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Old 03-10-2008, 03:42 PM   #1
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Thumbs up Explanation of Recent Forum Woes

Dear Downers,

The Barrow-Downs server was unexpectedly upgraded late last week, but the forum wasn't upgraded with it. Unfortunately, it took several days to get everything corrected, which resulted in the confused forum everyone has been noticing. During the downtime (not to be confused with Downs-time, which was lacking) I was completely unable to do more than see a garbled version of the front page of the forum, and my e-mail was unusable. In fact, I am still working on getting my e-mail working.

I appreciate everyone's patience while we were experiencing these difficulties.

Let the Barrow-Downing resume!
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Old 03-10-2008, 04:02 PM   #2
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Oh, and just to let everyone know, this site is now accessible from forum.barrowdowns.com and 69.51.5.41 still leads to an alternate universe.
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Old 03-10-2008, 04:27 PM   #3
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Barrow downs can't quite resume, the rpg threads are closed...
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Old 03-10-2008, 05:24 PM   #4
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And not all replies are showing. I get emails saying someone has posted on a thread yet when I go to check it there's nothing new, on here or on the 69 forum.
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Old 03-10-2008, 07:06 PM   #5
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And we've lost all the recent posts. Hopefully people backed up the important ones.
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Old 03-10-2008, 08:04 PM   #6
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I'll re-open the RPG threads within the hour.

Anything that was posted on the barrowdowns.com site over the last 2-3 days seems to have disappeared.

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Old 03-11-2008, 05:24 AM   #7
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Let the Barrow-Downing resume!
It's working! It's working! :cries uncontrollably:

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Old 03-11-2008, 08:31 AM   #8
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Old 03-11-2008, 08:40 AM   #9
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Let the Barrow-Downing resume!
No wonder we didn't hear anything from BW while this was happening. He was maintaining silence.

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Old 03-12-2008, 08:26 PM   #10
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I can't log out! I can't log out! Augh!!!!!!!

Actually, no it's not the end of the world, but I thought I should say something. *sigh*

-- Folwren, posting as Finduilas because I can't log out of Fin's account and log into mine because the board won't allow me to do so.
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Old 03-13-2008, 08:04 AM   #11
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To say the least, I'd found it creepy to see that I was logged in, yet I wasn't able to gain access to the forum. Thought that someone hacked my account - had used a public internet connection recently (though naturally with safeguards) - and so considered that someone wanted to be alatar at the Downs.

Why else would one hack someone's computer? Glad to be back as me.

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Old 03-13-2008, 10:33 AM   #12
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Finduilas

Are you still having log out problems?

Here's how I log out:

From the top right of the screen 'log out' link -

Click 'log out'

This brings me to a screen that says "Are you sure you want to log out?"

Click "OK"

This brings up a vBulletin Message screen:

"An error occurred while attempting to log you out. Click here to log out."

Click there

Another vBulletin Message shows up:

"All cookies cleared"

Then just pick one of the links offered - Return to page you were viewing or Go to froums index.

You will be logged out and will stay logged out if you leave the site/turn off your computer

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It's a little shorter if you use the lower right of the screen log out
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Hope this helps.....

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Old 03-13-2008, 10:53 AM   #13
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Did all that, then I return to forum I was just viewing, just like I usually do, and I'm still Finduilas. It doesn't bother me, but appearantly it bothers Folwren.
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Old 03-13-2008, 01:54 PM   #14
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Old 03-18-2008, 04:32 AM   #15
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Its good to see the main page working again!
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Old 04-05-2008, 08:24 AM   #16
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I missed the great Downs Outage of 2008?

Well, since I currently a site myself, this would only have caused major nightmares... Glad to see things are as glorious as ever around here.
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Old 04-21-2008, 08:55 AM   #17
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Thumbs up Another bit of Down-time

Downers,

A few weeks ago the forum was down because of system upgrades at our host. We got that solved, but the upgrade came at a cost. It enabled our gracious host to catch us when we exceeded our bandwidth allowances; catch us and shut us down. That's what happened yesterday. But there's nothing to fear. A quick phone call to our host got the Downs an upgrade that includes enough bandwidth to satisfy a horde of hungry wights. And we even got a bargain on the price!

Until the next disaster,
BW

P.S. Actually, I'm lurking in the barrow every day. So don't think I'm not around. I've just grown a bit tree-ish, until something stirs me.
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Old 04-21-2008, 09:18 AM   #18
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It's good to see The Downs up and running again! But I think we all know what the real problem was:



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Old 04-21-2008, 06:23 PM   #19
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