Server Issues, Etc

[Ozme52]

Never mind... Looks like you're actively making/testing changes.

[yullie]

i prefer black... it's kinda weird for me to see blue skin... seems not bdsm enough hahaha but that's my opinion... i wish the new site is getting better soon

[drusilla]

ummm, here's a stupid question, but now that i'm seeing everything with the new skin, i can't find any link to the chat room, so the stupid question would be: Did we lose the chat room???

[Wordsmith]

I'm there too...where's there chat link?

[MitchC]

I'm wondering this, too. The new look is great, but I dont see an option to click to get into the chatroom.

Mitch

[SAE]

Anyone know the answer to the chat room question yet

[dave]

Give me chat or give me death!
dave

[annie]

If some of you remember correctly the last major changes were in June/July of 2007. Anyone remember the chat solution then? We can go back to group YIM boxes for the time being again. PM me if you wish to add me to YIM/MSN.

Thanks!
Annie

[Torq]

The site is being ACTIVELY UPDATED !!! Please have some patience !!! I will fix everything as I can, then when updating is done, will let you know so you can tell me things that still don't work !!!

Thanks
T

[drusilla]

Gotcha oh great and powerful Torq.

In Torq We Trust.

[Tufty]

I've had a few problems logging on but, when I eventualyy do acces the pages, all seems to be running fine...for a few minutes. Everything then slows down to a crawl, I can't refresh a page or select a new thread (tried it a couple of times) and then it runs fine for a few more minutes...and then slows right down again.

Maybe it's because they're still working on the changes?

[blythe spirit]

Yeah, I'm having the same problem, since last night.

[Dick the Slaver]

I have been having connection problems also for about an hour. I learned that my Internet Provider is having Network Problems. It could be a combination of both.

[Tufty]

My ISP is fine. Haven't been able to connect for the last 40 minutes: database error messages, double-posting when it does connect...and then it goes off again and I can't access.

[MitchC]

For me, the forum keeps crashing several times a day, for the last several days. The BDSM Library is my homepage, and, about half the time I log on, I get "This page cannot be displayed, or found". There must be a server issue of some kind, because I have no problem logging on to other sites.

Hope this gets resolved soon. I hate when this site is down! I love this site!

Mitch

[Torq]

Tiger has moved us to a new server so the site will have more capacity for all the growth thats happening !!

There might be some issues still unresolved,,, please post them here if you have them and I will get to them as soon as I can,,,

The only issue we know of now is that the aussies cant get to the main chat but get to their own room so to speak,,, this happend last time server mooved,,, it is due to a chache on the aussie ISP/DNS server and should be fixed in 24-48 hours as everything cycles,,,

TY All for your patience as this all takes place,,

Be Welll,,

T

[cadence]

Everything that I had posted yesterday (Jan 19) at the Academy is now gone, do I have to repost it, or it is possible to retrieve it?

Not that I don't mind reposting, I have everything saved, but there was one post that took a while to do.

[Arria]

YAY It is all back! I missed you guys *lol*

Kind regards
Arria

[NightNurse]

Glad everyone is back! I'll have to spend today overdosing to fix the withdrawals I went through yesterday!!

[MitchC]

Thanks to both Tiger and yourself, Torq. This is such an awesome site. Hopefully, the new server will work well, and the forum will continue to grow.

Mitch

[Tufty]

Yes, brilliant to be here again after a day without the site. Really missed it yesterday. But...now that I've logged on this evening, I'm getting messages saying that I have to wait 30 seconds to post (my first post), it's taken almost 2 minutes to open a page and then I find that what I'd posted isn't there. I've gone back to the home page and got a database error. Waited just over three minutes to log on again.

I appreciate that you're still working on things.

[drusilla]

Three Cheers for the new server and those who helped get us there!

[ElectricBadger]

Glad to see the Library up again, cheers all!

[thrall]

Good to see the library back up in the air.......thanks for all of the hard work!!!

.......A bigger server??............lmao.........servers that are submissive.........lol.......just struck me as funny.......

[Torq]

Ok Alll,

Tiger has completed about 90% +/- of re-doing the new server,, you should see Forums refreshing and reacting much better. There may be a few "restarts" but otherwise things are looking ALOT better !!!

Thanks to all for your patience.

GREAT JOB TIGER !!!!!!

Be Well

T

[Logic1]

sadly I am getting the same issues with logging in every morning. When it is noonish I can log on just fine but in the mornings I get timeouts. Strange things

[SandmanII]

umm.. the only way I can get here is by a proxy server, which doesn't allow java script, so no chat. been getting 'forum is closed sorry for the inconvenience' message since the weekend if I try and log in normally. Not moaning too much theres bound to be teething troubles, just letting you know about the problem.

[Torq]

Server upgrades are about 99% complete, a little tweaking left to go. If your still experiencing difficulties, try a few of the following.

1. Clear your internet cache/cookies files
2. If your running Windows XP or older make sure your "internet" files are set high approx 2500+
3. Make sure (if you use chat) that you have downloaded the latest version of Java, I beleive its 10.1 or 11 version
4. Make sure you log completely out of Forums on occassions this allows the site and your system to "refresh" / update.
5. If your computer is more than 5 years old OW,, time for an upgrade LOL, kidding.

Be Well
T

PS THANKS again Tiger great upgrade, system seems to 'fly' alot better.

[SandmanII]

Just for the record I fixed my problem. Anyone who followed the advice in this post

As a workaround, I've added www.bdsmlibrary.com to my system's HOSTS file (a text file, /etc/hosts on Unix and Mac OS X systems, system32\drivers\etc\hosts in the Windows directory on Windows NT/2k/XP/Vista machines).

You should see lines like:
127.0.0.1 localhost

Add one for www.bdsmlibrary.com as follows:
208.53.170.232 www.bdsmlibrary.com


Now, your computer can bypass the buggy DNS servers and go directly to the bdsmlibrary server itself, without asking directions. (Downside: if the bdsmlibrary.com server ever moves, you'll need to update or delete that line so your browser finds the new location.)


to fix an earlier problem now needs to delete the line they added...
can't believe it took me so long to figure out lol.

[Thorne]

Well, all right! Seems this move has been good for me, anyway. This past weekend, when you were apparently just switching over and still working out the bugs, there were some problems with time-outs, slow responses, dial-up speeds (and I mean ROTARY dial). Since Monday, though, things do seem much better. I haven't gotten a single one of those nasty "Cannot Find Server" notices that used to plague me, especially when I tried to post something to the forums.

Good job Torq and Tiger. This more than makes up for my (minor) disappointment in the new look.