DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Don Seer on June 22, 2001, 11:14:47 AM
Title: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 22, 2001, 11:14:47 AM
firstly - a big FUCK YOU goes out to FASTHOSTS.CO.UK we nearly never got all our board data back because of them being such cunts.
now read my little story ;)
the situation was this....i was paying for the site from a guy i work with who was a 'reseller' for this company on the side. with all the problems i had (cgi timouts/site being down/busted cgi), they wouldnt talk to me, they had to talk to him (if i know he's got his kid or whatever for the weekend theres no way i'm disturbing the guy - ya know?) etc etc... now.. yesterday they decided that the board was using too many resources and without any notice they locked out his (and all his customers) access. they are demanding that he pay 500 quid each month for the next 3 months (until the review the situation) to get going again whether the board goes or not. (it only cost him 500 quid to set up for the year). Plus they said they couldnt transfer the domain hosting or board to another active reseller account without losing the data.
This board accounted for 99.999% of that bandwidth. They wouldnt let him have his shit back without paying that amount -even if I left. he's not paying the 500 quid, he wants to cancel.. - BUT if he cancels they delete all his sites... problem being the board would have gone, so he held off until i could get my data... i phoned them a few times until they started hanging up on me. they said the wouldnt let him have it until he agreed to pay the 500 a month. basically the shit was being held to ransom.
luckily between us we worked out a way to 'steal' the board from the server (i could never get it properly secure there) - i took the afternoon off (feelin a bit ill anyways) and it took me an hour with a text editor (ultraedit) and a batch download proggie to steal the whole thing, plus another hour to get the board working on the new server.
tip : search the web and check out the host before you sign up
now on to the good stuff....
- our hosting is now provided by the same people that make this board software (x-null)
- the new host will handle 3 times the (alleged) amount of bandwidth that got us booted from fasthosts - when we last looked at the stats it was shifting half that figure. - we havent grown that much. so it may be closer to six times that the new host can handle ;)
- we will never ever have those cgi timeouts again :o
- plus i have a few other tricks up my sleeve ;D
as far as I can tell everything is intact. the only thing is a few people may have lost their private message box contents.
also the server is now in america, so adjust your user profile so the times are right.
if you run a website please post this link up http://66.96.219.195/forum/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl and let everyone know we're back in business.
if u notice anything funny, send me and private message and i'll look into it
enjoy.. i'm going to bed ;D
p.s. the domain name itself will transfer over in the next 24 hours
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Rud on June 22, 2001, 11:55:52 AM
WCA BACK IN THIS MUTHA FUCKA!!!
LOL
NICE 1 OVERSEER.......
SHITS STAYED FINE 4 ME...NOT LOST N E THIN!
peace
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Rud on June 22, 2001, 12:04:15 PM
UH OH
I KEEP GETTIN THIS ERROR ON OLD THREADS....
An Error Has Occured!
103 An Error Has Occured!: Unable to open 993038513.data
?? ??
peace
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: AlerG on June 22, 2001, 12:11:38 PM
yep that same error is happening to me too ???
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 22, 2001, 12:12:26 PM
fixed ;D
i've noticed that the front page isn't showing who is online, i'm looking into it
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: AlerG on June 22, 2001, 12:13:35 PM
oh i figured out the problem, before you go to any old threads you must log in because since the site changed it logged you out, so if you log in than the problem won't occur, peace.
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Rud on June 22, 2001, 12:14:18 PM
PERHAPS THA OLD THREAD DATA HAS NOT TRANSFERED OR SUMMIT.......WE NEED OVERSEER 2 CLEAR THAT UP NEXT TIME HES ON...
THERES NO LIST OF MEMBERS IN THE ONLINE SECTION ON THA MAIN PAGE.....
JUST SMALL THINGS U MITE WANNA KNOW OVERSEER....
CANT C MUCH ELSE
peace
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 22, 2001, 12:16:39 PM
we don't need the 'fix the board' thing anymore ;)
all old posts are sorted.. i did summat silly ;D
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Rud on June 22, 2001, 12:17:55 PM
TUT TUT......THATS UNNACEPTABLE!!
LOL ;D
ONLY PLAYIN....ITS FUCKIN GREAT HOW U MANAGED 2 TRANSFER THE WHOLE BOARD WITH SO LITTLE PROBLEMS!!
peace
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Rud on June 22, 2001, 12:19:59 PM
**OVERSEER**
IT ALSO SEZ UR THA NEWEST MEMBER OF THA FORUM!!
ON THA MAIN PAGE!
;D
peace
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 22, 2001, 12:20:53 PM
neat touch eh? ;)
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Rud on June 22, 2001, 12:21:58 PM
YEP!
;D
LOL
peace
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 22, 2001, 12:27:16 PM
i keep seeing 'the ghost of' the cgi-timeout thingy!
i'm working on the 'who's online wotsit'
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Rud on June 22, 2001, 12:28:35 PM
LOL
;D APART FROM THAT EVERYTHIN SEEMS 2 B AIGHT!!
peace
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Jacob on June 22, 2001, 12:51:16 PM
thanks overseer for puttin in work for us in this board
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 22, 2001, 01:13:22 PM
:)
i've noticed theres a few weird things going on with userfiles - looking into it
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 22, 2001, 01:35:20 PM
if you have problems loggin in, try making your username all lower case or make the first letter upper case.
