Comments for Forumosa http://www.forumosa.org Taiwan's Global Online Community Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:27:56 -0800 hourly 1 Comment on Upgrading to the latest phpBB by kat http://www.forumosa.org/2010/01/21/upgrading-to-latest-phpbb/comment-page-1/#comment-23090 kat Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:27:56 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=540#comment-23090 Hope things go well. We appreciate that this is not being done during a typhoon or other catastrophe. Keep up the good work. Hope things go well.
We appreciate that this is not being done during a typhoon or other catastrophe.
Keep up the good work.

]]> Comment on Upgrading to the latest phpBB by Goose Egg http://www.forumosa.org/2010/01/21/upgrading-to-latest-phpbb/comment-page-1/#comment-23085 Goose Egg Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:31:17 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=540#comment-23085 So far, the Active Threads page <a HREF="http://flob.me/now" rel="nofollow">http://flob.me/now</a> doesn't seem to work Please report other bugs So far, the Active Threads page http://flob.me/now doesn’t seem to work

Please report other bugs

]]> Comment on Upgrading to the latest phpBB by Goose Egg http://www.forumosa.org/2010/01/21/upgrading-to-latest-phpbb/comment-page-1/#comment-23080 Goose Egg Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:42:06 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=540#comment-23080 I am now upgrading the forums. We'll be down for a few minutes. Cross yer fingers! I am now upgrading the forums. We’ll be down for a few minutes.

Cross yer fingers!

]]> Comment on Upgrading to the latest phpBB by Goose Egg http://www.forumosa.org/2010/01/21/upgrading-to-latest-phpbb/comment-page-1/#comment-23079 Goose Egg Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:50:07 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=540#comment-23079 ...and we're back. The SQL backup is done. I'll proceed with the upgrade now. If I run into trouble with the process, I'll request a restoration of the forums back to this point in time. In other words, if you post something in the forums and we end up rolling back to the backup, then what you posted will be lost - g. …and we’re back.

The SQL backup is done. I’ll proceed with the upgrade now. If I run into trouble with the process, I’ll request a restoration of the forums back to this point in time. In other words, if you post something in the forums and we end up rolling back to the backup, then what you posted will be lost – g.

]]> Comment on Upgrading to the latest phpBB by Goose Egg http://www.forumosa.org/2010/01/21/upgrading-to-latest-phpbb/comment-page-1/#comment-23078 Goose Egg Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:39:22 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=540#comment-23078 <strong>"Can't connect to local MySQL server"</strong> The forums are down so we can do an "SQL backup". Anything posted after now will be lost if we have to restore the forum after a failed upgrade attempt - g. “Can’t connect to local MySQL server”

The forums are down so we can do an “SQL backup”. Anything posted after now will be lost if we have to restore the forum after a failed upgrade attempt – g.

]]> Comment on Restoring to back up and then will try again tonight by Goose Egg http://www.forumosa.org/2009/08/18/restoring-to-back-up-and-then-will-try-again-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-22952 Goose Egg Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:56:20 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=359#comment-22952 No sweat, Jack. Thank you for your understanding and patience. I've re-opened registration now. You can register here: http://flob.tw/join No sweat, Jack. Thank you for your understanding and patience. I’ve re-opened registration now. You can register here: http://flob.tw/join

]]> Comment on Restoring to back up and then will try again tonight by Jack http://www.forumosa.org/2009/08/18/restoring-to-back-up-and-then-will-try-again-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-22950 Jack Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:18:41 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=359#comment-22950 Sorry to pull you away from your upgrade. My request is really low priority so get to it when you have the other fires put out: how do I register with the site? I'd like to become a new member. Thx. (I'm pretty patient so get to this when you can.) Sorry to pull you away from your upgrade. My request is really low priority so get to it when you have the other fires put out: how do I register with the site? I’d like to become a new member. Thx. (I’m pretty patient so get to this when you can.)

