dcdeb Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Hi guys, You may have noticed that for the past hour or two the forum has been having problems. It appears that it is YOUR fault We didn't mean to break the forum, deano! We'll try to control ourselves from now on! dcdeb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdeb Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 OK, I've restarted the Oldlings thread since Helen doesn't get online here as often as some of us, and I have no other way to reach her. Hope that's OK. dcdeb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne84 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Thank you for your good job deano! This forum has been pretty slow sometimes, and last night it didn't let me to log out. (It wasn't the first time!) I'm sure it will be better soon! Actually I've thought that would be good if none of us used moving pictures on our signatures. So many has them. That must be one of the reasons why this forum has been running slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainbow Sky Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 I have created The Australian Thread: Part 2. We aussies sure know how to yack ... sorry for causing any forum problems! Thank you for all your work in trying to sort out the problems. We appreciate it. If there's anything else we can do to help... just let us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoJenic Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 So it seems that you guys and gals are simply too hardcore for the Internet. That was pretty much the funniest thing I've heard all day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikaluvr Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Also, during the recent problems I decided to put more of my own money into this to ensure it doesn't happen again. So as of tomorrow evening we are moving to our very own MFC server. Bear in mind that normally there are 100+ sites per server, we will have one to ourself The bad news is that the forum will be offiline for a bit tomorrow, but after that it should be flawless. Wow - you totally rock deano!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for all your hard work and $. I was thinking.. if all of the tons of members donated even $5 each, that would add up to a good amount wouldn't? (I know more would be better.) I hate to see you eat all the cost. THANK YOU!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 OK, I've restarted the Oldlings thread since Helen doesn't get online hereas often as some of us, and I have no other way to reach her. Hope that's OK. dcdeb Thanks Deb! Deano/mods - could you add a post to the closed threads in which you place the link to the new thread? So that people know where to go? Just an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kath Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Also, during the recent problems I decided to put more of my own money into this to ensure it doesn't happen again. So as of tomorrow evening we are moving to our very own MFC server. Bear in mind that normally there are 100+ sites per server, we will have one to ourself The bad news is that the forum will be offiline for a bit tomorrow, but after that it should be flawless. Thank you so much, for the work, dedication and money that you and the team put into MFC...it is truely awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kath Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Thanks Deb! Deano/mods - could you add a post to the closed threads in which you place the link to the new thread? So that people know where to go? Just an idea. Specially the Oldlings eh Blue, that are away on holiday and won't have a clue whats going on when they get back! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Oh and I have no problems with the forum being offline for a while today. It's for a good reason, I hope the current server problems will become history! Thanks again Deano! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Specially the Oldlings eh Blue, that are away on holiday and won't have a clue whats going on when they get back! LOL Yup, that will be a Major Senior Moment for them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnFa Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Aha! Thanks for clearing things up! No more MEGA threads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarina Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Thank you so much for the explanation! We'll try to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika Mad Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Thank you Deano for sorting this all out (I hope that it's not costing you too much out of your own pocket!) ...and thank you DCDeb for recreating the oldling thread -I can't live without it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeyJen Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 thank you deano!!! you're great, as always! yeh, too hardcore!! of course, we're mika fans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tantastic Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 I have always known that it was our fault but that part 2 idea is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celesteee Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 hardcore, die hard mika fans! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reni Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 YESSSS, WE`RE THE BEST!!!! Thanks a lot for doing this hard work to make it better for us, deano! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDDIESDOUBLE Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 So 3 hours .. approx to switchoff , then we hed into the unknown world of the 2nd forum <shakes> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curly Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Freddie you know like the Mikagasmic Pictures thread is now closed and ThatPinkSock (the Mikagasmic thread starter) has not opened a Part 2 thread can someone else??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 So 3 hours .. approx to switchoff , then we hed into the unknown world of the 2nd forum <shakes> Woohoo... I wonder if we will have the experience of a second Twilight Zone - like the one we had a few months ago. Not that I don't trust Deano though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenie Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 OK. Get it! Thanks deano Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinga Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Oh I was so sad when I saw that Mikagasmic pictures thread is closed. What a relief Thank for informating us and for the work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 It appears that it is YOUR fault I will explain... Most forums are nowhere near as big or popular as MFC, so it is not normal to have threads with more than 1,000 replies. Here at MFC we have numerous threads with over 10,000 replies I totally agree with you that it is not normal to have 10,000 replies in a thread but the excessive size of many threads is due in large part to the insistence that no one is allowed to create duplicate threads on any remotely connected topic. Obviously no one wants to read 50 different threads about Mika's birth name or one particular appearance on a TV show. But multiple threads can be very useful from a reading/posting standpoint and I'm guessing it will cut down on the bandwidth burden since people are not loading massive threads thousands of times. Personally I don't want to sift through dozens of pages of event planning so that I can see pictures from Ibiza or Blue Sky's account of going backstage. I'd rather just open threads entitled "Ibiza concert pics" or "Mika invited me backstage in Tokyo". Separating thread content and titling posts properly will ultimately cut down on the really annoying duplicate threads and inane questions because everyone will be able to find things more easily and will be less likely to miss things they find relevant. Since I joined here I have been hearing how more threads = greater costs, but I don't understand why this would be. The posters insisting on this are not admins or even mods, so it would be nice to get some clarification. I'm guessing that database space is not your problem, but bandwidth. The longer the threads are, the more information has to be called from the database. Isn't it preferential to have more threads instead of longer threads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deano Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 Christine, more threads instead of longer threads is what we are doing. Regarding duplicate threads... I am going to make a post on this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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