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Title:What Happened to AImoo?
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I haven't been able to get into my group all day. Now that I can I can't post, the post just sits there in the answer box. My forum is http://nettys2.aimoo.com
help please???
help please???
Date Posted: 15/04/2012 9:28 AM
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Could you please give us the latest estimate of when server 4 will be back on?
I sure hope my forum will be working tonite! The week end is the best time for music, ya know....
Thanx,
evrstrong
I sure hope my forum will be working tonite! The week end is the best time for music, ya know....
Thanx,
evrstrong
Date Posted:21/04/2012 1:51 PM
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It is like no one thought to make an announcement through another channel or something or to post something on the forums in general about this. It would be nice to know ahead that something is going on. I have a few friends in the US as well as myself and we have not had access to the forums all day. And I know the ones we use are OLD ones....so...how can they be on server 4!?
Date Posted:21/04/2012 1:57 PM
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Why can't this stuff happen quickly??? We have some deadlines to meet and this interruption is holding up progress. It might not mean anything to you but to us it means that our members are happy.
Ugh.
Ugh.
Date Posted:21/04/2012 2:13 PM
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Another day with aimoo down at the weekend yet again,when are you going to get a team together that can keep groups running smoothly,I hope this is getting sorted as I treid to get on at 9am uk time and still cant get in,stop talking rubbish and get job sorted,I know loads of members who are sick of it.
Date Posted:21/04/2012 2:17 PM
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To respond to some of the remarks here:
Harry and Alice are staff working for Aimoo; and Owner of the Aimoo Help Forum and Diamond Support forum, just like any other Owner of an Aimoo forum. It is not all they do but I won't go into that.
It is a Monday to Friday job and they do not usually work weekends, although Harry has sometimes worked weekends but it is not a normal occurrence.
Karrier, OZ and I are volunteers on the Help Forum. As volunteers, we are not able to contact all Owners of Aimoo Forums.
Harry cannot do anything in or on Aimoo unless he is on the computer in the Aimoo office. Being Saturday, he was not in the office.
When Aimoo first went down, I contacted Harry. He contacted the IT Department by telephone. They got it up and running within 1.5 or two hours or so, depending on where one lives. It was 1.5 hours for me.
As soon as Harry got word from the IT Department by telephone that they were going to be working on Server 4, Harry advised me. Obviously checking for issues and doing maintenance is not a quick fix.
Initially it was thought that it was going to affect all Servers, but then Harry got word only Server 4 would be offline intermittently. I have a forum on Server 4 and I managed to send out a Group Email to my members when the forum was online.
I have no idea when Server 4 will be back online completely, rather than intermittently, but I imagine it won't be much longer.
Babs
Date Posted:21/04/2012 8:13 PM
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I can only get in to here and pm's not my groups and it's fusterating i cleaned out my temp files and folders and all and it started early am today for me like 3 am I cant understand how come it isnt fixed by now. Why is it taking so long.
Date Posted:21/04/2012 8:14 PM
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Lilly, We were typing at the same time. Please see my Message #165.
Babs
Babs
Date Posted:21/04/2012 8:33 PM
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Well I sure hope mine is not still down tomorrow too.. Then I will be very MAD...!!!!!!
Here are the 2 links...
http://forum4.aimoo.com/SunnysBackgrounds
http://forum4.aimoo.com/SunnysHideOut
Nothing aginst you babs..Love ya girl.... This is just frustrating... I don't like to Pay to be Down.... Plus I love my Members(( what ones I have that is)) lol.... They are like sisters to me.. Some like daughters.. hugsssssss
Date Posted:21/04/2012 8:40 PM
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Babs, for me it's not a matter of notifying my members...my forum is open to the general public, and I have a huge following on facebook. That is why I wish there could be some sort of polite message that tells people that maintenance is being done. This is really frustrating....why why why do they do it on week ends???evrstrong
Date Posted:21/04/2012 8:51 PM
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Reply to evrstrong (21/04/2012 9:51 PM)
Babs, for me it's not a matter of notifying my members...my forum is open to the general public, and I have a huge following on facebook. That is why I wish there could be some sort of polite message that tells people that maintenance is being done. This is really frustrating....why why why do they do it on week ends???evrstrong
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Evr, this isn't "planned" maintenance. Had it been planned, Babs, Iandi or Karrier would've been told by Harry and one of them would've informed us of that.
Babs, for me it's not a matter of notifying my members...my forum is open to the general public, and I have a huge following on facebook. That is why I wish there could be some sort of polite message that tells people that maintenance is being done. This is really frustrating....why why why do they do it on week ends???evrstrong
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Evr, this isn't "planned" maintenance. Had it been planned, Babs, Iandi or Karrier would've been told by Harry and one of them would've informed us of that.
