*kisses the ground FR occupies* You're alive! I missded this place so much for the 4 hours it was down!
*pulls out stabbing knives* Now, wtf happened, and who is responsible for this outrage?
Okay I'll make this quick...
We had some heavy SQL activity, which means we were probably attacked. I talked to Lunar Pages and they moved us to a different server briefly. I also contacted Randy but haven't heard from him yet. I don't know how long this will be up but keep your fingers crossed.
I've made some updates. Hopefully that will fix the problem. Please let me know ASAP if you see further issues.
Well, I don't personally have issues, but I've been in touch with tue and he still can't see anything but the error page (he even restarted his comp when it came up for me.)
Quote from: Tomato on February 16, 2011, 11:05:05 PM
tue still can't see anything but the error page (he even restarted his comp when it came up for me.)
Have him delete temporary internet files. My browser just found it again, and I'm sure I checked it more recently than over an hour ago.
"Did that multiple times" -TUE
I also know he's trying it on 3 different browsers (ff, ie, and safari)
If he's still seeing the "there's a problem" page, I would suspect the DNS for his ISP, but I admittedly don't have as much experience with that end as I'd like. I would think it would resolve itself again by tomorrow.
Thank Dog (and Glitch Girl and Randy) that FR is back....I was freaking out!
Dana
Quote from: Glitch Girl on February 16, 2011, 10:10:55 PM
Okay I'll make this quick...
We had some heavy SQL activity, which means we were probably attacked. I talked to Lunar Pages and they moved us to a different server briefly. I also contacted Randy but haven't heard from him yet. I don't know how long this will be up but keep your fingers crossed.
I was expecting an answer more like "GG got too close to the servers again"
I tend to be more witty when I'm not expecting the server to go "kaboom" any second. ;)
right ok first i'm back nice try folks, and second who did it and why
This has occured several times over the past week or so, no? It seems like this latest glitch was the thrid or fourth time in a week when I couldn't get in.
I'm glad we're back in business, at least for the time being. It had me worried for a bit.
Again last night? Or was that a cache thing on my part?
Good to see FR back. Thanks for the work, guys!
Yuan, it wasn't just you. I was unable to get on last night either.
Me again.
Well, things are still a little dicey, but looking good thus far. I'm still waiting to get final word from our hosts. Here's hoping things continue to go well.
Hey guys, just wanted to give you a head's up.
Obviously the board is back at this link: http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php
However, when trying to go through the Welcome Page, it redirects to the Four Color Explosion site, saying that Freedom Reborn is down.
http://www.freedomreborn.net is the Welcome Page I am talking about.
Just wanted to provide some information, hope it helps out somehow.
I was getting shakey not knowing if we were up and running. Great job on getting us back online. :thumbup:
Quote from: laughing paradox on February 19, 2011, 03:15:32 AM
Hey guys, just wanted to give you a head's up.
Obviously the board is back at this link: http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php
However, when trying to go through the Welcome Page, it redirects to the Four Color Explosion site, saying that Freedom Reborn is down.
http://www.freedomreborn.net is the Welcome Page I am talking about.
Just wanted to provide some information, hope it helps out somehow.
Ok, that was the problem I've been having for the last couple of days then.
We've updated to the latest version of the software. I'm sure some of you may be having issues here or there. I'll be working on getting our theme back up and running, but in the mean time, I'd go ahead and switch to the SMF default theme.
I don't know if I'm the only one but EVERYTHING seems screwed up when I view a thread. Nothing is aligned where it should be.
You're not the only one. I'm having similar issues, and I'm missing most of my buttons, etc. I assume these are the issues Randy mentioned.
*looks at board* :wacko:
ack!
Quote from: randyripoff on February 21, 2011, 02:35:57 AMin the mean time, I'd go ahead and switch to the SMF default theme.
:blink:
whew, much better! ^_^ Gracias, Randy! :thumbup:
edit: although, I must mention that none of our nifty custom buttons at the top (Donate, Archive, etc) are showing up in any theme other than our old one. so sad.
