Outage Gubbins

[Andrew 5467]

Sorry about that chaps, it seems some of our config got itself in a mess of its own accord and stuffed the board up for a while there!

The folks who host our servers were very helpful and we're back online.

 

I can't promise this won't happen again as I essentially had to restore the config from a week old backup but if it does I am much better equipped now to deal with it much more quickly.

 

As you were.

[wykikitoon 23654]

We are always in your debt Andrew.

[Gemmill 52075]

Nice one Andrew, cheers for sorting. 

[trophyshy 7532]

Not Quiff then? 

[Renton 24401]

I thought it was a new feature to help us cope with football drubbings and censor the bedwetters. The predictive nature of the algorithm was quite impressive. 👍

[Christmas Tree 5296]

4 minutes ago, trophyshy said:

Not Quiff then? 

Everybody’s first thought  

[Christmas Tree 5296]

We should really have some back up space where we can assemble. Maybe a twitter account or a free discord server?

 

Save us having to log onto Newcastle online to search for Toontastic updates  

[Monkeys Fist 46118]

Just now, Christmas Tree said:

We should really have some back up space where we can assemble. Maybe a twitter account or a free discord server?

 

Save us having to log onto Newcastle online to search for Toontastic updates  

We should’ve all piled over to Ed’s NUFC blog. 

[Andrew 5467]

8 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said:

We should really have some back up space where we can assemble. Maybe a twitter account or a free discord server?

 

Save us having to log onto Newcastle online to search for Toontastic updates  

 

Updates were put on the patreon.

 

But aye a backup of some sort might be a good idea. 

[Christmas Tree 5296]

7 minutes ago, Andrew said:

 

Updates were put on the patreon.

 

But aye a backup of some sort might be a good idea. 

Im not that technical minded but I use a lot of discord groups (as do others on here) and they seem nice and clean and relatively straightforward to set up (and free I think).

 

Would be an ideal stopgap for this sort of thing and particularly if the worst ever happened.

 

And before anyone says, “why don’t you set it up”  , I did consider that but assumed it needed to be set up by someone who already is trusted with our personal details etc .

[wykikitoon 23654]

BTW I'm proud this is the first place I checked this morning when I woke up 😂

[Andrew 5467]

2 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said:

Im not that technical minded but I use a lot of discord groups (as do others on here) and they seem nice and clean and relatively straightforward to set up (and free I think).

 

Would be an ideal stopgap for this sort of thing and particularly if the worst ever happened.

 

And before anyone says, “why don’t you set it up”  , I did consider that but assumed it needed to be set up by someone who already is trusted with our personal details etc .

 

Aye thats what Ive had in mind, I'll look into it

 

[Monkeys Fist 46118]

1 minute ago, wykikitoon said:

BTW I'm proud this is the first place I checked this morning when I woke up 😂

I checked BBC news first to see if they had any updates but apparently big Vlad telling lies to little Vlad is more newsworthy. 

[ewerk 33978]

3 minutes ago, Christmas Tree said:

Im not that technical minded but I use a lot of discord groups (as do others on here) and they seem nice and clean and relatively straightforward to set up (and free I think).

 

Would be an ideal stopgap for this sort of thing and particularly if the worst ever happened.

 

And before anyone says, “why don’t you set it up”  , I did consider that but assumed it needed to be set up by someone who already is trusted with our personal details etc .

Stump up for the Patreon, fatty.

[Gemmill 52075]

5 minutes ago, Andrew said:

 

Aye thats what Ive had in mind, I'll look into it

 

 

Would it be worth just decamping to Discord anyway? Is it free to set something up that mirrors this place? 

 

Would save you the hassle of having to put this place right on occasion, and if there is a charge, it's presumably less than hosting a separate site etc. 

[ewerk 33978]

55 minutes ago, Andrew said:

 

I can't promise this won't happen again as I essentially had to restore the config from a week old backup 

 

 

[ewerk 33978]

Just now, Gemmill said:

 

Would it be worth just decamping to Discord anyway? Is it free to set something up that mirrors this place? 

 

Would save you the hassle of having to put this place right on occasion, and if there is a charge, it's presumably less than hosting a separate site etc. 

 

Discord is shite.

[Andrew 5467]

1 minute ago, Gemmill said:

 

Would it be worth just decamping to Discord anyway? Is it free to set something up that mirrors this place? 

 

Would save you the hassle of having to put this place right on occasion, and if there is a charge, it's presumably less than hosting a separate site etc. 

Its fine but the formattings not the same.

[Gemmill 52075]

6 minutes ago, ewerk said:

 

Discord is shite.

 

Are you saying you would not be in accord with such a move? 

[Gemmill 52075]

I'm on there, and I find it a pain in the arse, but I wondered if trying to use it like we use this place might make me understand it better.

 

It seems fucking impossible to find anything which is probably why THE CLIPBOARD is dissenting. 

[ewerk 33978]

The search function on there is actually pretty good for anyone with an IQ above single figures.

Edited 10 hours ago by ewerk

[trophyshy 7532]

Wouldn’t a discord make it almost impossible to attract and then immediately repel new users?  

[Andrew 5467]

2 minutes ago, trophyshy said:

Wouldn’t a discord make it almost impossible to attract and then immediately repel new users?  

 

Yeah, it'd save me a headache for sure

[Gemmill 52075]

5 minutes ago, ewerk said:

The search function on there is actually pretty good for anyone with an IQ above single figures.

 

Further underlines why the clipboard is dissenting. 

[Andrew 5467]

tbh It might be handy as a backup but I wouldn't want us to change platform unless we really really had to, I like the old school-ness of this place and the format works for the relatively chaotic discussion style here.

 

Discord would be a fuckin shitshow without a lot of pre-setup.

 

While catastrophising today I have thought about this a lot and landed on the idea that if TT was dead I would rather build a completely new forum than move to discord or reddit or whatever.