Server and Website Updates

[admin]

Dear Macedonians and phil-Macedonians,

Sorry for the long delays, this is necessary to make this the best site on the internet for Macedonia.

we have upgraded the server immensely.

Now we will be fixing the forum software and main site :)

This will be a HUGE update.

Sincerely
Kwstas better known as Admin :read:

[Tsontos]

good to be back. my whole daily timetable was screwed up while the forum was inaccessible :p

[Foti66]

I was lost for a while! Checking in on the site has become a big part of my life. It's nice to have the site back and be able to read all the members' comments again. I enjoy this site immensely. It has become a great learning tool for me, and I am glad to be making new friends from around the world.

[terastios]

Tromaksa vre! Ekei pou emfanistikate xathikate pali tin idia mera! :)

[admin]

:)

One thing please DO NOT register yet from the home page. I am in the process of fixing this. I will have to delete registrations, and I have already 2 :)

[admin]

If people have time, I will need help setting up the front pages.

Please enrol here ;)

[terastios]

We can't see the titles of the subforums and the threads!
You have to change the colours!
edit:
Oups you already did!:rolleyes:

[admin]

I will be playing around with the site for the next few days...

I am tired and annoyed.... Will be fixing some dumb issues soon. This is harder than I thought due to template errors.

[akritas]

adm what happen with the Macedonian Aritcle section?
I am not mean this in the forum!!!

[admin]

Don't worry everything is still there. I am adding things one at a time.

I will have to update the forums still and other things I am long from done.

Please be patient with me I am not a super robot! :) This will take time.

[Alita]

The site is looking great Kwsta - good job! :thumbs:

[Ehetlaios]

Η κεντρική σελίδα είναι άσχημη.

Edit: San site etaireias einai.

[PhiliptheUniterchaeronea]

Looks very nice my friend.

[Ehetlaios]

Emena den moy polyaresei...

Alla exw perierga goysta :p

[Orphic_Hymn]

Still getting an error when trying to upload pics to the media section:

/home/molec2/public_html/macedoniaontheweb/macedonia-multimedia/uploads/19: Error creating directory (check permissions).

Please notify the System Administrator.


Whats up with that ?

[Slayer]

Good work admin I think the site is looking great.

[Alita]

Just a couple of things: When I try to use the link from my email to get to this site it fails. (When I get a new post update in my Inbox).
Also, is there any chance of pics on the homepage, like before? Lika a flag, a Parthenon or something?

[akritas]

......agree with you Alita for the pic and the blue background is to heavy......my opinion of course :)

Adm will doing the best!!!:clapping:

[Tsontos]

Just a couple of things: When I try to use the link from my email to get to this site it fails. (When I get a new post update in my Inbox).
Also, is there any chance of pics on the homepage, like before? Lika a flag, a Parthenon or something?

what link is that? whats the specific url


......agree with you Alita for the pic and the blue background is to heavy......my opinion of course

id agree with that

[Ptolemy]

To akoloutho quote stin pano meria ths default forum page tha prepei na allaksei font colour apo mauro se kati allo. Efoson to background einai mple to font colour pou tha epilextei tha prepei na kanei antithesi me to mple. Kaluteri periptosi gia antithesi sto mple einai to Aspro.

"Macedonia Forum

Discuss Macedonian history and Alexander the Great in these forums"

[Ehetlaios]

Symfwnw me ton Ptolemy, leyko, ta xrwmata tis xwras.

[Istor]

Ta links xanontai apo to galazio fonto. To galazio einai poly skouro.

[Lakonian]

Insure you add in the mainpage a pic of Alexander the Great, or other pictures like Mt Olympus please......overall it looks much more professional. Good work.

Not sure about the main writing " Macedonia on the Web", looks cheap man, make it look like Greek writing (font).Make it loud.

[admin]

LOL... thanks for the "positive comments" :unsure:

I will be changing the title and the template eventually.

I found a better template however you guys will have to wait... :p


I still havent got anyone that is going to help me out with the front pages.

[Lakonian]

what do you need my friend? Graphics? I do abit of designing just dont ask me anything about HTML.

[Makedonia25]

Nice stuff admin.. Looks much more professional.. :) Sorry though, I dont know much about editing myself..

[Vasiliye]

"Konqueror" is a default browser on many Operative Systems which implement KDE desktop, like Linux or PCBSD.It seems that it crashes when the current MOTW front page is opened.

This is NOT very relevant.Namely, Konqueror users are very few.It is a rarely used browser present on rarely used Operative Systems.

Still, it is important to see the cause of the problem by testing the site on several browser and their version.The front page and forum work perfectly on my other browsers. (Firefox, NN)

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/6010/snapshot1vd3.jpg

[Alita]

what link is that? whats the specific url

When I get a new email from this site, it gives a link where I should click to get me to this site and the specific post. For example: http://www.macedoniaontheweb.com/forum//showthread.php?t=3148&goto=newpost
But when I click on it, I get a screen that says the webpage cannot be found.

[Tsontos]

its the forum running slow for anyone like it is for me?

[HellenicPride]

Hey admin Im always here to help if you need it. You know my msn its on my user cp..

[terastios]

its the forum running slow for anyone like it is for me?

Yepp!