Ahh, I just figured out how to change my theme. That is much better. Thanks Randy, for that and for all your hard work in general.
..... and no sig's again. <_< pfffffft.....seems like we *just* got that working again. ah well, guess I can hold my water until this all shakes out.
*waits for the first dirty mind to add two plus two and get seven from that*Quote from: Panther_Gunn on February 21, 2011, 07:53:27 PMedit: although, I must mention that none of our nifty custom buttons at the top (Donate, Archive, etc) are showing up in any theme other than our old one. so sad.
upon further looking, our Archive link isn't working, either. "Unable to load the 'main_above' template." yay.
Hey folks, as Randy mentioned, some of us may be having some trouble with our usual DilberMC theme for a bit. Last night, I enabled theme selection for members, but the board went wonky on me before I could post a note about it.
If you are having trouble with the page layout, go to this page (http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?action=theme;sa=pick) where you can choose the "SMF Default Theme - Core" (the second choice on the page), which should be serviceable for now.
I may go post a sticky on this as well...
So we're back for now. I have done a few things that will hopefully resolve issues in the short term until we can identify and resolve the issues causing the high consumption of resources.
In the short term:
* Signatures have been disabled
* The archive forum has been taken down
Once I know more, I'll keep you all updated. This situation will be resolved.
Quote from: stumpy on February 21, 2011, 08:20:48 PM
If you are having trouble with the page layout, go to this page (http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?action=theme;sa=pick) where you can choose the "SMF Default Theme - Core" (the second choice on the page), which should be serviceable for now.
I may go post a sticky on this as well...
Thanks, this makes the site look much better for me!
Keep on fightin' the power, folks! :thumbup:
Oh gosh, that's better...
Hey, I'd like to say thanks for the hard work in always keeping this place afloat. Even though I still mostly lurk after all these years, I just can't go too long without my FR fix.
Thanks a lot for keeping this place up. My world would be a lesser place without FR.
Let me add my appreciation and thanks for getting FR up again!
I'm still holding my breath.
We did a lot of IP blocking last night in hopes that would help. Still I playing "wait and see" to see if it took.
Keep your fingers crossed.
:thumbup: YAY! Glad to see FR is back up and running smoothly again.. my day isn't complete unless I get my daily fix of this site. Thanks to all who manage to keep this site going year after year.
- CQ
The board looks like it is collapsing under the weight of a supernova.
AA, are you referring to the "crushed" look with the old template? If so, check out Stumpy's post on how to fix that.
Quote from: stumpy on February 21, 2011, 08:20:48 PM
Hey folks, as Randy mentioned, some of us may be having some trouble with our usual DilberMC theme for a bit. Last night, I enabled theme selection for members, but the board went wonky on me before I could post a note about it.
If you are having trouble with the page layout, go to this page (http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?action=theme;sa=pick) where you can choose the "SMF Default Theme - Core" (the second choice on the page), which should be serviceable for now.
I may go post a sticky on this as well...
Quote from: Glitch Girl on February 22, 2011, 03:53:32 PM
I'm still holding my breath.
We did a lot of IP blocking last night in hopes that would help. Still I playing "wait and see" to see if it took.
Keep your fingers crossed.
Fingers, toes, and eyes.
Regardless, you, Randy, stumpy, and anyone else who may be involved deserve a huge
"thank you" from all of us for your efforts.
Quote from: UnkoMan on February 22, 2011, 06:03:12 PM
AA, are you referring to the "crushed" look with the old template? If so, check out Stumpy's post on how to fix that.
Quote from: stumpy on February 21, 2011, 08:20:48 PM
Hey folks, as Randy mentioned, some of us may be having some trouble with our usual DilberMC theme for a bit. Last night, I enabled theme selection for members, but the board went wonky on me before I could post a note about it.
If you are having trouble with the page layout, go to this page (http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?action=theme;sa=pick) where you can choose the "SMF Default Theme - Core" (the second choice on the page), which should be serviceable for now.