]]> Comment on We are down for the day by Goose Egg http://www.forumosa.org/2009/08/10/we-are-down-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22947 Goose Egg Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:33:00 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=341#comment-22947 The Forums have been stable now for about 30 minutes. We still need to make TWO upgrades to get the software up-to-date. We'll work on this through the end of the month. Please expect things to be bumpy till then The Forums have been stable now for about 30 minutes.

We still need to make TWO upgrades to get the software up-to-date. We’ll work on this through the end of the month. Please expect things to be bumpy till then

]]> Comment on We are down for the day by Goose Egg http://www.forumosa.org/2009/08/10/we-are-down-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22946 Goose Egg Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:45:01 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=341#comment-22946 You are mistaken, Sandy. The forums have been broken for a while - we have lagged behind in upgrading the software, so we've had security holes for some time. I actually held off making any changes (hence the lack of twitter posts, so you've proved my point), and scheduled this ostensibly simple upgrade ahead of time. Well, it hasn't been so simple after all PLUS we are having trouble restoring to our backups. That this all has happened in the midst of the worst typhoon to hit the south in memory is a shame indeed. We'll keep at it, and hopefully bring things back to normal soon. You are mistaken, Sandy. The forums have been broken for a while – we have lagged behind in upgrading the software, so we’ve had security holes for some time. I actually held off making any changes (hence the lack of twitter posts, so you’ve proved my point), and scheduled this ostensibly simple upgrade ahead of time.

Well, it hasn’t been so simple after all PLUS we are having trouble restoring to our backups. That this all has happened in the midst of the worst typhoon to hit the south in memory is a shame indeed.

We’ll keep at it, and hopefully bring things back to normal soon.

]]> Comment on We are down for the day by sandman http://www.forumosa.org/2009/08/10/we-are-down-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22939 sandman Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:02:15 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=341#comment-22939 Oh, and by the way, just so you know... Twitter hasn't had a forumosa post since sometime in June or July. Oh, and by the way, just so you know… Twitter hasn’t had a forumosa post since sometime in June or July.

]]> Comment on We are down for the day by sandman http://www.forumosa.org/2009/08/10/we-are-down-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22938 sandman Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:00:18 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=341#comment-22938 I mean, I KNOW Forumosa is just your toy, Gus, to play with as you please, but honestly, there are advertisers paying and a whole community of people getting screwed around because you've had a bout of tweaking. Think about it. I mean, I KNOW Forumosa is just your toy, Gus, to play with as you please, but honestly, there are advertisers paying and a whole community of people getting screwed around because you’ve had a bout of tweaking. Think about it.

]]> Comment on We are down for the day by sandman http://www.forumosa.org/2009/08/10/we-are-down-for-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-22937 sandman Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:57:59 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=341#comment-22937 Again! It 'aint broken, so let's FIX IT! Meanwhile, there are people screwed down south and we're daf dumb and blind. Way to GO! Again! It ‘aint broken, so let’s FIX IT! Meanwhile, there are people screwed down south and we’re daf dumb and blind. Way to GO!

]]> Comment on We’re down for the moment by Goose Egg http://www.forumosa.org/2009/07/12/were-down-for-the-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-22896 Goose Egg Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:07:51 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/2009/07/12/were-down-for-the-moment/#comment-22896 We're back! Sorry about the hiccup there :) Have a great weekend! We’re back!
Sorry about the hiccup there :)

Have a great weekend!

]]> Comment on Upgrading Classified Ads software by Goose Egg http://www.forumosa.org/2009/06/25/upgrading-classified-ads-software/comment-page-1/#comment-22868 Goose Egg Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:58:36 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=268#comment-22868 Update is complete - so far it looks stable :) Let us know if you encounter difficulties Update is complete – so far it looks stable :) Let us know if you encounter difficulties

]]> Comment on Installing Advanced Statistics Module by Gus Adapon http://www.forumosa.org/2009/06/22/installing-advanced-statistics-module/comment-page-1/#comment-22863 Gus Adapon Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:48:24 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=265#comment-22863 I've "switched off" access to the forum statistics for the time being. I need to see if there is an impact on the server load. Stay tuned! I’ve “switched off” access to the forum statistics for the time being. I need to see if there is an impact on the server load. Stay tuned!