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 22, 2001, 01:54:35 PM
i've fixed the who's online thingy ;D
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Sikotic™ on June 22, 2001, 03:17:17 PM
Damn Overseer, I didn't understand anything you did but thanks for working your ass off to keep this place up.
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Sir Hambone on June 22, 2001, 04:09:21 PM
Dont Fuck with the West Coast Affiliatez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Jay_Deee_187 on June 22, 2001, 09:55:53 PM
jus checkin if my pic works 8)
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 22, 2001, 10:20:38 PM
it wont work dogg, its on geocities :-[
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: cremedelaclem on June 23, 2001, 02:47:41 AM
big props to the overseer for all his work on this board
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Rud on June 23, 2001, 04:50:41 AM
I SAY WE DONT BOTHER WITH THA QUEENS GOLDEN JUBILLEE CELEBRATIONS WE SHUD HAVE A,
NATIONAL OVERSEER DAY!!
peace
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Trauma-san on June 23, 2001, 05:00:44 AM
Good Lookin' Out Overseer...
Now, Can You Go Over And Fix Mail.Yahoo.Com? I CAn't Get Into My Mailbox?
LOL J/K
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: HHH on June 23, 2001, 06:18:18 AM
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY ;D
WE HAVE OUR MUTHAFUCKIN BADDDDDDDDDD ASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS BOARD BACK !!!!
A BIG THANK YOU TO OVERSEER IS IN PLACE I THINK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEERS OVERSEER
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Jay ay Beee on June 23, 2001, 06:28:39 AM
Yeah thanks Overseer great job
2 dicks on that all you other forums!
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Tanjential on June 23, 2001, 07:24:17 AM
I Love Yall,damn it feels good to be home LOL. Thanks Homebwaaaaa...PEACE-Tanjint
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Ne@p on June 23, 2001, 07:38:36 AM
I`m glad we up again! <<Ne@p>>
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: AlerG on June 23, 2001, 07:44:56 AM
shit man i was thinking that it was going to be awhile before the board was back up but it almost seems like nothing ever happened, big ups overseer, peace.
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Rizzle on June 23, 2001, 10:26:05 AM
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 23, 2001, 03:25:05 PM
w0000000000000000000000000000000
the domain dns transfer is complete (the site points to the new host)
those with web caches/proxies might take a day or two to get around them (i've got one, but i know how to jump around it)
if someone cant see this place yet, tell them to keep trying coz it should happen in the next 24hrs at the latest
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Doggystylin on June 23, 2001, 04:07:22 PM
Yeeaaah weeerrreeee baaaaackk, THANX OVERSEER
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 23, 2001, 11:23:03 PM
i dunno about anyone else but I've got weird shit going on with the images.... theres nothing wrong its just some crazy shit going on with the domain swapping over.
the from page of forum.igangsta.com should be dark blue not white like the old 'overseers funky script page'
if the board shows "unable to find e:\domains\...\YaBB.pl' blah blah blah then they are trying to use the new board url on the old server (notice the change from YaBB.pl to .cgi there) - keep tryig your ISP is being slack updating its DNS information.
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: southbound on June 23, 2001, 11:42:45 PM
how come some people names got deleted? mine was and its a bitch to build up post again
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 23, 2001, 11:46:51 PM
try logging in as SOUTHBOUND all uppercase like that
i said above somewhere.. some peoples usernames have to be typed exactly as they were when created for them to log in - i havent figure why
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 23, 2001, 11:47:58 PM
i've just been through and put some little scripts here and there that will bounce people to the right locations if they have out of date links
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: HHH on June 24, 2001, 09:06:00 AM
YEAH, I HAD PROBS TRYIN TO LOG IN TODAY.
ITS OK AT THE MO BUT EVERY NOW AND AGAIN WHEN IM TRYIN TO VEIW TOPICS THE OLD FUCKIN ERROR PAGE POPS UP !!!
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: BadBoy4Life on June 25, 2001, 01:06:56 AM
I've been to ALOT of hip-hop boards in my day, maybe around 25 , and this definetly is the BEST i've ever seen. Every board i've been to had it's share of bs and childish shit and i've yet to see either of those on this board. The knowledge the members have on this board is second to none. I can honestly call this board home. Overseer thanks for all your hard work and effort in keeping this board alive. And I also greatly appreciate you answering my cheesy email and getting me back with my old username :)
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Don Seer on June 26, 2001, 10:09:44 PM
Ok, the only problem we have now is that people are having problems logging in.
the reason for this is that the usernames now have to be typed in *exactly* as when u created them.
so for me I log in as Overseer not overseer.
if you have probs, try and find an old post and if u move your mouse over the name you can see the login name
Title: Re: We're back in business !!! (IMPORTANT)
Post by: Smooth on June 27, 2001, 02:20:11 PM
yeah thanks for all the hard work Overseer... much props hommie