I may go post a sticky on this as well...
That did the trick!
Also big thanks to you guys.
Whoop whoop! The good times are most certainly NOT over!
This is a test post, please of PLEASE work!
Hey! I can post now! It's great to see the 'ol place up and running again!
Wheee!
(http://www.fxforce.com/MB7/whoa.jpg)
I think I'll celebrate by getting a new avatar! Thanks a whole heap! I tried other forums...I know I shouldn't have, but I needed to post something somewhere to get my fix. None of those other forums worked for me anyway.
YAY
Yeah, thanks so much to ye mighty forum makers. I know this must have taken an awful lot of work to get set up. Thanks guys.
There's still a bit of a bug with the quick reply box, but otherwise everything seems to be working okay.
Gads I've missed this place.
I'm hoping we can go fully live soon. Sorry I can't give it more testing but things are kinda hectic here.
So far the only thing that I've noticed is that I can't see how full my inbox is. That is super minor, but I always tend to run pretty close to full, and I don't know what "full" is with this setup.
Ooga booga!!! :thumbup:
It's good to see the board is back up! :thumbup: Thanks to all who made it possible.
Wow, I can't believe FR is actually alive still after all this time, its nice to see it didn't die off and people still care about it.
I will be lurking around from time to time.
Well whaddaya know? FR's back! Thanks for the hard work guys!
What is this place?
It's like something out of a dream....
... may or may not exist.
Or it may.
Or may not.
Or mayhaps?
Oh how I have missed you all!
Many thanks to the mods and admin staff for getting the site back up.
And many, many, many thanks to Tomato and the mods and admin staff for giving us ToF in our time of need.
Of course it was probably Tomato who sabotaged FR to begin with...seeing as how he's a powermad egomaniac and all. :P
Quote from: RTTingle on August 18, 2011, 04:07:53 AM
Oh how I have missed you all!
I'd wholeheartedly agree with that!
I'm sure all of you missed me a great deal ;)
Seriously... Hello again!
I just hope this one holds out a while. I've missed my little oasis on the web so much.
Welcome back everyone!
I have a suggestion...
Since the Admins obviously have the email addresses of all of the active members...
Could you not send out an email announcement letting them know FR is back up and how to log in?
Quote from: BlueBard on August 18, 2011, 01:01:43 PM
I have a suggestion...
Since the Admins obviously have the email addresses of all of the active members...
Could you not send out an email announcement letting them know FR is back up and how to log in?
Don't call it a comeback! We been here for years!!
I miss you guys! C'mon, group hug!
Quote from: BlueBard on August 18, 2011, 01:01:43 PM
I have a suggestion...
Since the Admins obviously have the email addresses of all of the active members...
Could you not send out an email announcement letting them know FR is back up and how to log in?
*edited for emphasis*
That's the key word right there. With over 6000 "members", I wouldn't wish it upon anyone to sort out who's "active" and who's not. Unless the admins have a way of exporting the member list with last login date, I don't see any easy way of sorting through all of that. Of course, for them it could be just as easy as a couple of mouse clicks, and I wouldn't have the foggiest. I'm just sayin'.
Glad to see it's back up. If it wasn't for Tomato's forum I would still be waiting. Thanks Tomato.
Finally....gods it feels nice to be in the old place...has that previous worn underwear feel to it!!!
Definitely odd to see this back, but very cool!
Is it ironic for anyone else that we're all posting in a thread I made before FR finally died to celebrate it being back this time?
Quote from: Tomato on August 19, 2011, 12:16:40 AM
Is it ironic for anyone else that we're all posting in a thread I made before FR finally died to celebrate it being back this time?
Just a tad :P
Still, it's nice to have this site back up again. :)
Great to see FR back.
