Is b-town having stability issues?

[RatOnFire]

Not a cache issue. I have two different machines, 1 home and 1 work. Both have issues with timeouts, both are on separate ISPs. Cleared caches on both, no fix. Just have to keep reloading until it connects.

Yep its is NOT a cache problem.

I now get this when sending pms

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting ')' in /home/barterto/public_html/trading/cache/queue.php on line 3


funny thing is it still sends

I've been getting exactly that myself, starting today (well, technically yesterday, it's kinda late at the moment). It looks like an error in redirecting the browser back to whatever page you're supposed to be on after sending a pm, and not with sending the pm to where IT is supposed to go. I also get the same error in my regular posts.

[ancientsociety]

I've had issues all week as well.

In addition, I have to hit "submit" multiple times for a PM to go through and half the time I get the following message:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting ')' in /home/barterto/public_html/trading/cache/queue.php on line 3

[kturock]

Heh I just had a problem even repling.

It seems to happen more when it's busy.

[kturock]

and I just got that error message after the post went through.

[jrokowski]

OK guys go to the bottom of the page and see a blue banner. Far right it has "The Team - Delete all board cookies" hit that link and see if it does anything to improve conectivity. You will have to re-logon.

[RatOnFire]

OK guys go to the bottom of the page and see a blue banner. Far right it has "The Team - Delete all board cookies" hit that link and see if it does anything to improve conectivity. You will have to re-logon.

Seems to have helped. Still kinda slow, but it's noticeably better than it has been the past couple days, at least for me. Now if somebody could just fix that obnoxious PHP error.

[catharsix]

i've noticed that i get error pages only when i click on buttons like "send" or "ok", but not ever when i am clicking on links. i don't know anything about computers/html, so i don't know if this info helps, just thought i'd mention it...

-C6

[kturock]

OK guys go to the bottom of the page and see a blue banner. Far right it has "The Team - Delete all board cookies" hit that link and see if it does anything to improve conectivity. You will have to re-logon.

No good. I logged in and then...crash.

edit, then it crashed when I posted this. No error message, just not available.

[getupandgo]

I couldn't even log onto the site at all all day. IN the place where the content was supposed to be it said "let's try again on monday" and that's all. Nothing else would load, and it would come up if I clicked on any of the tabs at the top of the board.

I guess I'm somewhere in the middle on how people feel about this. I do share kturock's feelings that these crashes (usually about 2 per year) should be fixed. If the BT+ money goes towards an on-call tech support person, that would really go a long way to be honest.

When an issue happens, it really should be someone's priority... Whose, I don't think matters, but for BT to be a viable site, there needs to be adequate responses to it.

That said, I'm very happy the site is here, even though I don't use it as much as I used to. I just don't have time to respond to a bunch of emails to make $20-30 on a small sale... That's nothing to do with BT though, that's just my personal situation.

I'm writing this in hopes that things do get better in regards to the stability. I have seen some positive changes. For example; the refs are fixed when you're viewing posts, which is definitely a step in the right direction.

[spiralingcadaver]

Hi, not sure if this warrants another topic or not, but is anyone else receiving an error when trying to PM?

Thanks for getting the site back up!

[Plarz]

Just a heads-up.

Adam upgraded the hardware last week, which is why the site was down over the weekend. We have more RAM, and should have better stability because of it. Yay!

As with any change, hiccups are expected. Adam and I will be knocking them out as we encounter them.

In the mean time, we appreciate your patience as we get back up and running.

As consolation for the site being down, we offer Porkuslime. Play nice.

[RatOnFire]

Hi, not sure if this warrants another topic or not, but is anyone else receiving an error when trying to PM?

Thanks for getting the site back up!

that error, if it's the one I'm thinking of, was there before the site went down, and it's been mentioned earlier in the thread already. If Adam got new hardware last week, especially if he actually put it in near the end of the week, then that error may very well be caused by the change-over. The timing certainly matches up. Heck if I know how though, my PHP experience is pretty minimal.

[MagickalMemories]

I couldn't even log onto the site at all all day. IN the place where the content was supposed to be it said "let's try again on monday" and that's all. Nothing else would load, and it would come up if I clicked on any of the tabs at the top of the board.

I guess I'm somewhere in the middle on how people feel about this. I do share kturock's feelings that these crashes (usually about 2 per year) should be fixed. If the BT+ money goes towards an on-call tech support person, that would really go a long way to be honest.

When an issue happens, it really should be someone's priority... Whose, I don't think matters, but for BT to be a viable site, there needs to be adequate responses to it.

That said, I'm very happy the site is here, even though I don't use it as much as I used to. I just don't have time to respond to a bunch of emails to make $20-30 on a small sale... That's nothing to do with BT though, that's just my personal situation.

I'm writing this in hopes that things do get better in regards to the stability. I have seen some positive changes. For example; the refs are fixed when you're viewing posts, which is definitely a step in the right direction.

With all due respect, you've got no idea how far off of reality you are on this.
Before this year, BTown hadn't gone down since we switched to the newest hosting company and, if memory serves, that was 2 years ago. The previous company had a couple notable problems. That's why Adam dumped them. Prior to that, however, there was maybe a problem a year, and rarely ever was it anything major. BTown does not have a history of having regular problems. What we have is a membership base comprised of long-term members who have been using the site long enough to remember them all. lol If we had some way of documenting them, I'd wager that the actual number of true issues we've seen is less than some may expect.

If the BT+ money went to an on-call tech person, we'd still be waiting for enough money to get one to fix the current issue. At $25 a pop for memberships, BTown isn't exactly raking it in. Advertising fees pay to keep the site online, and the BT+ memberships went into a fund to cover physical upgrades to the site. We have 32 paying BT+ members. That just won't pay for an on call tech person... not to even go into the trust factor or the specialized code Adam had to write to get the ITL to integrate with the phpbb software.
That said, Plarz -while not an actual staff member- has been added on in a similar capacity. He's helping Adam tweak and upgrade the site where he can, as well as adding on various MODs that have been discussed over time. I'm thinking that the BT+ group will be seeing a number of tweaks coming soon.

I hope that sheds some light on the situation.

Eric

[RatOnFire]

Finally was able to send a PM without getting that silly error message. Glad to see that got fixed.

I wouldn't consider that worth posting, except that it's sorta on topic, and that bug was REALLY annoying.

[HarlequinZero]

I think it's been fixed. At least I haven't noticed any problems in the last 24 hours.