Date Posted:21/04/2012 8:58 PM
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Evr, They are doing it on the weekend to get it checked and fixed now rather than on Monday or Tuesday, in which case your forum would be down for much longer.
There was no time to post a polite message as there was no advance warning of the system going down.
As I have explained in Message #165, the Aimoo Administrator does not work seven days a week. We are lucky that Harry acted on my notification and he was able to contact the Technicians.
Since Harry is not in the Aimoo Office at weekends, he cannot post any Announcements.
I am sure the Technicians are working their hardest to get Server 4 up and running again, rather than taking the weekend off.
Babs
Date Posted:21/04/2012 9:05 PM
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Well, to those that run Aimoo, some of us use this place as a commuinication with others. With it down its impossible to keep up with others since we do not use things like Facebook or other social media for communications. From what I have read on this, this has been down for a long while. All we want to know is when it is coming back online again.....you guys seem to walk around the answer to that question. We don't have intermittent service where I live...there is none except this page and our profiles. And you know what....a lot of people don't get to do things here till the weekends and that is when it breaks down from the posts....someone should be onsight to fix things.
Date Posted:21/04/2012 9:10 PM
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No one has control over the myriad of things that can take a server or an entire site down. It is what it is.
Speaking for myself here... like others, I have a forum that I and other members couldn't access all day. I managed to email a couple of them and they passed the word on to others. No one whined, no one complained.
For me, it's not a life or death matter and not serious enough to warrant getting all bent out of shape over. All that reults from that is indigestion and jacking up the blood pressure. And that's not going to restore the service any faster.
So I'll be patient and let the techies do their thing. They'll get it up and running eventually.
Speaking for myself here... like others, I have a forum that I and other members couldn't access all day. I managed to email a couple of them and they passed the word on to others. No one whined, no one complained.
For me, it's not a life or death matter and not serious enough to warrant getting all bent out of shape over. All that reults from that is indigestion and jacking up the blood pressure. And that's not going to restore the service any faster.
So I'll be patient and let the techies do their thing. They'll get it up and running eventually.
Date Posted:21/04/2012 9:20 PM
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Reply to Oceania (22/04/2012 12:10 PM)
someone should be onsight to fix things.
someone should be onsight to fix things.
The Techicians ARE on site to fix it.
Babs
Date Posted:21/04/2012 9:24 PM
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If they are onsite to fix this....what is the ETC of Server 4 to be up and running?
Date Posted:21/04/2012 9:40 PM
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I did not mean to make people mad but most of us do not have the regular week to be on Aimoo. We have jobs as well and some of us go to school at night. We just want to be able to have things available to us.
Date Posted:21/04/2012 9:46 PM
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Reply to Oceania (21/04/2012 10:46 PM)
I did not mean to make people mad but most of us do not have the regular week to be on Aimoo. We have jobs as well and some of us go to school at night. We just want to be able to have things available to us.
LIKE
I did not mean to make people mad but most of us do not have the regular week to be on Aimoo. We have jobs as well and some of us go to school at night. We just want to be able to have things available to us.
LIKE
Date Posted:21/04/2012 9:52 PM
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Reply to Oceania (22/04/2012 12:46 PM)
I did not mean to make people mad but most of us do not have the regular week to be on Aimoo. We have jobs as well and some of us go to school at night. We just want to be able to have things available to us.
I did not mean to make people mad but most of us do not have the regular week to be on Aimoo. We have jobs as well and some of us go to school at night. We just want to be able to have things available to us.
Does your car ever break down, or your computer, refrigerator, washing machine, dishwasher, etc? If so, how long did it take to get them fixed?
I have had all those things break down recently and no one would work on them at weekends and/or overnight, as the Techs in Aimoo are doing.
Babs
Date Posted:21/04/2012 10:20 PM
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If my car breaks down it goes to a mechanic that gets it out in a couple of days. If the appliances minus the computer breaks down, my apartment landlord has to fix it even on a weekend. That is not the point. The point is this looks as though it is a growing problem. I am done talking about it now. Because it is obviously not going to get answered as to when it might be working again.
Date Posted:21/04/2012 10:39 PM
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Reply to Foxy_Roxy (22/04/2012 12:40 PM)
If they are onsite to fix this....what is the ETC of Server 4 to be up and running?
If they are onsite to fix this....what is the ETC of Server 4 to be up and running?
I do not know. It is obviously taking longer than first thought.
