ATTN! the forum IS broken - NEEDS FIX

[Thom]

EDIT - (hours later) currently on my work computer, and it is working just fine on this one... No General Error of 500. What. The. Hecky?

I'm still getting 500 errors quite frequently. It's more of a hit or miss issue. If it misses I typically have to back up all the way to the initial URL req (click) rather than reload. That may probably be the browser cache, but the error itself is still the server.
...

Now, it's acting normally. Go figure. Have fixes been made, or should I not hold my breath..?

EDIT - got an Error message when posting.

[FALLINGSTAR]

I haven't been able to access this site for the past week or so. I either got a page saying I think it was 500 error or the site was all jumbled up.

[seam-filler]

I haven't been able to access this site for the past week or so. I either got a page saying I think it was 500 error or the site was all jumbled up.

I've been getting that too. Just press the refresh key (F5) and it should connect eventually.

[Thom]

I haven't been able to access this site for the past week or so. I either got a page saying I think it was 500 error or the site was all jumbled up.

Yeah, it would take a few refreshes before loading, and then it wouldn't load fully.
Still Getting a General Error when posting.

[John P]

Well it looks like we're back to normal now. Or for now . Thanks to whomever fixed things (IF anyone fixed anything).

[Thom]

Well it looks like we're back to normal now. Or for now . Thanks to whomever fixed things (IF anyone fixed anything).

Seconded!

[southwestforests]

Well it looks like we're back to normal now. Or for now . Thanks to whomever fixed things (IF anyone fixed anything).

Thirded! (if that wasn't previously a legit word, I'm unilaterally declaring it is now)

EDIT: Hahahaha! NOT FIXED , just got that while posting this,

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

Table './o7f2b2r3_talk/phpbb_user_notifications' is marked as crashed and should be repaired [145]

An SQL error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact the Board Administrator if this problem persists.
Please notify the board administrator or webmaster: onezero@starshipmodeler.net

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[Zubie]

Well it looks like we're back to normal now. Or for now . Thanks to whomever fixed things (IF anyone fixed anything).

Thirded! (if that wasn't previously a legit word, I'm unilaterally declaring it is now)

EDIT: Hahahaha! NOT FIXED , just got that while posting this,

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

Well, maybe back to normal as of a month ago?...when it was still kinda broken. If it's a backend problem with the machine that hosts the database itself, this may re-occur. I'll see if I get SQL error when I post this

[Zubie]

Well, maybe back to normal as of a month ago?...when it was still kinda broken. If it's a backend problem with the machine that hosts the database itself, this may re-occur. I'll see if I get SQL error when I post this

Yep

• General Error
  SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]
  Table './o7f2b2r3_talk/phpbb_user_notifications' is marked as crashed and should be repaired [145]
  

[Thom]

Well, maybe back to normal as of a month ago?...when it was still kinda broken. If it's a backend problem with the machine that hosts the database itself, this may re-occur. I'll see if I get SQL error when I post this

Yep

• General Error
  SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]
  Table './o7f2b2r3_talk/phpbb_user_notifications' is marked as crashed and should be repaired [145]
  

Yeah, that lil bug is still there, but two steps back and one forward...

[dalem]

Fourthed?

[EVApodman]

Fourthed?

I'll take the fifth!

[Bellerophon]

Working much better today. Hasn't once begged to be killed.

[Thom]

Getting 500 Error messages again...

[irishtrek]

Well it looks like we're back to normal now. Or for now . Thanks to whomever fixed things (IF anyone fixed anything).

Thirded! (if that wasn't previously a legit word, I'm unilaterally declaring it is now)

EDIT: Hahahaha! NOT FIXED , just got that while posting this,

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

Table './o7f2b2r3_talk/phpbb_user_notifications' is marked as crashed and should be repaired [145]

An SQL error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact the Board Administrator if this problem persists.
Please notify the board administrator or webmaster: onezero@starshipmodeler.net

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited

Look out, here comes the roller coaster effect!!

[Thom]

Well it looks like we're back to normal now. Or for now . Thanks to whomever fixed things (IF anyone fixed anything).

Thirded! (if that wasn't previously a legit word, I'm unilaterally declaring it is now)

EDIT: Hahahaha! NOT FIXED , just got that while posting this,

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

Table './o7f2b2r3_talk/phpbb_user_notifications' is marked as crashed and should be repaired [145]

An SQL error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact the Board Administrator if this problem persists.
Please notify the board administrator or webmaster: onezero@starshipmodeler.net

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Limited

Look out, here comes the roller coaster effect!!

And down we go, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[EVApodman]

This forum changes constantly. I've had times when I logged on with no problems, hoping it was fixed. And then went back to having to try a dozen times or more to log on, etc.

[Zubie]

Thirded! (if that wasn't previously a legit word, I'm unilaterally declaring it is now)

EDIT: Hahahaha! NOT FIXED , just got that while posting this,

Look out, here comes the roller coaster effect!!

And down we go, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Like I suspected. It's going to be like a failing, but not totally dead hard drive. The database can't update for some reason to do notifications. Unfortunately the backend database doesn't just handle notifications, and so things like page fetching is also being affected (as I suspected when I got a fetch error SQL issue over a month ago). I'm sure we have all noticed some really slow page fetching for many months before the SQL thing started to be a regular feature. At some point this thing may very well just stop working. I'm just really concerned that it seems none of the mods have acknowledged or commented on this at all. Are people ok? Is the circle of people who actually spend time on the forum too small to notice.

I've looked to see if there have been any complaints or issues about Hostgator or PHP specifically, but I haven't found anything specific to the current time period. It does seem that whatever is going on is tied to starshipmodeler.net more specifically.

Well, I'm still waiting to get into the FB group. I guess nobody is checking that space either?

[EVApodman]

I don't know about the mods. They seem to have bailed. No notices that they are aware of the problem even though it has been going on in a steadily deteriorating state for several months.

Once they held a tight rein over the forum, locking threads that got out of hand, monitoring it regularly, responding to messages. No more of that.

[Thom]

....

Well, I'm still waiting to get into the FB group. I guess nobody is checking that space either?

I'm guessing not. There have been a couple of threads started on the Face, with no reaction other than from other users.

What the heck happened to them?

[widget]

This may seem a little drastic (?) But would it be out of line to call for a head count of amembers who are still active here on the forums?

[Moonlight SY-3]

Well I'm still here, reading when and if it loads.

[John P]

Raises hand
Yo!

[Thom]

Still here!

[Saturn]

Dave's not here man.

[Zubie]

I think I am here...but I've been wrong before
(even the emoticons are starting to fail)

[EVApodman]

Interesting point, this glitchy forum has caused more user participation than others in months!

[Mick4350]

Just got four 500 errors in a row whilst trying to back to the home page.

[EVApodman]

Just got four 500 errors in a row whilst trying to back to the home page.

Only four? It usually takes me about twice that.

[Thom]

Yeah, the Reload button is now essential, and I've stopped counting.
Oddly, my laptop handles this a lot easier.