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Topic Started: Nov 16 2006, 12:24 AM (682 Views)
BlueHeart
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It would appear any thread posted in this afternoon is missing it's row of posts. Apparently when IF went down, something got screwed up.

As soon as I hear back from them on whether or not they will ever be restored, I will let you know.
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BlueHeart
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From the IF folks:

As I'm sure many of you may already know, Server 1 suffered a hard drive failure today. As it is one of our last servers to be updated it unfortunately remained vulnerable to a hard drive failure. Our other servers have been previously updated and do not have the same issue.

For those of you with an S1 board, we have restored as much data as possible from various sources. Some settings may be out of date and newer posts will be missing. A notice will display in topics with missing posts. We are cautiously optimistic that all remaining data will be restored over the coming days.

On a more positive note, the general release of ZetaBoards will not be delayed in any manner by this incident. In fact, several features in ZetaBoards were designed to help mitigate and prevent any potential damage caused by an incident like this.

If you have any questions regarding your Server 1 board, feel free to open a ticket and we will be glad to answer your concerns.

-Brandon Kopetzky & The InvisionFree Team

You'll notice alot of shit is missing, not just posts. Smilies I added over the years, etc... maybe some of your avatars...

God willing, everything should be restored today or tomorrow.
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KCGirl
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My PMs too....did you respond to mine?
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Gene
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Thank God the thread I started confessing to be the murderer of Nicole Simpson got deleted!

Whew!!!
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JRanieli
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I hope you don't deal with americaneagle as your server. :o :ph43r:
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BlueHeart
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No, JR. IF hosts the site on their servers. Things like this are one of the reasons I have been going back and forth on whether or not to build the forums in the site and just use the servers I'm paying for there.

Unfortunately, that would mean starting from scratch, AGAIN, which we haven't done in a couple of years and I'm not really diggin' doing it again.

Maybe after the season. We'll see.

This shit is pissing me off, though.
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JRanieli
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BlueHeart
Nov 16 2006, 07:43 PM
No, JR. IF hosts the site on their servers. Things like this are one of the reasons I have been going back and forth on whether or not to build the forums in the site and just use the servers I'm paying for there.

Unfortunately, that would mean starting from scratch, AGAIN, which we haven't done in a couple of years and I'm not really diggin' doing it again.

Maybe after the season. We'll see.

This shit is pissing me off, though.

yeah it is something I have noticed that a few of the IF sites have also gone down. I gotta be honest, yours is the last one that I have seen that has gone back up and actually working like it did before. I am very surprised that you are not 100% functional. I am not to fond of Invision anyway. They take to long to respond to your requests. Even if you go towards the IPB route, it might be a better option but it's going to cost money. Not sure if you are up for that but there are ways to you can get advertisers to help you out with those costs.
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BlueHeart
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I already own an IPB license, so, monetarily it's not a problem. The only bitch I have is, like I said, starting over from square one... :(
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KCGirl
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Gee, I'm so upset that we lost the posts from the bragging Bears fans..... :rolleyes:
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BlueHeart
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I didn't think any of them came back after the game. F'em. :lol:

Anyhoo... anyone looking for a preview of the new forums, go here:

giantszone.com/forums

It seems that with every bit of so-called "progress" they make we're losing more and more shit. Yea, that's a big help! :rolleyes:

I've kept the forums offsite so as to not have to pay for the extra bandwidth usage, but, at this rate, there won't be anything here once they finish restoring everything. :lol: Oh wait... that's not funny... sigh.

I built the forums and have been uploading the smilies I made and the ones we use over here, plus a bunch that I never got a chance to upload here. Little by little it will get there.
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NYGfan8092
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Blue, are you really considering switch to phpBB? FYI, IPB > * :P To me, above all else, it looks much cleaner and easier to navigate. From an administrative standpoint it's easy to configure and setup too. I agree invisionfree sucks, but if you have an IPB license like you say you do, you should consider paying for hosting elsewhere. You can backup EVERYTHING from your forums so starting over 'again' is not something you should/will have to worry about.

If you really don't want to pay for hosting, you can mooch off of me if you'd like. I have up to 10 MySQL databases, currently using just 1. IPB only requires 1 which is nice. You can setup redirecting from your domain registrar so that your URL points to my servers and just mask the name in the address bar.

I'm doing it for my mother in law right now...she bought a domain but didn't have webspace and I told her to just borrow from me until she wants to get on her own.

Let me know if this is something you'd like to do. I can help with the backup and/or restore too...I've been doing it for years, specifically with IPB.
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BlueHeart
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I know IPB blows away PhpBB for all the reasons you stated and about a hundred more. :lol:

I don't know what I'm doing yet.

Hosting isn't a problem. I have a bunch of slots open on the server GZ is on. It's just a matter of installing it. Backing up what's here is a problem because IF hasn't allowed self-backups in about a year and a half and they rape you to backup the data. AND they claim a wait time of about a month.

I hate phpBB, but, it's already installed on my site so I was fucking around with it. Every time IF does something to piss me off I start "making other arrangements". It usually ends there, though. You'll get used to it like everyone else. :lol:

IF is promising full restoration for everyone on Server 1 within a day or two.
If I do make a move it will most likely be in the offseason. And it will be to the IPB install.

I appreciate the offer, though. That's awfully nice of you. :D
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NYGfan8092
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No problem. Glad to hear any move made will likely be with IPB still. As you can see, I'm a pretty big fan (despite the fact that the assholes in corporate promised their original userbase they WOULDN'T charge for their software).


Always willing to lend a hand. Hope they get their shit together and have our data backup!
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JRanieli
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Looking good, I like the design, colors and the logo. Great job.
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BlueHeart
Nov 17 2006, 12:17 PM
I know IPB blows away PhpBB for all the reasons you stated and about a hundred more. :lol:

I don't know what I'm doing yet.

Hosting isn't a problem. I have a bunch of slots open on the server GZ is on. It's just a matter of installing it. Backing up what's here is a problem because IF hasn't allowed self-backups in about a year and a half and they rape you to backup the data. AND they claim a wait time of about a month.

I hate phpBB, but, it's already installed on my site so I was fucking around with it. Every time IF does something to piss me off I start "making other arrangements". It usually ends there, though. You'll get used to it like everyone else. :lol:

IF is promising full restoration for everyone on Server 1 within a day or two.
If I do make a move it will most likely be in the offseason. And it will be to the IPB install.

I appreciate the offer, though. That's awfully nice of you. :D

Blue ,

I woulld like to say Thanks to you for all the work that you do and put into these boards so we can come and make ass's out of ouselves !I don't think we say it enough but Thank You ! :wub: :ny:
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