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What is wrong with the site? (Please read updated post #1)

Dav · 2015-10-05 11:15:41

Hello everyone. I'm back form 2 week's holidays today, only to arrive in and find that an ESB substation has popped somewhere around the South William St area and so we've been sitting here with no internet connection in the office for nearly 4 hours. When it rains, it pours, eh? OK, so the site has been, to use the…

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#482 01-11-2015 1:48pm
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Quazzie wrote: »

Give it a week (or two) and then someone will come on telling us we're asking too much and make out it's our fault somehow, and they're working round the clock to fix it.

:rolleyes:

Holy fúcking shít fella, your crusade on this thread is absolutely ridiculous and totally misplaced.

Do you even know what a DDoS attack is? If you don't, then go and educate yourself instead of posting on this thread like a clueless idiot who doesn't know the first thing about what they are ranting on and on and on about.

If you DO know, then your posts on this thread are pretty obviously trolling for some reason or another.

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#483 01-11-2015 2:40pm
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Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Holy fúcking shít fella, your crusade on this thread is absolutely ridiculous and totally misplaced.

Do you even know what a DDoS attack is? If you don't, then go and educate yourself instead of posting on this thread like a clueless idiot who doesn't know the first thing about what they are ranting on and on and on about.

If you DO know, then your posts on this thread are pretty obviously trolling for some reason or another.

Where are you getting the idea that there is currently a DDOS attack on the site.

No one has told us that.

Which is exactly my point. It takes 30 seconds for someone from the site to drop in and post something, but they obviously couldn't be arsed.

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#484 01-11-2015 6:05pm
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Dav wrote: »

Hello folks, some updates...

The DDoS attacks are still coming...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=97426475#post97426475

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#485 01-11-2015 6:08pm
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Mostly fine except for one seciont, "/forumdisplay.php?f=907" C&T takes forever to load, 30-40 seconds. Rest of the site is snappy while this happens.

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#486 01-11-2015 7:50pm
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KomradeBishop wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=97426475#post97426475

Were you asleep for the last 2 weeks?

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#487 01-11-2015 7:55pm
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muffler wrote: »

Were you asleep for the last 2 weeks?

Hmm No, was replying to the two posts prior to mine The site seems to have been fine the last while, but logical to assume - from prior posts - that if the same issues crop up again, it's another round of DDoS attacks.

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#488 01-11-2015 9:15pm
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Posts disappearing for me again

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#489 01-11-2015 10:30pm
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Every time I leave the site I'm getting signed out, annoying.

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#490 02-11-2015 1:30am
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The site just plain refused to load for me for all of today.

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#491 02-11-2015 1:42am
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Quazzie wrote: »

Where are you getting the idea that there is currently a DDOS attack on the site.

No one has told us that.

Which is exactly my point. It takes 30 seconds for someone from the site to drop in and post something, but they obviously couldn't be arsed.

Does it make you more contented or something to believe they couldn't be arsed rather than they're too busy?

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#492 02-11-2015 1:47am
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Azalea wrote: »

Does it make you more contented or something to believe they couldn't be arsed rather than they're too busy?

Busy - Very much so. I don't doubt that for a second.
Too busy to answer some of the queries here with a quick response - I very much doubt the couldn't spare 90 seconds over the course of the last two weeks/

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#493 02-11-2015 2:44am
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I am posting a reply and hitting Submit only once but get the 'making duplicate posts' message.

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#494 02-11-2015 5:18am
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Chrome Version 46.0.2490.80 m
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Submit reply button always has to be clicked twice
Click once = page scrolls to top
Post submits on second click

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#495 02-11-2015 10:39am
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Posted in a thread that was moved, my post got lost somehow in the move I think and now I have a notification of "1" new post in "Followed Thead" that won't go away.

Is that a replication issue that will eventually disappear?