[admin]

OK,
server should be faster. Please write here if it is slow for you.

ie slower than before.

thanks

[Foti66]

Admin, it is running slower for me than when you first came online with the new server. Just letting you know. thanks.

[Otto]

Ok thanks Foti,
is anyone else running slower on the forum?

[Foti66]

Working much quicker now admin. You must have reset the server. Lightning speed :-)

[Alita]

This is just to see if I can still post, as I've been told I'm only a guest. . . Did anybody else get redirected to that biological site when they typed in the MOTW address?

[Slayer]

yes me, it's happened on a few occasions

[HellenicPride]

The site kept timing out for me about 2 hours ago.

[Foti66]

I thought because most here are Aussies admin works on the site during off hours which happens to be prime time for me. The site has been down for me numerous times.

[Morphesau]

The site kept timing out for me about 2 hours ago.

Same here "timed out" the past two days about this time of day for a couple of hours "Australian time" but not today so far so good! And in terms of forum speed much better.

Keep up the great work Admin. Need any help from me also? you know where to find me. Many wouldn't hesitate to offer help if the need arises and we have many great talented people on here :)

[admin]

Ok,
the server will be fixed it was a hardware problem.

Please be patient.
Thanks
Admin :)

[HellenicPride]

All day yesterday and this morning I couldnt access the site.

[Truth Bearer]

And agian it was down in the evening Saturday Melbourne time.

[Foti66]

Hey Admin,
I can respect the fact that you have to tweak everything to make it work properly but, you should be aware that the more people try to get on and can't, the more they lose interest. I am sure we have lost many active members over the last two to three weeks. Just a thought.

[Euklid]

Can you please tell us, whats happening to our forum?

[HellenicPride]

I had problems again accessing the forum for a couple of hours..

[Truth Bearer]

Yes I have been coping it daily for periods of a time.....It goes down then within 1/2 half hour goes up then down again like a yo-yo

[admin]

Yeah,
we have been trying to work this out.

Trust me I dont want to waste hours working on this myself. Its not like I get paid doing this!

Please be patient we are moving servers.

[Truth Bearer]

We were down all morning again Admin....

[admin]

We are in the process of moving the site to a different server, however its very big and this will take some more time.

Should be fixed in a few days.

[Ehetlaios]

I don't know if anyone noticed but today at around 6:30 in the morning Hellas hour (eixa aypnies) the forum went down and a few of my posts were gone.

[Truth Bearer]

Same as mine.......

[admin]

How many posts are gone?

[Ehetlaios]

4 or 5

I didn't post more.

I reposted most of them after the forum came online, so no worries.

[Amarantos]

Does anybody else have problems connecting with the forum? Yesterday it was the whole day down to me.

[Euklid]

Same here, i think for all of us.

[Truth Bearer]

Yes yesterday and in the morning very strange...

[admin]

We have had DOS attacks.
for example one ip was
61.135.166.233

Seems some are from China and India although could be proxies from Slavs. We will check this out further and pursue action against those involved.

[akritas]

Monday night 8:00 pm until Tuesday 1.00 am connection was impossible.!!!

[Draco]

Monday night 8:00 pm until Tuesday 1.00 am connection was impossible.!!!
Which equates to 1:00 pm - 6:00pm Toronto time :)

[Half Greek]

I'am glad it's back now:clapping:

[Alita]

Sorry to put more problems on your shoulders Kwsta, but I can't view some of my smilies (eg lol). Wondering if anyone else is having this problem?

[Victor]

Sorry to put more problems on your shoulders Kwsta, but I can't view some of my smilies (eg lol). Wondering if anyone else is having this problem?
Same here.SOme of them dont work.

[HellenicPride]

I cant view them either. Also when I click on a link to view something half the time I get IE cant find page and it works when I refresh...

[Istor]

I cannot see Greek characters, despite I chose several encoding views !!

[admin]

test test test

[Foti66]

Hey admin, I don't know if you are aware of this but the site is having problems. It is extrememly slow and now I see that it is not categorizing the threads appropriately. Ex. I made a post today and where it should show up in the new post area it did not. Just letting you know.

[admin]

Hello,
unfortunately the amount of traffic the server can support with the forum is too much. I have been trying to work on this for a long time and I have an exam. I have even paid support teams money to try and fix this but really there is a need for a upgrade to the server.

Unfortunately I cannot afford to upgrade the server as I am still in debt from this site and have other bills to pay. I am hoping the boys can get some donations so we can fix and upgrade the site.

[Makedonia25]

Hello,
unfortunately the amount of traffic the server can support with the forum is too much. I have been trying to work on this for a long time and I have an exam. I have even paid support teams money to try and fix this but really there is a need for a upgrade to the server.

Unfortunately I cannot afford to upgrade the server as I am still in debt from this site and have other bills to pay. I am hoping the boys can get some donations so we can fix and upgrade the site.

Yes, that is spot on admin.. Also, there needs to be a push for our members to start donating again.. We really need your help to keep this site going.. I have received receipts from admin as PROOF that he is indeed not making ANY money off this site, and is actually LOSING out..

For those who need the account name and number so they can donate, please PM me or Tsontos..

Admin, could u please put on the donations button up again? ;)