Can someone fix this broken website please?

[Ron61]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

I guess you haven't read why the cost of fixing this is a worse money pit than a cigarette boat and closer to a Lear jet.

Let the current czar keep it like it is and migrate to the other place. It has some interesting side topics. I haven't signed up yet because I don't have another hour a day to keep up. It took me 4 hours just to ho through my unread topic list on the SAAC forum.

Thanks for the compliment about the other site but this site has 25 years more information than ours and some of it would be very hard to duplicate. I would like to see this site back in good working order and then both sites can work together as each will have some information and members that the other may not have. When I got my first Cobra I was on here daily looking for information on how others had did something.

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Thanks for the compliment about the other site but this site has 25 years more information than ours and some of it would be very hard to duplicate. I would like to see this site back in good working order and then both sites can work together as each will have some information and members that the other may not have. When I got my first Cobra I was on here daily looking for information on how others had did something.

I totally agree about the wealth of technical data here. It's loss would be a huge loss not only for cobra stuff but about the engines too. Also tidbits of Carroll history that I'd never heard

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

It took me 4 hours just to ho through my unread topic list on the SAAC forum.

If you blocked one end users posts, and what used to be his Florida subforum, you could have cut that down by 3 hours

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by mrmustang

If you blocked one end users posts, and what used to be his Florida subforum, you could have cut that down by 3 hours

I actually read a whole topic about how to skip his stuff.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

I actually read a whole topic about how to skip his stuff.

Out of curiosity I checked in on the SAAC forum, which I do every few years. Jeez, and I thought CC had PITA members....

[1ntCobra]

Originally Posted by mrmustang

If you blocked one end users posts, and what used to be his Florida subforum, you could have cut that down by 3 hours

I have found that if I limit myself to just checking the Lehigh Valley Region SAAC subforum a handful of times a year that it takes absolutely no time to catch up on my reading there.

[Alfa02]

Ok, Brent & I have made initial contact, he (Mills) is dealing with some issues right now, I'm waiting for future contact.
We are all in an agreement, the site & history must be saved, between the 3-of us Brent (Mills) Brent (EM-0785) and myself we will do our damnest to just do that
As long as the site can stay afloat (Breakeven) Brent (EM-0785) & I am not doing this to MAKE money, but not to lose money either.
Tony, we're not trying to save a Cigarette offshore boat, or a Lear jet (Money Pits, yes i agree), we're trying save a site that means something to a lot of, how about some ideas to help, not hinder, you're great at telling us what won't work.
We're doing our best, cheers Tom.

[tkb289]

Originally Posted by Alfa02

Ok, Brent & I have made initial contact, he (Mills) is dealing with some issues right now, I'm waiting for future contact.
We are all in an agreement, the site & history must be saved, between the 3-of us Brent (Mills) Brent (EM-0785) and myself we will do our damnest to just do that ......

Tom,

Glad that you and Brent (EM-0785) are looking into ways to keep this site and its history alive and well.

As many have said, Club Cobra is a tremendous resource and repository of Cobra knowledge, particularly for those of us with kit cars / tribute cars / replicas / continuation cars ... whatever one wants to call them.

I received a lot of help from a great number of members here when I was researching and building my car, made some wonderful friends along the way.

Not as many builds going on as there used to be, but as the older Cobra enthusiasts age out of the hobby, this site and others like it, will be of great value to those younger Cobra enthusiasts, that follow in our footsteps.

- Tim

[twobjshelbys]

Duplicate

[twobjshelbys]

Duplicate

[twobjshelbys]

Ask for Financials

What's he doing with the companion sites? Do they hsve the same problems ?

If not you've got to fix the data

[Ron61]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

Ask for Financials

What's he doing with the companion sites? Do they hsve the same problems ?

If not you've got to fix the data

I have logged into CHR a few times and never had a problem but I don't go there enough to really know if they have the same problems. I am pretty sure they are on the same server.

Ron

[twobjshelbys]

You need an understanding of the outage that just happened yesterday and what was done to fix it. Without that you're on your own

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

You need an understanding of the outage that just happened yesterday and what was done to fix it. Without that you're on your own

Start by wiggling wires, if that doesn't work bang on the side of the box, if that doesn't work resort to sprinkling pixie dust on the machine. Always works for me.

[weirhouse]

Just want to offer a big “thank you” and pats on the back for all who are making the effort to keep this site going, and especially Brett for creating and nurturing it for so long. I’ve often referenced the site to clients as a great example of the value that an online community can create and provide. So kudos to those of you who have been, and are willing to be “the man in the arena.”
The artist formerly known as HSSS427

[Alfa02]

Thank you, Tim for your support, once Brent (Mills) takes care of some family issues, we can have a sit-down and see the best way to proceed.
We're on it Cheers Tom.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Alfa02

Thank you, Tim for your support, once Brent (Mills) takes care of some family issues, we can have a sit-down and see the best way to proceed.
We're on it Cheers Tom.

WTF are you guys doing Tom? Perhaps a detailed update is in order... and you can not cloak the issue with "once Brent is done with some personal issues..." That bullshi* just doesn't flush well.

[twobjshelbys]

If multiple forums share the same database engine (although they may have separate databases) then it could very well be a "coding error" in the database, but the database engine that the forums most likely use MySQL as the actual data base engine and it's been stable for years. I would doubt that the forum owner would sign on to a "beta" of MySQL that could be buggy. There is probably a shim between the forum software and the actual data base engine that COULD be buggy, but in any case the issues that cause the instability are most likely written into the database (Garbage In Garbage Out). But if there is an identifiable piece of software that was updated at the time this all started, fixing it might not fix the damage done to the database itself.

In many cases it takes a full rebuild of the database, ie, an object oriented copy that mimics "post" activity and in the process rebuilds the tables. It's a function that is probably not provided by the software vendor and would be very expensive to create. On the other hand it IS possible that a different forum software vendor might have a utility that would convert the vbulletin database to their database format. So switching software might be the only way to actually fix the problem by converting it to a new databasae.

Whatever, you need a really basic and very technical understanding of what is broken and simply dumping a huge database file and server onto the laps of a new "owner" isn't going to give that without some expense...

[Harpoon PV2]

It has been said, that computers will reach self awareness soon. I maintain that they reached that state a long time ago, and now, they are just messing with us! Cheers, Dennis

[DanEC]

I’m real low tech. When something acts up I just pull the plug for a few minutes and then plug it back in. Surprising how many times that works although my HP Printer always chastises me for doing so without following normal shut down procedures.



(Yeah, I know - doesn’t help here)