Topic: The Great Mayhem Crash of 2012 (Read 86461 times)

derekwarner · « **Reply #200 on:** March 23, 2012, 09:10:03 pm »

& Mick says........ "now how about us all dropping a few nickels in the bank to help Martin"

...last week I did just that Mick

.....& even with the melt down crisis I still recieved a note of thanks......

If every member donated a few quid++++ or what they could afford would certailnly help ......Derek

BailingBen · « **Reply #201 on:** March 23, 2012, 09:31:27 pm »

also if you want to donate stuff to me i need it 6 boats to build no money income for 10 months

Tug-Kenny · « **Reply #202 on:** March 23, 2012, 09:34:25 pm »

All contributions, no mater how small, can be donated here.

http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/

Scroll down the main page to the donations button

Thanks everyone

Ken

irishcarguy · « **Reply #203 on:** March 23, 2012, 10:04:38 pm »

KK , why no income & what boats are you wreck/ oops sorry building now & how is your big saling event coming along, Mick B.

BailingBen · « **Reply #204 on:** March 23, 2012, 10:36:54 pm »

event is pretty much sorted the reason for no income is because i borrowed money from "mum" to pay to finish some subs of and ive just brought another sub and a mtb

will likely sell some of my boats in near future to fund my new projects

irishcarguy · « **Reply #205 on:** March 24, 2012, 04:47:07 am »

So KK how much do you owe 'Mum' you bad boy, don't you know you must not spend on toys until you have a whole pile of loot saved up to buy them first. Mick B.

BailingBen · « **Reply #206 on:** March 24, 2012, 08:28:15 am »

lets just say it just reached tripplle digits £££ not above £101 though

slug · « **Reply #207 on:** March 24, 2012, 11:07:30 am »

i am glad we are back on meyhem but i dont come up anymore no profile no posts have re-registered still no profile have filled it all in just comes up no profile all my previous posts have gone was a full meyhemer now nothing what do i do slug

Martin [Admin] · « **Reply #208 on:** March 24, 2012, 11:31:54 am »

Still Working on restoring the old Logins / Accounts.....

Martin [Admin] · « **Reply #209 on:** March 24, 2012, 11:47:54 am »

The great Doggy Geezer put this together for us - Top Man.

What happened?

During Jan / Feb 2012 annoying '504 Tijmeout' errors started effecting many members logging into to the Forum. After many queries to the site hosting company and to SMF, the Forum people it was suggested several s/w upgrades were required. The biggest of these was initiated on the evening of March 13, 2012. It was expected that the forum would be off the air for a few hours....
http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=11159.msg359774#msg359774

It turned out that the inbuilt backup facility doesn't work properly, and an arduous manual; rebuild had to be undertaken. This kept the forum unavailable for several days. It eventually returning on 19 March.

So everything's all right, then?

Well, yes and no. The forum is back up, but the majority of User account / Login details were trashed (6,0000+ in fact!) Many, many posts lost the link to there owners and all those saved PM were also deleted as they suddenly had no owners! These are slowly being investigated and repaired where possible...

Ah. So what will I notice when I sign back on?

Some of you may be able to sign on as if nothing has happened. But many of you will find that your old username/password will not work.

What should I do then?

Go to the

button above and register your name again, as if you were a new user. Once you have gone through the registration process you will be able to access the forum again. BUT you will be treated as a new user...

In this case, can I pick a new name?

Of course! But don't pick a name that was already known to be connected to an original user. People who had signed on under a particular name on the old system will have first choice if they want to use that name again.
Remember to fill your profile in again - in particular your location!
http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1448.0

Does this mean that my old posts, personal messages, pictures, avatar and the rest have gone?

Not necessarily. Just no longer connected to your 'new' username. We are slowly going through the files and re-connecting people where possible. All the old posts are still visible on the forum - just not connected to your new name, even if they have your name against them...

But I had important information in PMs/a spectacular avatar/a really high post number/etc! What should I do!

