Board server problems (2nd June).

[Paulbot]

And I have tried to update my signature with no link, no picture, but it always fails.

[i_amtrunks]

That was odd, I had no issues getting on the site yesterday morn, but come 2pm could not load the site at all. Good to be back online now!

[STL]

And I have tried to update my signature with no link, no picture, but it always fails.

I see your sig pic.

[jaydisc]

That was odd, I had no issues getting on the site yesterday morn, but come 2pm could not load the site at all. Good to be back online now!

Are you with TPG? Liege had the same issue and I was of the opinion that it's their forced, blind proxy server. Liege put in a support request and his problem went away in about 15 minutes.

[iceburn]

I see your sig pic.

that's because he (or we) cant change the sig details.
it always fail....this is upsetting :P

[i_amtrunks]

Are you with TPG? Liege had the same issue and I was of the opinion that it's their forced, blind proxy server. Liege put in a support request and his problem went away in about 15 minutes.

Yeah with TPG in the office. (and soon to be at home too) Seems that Leige's support request cleared up any issues! Thanks Leige!

[griffin]

Hi Griffin, did you do the upgrade?

I think that the 500 error is an issue at the Apache/server level, and the submitting of ANY form whose contents include "ht*p://" is forbidden. This is most likely an anti-spam measure to stop scalpers spammers from increasing their Google PageRank by polluting your/our site with links to theirs, or a security measure to prevent cross-site scripting attacks.

EDIT: in other words, I don't think it's a vBulletin issue.

I wasn't able to do the upgrade last night because apparently, the server may have locked me out as a potential hacker.

I was finally able to talk to the server admin, and as you had guessed, they had changed servers over the weekend, and it has just taken a few days to have the new IP filter through to everyone's ISP.
They have upgraded the server to something fancy and new, and as a consequence, it is affecting connections and board functions.
The connection issue should resolve itself, and probably has already. But if you are having a problem connecting to any of pages or board on the otca server, it could be that your ISP has been blocked like mine might have been.
Let me know if that is the case.

The issue of the board functions, which involve links, pictures or PMs, should also be caused by new fancy server, because it has a higher level of security screening.
The server admin said I should see if the problem resolves itself when I upgrade this board, but I obviously wasn't able to do it last night because of the block to all my access attempts.

I had to resort to using a proxy browser just to access the board and tried to post this with it, but couldn't, so fortunately I was now able to access it properly. So it means the server admin was able to unblock me, and I should be upgrading the board tonight. I'd prefer to do it while no one is connected, so have to wait until after midnight.

The server admin says that upgrading vbulletin should fix the board problems, as it should bring it up to be more compatible to the new server and its operating systems.

For those wondering about the 2 different boards in the last few days, the new server is indeed a different IP address.
Old server - 216.193.213.25
New server - 72.52.215.34

I can access the old board, and will have a look to see if any important postings need to be recorded.

[Kyle]

I can access the old board, and will have a look to see if any important postings need to be recorded.

Paulbot, Galvatron is coming for ya~!

[griffin]

Oh, and yes, it would have been nice to know before hand that the server host was doing this upgrade and transfer. At least we wouldn't have been as much in the dark, and would know in advance that there could be some bugs in the process.

[iceburn]

i guess they thought it would be a seamless process but....