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General Category => News => Topic started by: kat on December 07, 2011, 03:35:37 PM

Title: SITE STATUS [updated Mar 2017]
Post by: kat on December 07, 2011, 03:35:37 PM
This topic has been pinned for service reports and status messages.

Latest report: https://www.katsbits.com/smforum/index.php?topic=333.msg4683#msg4683
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Thurs 18th Jan from 20:30 GMT, server will be shut down for maintenance so KatsBits will be off-line and inaccessible for a short period.

Where necessary status reports are also posted to Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/KatsBits/107395662661611) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/Mrkat).
Title: Re: KatsBits moving house...
Post by: kat on December 07, 2011, 04:04:45 PM
If you're reading this then it means the forums are back up and running (comment text can't be read from the home page). The archived forum (http://www.katsbits.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?) should also be active, so too should archived news (http://www.katsbits.com/archive/2006-2009.php). The store is currently offline whilst it's being fixed, once that's done everything should be back to normal ;D

As DNS was updated last night it may still take a while for everything to filter through and settle down. Send any problems or breakages (in message form) to info@katsbits.com. Cheers!
Title: Re: KatsBits moving house...
Post by: ratty redemption on December 07, 2011, 07:34:51 PM
cool, everything seems normal with the forums so far, well done kat.
Title: Re: KatsBits moving house...
Post by: kat on December 07, 2011, 10:51:48 PM
I am most certainly well and truly done (knackered)! Not even coffee stopped that from happening ;) I'll probably be posting a blog about what's been going on but suffice to say here, if KatsBits were a new site this would have been a relatively easy thing to do. But it will allow the site to grow some more.
Title: Re: KatsBits moving house...
Post by: ratty redemption on December 07, 2011, 11:55:26 PM
understood i think, and again well done for taking on this task. i'm sure you were busy enough before the move.

Title: Re: SITE STATUS (formerly "KatsBits moving house...")
Post by: kat on December 23, 2011, 10:20:43 PM
Database error caused the forums, and much of the site it seems, to black out for a while earlier today. Problem appears to be fixed as of 10PM GMT.
Title: Re: SITE STATUS (formerly "KatsBits moving house...")
Post by: kat on January 31, 2012, 05:07:21 AM
Server was down for some maintenance earlier (0200/0400GMT).
Everything should be back up after a minor forum error.
Title: Re: SITE STATUS (formerly "KatsBits moving house...")
Post by: ratty redemption on January 31, 2012, 11:09:47 AM
cool, and everything seems to be working as normal.
Title: Re: SITE STATUS (formerly "KatsBits moving house...")
Post by: kat on February 10, 2012, 11:00:08 PM
Server crashed and was offline for a few hours, 21:00-23:00 GMT.
Title: Re: SITE STATUS (formerly "KatsBits moving house...")
Post by: kat on February 20, 2012, 05:19:19 PM
Server crashed c.16:30.
Offline for about 40 minutes, should be back up now.
Title: Re: SITE STATUS Store and DB work
Post by: kat on April 15, 2012, 11:28:30 PM
The Store and other database reliant services have been a bit patchy the last day or two whilst some background issues are sorted out. The site may go offline intermittently due to various "SQL" and "Connection" errors. The problem is known and being fixed.
Title: Re: SITE STATUS (formerly "KatsBits moving house...")
Post by: ratty redemption on April 16, 2012, 12:25:00 AM
good luck with that.
Title: Re: SITE STATUS (formerly "KatsBits moving house...")
Post by: kat on April 17, 2012, 07:58:02 AM
Problems encountered with the store looks to have been cleared up so everything should be shipshape and Bristol Sound. Thanks for your patience (was a migration issue due to having to move the store to a new location).
Title: Re: SITE STATUS (formerly "KatsBits moving house...")
Post by: kat on June 18, 2014, 11:55:24 AM
Server was upgraded earlier today so may have been temporarily unavailable for visitors. Everything is back up and running now but if any problems are spotted post below or send an email in (support@katsbits.com). Cheers Peers!
Title: Re: SITE STATUS (formerly "KatsBits moving house...")
Post by: ratty redemption on June 18, 2014, 12:21:14 PM
working now, cool.
Title: Server maintainence 7th May
Post by: kat on May 06, 2015, 02:05:24 PM
KatsBIts will be offline for a few hours Thurs night (7th May) between approximately 21:00 and 03:00 Friday morning 8th May, for server maintenance.
Title: Re: SITE STATUS [last updated 6 May 2015]
Post by: ratty redemption on May 06, 2015, 02:22:33 PM
good luck with that.
Title: Re: SITE STATUS [last updated 6 May 2015]
Post by: kat on May 06, 2015, 02:24:31 PM
Being a mutant from Futurama land plenty of fingers and toes are available for crossing ;o)
Title: Re: SITE STATUS [last updated 6 May 2015]
Post by: ratty redemption on May 06, 2015, 02:29:33 PM
he he.
Title: Re: SITE STATUS [last updated 6 May 2015]
Post by: kat on October 02, 2015, 06:28:11 PM
Some very old services (the old ikonboard forum and archive news systems) have finally been removed. Links and bookmarks should forward to the forums (the current forum/news system).
Title: Re: SITE STATUS [last updated 6 May 2015]
Post by: ratty redemption on October 02, 2015, 06:44:44 PM
i didn't even though the old forum was still active. is this to save on server space?
Title: Re: SITE STATUS [last updated 6 May 2015]
Post by: kat on October 02, 2015, 08:46:19 PM
It's been archived since the switch to this one mainly because search engines were still hitting it. Time to pull it.
Title: Re: SITE STATUS [last updated 6 May 2015]
Post by: ratty redemption on October 02, 2015, 08:56:09 PM
understood.
Title: Site migration to https
Post by: kat on March 12, 2017, 02:02:00 PM
Over the past few weeks (Feb/Mar 2017) KatsBits has been migrated over to the secure https protocol from standard http. There are still a few remaining hiccups from this process, namely old content linked to and referenced using "http" throwing a spanner in the works, resulting in "Unsecured Connection" or "Mixed Content" browser error messages.

When this happens the connection is secure despite the warnings.

To fully address the issue each post and its content has to be manually updated so its linked and referenced correctly, which may take some time to do given the size of the forum.

To this end members are encouraged to use the "Report to Moderator" link at the bottom of posts exhibiting this error which will let the team know something has been missed and/or needs fixing. Your patience is appreciated.
Title: Re: SITE STATUS [updated Mar 2017]
Post by: ratty redemption on March 12, 2017, 02:19:04 PM
understood, good luck with that.
Title: Server maintenance shutdown
Post by: kat on January 18, 2018, 10:28:09 AM
Today (Thurs 18th Jan) starting from about 20:30 GMT (8:30pm), the server hosting KatsBits will be shut down a short period for a maintenance update. The site will be off-line for an hour or so. If there are any services issues, notice will be posted to Twitter (https://twitter.com/mrkat).