .php download.

Same, and I got it all in basic HTML.

Refreshed and currently ok again.

[Wild Horses]

(Original post by mr tim)
couldn't access the individual forums until I refreshed the site.

can't access anything out of this forum without getting it now...any solutions as i tried refreshing already?

[Chrosson]

(Original post by Wild Horses)
can't access anything out of this forum without getting it now...any solutions as i tried refreshing already?

Could always try the catch-all of clearing your cache?

[Wild Horses]

(Original post by Chrosson)
Could always try the catch-all of clearing your cache?

thanks, will try that now.

[mr tim]

forgot to mention that I had a database error quite a while ago.

[Wild Horses]

(Original post by mr tim)
forgot to mention that I had a database error quite a while ago.

yeah same, about like 20 mins ago i would say.

[Angry cucumber]

[RK]

Thanks for reporting it guys. We had a little issue last night which we're looking in to. It meant the site was giving people errors for a couple of minutes.