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#496 02-11-2015 11:02am
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Maybe Dav should post every day

Still the same

until some day when he posts

Different

Corporate bodies doing posts, or press releases, or whatever to give "updates" when in fact there are no updates are pretty much the culmination of the entitlement culture.

Until you see something to the contrary, just take it that the previous still applies.

It's not that hard.

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#497 02-11-2015 11:04am
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my3cents wrote: »

Posted in a thread that was moved, my post got lost somehow in the move I think and now I have a notification of "1" new post in "Followed Thead" that won't go away.

Is that a replication issue that will eventually disappear?

I've had that happen before. Go to where the thread is now and click follow thread and then click unfollow (assuming you don't want to follow it). Should sort out the problem for you.

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#498 02-11-2015 3:35pm
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Site is very slow and won't load without "www." at the start of the URL.

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#499 02-11-2015 4:58pm
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MadsL wrote: »

Chrome Version 46.0.2490.80 m
Win 10

Submit reply button always has to be clicked twice
Click once = page scrolls to top
Post submits on second click

I don't think that's related to the latest bunch of issues, I've had that ever since switching to a touch screen enabled laptop, and it's a right pain in the ass. Don't have the same issue with Edit, nor do I have it when posting in the Talk To forums, but I do for everything else here.

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#500 02-11-2015 5:01pm
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ThisRegard wrote: »

I don't think that's related to the latest bunch of issues, I've had that ever since switching to a touch screen enabled laptop, and it's a right pain in the ass. Don't have the same issue with Edit, nor do I have it when posting in the Talk To forums, but I do for everything else here.

If the touch support doesn't bother you too much, you could try disabling the "Enable touch events" option in chrome://flags - also fixes the non-sticky header issue.

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#501 02-11-2015 5:16pm
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Just to add.

I'm using Chrome Version 46.0.2490.80 m - I can't edit my posts.

If I click the edit button I just get a completely blank page.

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#502 02-11-2015 5:22pm
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Metric Tensor wrote: »

Just to add.

I'm using Chrome Version 46.0.2490.80 m - I can't edit my posts.

If I click the edit button I just get a completely blank page.

That could be because your account is new. I think you need to be active for 10 days and have 25 posts before being able to edit.

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#503 02-11-2015 5:46pm
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No issue with chrome or firefox on laptop nor with chrome on android since last week for me anyway.

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#504 02-11-2015 5:52pm
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An File wrote: »

That could be because your account is new. I think you need to be active for 10 days and have 25 posts before being able to edit.

Ah .... say no more!

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#505 02-11-2015 10:17pm
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I have Safari and Chrome opened simultaneously. (Macbook.)

Boards.ie is not loading on Chrome but it is loading on Safari, although the login screen was still a bit buggy.

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#506 02-11-2015 10:23pm
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I haven't had any problems for the past few days either, with Firefox.

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#507 03-11-2015 10:46am
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Karsini wrote: »

If the touch support doesn't bother you too much, you could try disabling the "Enable touch events" option in chrome://flags - also fixes the non-sticky header issue.

Brilliant, thanks for that. I used to have a script add-on running to correct the floating menu but it ran across all my machines unnecessarily as it was associated with my google account.

Floating menu has now returned, and I'm back to having to click Submit Reply only once.

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#508 03-11-2015 10:47am
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Some stickness again, icons take a while to appear.

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#509 03-11-2015 3:40pm
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Today:

Mac Chrome - not loading
Mac Safari - not loading
Android Chrome - loading

All on same WiFi connection.

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#510 03-11-2015 3:45pm
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Update:

Mac Chrome - not loading
Mac Safari - Loading

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#511 04-11-2015 5:18pm
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My Kindle (android?) is barely running Boards at all.

There's advertising thats being displayed directly over the "Boards.ie" logo so its impossible to click home. The advert does not have a close button. And its not a pop up ad, its being displayed within the page.

I'm also getting warnings about insecure sources when loading Boards pages and i think thats due to the advertising. They always come after the basic text of the page has loaded.

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