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Yeah, there are a bunch of 'unable to send email' messages in the server log as well. I'm about to send the SOS mail to Grahame and Philip.

 

Getting similar PM issues.

 

Thanks for these details. It made me check my own PMs. On a 3-page conversation, I find 0 participants and on a 12-page conversation, page 12 which is the page that was posted on yesterday is blank. I also am not getting watched thread alerts.

 

My watched threads have all vanished.

I still get alerts for replies in the threads I'm watching, but apparently I "do not have any watched threads that are unread" and when I click the link to view all watched threads it tells me "You are not watching any threads."

 

Pretty sure it's all part of the same issue. Philip has replied to the SOS email but I don't know if Grahame has seen it yet (he'd be the one to investigate things).

 

Yeah, I was trying to get some stuff sent over to @Nehru_Amidala and there's totally a server error going on in messages. I figured I'd post here adding in my issue as well.

 

Yeah, it's affecting everyone. Not much I can do - our server admin needs to look at it.

 

Looks like we're back in business - thanks @Grahame !

 

Quick note that our host is having issues with the server we are on - boards were down when I first tried to get on. Not sure if it's fixed or not.

 

Could not log in after about 9:15 AM Eastern Time until about 11:25.

 

Here's the problem:

 

Our host has two ongoing notifications up for problems with our server. Not sure if it's fixed or not but if we take a hike again that's probably why. Notices are time-stamped about 1.5 hours ago.

 

Host has now marked the issues as resolved.

 

If you don't mind saying, who is your host? That way in a future board outage, I can check their status page myself (if said page is publicly accessible) to see which end the outage is on, and (if it's a host issue) potentially see updates on the situation myself instead of having to wait for the summary here when the boards come back online.

 

Current host is Vultr - we're on their New Jersey server.

 

And your still based out in Dallas, right?


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Philip Wise lives in/near Dallas. I don't know if the Vultr server names reflect the physical location or not.

 

Are there plans to be able to filter using multiple forum prefixes instead of just one?

 

Apologies if this has been asked before, but is there currently a way to edit the title of a thread you started? I know that used to be possible, but can't figure out how to do it with the current interface.

 

Pretty sure regular users can't do that anymore. You could PM one of the forum mods to do it for you.

 

I'm hoping someone can narrow my info gap of how computer/internet tech fits together in the big picture. Since theforceDOTnet changing servers resulted in 1. loss of fics over a certain number of characters and 2. loss of ability to edit one's thread titles, could AO3's recently stated aim of messing around with their servers do likewise? Here's their 2019 budget for it:

• Additionally, AO3 expenses include a significant server overhaul and expansion of roughly US$177,000. New virtualisation servers will replace the current equipment, making testing and deployment of code for the Archive much smoother. The old servers will be repurposed as storage for the new servers. Other new servers will expand the Archive’s capacity to serve pages and search results to users with fewer connection issues.
• Other anticipated costs include US$33,000 for a Systems contractor, who will do some work for the Archive’s hardware infrastructure.

 

Not really familiar with AO3. I'm pretty sure the loss of posts over 10k characters was something in the conversion process from IGN to Xenforo. The code was done by one of the IGN programmers so it wasn't a Xenforo product. (They offer conversion processes for stuff like vBulletin but not for IGN as it was IGN's own system). On the other hand, we're pretty sure the loss of the edit function for titles was a result of the upgrade we did to a newer version of Xenforo. It could be that something that allowed it was fixed or the function was discontinued. All I can say on AO3 is if you are worried about stuff you have stored there, make a copy down to your PC or other storage media.

 

Thanks for the swift reply and succinct summing up. Nope, unworried about anything of mine, but boy howdy, the sheer size of AO3 boggles and if the site experienced such a problem, the sounds of fans screaming would be heard 'round the world. I'd not scream but whimper because their tagging system is a hoot in itself!

 

In past jobs I worked with pretty large databases. (My last job as a database administrator was with DHL). Doing a large upgrade requires a lot of planning. Hopefully AO3 will do that well, or will break the project down into smaller bites. Also hopefully they will keep their users informed. If they have a support or tech forum keep an eye out for announcements there.

 

@LAJ_FETT I don't know if this counts as a technical question but I'm wondering if there are any plans to add any more smilies/emojis of more Star Wars characters? (I'm mostly asking because if I wanna complete my signature )

 

I think our Head Admin @JoinTheSchwarz might have done the last ones. It's not something I normally do.