In the last few weeks we (Darin_S and I) have been battling a number of problems that have been making the forums (PTO) crash. We have been getting database errors that have crashed the site a number of times and caused some posts to be lost if it occurred when the crash took place.
Unfortunately, all the guru's that are working around the clock on this (this is MUCH larger than PTO.. and even vBulletin, the software we use. Other community software is malfunctioning and bringing 100's and 1000's offline) still do not have a solid solution. They are pretty sure that it is a problem with the new version of mySQL, though many suspect WHM/Cpanel to have some part in it. Either way, there is some problem that is causing corruption in the database tables. These can be repaired easy enough if you know how, but until it is discovered, the site will be offline.
To try and get around this problem I am having mySQL backdated to the last, or next to last stable release before the 4x version that just came out. Hopefully this will put an end to the random crashing until the problem can be solved.

I apologies to everyone that has been inconvenienced by this.

Thanks,
David

Thanks for the Info , I was on eariler and it went down , and I could not log out ... now I know
Faith

.....er.....hmmm...... do you speak English David ???? :D

Well I don't understand anything, but anyway, thanks to take the time to explain us !! :)

No need to apologize, we all know you're not responsible !!

All the best
Phil

lol Phil! I was wondering if I was the only one who didn't understand the computer guru language!

Thanks for explaining David. I don't understand it, but I'm sure you guys will fix whatever it is....

Deb

lol Phil! I thought I was the only one who didn't understand the computer guru language!

Thanks for explaining David. I don't understand, but I'm sure you guys will get it fixed...

Deb

lol Phil! I was wondering if I was the only one who didn't understand the computer guru language!

Thanks David. I have no clue what you said, but I have faith you'll get it fixed...

Deb

lol Phil! I don't understand the computer guru language either!!

David--I have faith you'll get it fixed, but it's frustrating right now...

Deb

There will be glitches from time to time. Thank you for all of your hard work, it's greatly appreciated.

Tina

lol Phil! David--whatever it is I have faith you'll get it fixed soon, but it's frustrating right now..

Deb

ditto what Phil said ... David you do a very good job and we all appreciate it ...
that said, I guess that's why I got a blank screen a little earlier and couldn't get back on site??

Ditto what Phil said ... David you are doing a great job and we all appreciate it ...
that said, I guess with the problems you discribe that is why I got a blank screen earlier when I tried to retreve a PM and could get back on site for about 10 /15 min??

LOL - Phil! I agree! Translation please?

oh, is this frustrating...I never had problems before and now I've tried to post a response on here 5 times and it won't take it...

lol Phil! I don't understand either..

Deb

Thank God! I was worried that I had either entered an alternative universe or that I had just lost my mind and couldn't undestand English any longer. Nice to know that I am not alone and that I am still sane. Well...er....Nice to know that I am not alone!
:-D

:(

Deb :confused:

lol Phil! I have tried to post a response here 5 times and it wouldn't take it so I guess there's problems with the site all of a sudden, but I don't understand the computer guru talk...

David--I have faith you'll get it fixed, but it's frustrating....

Deb

:confused:

Deb

"All the posts and stuff is kept in a big database. There is software that makes the database go. The new software screws up. David is putting the old software back. Maybe it will work better again."
David works hard. David is our hero. Really, he is! :)

"All the posts and stuff are kept in a big database. Software makes database work. New software is broken. David is putting old software back. Then maybe it works OK again."
David works hard and is our hero -- really!

"All your posts and stuff are in a big database. Software makes database go. New software doesn't work well. David is putting old software back instead -- maybe it will work better."
David works hard and is our hero! ((David)) Really!

"All yer posts and stuff-like-that-there go into a big database. A software program makes the database go. The new software sucks. David is a-gonna put back the old software and maybe the trouble stops."
((David)) our hero!

Heck, I'm pretty techno-geeky and that all still might as well be in Japanese to me. But I trust that our fearless leader is on top of things... whatever the heck they are... :D

I'm pretty techno-geeky and that all still might as well have been written in Japanese to me! But I trust that our fearless leader is on top of things... whatever the heck those things are... :D