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Offline GinnyB

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Broken links
« on: October 31, 2009, 08:25:42 AM »
I've been having lots of problems with the site going down recently due to broken links. Last night was especially bad as it broke every time I tried to navigate the site. Is it a problem my end or is it a general problem?
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Re: Broken links
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2009, 08:28:21 AM »
We're not aware of any problems this end. Sometimes when the forum is busy, you will experience the odd time-out when pages won't load but apart from that, there are no other issues currently affecting the forum (touch wood!)
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Re: Broken links
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2009, 08:56:13 AM »
Thanks Jane, I guess it's my poor internet connection then  >:(
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Re: Broken links
« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2009, 09:07:33 AM »
I had the same problem yesterday evening each time I tried to access the forum.

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Re: Broken links
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2009, 10:06:21 AM »
I had the same problem yesterday evening each time I tried to access the forum.

Same here, seems fine now though  :blink:



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Re: Broken links
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2009, 12:32:36 PM »
Been getting the same problem on and off for about 5 days now - although not today.

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Re: Broken links
« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2009, 12:35:16 PM »
Glad I am not the only one having problems with the site, it has been going on for a few days now and I have no idea why as there isnt a problem with the internet connection this end. Hope it is just a glitch and it sorts itself out soon- I need my COL fix.....
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Re: Broken links
« Reply #7 on: October 31, 2009, 12:52:14 PM »
I had problems throughout yesterday as well, seems fine so far today :blink:

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Re: Broken links
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2009, 02:28:33 PM »
That's odd as I was on here on and off at different times of the day yesterday & had no problems except briefly around 10.30 pm when I noticed a lot of people logged on (so you would expect things to slow down then) & then it was just the usual time out error for a short time. We'll keep an eye on things but there really don't seem to be any persistent problems that we're aware of at the moment. If there are members who are experiencing constant issues throughout the day, then perhaps you could log the times when this happens, exactly what the error message is and what browser you are using. It might help pinpoint the cause (whether our end or not)
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Re: Broken links
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2009, 08:39:05 PM »
I had it constantly yesterday and gave up in the end. :-\ I will make a note of what it says, times, etc if it happens again.
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Re: Broken links
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2009, 08:41:46 PM »
Been getting the same problem on and off for about 5 days now - although not today.

I've had a lot of error messages too, about the server failing or being busy. The messages have been throughout the day, not just at peak times like 6 pm - 10pm
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Re: Broken links
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2009, 08:52:51 PM »
oh wow, it's not just me then. It's been fine today but last night was the worst it's been, it defaulted to the home page several times but when I tried to open the forum I kept getting the broken link message.
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Re: Broken links
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2009, 09:33:29 PM »
I've had quite a few server busy messages over the last few days too.  Left it a few seconds and been fine..  :-\

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Re: Broken links
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2009, 09:37:58 PM »
I've been having severe problems all night - anyone else affected? It keeps coming up:

"Connection Problems

Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later."

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Re: Broken links
« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2009, 09:39:24 PM »
had the same for the last hour
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