Im not sure if this is due to GT or my own computer, but occasionally, i get an error thay says "the board you are trying to view is temporarily unavailable, pleast try again in a few minutes", Today, it happened 6 times for me, i was only able to change my avatar then it got disabled again. I really hope its not my computer

It's just guru doing some stuff with the boards. Nothing to worry about.

Xavious wrote:It's just guru doing some stuff with the boards. Nothing to worry about.

Ah thats a relief, thanks Xavious

Yea i know its annoying but here is the whole story.

Old forums on gametoast were in a way older version of phpbb that was entwisted with postnuke (a heavy php script that drags servers into the mud with any real traffic). After the old server hardrive literally exploded I used a backed up mysql database of the Gt forums and converted it into this new forum format. Some data didnt convert well but all in all we are 90% intact and lucky to even get the old forums back up in this new forum phpbb3 code. On the new server we are using I have several (80) other websites using heavy code, mysql and php, many with over a million actual visitors every month. The code in this phpbb3 is still not 100% glitch free and in these past months I have been spotting bugs left and right with how mysql handles this board. Depending on settings in this board, in the config files and the server loads the behavoir is generally fine but every few days small issues arise such as hanging processes (like people trying to login with slow isp and it never really logs them in , then they login again and get in, so the 1st session isnt sure what to do). Its alot of coding and mysql config at this point but Im getting close to a final config which will not have all these issues, relogins ...etc.

Also Phpbb3 is still in a few RC version before its a GOLD/Final version. Ive pointed out the code issues with phpbb crew and how to cut down on server loads with these forums. Once I have the final code and have my configs done this will all be set and I can get back to feature updates, updating people , files and what not.

Thanks for being chill while all this code changes go on. Its the only way to make it cool for everyone and foreva!

guru wrote:Yea i know its annoying but here is the whole story.

Old forums on gametoast were in a way older version of phpbb that was entwisted with postnuke (a heavy php script that drags servers into the mud with any real traffic). After the old server hardrive literally exploded I used a backed up mysql database of the Gt forums and converted it into this new forum format. Some data didnt convert well but all in all we are 90% intact and lucky to even get the old forums back up in this new forum phpbb3 code. On the new server we are using I have several (80) other websites using heavy code, mysql and php, many with over a million actual visitors every month. The code in this phpbb3 is still not 100% glitch free and in these past months I have been spotting bugs left and right with how mysql handles this board. Depending on settings in this board, in the config files and the server loads the behavoir is generally fine but every few days small issues arise such as hanging processes (like people trying to login with slow isp and it never really logs them in , then they login again and get in, so the 1st session isnt sure what to do). Its alot of coding and mysql config at this point but Im getting close to a final config which will not have all these issues, relogins ...etc.

Also Phpbb3 is still in a few RC version before its a GOLD/Final version. Ive pointed out the code issues with phpbb crew and how to cut down on server loads with these forums. Once I have the final code and have my configs done this will all be set and I can get back to feature updates, updating people , files and what not.

Thanks for being chill while all this code changes go on. Its the only way to make it cool for everyone and foreva!

Thanks for the explanation