Keep calm and don't panic! Martin is still in recovery mode, and we hope to get a lot of our data back eventually. This may take some weeks, however. In the meantime, if you have a specific urgent reason for needing a manual fix, you should PM Martin and he will try to fit it in. Examples of a special reason might be:

I want to offer an item for sale and I can't do it because my posts are set to zero
......etc
.....etc

In general, try to avoid bothering Martin with questions and issues which can wait for the next two weeks. If you want to know what's happening, read this sticky which will be updated whenever there is something important to report.

Latest News:

I now have a "repaired members file - I'll test it on the temp forum this week....

Regards,
Martin & Co.

slug · « **Reply #210 on:** March 24, 2012, 12:07:21 pm »

thank you martin i will be patient you have had a lot of problems you have done very well to get this far slug

RAAArtyGunner · « **Reply #211 on:** March 24, 2012, 12:47:25 pm »

Martin,

A thought, perhaps this, Doddgy Geezers, account of the meltdown could be put on the welcome page or at least a link to it from the News Box.

Might stop a lot of repetitious questions etc.

Popeye · « **Reply #212 on:** March 24, 2012, 03:14:50 pm »

Congratulations Martin and others who contributed to getting the Forum back on line.

It's like welcoming home an old friend who'd disappeared (into the ether) without prior warning.

Captain Povey · « **Reply #213 on:** March 24, 2012, 03:58:41 pm »

Hi Martin, Sorry for bothering you earlier with an email. I was unaware of the seriousness of the Crash. Many Thanks for getting Mayhem up again. Cheers Graham.

KNO3 · « **Reply #214 on:** March 25, 2012, 06:10:52 pm »

Glad that the forum is back running, thanks Martin and all those who worked on it! My account was gone and I had to register a new one. I hope you'll be able to resurrect the old one to get the old subscriptions and messages back.

Shipmate60 · « **Reply #215 on:** March 25, 2012, 08:04:13 pm »

Due to the loss of part of the members list there were lots of "Sales" items with no contact information.
I have removed these.
Please feel free to repost any ads under your new name and if your new name doesn't have the prerequisite number of posts just contact a moderator.

Bob

michael 1979 · « **Reply #216 on:** March 26, 2012, 09:01:59 am »

Martin, Thanks for restoring my posts for me, Top Man

essex2visuvesi · « **Reply #217 on:** March 26, 2012, 09:03:55 am »

I was going to send a donattion but paypal wont let me pay in shekels

michael 1979 · « **Reply #218 on:** March 26, 2012, 09:18:58 am »

I don't know if this ominous or not but I just had a 504 Gateway Timout I just got back on.

gingyer · « **Reply #219 on:** March 26, 2012, 09:46:47 am »

Big Bri still cant get back on.
He has tried re registering but it keeps coming up his IP address
is a known spamer and wont let him back

I know he is a few things but not a spamer

Any ideas???

Tug-Kenny · « **Reply #220 on:** March 26, 2012, 09:49:38 am »

Try registering as Big Bri2 on a friends computer.

ken

davidjt · « **Reply #221 on:** March 26, 2012, 12:49:43 pm »

hi,
dont forget to put your clock forward martin, as we are still one hour behind on all postings times

davidjt

Martin [Admin] · « **Reply #222 on:** March 26, 2012, 01:01:51 pm »

I was an hour late all day yesterday!!!

TheLongBuild · « **Reply #223 on:** March 26, 2012, 01:43:47 pm »

Quote from: gingyer on March 26, 2012, 09:46:47 am

Big Bri still cant get back on.
He has tried re registering but it keeps coming up his IP address
is a known spamer and wont let him back

I know he is a few things but not a spamer

gingyer · « **Reply #224 on:** March 26, 2012, 01:55:56 pm »

Quote from: Tug---Kenny on March 26, 2012, 09:49:38 am

Try registering as Big Bri2 on a friends computer.

ken

It wont let him Kenny it refuses to let him register under anything

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