Don't know if it's any good had that come up

Yes Jim. All to do with me updating the forum software....

Looks better this morning. On my phone, the house, envelope and bell icons have reappeared. Fingers crossed.

Yep, agree. Things are moving faster this morning. Fingers crossed.

Finally. Let's hope this ******** sticks!

Toying with the idea of re-opening registrations again...

Thanks for sorting it out. Must be a nightmare for you.

I like the idea of registering again. One registered user, one email address. You may have to allow for people who have family members who may use the same address though. In any case it would cut out the people on here who post under different user names.

Does that happen these day's? I don't see the point personally, but then again like the majority, I don't have a public image to protect, as I have not chosen to pretend that my views should have enhanced status, simply due to a previous job or where I live, etc.

Reading it again, is Jack saying that? Or has he just stopped admitting new users, while the message board problems were sorted out?

pembsexile wrote: July 10th, 2022, 7:54 am ... One registered user, one email address. You may have to allow for people who have family members who may use the same address though...

So one registered user per email address, but also more than one user per email address.

Been down the last hour

UPTHEPORT wrote: July 10th, 2022, 1:23 pm Been down the last hour

I'm on the phone to GoDaddy (who host us) for the 8th day in a row on this.

It can't be anything our end.

Our hosting package is up with them in about two months or so.

Suffice to say, we'll be moving hosts. They've been shite for years now.

Bangitintrnet wrote: July 10th, 2022, 9:13 am Does that happen these day's? I don't see the point personally, but then again like the majority, I don't have a public image to protect, as I have not chosen to pretend that my views should have enhanced status, simply due to a previous job or where I live, etc.

Reading it again, is Jack saying that? Or has he just stopped admitting new users, while the message board problems were sorted out?

There's a limitation on registration at present;

No free emails can be used to register. Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail etc etc.

The error I've been getting when trying to access the MB has generally been SQL ERROR [ mysqli ] ... already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections [1203]

Is this a case of hordes of bots, too many people viewing the site but w/o logging in, or a GoDaddy issue?

Of course, it may well be that GoDaddy are just rubbish, but is it only partly their problem at all? I get it that the only way to up the 'max_user_connections' is to ask GoDaddy administrators to do this for you, and they may not be at all responsive. And I ask this (from the point of knowing next to zilch about SQL) because from a Google search of this error message it seems a pretty common issue and not limited to GoDaddy.

Too many open/looping scripts? Database connections not being closed when a viewer leaves the site?

What web hosts do other clubs with a lot more traffic than us use? What plans are they on compared with us?

Jack wrote: July 10th, 2022, 1:26 pm

Bangitintrnet wrote: July 10th, 2022, 9:13 am Does that happen these day's? I don't see the point personally, but then again like the majority, I don't have a public image to protect, as I have not chosen to pretend that my views should have enhanced status, simply due to a previous job or where I live, etc.

Reading it again, is Jack saying that? Or has he just stopped admitting new users, while the message board problems were sorted out?

There's a limitation on registration at present;

No free emails can be used to register. Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail etc etc.

So is the thinking that restrictions, might be causing the issues?

No. I put limitation because of the amount of trolls dodging bans by making new email addresses and registering new accounts.

Account registration has nothing to do with server load and issues.