MauiCools site down.....?

[_MUD_Drifter0]

  anybody know whats up with MCs site? Anyone else unable to bring it up?

[Maui_cool]

My hosts screwed with the server and haven't figured out how to fix it yet. They tell me my site is "site219" when the server logs say it's "site144" - meanwhile, we get nothing ........ hang in there, I might just have to start all over -- again.

aloha, MC

[_MUD_Drifter0]

  .... right on Cool...just glad to know we havent lost ya

PEACE brah..... _M_D

[Maui_cool]

Well, I finally wrote my host a nasty email and they finally responded with trying to restore the DB with a copy they had - which is what you'll see if you go there now. They sent me an email asking if I had a better, more complete DB to restore and I did, except it's 37 megs, lol. They only allow 2 meg chucks to be uploaded at a time.

I had to explain to them that the site was running fine until they screwed with the server and they are the ones that should get it back online so they are trying. Otherwise, I will need more permissions than they allow at this time to restorethe DB myself. Bottomline is I'm paralized with the permissions they're giving me and can't take care of the business required.

Anyway, we're at their mercy until they come through - hang in there, maybe they will. The only other solution is to start all over again from scratch, which is about 2 days of work which I will do - if that's what it takes and I have the time.

aloha, MC

[DirtTwister]

Boyd, you should be able to ftp your SQL file to a directory and then it can be restored using MySQL from the command line. 

The old version of this forum took a lot of work to use PHPMyAdmin to load.  Using MySQL it's just a couple of commands and a 30 MB file loads in probably less than 30 seconds.

I can look it up, but I think it's just:

mysql>use dbname
mysql>source sqlfilename

Bruce

[Bunny]

Wow Bruce, first time I've seen you post anything in a lonnnnnng time.

[Maui_cool]

I finally had a day off and I've been restoring parts of the DB most of the day. The downloads are there but don't work and the links are ok but the tuts, forum, shout box, polls etc, etc are all junk. The center News section is missing and the site won't recognized my user & pass to get into the Admin section. I checked the DB on the site and it has the same info I'm using but it still won't let me in.

I think there is only one alternative -- re-install the entire site AGAIN!?!? It's at least 3 days of work initially and about a week more of tweaking. The structure of the site is corrupted along with the DB and all they can say is they're sorry - for the 5th time. What's weird is that the baseball card subdomain site & DB still works fine through all of this stuff and it's all PHP and MySQL too and running off the same DB.

PHPNuke is getting better but it can still go down in a hurry. Maybe I'll look into another type of CMS but I have to find the time, of which I don't have much of these days. I'm gonna give it another week if I can stand it, then I'll re-install or try something new. I just paid for another year too.

Thanks for the suggestion Bruce but I think it's beyond a db fix. I noticed that some of the backups I have aren't complete and have a "Timed out" message at the end.

aloha, MC

[Bunny]

Should you switch your host because it's gone down 1 or 2 times before?

[VMX_Slowpoke2]

bummer Maui hope it's not a compleate re-install needed

[Maui_cool]

OK, for now the Downloads are working but I get an "Access Denied" page when I try to write some news for the front page. The News section that was on the front page is just plain missing, so I put the Downloads in it's place for now but I don't think it's gonna last long.

The "Content" module that had all the tutorials in it is missing too - I hope I can find the info in the DB backups I have or a total re-install of the site is coming.

Just wanted to let you know I'm working on it now and will be this weekend.

aloha, MC

[VMX_Slowpoke2]

thx maui............. your work is well appreciated

[Maui_cool]

Another update:

I couldn't fix what was left of the site so I wiped out the database - deleted everything but the site is still there like I never deleted anything??!!??

I've had this problem before with other hosts. They update or just do maintainence and somehow the URL to my Control Panel is different than what they are using to access it. They say my site's name is "Site219" but the server logs I downloaded say the site is still named "Site144".

I sent an email to them & asked if they could send me the correct URL to the Control Panel. I'm still waiting for a reply.

Bruce, do you have any idea why this happens or how to fix it?

aloha, MC

[VRT_RIDEBLUE]

Who is the host Boyd?  I use Ipowerweb and Powweb, and have had no problems, very fast and reliable, as many issue's they have I would dump them no matter if it is paid or not it's not worth the trouble

[Maui_cool]

The host is www.hostonce.com (Australia). For $59.00 per year I get unlimited space & bandwidth along with a bunch of other "unlimited" perks. Mauiucool.org is about 1.3gigs.

These guys absolutely sucked when I first signed up, but after about a year they bought new servers in other country's (like the USA) and everything was running smooth for a couple years, The last 2 years haven't been so smooth.

In the post above, I said I had to "asked if they could send me the correct URL to the Control Panel" - with a more detailed descryption of the problem & how to fix it. The did send me the URL and it worked. I'm working on the site now getting it back together - the Tutorials & Downloads are working. This was their reply:

"Your HostOnce.com help desk problem has been closed.  You can view the
solution below or at: support.hostonce.com/user/view.asp?id=87357

Thank you for the updates regarding your sites.
I have made a note of your commetns for future reference."

Aloha, MC

[_MUD_Drifter0]

   lol..... what kinda solution is that? lmao Sorry Cool really dont mean to laugh at your hardships..... but Daaaaaaaamn.... even a thoroughbread polock such as myself knows "help" has more content then that much less a "solution".... besides.... with the way the past few months have been for me.... Im sure you would be surprised what I can laugh at 

Anyways.... Im sure glad you're still around! I just wish these guys could do a lil more to help you with this, like they should, to take some of the burdon off ya. Regardless how great a deal you get in price, your still the paying client and they are still the "paid" service provider, so you're WELL within your rights to expect a lil more from the providers of  that service....   They need to kick the Foster,  leave the Roos alone, and T.C.B

okokk... k nuff babblin. just 1 last thing to say for all your hard work over the years........
mahalo

[VMX_Slowpoke2]

just get yourself a server

(expensive, but it's right there lol)