Missing posts

[Paul]

Just did

[Justin]

OK, post is there right now......

[John G]

Something is going wrong with the forum since the Saturday tech updates. I've posted today a few times and then 10 mins ago I looked for new posts and there wasn't any posts from today, none at all. Then checked again a few minutes ago and there were loads - this has happened to me 2 or 3 times since Saturday. Also the icon thingymajig that appears in the chrome toolbar has changed and is different to the one that appears on my laptop.

Is it just me or is the forum acting strange just lately?

[Paul]

this is exactly what was happening to me! but so far so good for me...

[AdamB]

John - there are a few problems at the moment and I know that Justin is aware of them, he's talking to possible hosts as we speak to look for the best package. I know it's a little annoying John as it's happened to me a few times as well (one of them being a post that took me about 40mins to write!).

All I can say is it's not 100% yet, not far off but there still may be a few more 'teething problems'

[Paul]

yp Justin is still working on this one! i am sure there is a back up file ion case of bigger problems so all safe

[John G]

Thanks Adam, i'm not annoyed at all, just bambozzled as it's just happened again with no posts then all of a sudden 6 or 7 fresh posts, some saying they were posted 10 or 15 mins ago.

Hope Justin manages to get this sorted, must be a nightmare for him!

[pitkin2020]

I've just emailed all members. I'm bringing the software update forward and taking the forum offline at 9.30pm, there's obviously an issue here somewhere but it isn't happening to any of my posts so difficult to emulate.

I never received an email from the forum so not sure how many others never got an email, just thought I would make you aware in case there is a problem there.

[pitkin2020]

John - there are a few problems at the moment and I know that Justin is aware of them, he's talking to possible hosts as we speak to look for the best package. I know it's a little annoying John as it's happened to me a few times as well (one of them being a post that took me about 40mins to write!).

All I can say is it's not 100% yet, not far off but there still may be a few more 'teething problems'

It is annoying but a little tip (doesn't help now) but when ever i am writing a long post out before clicking the submit button i select it all and copy it (CTRL+C) just in case it doesn't post/you get timed out/lose internet. There is nothing worse than losing a long post lol

[Justin]

When you're typing your responses you will see an auto save appear in the reply box. If you come away from the page you can go back and restore the text you've lost. The above problem happened because I had to work on the forum quicker than expected and unfortunately a couple of members were in the middle of posting.

The email problem has now been rectified and I know what was causing this.

The missing posts are a mystery but I know exactly when this started to happen. I'm taking steps to get things sorted but this will mean a little more downtime I'm afraid, should be minimal and I will give as much notice as possible.

Part of the latest maintenance was to change host and to what should have been a superior package. The new host have caused me untold problems and several sleepless nights so I'm working quickly to get us back on track before proceeding down that route any further.