Welcome back all ye exiles. :D
bloody hell it comes back and everyone and they're brother shows up. so is anything going to be new or are changes being made
Hey, @ least all our avatars are big & in BLAZING TECHNICOLOR! :)
Quote from: freegentile on August 19, 2011, 08:36:17 PM
Hey, @ least all our avatars are big & in BLAZING TECHNICOLOR! :)
I've been voted in as the new evil overlord of FR. Otherwise, everything is as it was. :P
Quote from: Cyber Burn on August 20, 2011, 04:26:15 AM
I've been voted in as the new evil overlord of FR. Otherwise, everything is as it was. :P
REAL evil overlords don't get voted in; they just take over. Thus, I'm afraid your evil overlordness has been grossly overstated. ;)
Right, when I conquer the planet, I'm certainly not going to ask permissi.....uhh.....I mean, yes, yes, democracy is very good....yes.
Quote from: Epimethee on August 20, 2011, 03:43:35 PM
Quote from: Cyber Burn on August 20, 2011, 04:26:15 AM
I've been voted in as the new evil overlord of FR. Otherwise, everything is as it was. :P
REAL evil overlords don't get voted in; they just take over. Thus, I'm afraid your evil overlordness has been grossly overstated. ;)
Crap, I'll have to do something about that...Prepare for a new era...The Age of the Cyber Overlord shall begin soon!
Um, excuse me? Who gave you fools delusions of grandeur?
Let's recap, shall we? I gave the FF community a place to go while FR was down. I put up with everything from IPS' return to Murs pissing on everything in sight. I had to go in and actually manage the boards because all of my incredibly talented admin staff insisted I actually had to do work.
Clearly, if anyone here should be voted evil overlord of FR, it's me, beaches. Now kneel before Tomato!
Quote from: Tomato on August 20, 2011, 04:23:31 PM
Um, excuse me? Who gave you fools delusions of grandeur?
Let's recap, shall we? I gave the FF community a place to go while FR was down. I put up with everything from IPS' return to Murs pissing on everything in sight. I had to go in and actually manage the boards because all of my incredibly talented admin staff insisted I actually had to do work.
Clearly, if anyone here should be voted evil overlord of FR, it's me, beaches. Now kneel before Tomato!
Yeah but I had to survive here without my original account for 2 days. I
deserve compensation, I
deserve to be your overlord!!!
Hello hello!
Great to see FR back up and running again! :thumbup:
I'm having issues with my old account so I had to create this new one for now.
i'm also glad its back too! Mato...hats off to you and any others powers who had a hand in the Trinity forum. i'm just gonna visit both. :)
Quote from: C6 on August 21, 2011, 02:05:48 PM
Hello hello!
Great to see FR back up and running again! :thumbup:
I'm having issues with my old account so I had to create this new one for now.
Filthy doppleganger! I have my original account back now! :P
Thanks stumpy! :cool:
Well what do ya freakin' know? I found it! I've spent months trying to figure out what happened to this place, and now I stumble across it after three pages of Google search results.
We need to make a Facebook group or something. I'm tired of losing track of this place :P
Crikey! We're.... back!?
Great job to all concerned, and thanks for all your efforts. Its great to have this li'l corner of teh int3rnet back! :thumbup:
Quote from: Figure Fan on August 23, 2011, 07:57:43 AM
Well what do ya freakin' know? I found it! I've spent months trying to figure out what happened to this place, and now I stumble across it after three pages of Google search results.
We need to make a Facebook group or something. I'm tired of losing track of this place :P
You know, if you'd gone to trinity of freedom (which the main page of fr would have directed you to had you checked it a week or so after fr experienced problems) you would have known about it the day it opened back up.
*watches you guys bicker while he takes over all the FR media outlets, throws on "Cult of Personality" by Living Color, and truly becomes the evil overlord*
Right, let's settle this once and for all.
Quote from: Cyber Burn on August 20, 2011, 04:04:16 PM
Quote from: Epimethee on August 20, 2011, 03:43:35 PM
Quote from: Cyber Burn on August 20, 2011, 04:26:15 AM
I've been voted in as the new evil overlord of FR. Otherwise, everything is as it was. :P
REAL evil overlords don't get voted in; they just take over. Thus, I'm afraid your evil overlordness has been grossly overstated. ;)
Crap, I'll have to do something about that...Prepare for a new era...The Age of the Cyber Overlord shall begin soon!
