Website Down? parts of April 28 and 29, 2009

[+StaticTank]

I can't seem to access the website. Is there a problem? Of course as soon as I post this I am sure it will start working again. Any one else having problems?

 

StaticTank

[+SkellyCA]

It seems to be stuck for me too

[JohnMac56]

I can't get the geocaching.com website to come up either....

[+DavidMac]

 david$ ping www.geocaching.com
PING www.geocaching.com (66.150.167.150): 56 data bytes
^C
--- www.geocaching.com ping statistics ---
14 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

 

Yep, it's down

[+JohnnyVegas]

same for it is broken

[+raslas]

Same thing here. Tried Firefox and Internet Explorer. No luck with either.

Edited April 29, 2009 by raslas

[Keystone]

Perhaps you missed the announcement post from Elias, explaining this evening's server maintenance.

 

It's a good idea to subscribe to that forum so that you are notified by e-mail when there is a new post. That is how planned outages are announced.

 

Here's hoping that the work goes smoothly! The forum server changeover sure did. (I was sorta hoping that they'd drop that box, and that repairs would take a few days. Woo hoo! Moderator vacation!)

[+billrow]

Geocaching.com is down! Oh, my God! My life no longer has meaning!

 

Yahoo or Google down for a while? No problem. U.S. Missile Defense System? We could get by without that for a while.

 

But not geocaching.com!! Oh, the humanity!!!

[+StaticTank]

Perhaps you missed the announcement post from Elias, explaining this evening's server maintenance.

 

It's a good idea to subscribe to that forum so that you are notified by e-mail when there is a new post. That is how planned outages are announced.

 

Here's hoping that the work goes smoothly! The forum server changeover sure did. (I was sorta hoping that they'd drop that box, and that repairs would take a few days. Woo hoo! Moderator vacation!)

 

Now I feel dumb. I almost always check that first. Looks like my brain was having some down time as well.

 

StaticTank

[+SimiRich]

An announcement less that 10 hours seems kind of abrupt. Don't you think an announcement a few days befor the planned downtime would be more appropriate? What about all the premium members who don't frequent the forums much - how are they to know?

[+DavidMac]

Perhaps you missed the announcement

 

*slaps forehead* Ah! Of course! I should have thought to check there. Guess the new giant hamster wheel arrived today and they needed to move some servers around to fit it in.

 

I wonder what effect this will have on pocket queries? I scheduled a few to run just minutes before the downtime began. I only received one. Hopefully I can still get the remaining ones sometime tomorrow.

 

edit: whoa... the queries arrived a minute after I posted. Creepy. Almost as if... nevermind.

Edited April 29, 2009 by DavidMac

[+fsafranek]

Perhaps you missed the announcement

Thanks for the link. I was out geocachng most of day and missed it.

[+Sagefox]

What about all the premium members who don't frequent the forums much - how are they to know?

 

They don't need to frequent the forums. They can simply subscribe to that forum and check out those informative topics when the receive the email notices.

[+Shilo]

Geocaching.com is down! Oh, my God! My life no longer has meaning!

 

Yahoo or Google down for a while? No problem. U.S. Missile Defense System? We could get by without that for a while.

 

But not geocaching.com!! Oh, the humanity!!!

 

To bad the federal government wouldn't go down for a few weeks...we'd all be richer

Then I could buy geocaching supplies(gas,swag,etc) and go

 

I missed the downtime. Either I was sleeping or at work. Maybe next time.

[+Frank Broughton]

What about all the premium members who don't frequent the forums much - how are they to know?

 

They don't need to frequent the forums. They can simply subscribe to that forum and check out those informative topics when the receive the email notices.

 

Thanks for the tip - did just that, subscribed to that forum for email notification.

[+MissJenn]

I added a date to the title of this post for better context.

 

Perhaps you missed the announcement post from Elias, explaining this evening's server maintenance.

 

It's a good idea to subscribe to that forum so that you are notified by e-mail when there is a new post. That is how planned outages are announced.

What he said.

 

Here is the Forum: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showforum=4

 

To subscribe:

[+sTeamTraen]

An announcement less that 10 hours seems kind of abrupt. Don't you think an announcement a few days befor the planned downtime would be more appropriate?

We don't know how much notice Groundspeak got from their hosting company ("moving things around" in their data centre was apparently the cause of the outage). It could well be that things had to be done at short notice.

[+CountryCol79]

Is the geocaching website down right now? Can't seem to get it to come up with new caches on the map. Tried 2 differnent computers and log-ins, no luck. Just keeps searching for caches and doesn't stop or return caches (and I don't have any filters on )

Edited April 29, 2009 by CountryCol79

[+MissJenn]

For those of you who have not yet subscribed to the Announcements forum as mentioned above, please see another relevant message from Elias:

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=220543

 

I've edited the topic title again for better accuracy: "parts of April 28 and 29, 2009"

[+Tequila]

Thanks for suggesting the "subscribe" idea.

 

Good luck with the move.

[+klossner]

It's a good idea to subscribe to that forum so that you are notified by e-mail when there is a new post.

What he said.

I've been subscribed to that forum for years and I've never once gotten an email about it. Has anybody?

 

(Yes, it's my current email address and I check the spam filter traps regularly.)

Edited May 1, 2009 by klossner

[+Tequila]

It's a good idea to subscribe to that forum so that you are notified by e-mail when there is a new post.

What he said.

I've been subscribed to that forum for years and I've never once gotten an email about it. Has anybody?

 

(Yes, it's my current email address and I check the spam filter traps regularly.)

 

I got one yesterday announcing the second move.

[+WRASTRO]

It's a good idea to subscribe to that forum so that you are notified by e-mail when there is a new post.

What he said.

I've been subscribed to that forum for years and I've never once gotten an email about it. Has anybody?

 

(Yes, it's my current email address and I check the spam filter traps regularly.)

 

I got one yesterday announcing the second move.

Klossner - what box do you have checked in your subscription? Hopefully it isn't the "don't send emails" one.

Edited May 1, 2009 by WRASTRO

[+klossner]

Klossner - what box do you have checked in your subscription? Hopefully it isn't the "don't send emails" one.

Box?

 

[+WRASTRO]

Even though you didn't understand my question you answered it with your screen shot. You have selected immediate email notification. There are other options which you will see if you click on the dropdown next to "Unsubscribe". Those options are what I was trying to ask about.