Why Is The Forum........ So Unstable?

m0nky · May 2003

i noticed in the late afternoon the server has a tendency of being very unstable and when one tries to register a new account or change any account-related info you would recieve the "page cannot be displayed" error or simply nothing would happen. well since there is no way to change your account name i wanted to make a new account. well i forgot about this little coinkydink and i made it at night. since then i havent got my email to activate the account. actually i tried twice with two different accounts and YES they are the correct email addresses. i even copy and pasted to be sure of it. so now i have two accounts that i cant activate. any solutions?

p.s. i also have tried multiple times to change the email address. either the forms would reset and nothing would happen or i would get the "page cannot be displayed". im even trying now and it still will not work for neither of my two accounts.

Sycophant · May 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (m0nky @ May 10 2003, 01:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> i noticed in the late afternoon the server has a tendency of being very unstable and when one tries to register a new account or change any account-related info you would recieve the "page cannot be displayed" error or simply nothing would happen. well since there is no way to change your account name i wanted to make a new account. well i forgot about this little coinkydink and i made it at night. since then i havent got my email to activate the account. actually i tried twice with two different accounts and YES they are the correct email addresses. i even copy and pasted to be sure of it. so now i have two accounts that i cant activate. any solutions?

p.s. i also have tried multiple times to change the email address. either the forms would reset and nothing would happen or i would get the "page cannot be displayed". im even trying now and it still will not work for neither of my two accounts.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
What browser and version are you using?

I found that IE6 would sometimes 'forget' my form information, or would 'lose' my page requests, or certain buttons wouldn't work, etc, etc, etc.

I've been using Opera 7 for the past six months or so, and have never encountered any major problems. There's a few pages which use a lot of JavaScript that are a bit finicky with Opera, but Opera has never had any errors like the IE ones mentioned above.

TychoCelchuuu · May 2003

I'm on MyIE2. I don't have any problems on this forum that I don't have anywhere else; it might be on your end.

Asterisk · May 2003

i used to have problems on thi forum but then i started useing the proximitron web filter.

solved all my problems.

CrouchingHamster · May 2003

No problems for me.

Better and more stable than a lot of UK forums for me.

<--IE6

m0nky · May 2003

yeah i also had problems on my other computer with IE6 but that still doesnt explain why i havent got my email to activate my accounts? i mean i obviously i got it for this one but it seems thats all it gives me.

m0nky · May 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CrouchingHamster,HiddenElvis @ May 10 2003, 11:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> No problems for me.

Better and more stable than a lot of UK forums for me.

<--IE6  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
ever try making a new account?

CrouchingHamster · May 2003

Nope, unusual for me, I always seem to forget passwords...

Could be something to do with my "File System", 10 sheets of A4, covered in random words, IP's, passy's account names, bits of tutorials, shortcuts and whatnot.

I swear I have no idea what half of it even means..<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

m0nky · May 2003

this is getting rediculous now. i have made 3 new accounts and NONE of them are sending the email to me so i can activate them. im getting very annoyed. hopefully someone can solve this or maybe a moderator can help me.

Ahnteis · May 2003

Maybe you should check your email program settings. Perhaps you're sorting it as spam?

CrouchingHamster · May 2003

You haven't done something silly like accidentally add the NS forums to a blocked list or anything have you?

If not, no idea, sorry. Maybe PM a mod?

I assume the rest of your email is getting through as normal?

m0nky · May 2003

nope i havent touched a thing with my email. i actually created new email accounts just to get this working and it still wont send me the mail. i had a problem making this account too but then one day it just decided to work after millions of tries.

Liku · May 2003

I'm not having any troubles with the forums.

m0nky · May 2003

*hint hint* maybe they should use phpBB. its free and its 5x better
<a href='http://www.phpbb.com' target='_blank'>phpbb2</a>

Niloc1 · May 2003

I cant alwasy get the search to work.

Ahnteis · May 2003

Oooh - misinformation everywhere.

1) Invisionboard is completely separate from ikonboard except that it was coded by the same coder (who left JEG to make his own company--long story). It is written in PHP. Check ikonboard--it's perl.

2) Independent tests show that invisionboard requires fewer SQL queries and less CPU the phpBBS2. Check www.bearspot.com for discussion of various BBS systems.

The search is broken because of a skin bug. They could fix it, but they haven't bothered to. The search at the bottom of each forum works.

Why Is The Forum........ So Unstable?

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