As soon as there is any feedback, we will let you know.
Babs
Date Posted:21/04/2012 10:46 PM
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Major appliances are expected to breakdown every now and then....just like most of us have grown accustom to aimoo sites breaking down...but for this long???? This is ridiculous. How are we suppose to keep our members and our sites if the maintenance isn't reliable?
Date Posted:21/04/2012 10:50 PM
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I am locking this thread now. We will open it again when there is any Feedback.
Please do not start a new thread or post a reply elsewhere.
Babs
Date Posted:21/04/2012 11:04 PM
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Server 4 seems to be running ok now.
Date Posted:22/04/2012 3:47 AM
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I didn't want to say anything too soon as I tested a few forums on Server 4 when I noticed mine was working; and some were still not back on line, but as you say Karrier, they appear to be OK now. Let's hope this is permanent and not intermittent. Fingers crossed.
Babs
Babs
Date Posted:22/04/2012 4:02 AM
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On that note, I am going offline for the evening now.
I hope all will be well for everyone.
Babs
Date Posted:22/04/2012 4:20 AM
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Server 4 Forums are back online I am very pleased to say ... though posting is still very sluggish at the moment ... hopefully that shall improve asap ...
Yes Babs fingers & toes crossed ...
Server 4 Forums are back online I am very pleased to say ... though posting is still very sluggish at the moment ... hopefully that shall improve asap ...
Yes Babs fingers & toes crossed ...
Date Posted:22/04/2012 4:39 AM
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Feedback: That did not last long ... back to this Error Message:
Service Unavailable
HTTP Error 503. The service is unavailable
Date Posted:22/04/2012 4:51 AM
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Today is another day for me and Server 4 seems to be fine.
Babs
Date Posted:22/04/2012 6:52 PM
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The connection was reset
The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.
Getting heaps of
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
and its running very slow and Yes I have cleared and done all things you suggested when Barry couldnt access the group.
The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.
Getting heaps of
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
and its running very slow and Yes I have cleared and done all things you suggested when Barry couldnt access the group.
Date Posted:22/04/2012 8:13 PM
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Server 4 Forums appear to be back to normal ... thank you Harry, Alice & the techs...
Cheerz
OZ
Server 4 Forums appear to be back to normal ... thank you Harry, Alice & the techs...
Cheerz
OZ
Date Posted:23/04/2012 8:01 AM
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! I know we Bi*ched a lot and you might not understand our frustation but as much as I was frustrated I'm just as appreciative. Again....THANK YOU for getting the server fixed.
Is there some protocol or process in the works to help prevent this from happening again? What was the issue exactly on why the server went down? Has it been fixed completely or was a workaround (bandaid) put in place?
Is there some protocol or process in the works to help prevent this from happening again? What was the issue exactly on why the server went down? Has it been fixed completely or was a workaround (bandaid) put in place?
Date Posted:23/04/2012 1:22 PM
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My message no. 155 still applies to us Brits using Forum 1
It works fine in the morning then slowly gets slower and slower as the day goes on.
Is this being looked into by the techs ?
It works fine in the morning then slowly gets slower and slower as the day goes on.
Is this being looked into by the techs ?
Date Posted:23/04/2012 2:54 PM
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Same here for me
Date Posted:23/04/2012 4:04 PM
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second try
And I keep being asked if |I want to sign out
And I keep being asked if |I want to sign out
Date Posted:23/04/2012 4:08 PM
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I get that sometimes not as much as I did but maybe every 10 posts along
Date Posted:23/04/2012 6:30 PM
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I am finding Forum 4 is so much slower than Forum 1 for some reason
Date Posted:23/04/2012 6:32 PM
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Reply to Bewildered (24/04/2012 7:08 AM)
second try
And I keep being asked if |I want to sign out
second try
And I keep being asked if |I want to sign out
I have had that too and I showed Alice a screenshot. It has only happened to me in the Help Forum.
Below the Sign Out message, there was another one asking if I was sure I wanted to delete.
Those gremlins get everywhere.
I will let Alice know that others are seeing that message as well. You can remove the message/s by clicking the X but you probably figured that out already.
Babs
Date Posted:23/04/2012 7:54 PM
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I've had the sign outs and deletes as well, Babs.
Date Posted:23/04/2012 8:03 PM
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I should add... only in the last couple of days with the server 4 issues. None today.
Date Posted:23/04/2012 8:12 PM
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Bew, MommaBear and MDBones, does it happen in your own forums only or others as well?
Babs
Babs
Date Posted:23/04/2012 8:29 PM
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