Can someone fix this broken website please?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Alfa02

I'm here boys, just spoke with Bill S. I will also contact Brent (EM-0785) he's in Portland on business this week, but at least get a head start.

Alright, you get a two week honeymoon then we're gonna be on your ass.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Alright, you get a two week honeymoon then we're gonna be on your ass.

Alright, you're nine days in to the job. It's amazing that I even got through to post this message. I actually clicked on the link, got tired of waiting, went and made a sandwich, and when I came back it had somehow gotten through. What you might consider is having a seconed site that is read only and allows fast searching of the database and that does not produce horrific time delays and errors. No posting, just searches. That would at least preserve the data.

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Alright, you're nine days in to the job. It's amazing that I even got through to post this message. I actually clicked on the link, got tired of waiting, went and made a sandwich, and when I came back it had somehow gotten through. What you might consider is having a seconed site that is read only and allows fast searching of the database and that does not produce horrific time delays and errors. No posting, just searches. That would at least preserve the data.

It may come to that. It depends on whether the database itself is actually corrupt (there is no other explanation for some of the things that happen), whether or not it can be repaired, and how much it would cost to do so (likely an open-ended purchase order with someone who gets paid the same as lawyers. I actually got more.)

[Ron61]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

It may come to that. It depends on whether the database itself is actually corrupt (there is no other explanation for some of the things that happen), whether or not it can be repaired, and how much it would cost to do so (likely an open-ended purchase order with someone who gets paid the same as lawyers. I actually got more.)

If Club Hotrod isn't having these problems then it would tend to point more to the database for this site. However Bill mentioned something in another post that you might consider too. This is Bill's post. ( I believe a lot of the problems with server resources have to do with a coding error on another sister site much larger, but offline for months due to this issue) club chopper. )

Ron

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

It may come to that. It depends on whether the database itself is actually corrupt (there is no other explanation for some of the things that happen), whether or not it can be repaired, and how much it would cost to do so (likely an open-ended purchase order with someone who gets paid the same as lawyers. I actually got more.)

Clubhotrod.com is also experiencing the same issues

Originally Posted by Ron61

If Club Hotrod isn't having these problems then it would tend to point more to the database for this site. However Bill mentioned something in another post that you might consider too. This is Bill's post. ( I believe a lot of the problems with server resources have to do with a coding error on another sister site much larger, but offline for months due to this issue) club chopper. )

Ron

Correct, as explained to me, the issue that is affecting the shared server has to do with some coding errors involving clubchopper.com, which was actually taken offline quite some time ago. Unfortunately, it does not appear that doing so fixed the issues with the rest of Brent's forums (there were two or three others at one time, a fiat related site, and a photography related site).


Bill S.

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by mrmustang

Correct, as explained to me, the issue that is affecting the shared server has to do with...

The real question Bill is why has it taken this long to even have the problem acknowledged publicly? I remember the forum crash of 2016 Site is back, but lost some days....and.... and the follow up crash of 2019. There were problems before that but it's really never been the same since 2019. You can go on the ALL COBRA TALK index and track that crash and see thread Replies would always be one less than thread Views from that point forward. And, of course, those simple tracking values are still broken to this day. But that's minor compared to the other problems. You have done an admirable job defending the owner over the years and it seems he's always either travelling or going through some sort of nebulous "personal issues." But the bottom line is that we're ten years into this failure and the only glimmer is that we might have fresh eyes looking at the problem now. Perhaps if we had sought professional help ten years ago we wouldn't be on the verge of throwing this entire site into rehab now.

[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by patrickt

The real question Bill is why has it taken this long to even have the problem acknowledged publicly?

I'm sorry, I'm not programmed to give you that information.