Board and Domain technical issues unable to be fixed.

[kurdt_the_goat]

If you're not sure whether its the server/host or board related issues, i would suggest doing a fresh install of vbulletin in a different location on the server, and testing for the same problems. If they don't happen in a fresh install, then something may be corrupt with the real board. Alternatively, if they do happen, you'd at least know it's something to do with the server.

[griffin]

I still get 'Internal Server Error' whenever I try to post a link, which is not something I can work with, or prepared to have others put up with. Also, this new server seems to be a lot slower for me, which is rather frustrating.

[Soundwarp]

Well i can actually sign in today dude.

[jaydisc]

There are two workarounds I've found:

1. Links can indeed be posted. You just cannot include the h t t p : / / . When you are posting URLs beginning with www, they are auto-detected and linked up. If you need to post a link that doesn't begin with www, just use the link button and omit the h t t p, e.g.

cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250234692505&ssPa geName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=015

2. Unfortunately, that trick doesn't work for inline images, e.g.

[IMG]www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/attach/4/5/1/9/3/att-mot_1210045089_thumb.jpg[/IMG]

But, the new attachment function is pretty snazzy. Check it out below. Note though, that since images are all read from the otca server, this will be quite a bit more costly for our beloved admin.

[Tober]

On the plus side the board now has a nice little icon, so it doesn't look as noob sitting next to TFW, MacWorld etc in the address bar

[Borgeman]

why oh why do board upgrades make sites 14.72 times slower?????

George

[roller]

is it just my comp? or is this place still malfunctioning?

[griffin]

On the plus side the board now has a nice little icon, so it doesn't look as noob sitting next to TFW, MacWorld etc in the address bar

Spent the entire day going through *every* possible option in the admin section of both the board and the server, to eliminate the board problems, but just can't see why this is happening. All the board functions appear to be active, allowing us to post links etc, and the server error logs don't appear to be registering a problem, so I have nothing left to try. And if I relocate to a new server, what's to say that this isn't just due to some corrupted file that I can't figure out, and we still have the same problems at the new home. Making the whole move unnecessary and a waste of money. If that did happen, I would probably have to re-install the entire board and database, which would erase everything, just to make sure this wasn't a corrupted or missing file problem. It's a last resort option, but is worth doing to get some reliability back here. More on that later. We have a public holiday up here on monday, so it will be tuesday or later before I can find a new home for our domain, and report back here with an update.

That 'favicon' icon in the address bar was something I added, because it was one of the errors in the server error log (it kept registering that it was missing, so I created one just to at least eliminate that 'unnecessary' error). Yes, it does give the board a bit of a status boost, but at this time, I feel it is the least of our worries if posting and messaging remain hampered.

[STL]

On the plus side the board now has a nice little icon, so it doesn't look as noob sitting next to TFW, MacWorld etc in the address bar

Aye, I reallly love it. It was the first thing I noticed tonight and i love our little symbol.

Agreed tho that the site is loading much slower for me.

[kurdt_the_goat]

Have you tried logging into cpanel and checking the error logs? Might give some insight. Alternatively, if you can backup the files/db and pass them onto me, i could test the forum as is on a different server for you.