[Karen W.]

Well I would like to report that everyday for the last 3 days or so I have had trouble with timing out.. Usually lets me in intially but then upon trying to post or refresh or go back the bloody thing times out! Has been lasting 5 to 7 minutes at different times of the day!

There are times if I go up to my address bar and x the site out and then hit one of the old site links that are there in my browser history, then the possibility is greater that I get back on and it works better! so weird....

Karen

[neilep]

I HAVE HAD TO WAIT HOURS TO POST THIS !!!

KAREN MAM, you are NOT alone !!

Would you believe it has taken me three attempts to post this. The site has decided to have ANOTHER breakdown as I write this post about the breakdowns !![]

The site is awful in it's performance. I am getting fed up with writing long posts and then having them get lost in the firmanent that is the Internet Void...fortunately I copy and paste into Word before pressing submit.

It's taken me three minutes just to get to this thread to post this...well..172 seconds !!..YES..I a actually timed it !! (apart from the fact that I couldn't post this at all for a few hours !!!)

People are going to leave in droves if they can't post or are even more frustrated when they have written a lot and it's then lost !!...Especially newbies who don't expect the forum to not work !!

What is the reason for the transfer delay now ?...It's nearly October  !!..Please can we have the transfer soon !!

Men are the same as women, just inside out !

[another_someone]

I think the mistake from the beginning was ever to assume that the migration would ever happen on schedule.  The problem has been the attitude that since we have a new system just over the horizon, we can ignore maintenance of the present system.  This new system is no different to so many others, just over the horizon is a mirage - there is always more testing, and more work, than anyone anticipated when they did the back of an envelope calculations (particularly when people are trying to do so much in their spare time).

George

[Karen W.]

Yikes Kind Sir.. I am so tired. I did not know the forum was down until late in the day Yesterday, UK time! I did not sign on since Yesterday morning.. It was acting upThen and apparentlyuntill just minutes ago.. So glad its back.. I guess I have been on about and hour!It is now 1:21 AM on the 28th sept. Been up about 1hour give or take a few..

Karen

[another_someone]

Yes, I think we can regard that as a major outage - and the pity is that I see no explanation or apology for it.

Furthermore, it would have been nice if at least the moderators had been kept up to date with progress regarding what was happening, so that if others asked of us what was happening we could actually give them some useful information.

George

[Karen W.]

That might have been be nice! Maybe a friendly email shot to all of us!! Did either of you boys try the new forum when we were down...?

Karen

[daveshorts]

Sorry if it was down yesterday, I didn't notice it.

I don't think it was a maintainance issue on our part. I think there were a load of problems with our hosting provider as I know the new sever that I have been developing the new site went down for a while (along with their homepage), but www.nakedscientists.com seemed to be ok form where I was sitting. It is entirely possible that it was a horrible problem that appeared differently from different places. I will ask them what was going on.

Could you e-mail me if there is a problem as I don't think I am checking it as often as some.

[rosy]

's funny, I've had no problems with the site for weeks. Admitedly I don't post as often as you guys, but I log in and read posts at least a couple of times most days..

[daveshorts]

Ok this is strange... computer on one side of the room, going slowly, computer on the other fast as anything, both same operating system, same cable modem...

[another_someone]

Everyone I have been in contact with yesterday (5 different people) were suffering total loss of access for most of the afternoon and until the early hours of this morning (our time), and only very short periods during this time when something could be succesfully posted.

George

[Gaia]

quote:Originally posted by daveshorts

Sorry if it was down yesterday, I didn't notice it.

I don't think it was a maintainance issue on our part. I think there were a load of problems with our hosting provider as I know the new sever that I have been developing the new site went down for a while (along with their homepage), but www.nakedscientists.com seemed to be ok form where I was sitting. It is entirely possible that it was a horrible problem that appeared differently from different places. I will ask them what was going on.

Could you e-mail me if there is a problem as I don't think I am checking it as often as some.

My problem yesterday was specifically with the forum. I could get onto the homepage okay but no way the forum. Tried in both Opera and MS Explorer, no go!!!

Gaia  xxx

[daveshorts]

There was apparently a problem with the firewall that all the traffic went through yesterday, partially caused by the volume of our podcast traffic. The server is being moved outside the firewall as I type, so hopefully things will improve.

[Karen W.]

Gaia, That is exactly what it did to me.. I could also get to homepage but when I hit the science button, it would take me to a white page with a subject heading, but never open up.. other attempts, just timed out!! No Access!! I tried for hours without results, fell asleep on Keyboard literally and was surprised awake when I opened my eyes it had been over and hour and my idle mess was up on screen I unkinked my nect and hit forum on my historyand boom so fast my head spun... things were working better then normal, much faster then ever, I really only hit the enter button and took my finger off and the forum was up!!that fast, i kind jumped as it made a funny noise like a crackling as it opened up! I was extactic , but so darn Tired.. I posted till around Two AM. California time...10:00 am Uk time!

Dave Would have emailed you, except did not have your email as I use the profile to email through! Couldn't get on to get to the profile, I guess I should store them on my computer...eh?

Karen

[Karen W.]

Could not log on for an hour, between 7:00 and 9:00 little over and hour! hit and miss.

Karen

[another_someone]

It gets to the point that I almost expect as a matter of routine that there are a few hours each day when I will not be able to log on because the server is overloaded.  It is a great way to lose users.

George

[chris]

Oh Dear. I'm not sure why this happened. What I do know is that when the new version of the site goes live before long this definitely WON'T happen.

Please accept my apologies in the meantime.

Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
 - Groucho Marx

[Karen W.]

Thanks Chris, and we know you are working on it. It will be exciting to use the new version tomorrow night, as I see dave says the switch over will happen between 9:00 and 12:00 BST tomorrow, is that AM or PM it did not say! Do we acess it the same or should we save the new address to word. Will it still come up when I punch up the naked Scientists address bar?

Karen

[Karen W.]

<sup>OK, Dave I finally got on this morning at 12:12 AM ! I was able to post for awhile and explore a few of the new options for us moderators. Then as I tried to look at my own profile, I was suddenly signed out as if I had logged off. I logged back on and went to my profile as if I had hit a wrong button or something, then it wouldn't open my own profile, it just shot to a page time out once a gain. I tried several times with the same result. having to hit the back button. I was able to go back to where I was but not able to access any other features, re: posting etc. kept saying page fault time out, something like that!!

So far this morning ok, but this is all I have done so far! []</sup>

[neilep]

Seems to be a major ' time out' issue.....often I'm presented with a long pause after posting and then just a blank page !

[neilep]

I'm really not too keen on the default font !!..it's too squashed looking !!

Is there a way to change it for myself ?..I can't see a typeface setting in my account settings/options/preferences....though I have seen the font icon in the posting section....but that would only effect mine wouldn't it ?