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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #200 on: May 11, 2023, 03:41:35 PM »
Finally back on a few minutes ago!
Thanks to you and Karoly, Pal.
Good job.

It seems you pedalled hard enough to get the generator going. Glad to have you back.
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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #201 on: May 11, 2023, 03:43:54 PM »
Always Thank you, both!

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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #202 on: June 18, 2023, 05:15:16 AM »
Hello,

There's an issue with the SSL certificate of the site, which has expired today :

"NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID
Subject: autopuzzles.com

Issuer: R3

Expires on: 18 juin 2023

Current date: 18 juin 2023"

https connection to the site is considered as dangerous by most browsers.

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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #203 on: June 18, 2023, 08:48:24 AM »
Hello,

There's an issue with the SSL certificate of the site, which has expired today :

"NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID
Subject: autopuzzles.com

Issuer: R3

Expires on: 18 juin 2023

Current date: 18 juin 2023"

https connection to the site is considered as dangerous by most browsers.

Sorry about that.
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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #204 on: June 18, 2023, 09:11:16 AM »
No need to apologise. What you do for this site is always appreciated.
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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #205 on: June 18, 2023, 09:26:59 AM »
It's fixed now, thank you.

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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #206 on: June 18, 2023, 10:37:56 AM »
Many thanks Pal.
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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #207 on: March 19, 2024, 02:46:53 PM »
I assume that today's problems were the usual gremlins that attack every few months. Mine came back on about 2 hours ago.

Anyway, thanks Karoly.
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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #208 on: March 24, 2024, 06:50:08 AM »
Nobody else has commented, but I assume I was not alone in being unable to log-on all day yesterday?  That's twice in 5 days.
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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #209 on: March 24, 2024, 06:54:18 AM »
Yes, It happened twice. Thanks who fixed it.

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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #210 on: March 24, 2024, 11:56:44 AM »
I did manage to log in yesterday but only at the third attempt and even then it was very slow to react..
Seems OK today though.
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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #211 on: March 31, 2024, 12:57:23 AM »
I don't know what happened the last two days, but thanks who solved it

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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #212 on: March 31, 2024, 06:02:24 AM »
Many thanks to Pal and Karoly.
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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #213 on: April 03, 2024, 04:34:39 PM »
And thanks again!

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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #214 on: April 12, 2024, 10:09:13 AM »
Does anyone know the reason for the quite frequent unavailability problems of our site? Anything to worry about?

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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #215 on: April 12, 2024, 10:40:31 AM »
I second that,is someone trying to close this site down for good?I certainly hope not.

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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #216 on: April 12, 2024, 11:19:22 AM »
It's a worrying thing, I wish to know why its happening so frecuently

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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #217 on: April 12, 2024, 12:33:38 PM »
Does anyone know the reason for the quite frequent unavailability problems of our site? Anything to worry about?

The only one who is able to get us up and running again when the site does fail is Pal's brother.
He knows that it keeps happening far too frequently and will be working on curing it. Hopefully he'll be successful but it may take a little while to sort out.
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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #218 on: April 12, 2024, 04:20:31 PM »
We must never forget that Pal and Karoly do all necessary admin work without any remuneration. I'm sure they're doing their very best to stop any future shutdowns but if any security measures are required which cost money then I think we need to join together to raise the funds.
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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #219 on: April 12, 2024, 04:36:20 PM »
There are two connecting reasons: SMF (the forum-engine of Autopuzzles) has a tendency to create logs. These logs take up server space. Eventually there's no more space - then the site collapses. Log is deleted manually and this vicious circle starts again.
And then there's the server itself. It is ancient and every software on it is so ancient that it can't be modified without crashing everything (beyond Autopuzzles there are 1-2 other sites in there).
My brother is aware of the situation, but he's quite reluctant to move AP and the other two sites to a new server as it'll sure cause problems.
Therefore we'd like to ask just a little more patience, the server will eventually be moved, the SMF log creation will be stopped.

Thanks for your understanding.

On another note: 2024 shaped up to be one of my craziest years in the last 15 years or so. Any dreams, plans, ideas to work on AP have been washed away as I can barely keep up with my daily tasks. Sorry about that.

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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #220 on: April 13, 2024, 01:48:41 AM »
Thanks for the information, no criticism intended at all. I don't know what we would do without you and your brother.

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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #221 on: April 13, 2024, 10:00:59 AM »
We absolutely appreciate your and Karoly's help and assistance with keeping the site running, Pal.
If money is needed to change things I'm sure the members will all be queueing up to chip in!
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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #222 on: April 13, 2024, 02:08:32 PM »
We absolutely appreciate your and Karoly's help and assistance with keeping the site running, Pal.
If money is needed to change things I'm sure the members will all be queueing up to chip in!

It is not about the money, it is mostly about the inconvenience of moving site and SMF is not a user-friendly system.
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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #223 on: April 27, 2024, 10:21:03 AM »
We now have a promise from my brother that the site will not collapse in the foreseeable future. Fingers are crossed
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Re: We are back - sort of
« Reply #224 on: April 27, 2024, 11:00:16 AM »
Thanks Pal.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia