Political Crossfire Forums Index Political Crossfire Forums
Discuss and Debate Political, cultural and social issues.

 Political Crossfire Forums Index

Some Problems With The Site?
Click here to go to the original topic

 
       Political Crossfire Forums Index -> Crossfire Q&A
Click here to go to the original topic        View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Donkeykick



Joined: 27 Oct 2005
Posts: 363
Location: Ohio

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:57 am    Post subject: Some Problems With The Site?  

I believe it was on October 7th that I experienced trouble logging in because I could not find my password. I immediately clicked on the 'I forgot my password' link and submitted my nickname and email address. The site answered me by telling me that a new password has been sent to your email address and to check it--it never got there! I performed this same exercise repeatedly for several days to no avail on a new password! So I have not been able to use this forum for a little over two weeks now! :roll:

I finally found my password today and was able to log in. Why didn't the site send me a new password during those times of difficulty?

Also, I still have been not receiving email notifications for topics that I wish to be notified about when there is a reply. And I have talked to David (Moderator) about this specific problem in the past, too. He thought that it might be an issue with the software.

Is there someone I should be contacting about these issues? :? Robert.
Back to top  
Richard Owl Mirror



Joined: 28 May 2006
Posts: 9002

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Some Problems With The Site?  

Donkeykick wrote: I believe it was on October 7th that I experienced trouble logging in because I could not find my password. I immediately clicked on the 'I forgot my password' link and submitted my nickname and email address. The site answered me by telling me that a new password has been sent to your email address and to check it--it never got there! I performed this same exercise repeatedly for several days to no avail on a new password! So I have not been able to use this forum for a little over two weeks now! :roll:

I finally found my password today and was able to log in. Why didn't the site send me a new password during those times of difficulty?

Also, I still have been not receiving email notifications for topics that I wish to be notified about when there is a reply. And I have talked to David (Moderator) about this specific problem in the past, too. He thought that it might be an issue with the software.

Is there someone I should be contacting about these issues? :? Robert.

Have you checked your e-mail addy listed under your profile?
That may have been changed or deleted somehow (?)
Either way I would simply UPDATE the e-mail addy in your profile.

Good to have you back !
Back to top  
Donkeykick



Joined: 27 Oct 2005
Posts: 363
Location: Ohio

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Some Problems With The Site?  

Richard Owl Mirror wrote:

Have you checked your e-mail addy listed under your profile?
That may have been changed or deleted somehow (?)
Either way I would simply UPDATE the e-mail addy in your profile.

Good to have you back ! Good idea to check that, Richard. It is still there, so that can't be the problem. Thanks anyway. And it is good to be back. :wink:
Back to top  
The Grandmaster



Joined: 12 Oct 2005
Posts: 12399
Location: West Lafayette, IN

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:32 pm    Post subject:  

Indeed, welcome back Donkeykick. The more warriors on our side the better.
Back to top  
Superfly



Joined: 07 Apr 2006
Posts: 4455
Location: New York

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:51 pm    Post subject:  

Donkeykick, I have been having this problem for months. I don't know WHAT has happened, but when I first started coming here, I had no problems receiving email notifications. Then the site acted up for a few days, and then voila - no more notifications.

I have been here several times, and no one seems to know the problem. I just came in here again, to possibly start another thread on the same subject. I don't know where else to look. I have gone so far as to start a completely new email account, to see if it is a problem with a corrupt email address, but that didn't help either.

David told me it was probably something on my end, but I also post at IMDB.com, and I receive email notifications from them all the time.

It's frustrating, but I promise that you and I are not the only ones with the problem. Several people have mentioned the very same problem.

:-|
Back to top  
Donkeykick



Joined: 27 Oct 2005
Posts: 363
Location: Ohio

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:23 pm    Post subject:  

Superfly wrote: David told me it was probably something on my end, but I also post at IMDB.com, and I receive email notifications from them all the time. Wow! I'm happy to see that at least I'm not the only person with this problem.

But I'm with you--I belong to other phpBB Boards, and I receive email notifications of posting replies and PMs in those alright; it's only here where I run into trouble. :?
Back to top  
Rankor and Pissing



Joined: 04 Mar 2006
Posts: 9046

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:44 pm    Post subject:  

6:25PM through 6:33PM ET USA

- Attempted posting a reply, 4 failures. Page was supposedly being updated with my post, however, it timed out to a blank page 3 times and Faster Fox extension timed it at 120 seconds to the longest 144 seconds.

The 4th time I recieved a Critical Php error - "Could not connect to the database"

This has happened to me at least 3 times in the last week where posts just take forever or fail, then eventually I get the Php error.

I was able to load other pages during these timeouts and problem times. I also pinged the PCF server and had no issues. My tracert test was also normal and I was able to validate my end-to-end connection from my PC to the internet was acting normally.


These pings were taken between 6:25 and 6:30 PM ET.


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\***>ping www.politicalcrossfire.com

Pinging politicalcrossfire.com [69.36.12.53] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 69.36.12.53: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=37
Reply from 69.36.12.53: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=37
Reply from 69.36.12.53: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=37
Reply from 69.36.12.53: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=37

Ping statistics for 69.36.12.53:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 48ms, Maximum = 49ms, Average = 48ms

C:\Documents and Settings\***>ping www.politicalcrossfire.com

Pinging politicalcrossfire.com [69.36.12.53] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 69.36.12.53: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=37
Reply from 69.36.12.53: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=37
Reply from 69.36.12.53: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=37
Reply from 69.36.12.53: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=37

Ping statistics for 69.36.12.53:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 46ms, Maximum = 48ms, Average = 47ms

Back to top  
The Comrade



Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 11666
Location: Zagreb

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:46 pm    Post subject:  

speaking of problems....


the site just exploded.
Back to top  
Donkeykick



Joined: 27 Oct 2005
Posts: 363
Location: Ohio

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:00 pm    Post subject:  

The Comrade wrote: speaking of problems....


the site just exploded. Indeed. I was in the Democratic Headquarters trying to make a posting when I saw it. :?
Back to top  
David



Joined: 29 Dec 2003
Posts: 11900
Location: Louisiana

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:07 pm    Post subject:  

Updates
Back to top  
Click here to go to the original topic
       Political Crossfire Forums Index -> Crossfire Q&A
Page 1 of 1

Political Forums|Politics Connected|Contact Us



Powered by phpBB Search Engine Indexer
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group