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[Hydrogen]

Neocodex has just recovered from a major downtime of about nine hours last night. Something went horribly wrong with php on our server and the communication from the server to all of our machines was getting interrupted. The problem has now been fixed and the site and all of our services should be back up and running again. Please let us know in this thread if there is anything that is still broken and I'll take a look at the problem.

Due to the downtime, we're going to be extending everyone's subscription expiry dates by a day. That should take place some time soon after this post .

[Icey Defeat]

Great job Hydro. We appreciate all you do for us!

[Jesii]

Oh yay! I was worrying that my phone was broken because I couldn't get on! Glad you're back (:

[Neoquest]

Good thing you guys got back on!

[olivertwist1989]

I thought something was wrong with my phone as well. Thank you.

[Ziz]

Thanks for fixing it Hydro. Good thing codex is working again

Oh yay! I was worrying that my phone was broken because I couldn't get on! Glad you're back (:

I thought something was wrong with my phone as well. Thank you.

Luckily we have tools to help us know if a site is down for everyone.

[ShadowLink64]

Thanks Hydro for getting us back up.

Right now the admins are trying to diagnose the problem. I think I know what happened, and we're probably going to program a monitoring daemon that makes sure that this never happens again. Sorry about that.

[Dolly]

Haha ive never checked to see if a site was back up and running so many times, my interest in this forum has been proven yet again

[iargue]

This reminds me of the fact that I got up at 6 to fix a downed server at work.

Servers like to crash together it seems.

[Islane]

Admins and everyone don't be sorry about that. It can happens for every websites major issues like that. Thanks for putting it back on and it's working good again

[Tigerzz]

I agree with Islane... at least you fixed it, it wasn't your fault and your giving everyone an extension

[iargue]

I agree with Islane... at least you fixed it, it wasn't your fault and your giving everyone an extension

If you get any errors right now. SL is trying to break the server :|

[ShadowLink64]

Alright guys, I have a monitoring daemon to keep the web server in check. Anytime a major crash like this happens, it will just restart the web server. Instead of 9 hours of downtime, we should see more like 5 seconds of downtime.

If you get any errors right now. SL is trying to break the server :|

Nah, it worked. The downtime lasted all of 5 seconds.

[Islane]

Thanks guys. I was missing you all day long (it was daytime for me )
This forum is pretty addicting

[esilim]

Excellent plan. Maybe you could also build something into the codex checker that automatically sends a note somewhere if it can't communicate as well.

[jcrdude]

When in doubt, jump in IRC.

It may not have the same feel as the forums, but the people are just as awesome.

I'm glad I wasn't in charge of that bullsh

[ShadowLink64]

Excellent plan. Maybe you could also build something into the codex checker that automatically sends a note somewhere if it can't communicate as well.

Like we've mentioned lately, we're redoing the entire system, so the Codex Checker will soon not exist in the way you remember it.

[ArticTheTiger]

Like we've mentioned lately, we're redoing the entire system, so the Codex Checker will soon not exist in the way you remember it.

`Thank freaking god.

If you need UI graphics you know how to contact me

[ShadowLink64]

`Thank freaking god.

If you need UI graphics you know how to contact me

Well, now that you mention it... we need some icons. Both for the *secret thing* that I will PM you about (if you are willing), and for some programs, though I think the *secret thing* is more critical right now.

[ArticTheTiger]

Well, now that you mention it... we need some icons. Both for the *secret thing* that I will PM you about (if you are willing), and for some programs, though I think the *secret thing* is more critical right now.

Check the Icon thread in graphics I JUST posted in , I can design different designs too

[Seren]

When in doubt, jump in IRC.

It may not have the same feel as the forums, but the people are just as awesome.

I'm glad I wasn't in charge of that bullsh

Yeah, I found out through IRC that soul_stealer listens to Beyonce!

Thanks for fixing the server everyone.

[Daywalker88]

scarred the shit outta me man, so glad you guys got everything worked out

[Kat]

Thanks for fixing! I was worried about it all day at work!

[artificial]

I cried for hours because I thought I had been banned.

[Icey Defeat]

I cried for hours because I thought I had been banned.

Same.

Btw, as a reward for us all being so patient I think the Abrosia update is in order.