Epi's right, straw polls don't count. The very fact that you expected that to work shows you're obviously neither prepared nor fit for the role. You will be given this brief opportunity to step down & save yourself further humiliation.
Quote from: Podmark on August 20, 2011, 04:38:50 PM
Quote from: Tomato on August 20, 2011, 04:23:31 PM
Um, excuse me? Who gave you fools delusions of grandeur?
Let's recap, shall we? I gave the FF community a place to go while FR was down. I put up with everything from IPS' return to Murs pissing on everything in sight. I had to go in and actually manage the boards because all of my incredibly talented admin staff insisted I actually had to do work.
Clearly, if anyone here should be voted evil overlord of FR, it's me, beaches. Now kneel before Tomato!
Yeah but I had to survive here without my original account for 2 days. I deserve compensation, I deserve to be your overlord!!!
'mato, the fact that you did all of the work clearly illustrates that you're a minion. At best, TUE ranks above you as trusted henchman, since he got you to do the work. The actions of you both will not be forgotten, but don't expect anything out of it (unless you're the paranoid type).
Pod, whining about what you "deserve" puts you in the same category with Cyber.....and on a list for "quiet removal".
Quote from: Mr. Hamrick on August 23, 2011, 03:34:26 PM
*watches you guys bicker while he takes over all the FR media outlets, throws on "Cult of Personality" by Living Color, and truly becomes the evil overlord*
Your track of choice indicates desire, but no natural talent for the "job". The obvious choice was "Never Gonna Give You Up". Aside from that, interrupting the constant broadcast of "Lost", "Friends", "Seinfeld", and "Gilligan's Island" reruns would have alerted the masses that something was amiss, and attracted all of their attention directly to you. Unless you have something immediatly available to make them all cheer, it's like asking for a bullet.
Benton has the gist of it......which is why he will be my "trusted" assistant -- *after* the surgery. (which may or may not have already taken place.
wyoming....yeah, right)
It was established 3 reboots ago that Randy acknowledged who the true power was. Squabbling over who's in charge, or thinking you know who it is just means that you're already under control.
Quote from: Figure Fan on August 23, 2011, 07:57:43 AM
We need to make a Facebook group or something. I'm tired of losing track of this place :P
*cough cough* http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55506893387 *cough again*
Yeah, nobody uses it (except for me occasionally, but only to alert when boards are down).
Quote from: The Hitman on August 24, 2011, 01:19:05 AM
Quote from: Figure Fan on August 23, 2011, 07:57:43 AM
We need to make a Facebook group or something. I'm tired of losing track of this place :P
*cough cough* http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55506893387 *cough again*
Yeah, nobody uses it (except for me occasionally, but only to alert when boards are down).
That group though is archived and about to be deleted. A new one should probably be made with the new group set up by the admins here.
I hate Facebook. Please don't make us use Facebook.
Quote from: BlueBard on August 24, 2011, 02:56:49 PM
I hate Facebook. Please don't make us use Facebook.
Use it! Use it now or face the punishment!
Eff facebook. Just go to one of the 20 different ff boards/websites out there (meshmatters, frpmods, and Trinity of Freedom) One of them will have news.
Quote from: BentonGrey on August 24, 2011, 03:04:11 PM
Quote from: BlueBard on August 24, 2011, 02:56:49 PM
I hate Facebook. Please don't make us use Facebook.
Use it! Use it now or face the punishment!
:twisted:
yes my minion, go about and spread terror...... :lol:
I agree: ef Facebook. When in a foul mood, I might even venture we should gee Facebook as well.
Once, during a moment of sheer terror whose aural image has been seared into my cochlear nerves, I heard a berserk Murs *shudder* aitch Facebook. :ph34r:
ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and Whirled Braker
Quote from: ow_tiobe_sb on August 24, 2011, 04:31:22 PM
I agree: ef Facebook. When in a foul mood, I might even venture we should gee Facebook as well.
Once, during a moment of sheer terror whose aural image has been seared into my cochlear nerves, I heard a berserk Murs *shudder* aitch Facebook. :ph34r:
ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and Whirled Braker
Aye, that is a bit harsh. Jey might have similar feelings, but what about Kay and Ell?
Quote from: Tomato on August 23, 2011, 03:31:46 PM
Quote from: Figure Fan on August 23, 2011, 07:57:43 AM
Well what do ya freakin' know? I found it! I've spent months trying to figure out what happened to this place, and now I stumble across it after three pages of Google search results.
We need to make a Facebook group or something. I'm tired of losing track of this place :P
You know, if you'd gone to trinity of freedom (which the main page of fr would have directed you to had you checked it a week or so after fr experienced problems) you would have known about it the day it opened back up.
Heh. I've been checking ToF fairly regularly, and somehow completely missed that FR was back until just now... (Admittedly, I've been kind of distracted- I'm moving to Massachusetts in a month or so, I've lived in New York City- either Manhattan or Brooklyn- all my life, and I've lived in my current apartment for a very. very long time, so getting ready for the move is a lot of work, and I'm kind of nervous about the whole thing...)
Great to be back, though! It'll make my move that much easier to keep having my second home around...
Quote from: Alaric on August 24, 2011, 05:51:37 PM
I'm moving to Massachusetts in a month or so...
Cheers, Al! We'll do our best against Irene to make certain there's still a Commonwealth for you to settle into come September. ;)
ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and Whirled Braker
Home again, home again - jiggeddy-jig! Good work to all who made this happen - thanks to the Trininty of Freedom guys for giving us shelter from the storm. Personally, I'm jumping right to pee for facebook.
I can't trash Facebook too much, since it's the only occassion I have to see or hear from family. I've thought of dumping my account, but my daughter loves playing Farmville (Hence why I get very limited PC time).
My biggest beef about Facebook is that I have to listen to my sister tell me how much of a loser I am. But she tells me that face to face as well. :banghead:
Fantastic. Now I got something to do over the weekend.
Congrats Randy. :thumbup:
Quote from: Panther_Gunn on August 24, 2011, 05:41:09 PM
Quote from: ow_tiobe_sb on August 24, 2011, 04:31:22 PM
I agree: ef Facebook. When in a foul mood, I might even venture we should gee Facebook as well.
Once, during a moment of sheer terror whose aural image has been seared into my cochlear nerves, I heard a berserk Murs *shudder* aitch Facebook. :ph34r:
ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and Whirled Braker
Aye, that is a bit harsh. Jey might have similar feelings, but what about Kay and Ell?
I'm okay with it...
Seriously, I have no problems with facebook. I even have a few friends from FR on Facebook. FYI: There is a FR on facebook use for DCUO (DC Universe Online)
Oh hey - there you all are.
I've been checking regularly but was only seeing the "coming soon" message. Meanwhile you all have been having fun back here for WEEKS.
Well, I found you now!
Quote from: Uncle Yuan on September 04, 2011, 12:00:09 AM
Oh hey - there you all are.
I've been checking regularly but was only seeing the "coming soon" message. Meanwhile you all have been having fun back here for WEEKS.
Well, I found you now!
Shoot! Party's over guys. :D
I don't visit my Facebook page very often...I'm kind of bored with it. I like to play Bubble Trouble and Zuma when I'm on, though.
Dana
Quote from: BentonGrey on September 04, 2011, 04:24:13 AM
Quote from: Uncle Yuan on September 04, 2011, 12:00:09 AM
Oh hey - there you all are.
I've been checking regularly but was only seeing the "coming soon" message. Meanwhile you all have been having fun back here for WEEKS.
Well, I found you now!
Shoot! Party's over guys. :D
Yes, I am the forum's annoying kid brother.
Hey, were you going guys? Can I come to? Mom says you hafta let me play with you!