problems with forum

[Mrs H]

am i the only one having trouble getting into the forum and making posts - i keep getting error notices - perhaps it's a Mac thing - although I seem to think it happened before and someone tweaked something and it was a lot better

[andy]

'Internal Server Error'
getting them all the time, it's a server issue and nothing to do with your mac

[SYO Member]

I've always thought it happens when somebody is adding, or has just added, a new post to a topic that you simultaneously click on.

[pyrat]

I have made some tweaks, please can you let me know if you are still experiencing this problem.

The nopesport database is now over 500mb which is likely making the problem worse as time goes on.

[SJ]

I sometimes get "internal service error"s on returning to discussion (etc). Latest one just happened there.

[AndyC]

OK last night -this morning has taken multiple attempts -slow scroll then either I refresh or the "Internal Server" message comes up

[Mrs H]

it seems a little better to me now - but stalled the first time I tried to post this!

An idea: Perhaps we should have an expiry date on the threads - say 2 years without them being accessed? After all a lot of them are piffle and the ones that are not we can have endless fun re-debating every couple of years.

As far as I can see the only benefit of growing older is that you can watch repeats on the tv and not remember "who dun it". Mr H and I call it "QI moments" - when you know the answers to all the obscure quiz questions but can't remember watching the program before.

[SeanC]

I guess if you deleted a load of old posts then people would loose their coverted badge status. Browns might become green, diehards would die a little less hard and gods become meer mortals

[andy]

I guess if you deleted a load of old posts then people would loose their coverted badge status. Browns might become green, diehards would die a little less hard and gods become meer mortals

I'm pretty sure deleting posts won't affect this as the counter will be incremented when you make the post, it doesn't count them all every time.

[DJM]

pyrat asked

I have made some tweaks, please can you let me know if you are still experiencing this problem.

Well, it's still pretty flaky this morning. It took me four goes to succesfully load the forum.nopesport.com page, the third attempt producing the response:-

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

Too many connections [1040]

An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.

Is your server up to the demands placed on it??

[pyrat]

Server is fine, pretty meaty actually. Unfortunately the forum software we use is jobbie. Watch this space, im working on it.

[pyrat]

OK ive made some more super secret tweaks, can you let me know if you experience any more internal server errors, I will also be keeping an eye out for errors.

In terms of keeping old posts, we plan to keep it all online for as long as possible and not delete anything.

[AndyC]

The trouble is people are trying to look at the forum and post on it.
If you all give up that habit even the worst software will be fine

[Oldman]

I get the error regularly. Had it just now.

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, [no address given] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

[SYO Member]

That puts my theory out of the window.

Nobody has been posting this afternoon and you got the error before you posted.