News and Announcements

**Christopher** · 07-31-2005, 04:56 PM

We have been bombarded with database issues today. Just when we thought we fixed it, something went wrong again. So this is the reason that we have had downtime today. And it is the reason why your threads and posts from after the 26th are missing.

We were forced to revert to a weekly backup made on the 26th of July. We tried to use one of our more recent daily backups but they were corrupt. This means anything that happened after the 26th (at about 1am CDT) will be lost.

I know some members will be disgruntled about loosing their posts, so know that we are most sincere when we say how terribly sorry we are for this inconvenience.

It's taken all day to get things as right as they can be, and I'm sure our run of bad luck has stopped.

**OmuCuSucu** · 07-31-2005, 05:44 PM

i was wondering why everything seemed old ... thought it was the beer ...

good to know WT is back and running

c ya around

**Harvey** · 07-31-2005, 07:15 PM

26th... ouch!

It happens to everybody at some point; thanks and well done for coping with it - it's appreiated :-)

**praveen** · 07-31-2005, 10:09 PM

so thats the reason...

**ORiN** · 08-01-2005, 03:45 AM

There goes all my business neogtiations. Even PMs after 26th are gone?

**Christopher** · 08-01-2005, 03:46 AM

Yes, unfortunately.

**NuWeb.co.uk** · 08-01-2005, 01:49 PM

Maybe you should add a small announcement on the forums, i signed up the other day, and all my posts and member id has gone, took me ages to figure out why my username and password combo wasent working.

.. im a noob again now, before i had lots of posts.

**Kyrnt** · 08-01-2005, 02:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NuWeb.co.uk

Maybe you should add a small announcement on the forums,

That is sort of what this thread is intended to do -- inform our users of the situation, provide an explanation and provide an open "forum" for answering questions.

**NuWeb.co.uk** · 08-01-2005, 02:56 PM

Obviosly this is the reason for this.
Unlike other forums, this isent at the top, so users dont check in here as its at the bottom.

Its not like users look at topics, then sign in and post, they sign in to gain full access, then post. Therefore telling them about the problam before they become confused like me whould help them out.

**Kyrnt** · 08-01-2005, 03:30 PM

Ok, I see your point. My thinking when something like this happens on a forum is to go directly to the "News and Announcements" forum to read about the latest developments. But I see your point that some users might need it right on the front page.

**TimSchroeder** · 08-04-2005, 12:52 PM

I just wanted to add that I also apoligize about the database issue. It happened just as I was heading out of town with limited internet access so this is why my reply is a bit late. Some data became corrupt and we had no choice but to upload a slightly older backup. I wish there was something else we could have done, but there was not.

Thanks for your continued support of our forums and take care