ao318 Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 Went caching today and when I came home to log my finds and DNF's I noticed a "Red" border at the top of the screen which read, "Geocaching.com will be going down at 8 PM Pacific Time (GMT -8) today for approximately 4 hours. Updates will be posted to the Groundspeak forums or you can follow us on Twitter to receive an immediate update when the site is back online." Very cool notification. I have never noticed this before when the site was due for maintenance. Maybe I never logged in on those days that were due for maintenance before but I like the notification and the link attached to it. Thanks GC.com Link to comment
+Matthew 7:7 Too Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 (edited) I totally agree with your sentiments, but found the hyperlinks very difficult to read. There needs to be more contrast between them and the background to make it a perfect solution. Using FoxClocks on my Firefox browser also helps convert US Pacific time to my local time! Chris Edited February 23, 2010 by Matthew 7:7 Too Link to comment
+StephenTravels Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I agree with ao318, the notification is very helpful. It's nice to now know in advance when the site will be down. Thanks! Hopefully this will hinder the "angry" remarks I've read and heard in the past from cachers who were unable to make geocaching plans while the site underwent maintenance. Link to comment
+Shilo Posted February 23, 2010 Share Posted February 23, 2010 I have to agree the banner is very helpful. I'll be in bed so I wont miss a thing Link to comment
knowschad Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Adding my praise for the banner. Very well done, and impossible to miss. Link to comment
+WRITE SHOP ROBERT Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Adding my praise for the banner. Very well done, and impossible to miss. The big red one that just poked me in the eye?? I love it. Just clicked on my profile, and saw that...There's no claiming I didn't know this time. Thanks Guys. BTW...working 'til midnight?? I hope Signal's buying you all dinner!! Link to comment
+DavidMac Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Hopefully this will hinder the "angry" remarks I've read and heard in the past from cachers who were unable to make geocaching plans while the site underwent maintenance. My money is on at least two new forum threads being started within 5 minutes after 8 PM from users who had no clue about the downtime. (yeah, the notice was at the top of the weekly email newsletter and in several places in the forums, but I bet it'll still take many people by surprise) Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Hopefully this will hinder the "angry" remarks I've read and heard in the past from cachers who were unable to make geocaching plans while the site underwent maintenance. My money is on at least two new forum threads being started within 5 minutes after 8 PM from users who had no clue about the downtime. Here's a screen capture to rub their noses in prove it really happened. Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Too much white space. I'm kidding! I'm kidding! Nice touch, that red banner. Link to comment
jholly Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Too much white space. No, too much red space. Okay, I'll go back under my rock. Link to comment
knowschad Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Ahhh, but.... what is this mysterious "Twitter" thing of which they speak? I suspect that if I knew that, I would shout it out to all the world to hear. Link to comment
ao318 Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 Ahhh, but.... what is this mysterious "Twitter" thing of which they speak? I suspect that if I knew that, I would shout it out to all the world to hear. Or would you "tweet" it out loud.... Link to comment
+WRITE SHOP ROBERT Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Well, Well...I didn't realize that Waymarking would ALSO be down...I had these 4 hours set aside to post several waymarks that I did all the work for this afternoon(not really, but almost). Drat. I also wish they had added the forum link like they used to. Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I also wish they had added the forum link like they used to. I'm glad they removed it. That link amounted to a Denial-Of-Service attack on the forums. The website runs on 6 servers to handle the load, but when they were down for maintenance, all those geocachers were funneled onto the singular forum server, which choked under the load. Tonight the forums are still usable. Link to comment
+WRITE SHOP ROBERT Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I also wish they had added the forum link like they used to. I'm glad they removed it. That link amounted to a Denial-Of-Service attack on the forums. The website runs on 6 servers to handle the load, but when they were down for maintenance, all those geocachers were funneled onto the singular forum server, which choked under the load. Tonight the forums are still usable. ah...Somehow I got logged out of the Waymarking forums, and it wouldn't accept my login. Used the button for a new password, and still locked out. I guess I'll try again in the morning. Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I'm a little put out, because once again, Groundspeak hasn't used Signal in their site down page. Common, you know that a little bit of Signal goes a long way in making people smile, despite being shut out of the site: We want Signal! Link to comment
+beejay&esskay Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 (edited) I agree it was nice to have notice of the downtime. It might be time to remove that message from geocaching.com pages unless they REALLY are going to be down again tonight. Edited to add: Oops. I read it more carefully. Are they really going down this morning/afternoon? (I guess it wouldn't hurt to be explicit in what "today" is...but I guess we are going back down.) Edited February 24, 2010 by beejay&esskay Link to comment
+2Wheel'in Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I agree it was nice to have notice of the downtime. It might be time to remove that message from geocaching.com pages unless they REALLY are going to be down again tonight. The banner was a nice touch, and a great way to get the word out. Regarding taking it down now...seems it has changed and is current - now reads: Geocaching.com will be going down at approximately 11 AM Pacific Time (GMT -8) today for regular site maintenance. Updates will be posted to the Groundspeak forums or you can follow us on Twitter to receive an immediate update when the site is back online. Bill Link to comment
+rob3k Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 (I guess it wouldn't hurt to be explicit in what "today" is... Had the exact same thought. Hopefully in the future they'll use a date and not the relative term 'today'. Link to comment
+mdplayers Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 Adding my approval of the notice and my hopes that in the future we'll see a date rather than a term like 'today' or 'tonight'. (I really want to go caching, but there is still too much snow on the ground and more coming!) Link to comment
OpinioNate Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 (edited) Use a day of the week. Got it. I'm glad you guys like the notice. Edited February 24, 2010 by OpinioNate Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I'm a little put out, because once again, Groundspeak hasn't used Signal in their site down page. Common, you know that a little bit of Signal goes a long way in making people smile, despite being shut out of the site: We want Signal! Yeah! Signal, Signal, Signal! (drums up the crowd) Three cheers to the folks that stayed up really late working on getting things going. Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I'm a little put out, because once again, Groundspeak hasn't used Signal in their site down page. Common, you know that a little bit of Signal goes a long way in making people smile, despite being shut out of the site: We want Signal! Yeah! Signal, Signal, Signal! (drums up the crowd) Three cheers to the folks that stayed up really late working on getting things going. I propose that each time there's an update or down time like this, that we get a new drawing of Signal doing something silly. And agreed on the three cheers for the people working on the site - you guys rock! Link to comment
+rtyrie Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 I'm a little put out, because once again, Groundspeak hasn't used Signal in their site down page. Common, you know that a little bit of Signal goes a long way in making people smile, despite being shut out of the site: We want Signal! I just checked out the video on Groundspeaks' About page. You can see Signal strutting his/her? stuff there: Groundspeak Video Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 In light of the latest Mainenance announcement, I'm a bit surprised that there isn't a red banner across the top of the website. Most cachers don't read the forums and won't know about the upcoming downtime (in less than 4 hours now). Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 In light of the latest Mainenance announcement, I'm a bit surprised that there isn't a red banner across the top of the website. Most cachers don't read the forums and won't know about the upcoming downtime (in less than 4 hours now). It caught me by surprise, and I hang around here too much as it is. Just don't usually pay much attention to the announcements Link to comment
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