]]> Comment on Installing Advanced Statistics Module by Goose Egg http://www.forumosa.org/2009/06/22/installing-advanced-statistics-module/comment-page-1/#comment-22853 Goose Egg Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:39:06 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=265#comment-22853 It's done! :) The Advanced Statistics Modification is now active at http://www.forumosa.com/taiwan/stats.php You can look over how much activity there has been on Forumosa going back to 2002, when we switched to phpBB and changed our name from Segue.com.tw to Forumosa.com You can also find out more about the different kinds of people who use our website - so if you are interested in advertising to them, please drop us a note at admin (at) forumosa (dot) com and have a look at our rate card at http://kit.forumosa.org It’s done! :)

The Advanced Statistics Modification is now active at http://www.forumosa.com/taiwan/stats.php

You can look over how much activity there has been on Forumosa going back to 2002, when we switched to phpBB and changed our name from Segue.com.tw to Forumosa.com

You can also find out more about the different kinds of people who use our website – so if you are interested in advertising to them, please drop us a note at admin (at) forumosa (dot) com and have a look at our rate card at http://kit.forumosa.org

]]> Comment on Installing Advanced Statistics Module by Goose Egg http://www.forumosa.org/2009/06/22/installing-advanced-statistics-module/comment-page-1/#comment-22848 Goose Egg Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:32:45 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=265#comment-22848 Eeewwwwww - that was a little scary there for a second, wasn't it? The SAME problem happened - the entire forum blanked out!! But this didn't make sense. Everything seemed to be fine before uploading the edited program files. So that means the changes to the database and the new files added for the modification were "safe". Why would these edited files wipe out the forums? I started going through each of the files that were edited. Then I noticed that the main language file was incomplete - there was no ending! I checked my backup of the file that I made before modifying it, and it, too, was cut off. I missed it somehow. Fortunately, I had a backup of my backup still online, and I was able to re-attach the missing 15% of the file at the end. Whew! Eeewwwwww – that was a little scary there for a second, wasn’t it? The SAME problem happened – the entire forum blanked out!!

But this didn’t make sense. Everything seemed to be fine before uploading the edited program files. So that means the changes to the database and the new files added for the modification were “safe”. Why would these edited files wipe out the forums?

I started going through each of the files that were edited. Then I noticed that the main language file was incomplete – there was no ending! I checked my backup of the file that I made before modifying it, and it, too, was cut off. I missed it somehow. Fortunately, I had a backup of my backup still online, and I was able to re-attach the missing 15% of the file at the end. Whew!

]]> Comment on Presenting the new Taiwanted.com by Maoman http://www.forumosa.org/2009/01/04/presenting-the-new-taiwantedcom/comment-page-1/#comment-10551 Maoman Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:08:52 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=140#comment-10551 Don't forget to tell people to remove YOURPANTS when they e-mail you! Don’t forget to tell people to remove YOURPANTS when they e-mail you!

]]> Comment on Site stable – now to work on the banner systems and integration by occhimarroni http://www.forumosa.org/2008/08/20/site-stable-now-to-work-on-the-banner-systems-and-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-2259 occhimarroni Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:14:10 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=129#comment-2259 Uh what happened?? Uh what happened??

]]> Comment on Site stable – now to work on the banner systems and integration by Mr He http://www.forumosa.org/2008/08/20/site-stable-now-to-work-on-the-banner-systems-and-integration/comment-page-1/#comment-2258 Mr He Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:04:21 +0000 http://www.forumosa.org/?p=129#comment-2258 Hi guys. I can't log onto f.com, IE I get a general error message. What gives? Server issues? Cheers, H Hi guys.

I can’t log onto f.com, IE I get a general error message.

What gives? Server issues?

Cheers,

H

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