Pup Patrol Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Geocaching.com will be going offline temporarily for a site update on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at approximately 10pm PDT B. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Looks like a tight schedule! Thanks for posting it. Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 a twelfth day in 2012, it's: Quote Link to comment
+Semper Questio Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I'd BETTER get my pony this time! Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 %END OF WORLD, NO PONY AT LINE 32767 Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Geocaching.com will be going offline temporarily for a site update on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at approximately 10pm PDT Does anyone else find it odd this update is scheduled for 10 PM, rather than am? A typo or correct? I guess we'll find out later this morning. Quote Link to comment
+J the Goat Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Geocaching.com will be going offline temporarily for a site update on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at approximately 10pm PDT Does anyone else find it odd this update is scheduled for 10 PM, rather than am? A typo or correct? I guess we'll find out later this morning. I noticed that too. It's either a typo, or a big update that will affect fewer people's using of the site at that hour than in the morning. That's my take at least, and with all the power, influence, and authority I have around here.... Quote Link to comment
+WaffleOnABike Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Is there new features coming or something? Is it a big update? Or just scheduled work on the site. -Waffle Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Is there new features coming or something? Is it a big update? Or just scheduled work on the site. We won't know until just after either 10 am or 10 pm. It does say "site update", which usually means changes to the functionality of the site, not just server maintenance. Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Geocaching.com will be going offline temporarily for a site update on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at approximately 10pm PDT Does anyone else find it odd this update is scheduled for 10 PM, rather than am? A typo or correct? I guess we'll find out later this morning. I noticed that too. It's either a typo, or a big update that will affect fewer people's using of the site at that hour than in the morning. That's my take at least, and with all the power, influence, and authority I have around here.... I noticed the time as "p.m." too and thought that was unusual. (That's 1:00 a.m. my time.) Ok, so now I'm panicking. B. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 They bought out Funzee and planning plug it in geocaching.com. Quote Link to comment
+larryc43230 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 They bought out Funzee and planning plug it in geocaching.com. I'm not sure exactly where I read it, but one of the lackeys posted that the update is related to problems with the API server(s). They're upgrading one or more of the servers to better handle the load. As far as I'm aware at this point, the down time is strictly to upgrade hardware. --Larry Quote Link to comment
+firestronaut Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Will the iPhone app and forums still work? That's 6am on Friday morning my time, and I like my early morning caches Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 They bought out Funzee and planning plug it in geocaching.com. I'm not sure exactly where I read it, but one of the lackeys posted that the update is related to problems with the API server(s). They're upgrading one or more of the servers to better handle the load. As far as I'm aware at this point, the down time is strictly to upgrade hardware. --Larry I would agree it is a hardware upgrade. The big infrastructure changes in the past have been late evening frog time. Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Will the iPhone app and forums still work? That's 6am on Friday morning my time, and I like my early morning caches The forums are are on a separate infrastructure and should be working fine. I would guess that the iPhone servers will be down with the rest of the site. Quote Link to comment
+firestronaut Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Will the iPhone app and forums still work? That's 6am on Friday morning my time, and I like my early morning caches The forums are are on a separate infrastructure and should be working fine. I would guess that the iPhone servers will be down with the rest of the site. Thank you! I'll just use the download feature and wait until the site is back up to log find/DNFs Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 They're upgrading one or more of the servers to better handle the load. As far as I'm aware at this point, the down time is strictly to upgrade hardware. Which makes the downtime notice misleading, since it says it's a site update. I seem to remember another downtime several months ago with a similarly misleading notice. Quote Link to comment
+larryc43230 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 They're upgrading one or more of the servers to better handle the load. As far as I'm aware at this point, the down time is strictly to upgrade hardware. Which makes the downtime notice misleading, since it says it's a site update. I seem to remember another downtime several months ago with a similarly misleading notice. Not long after that "update", after much speculation in the forums when no one could figure out what, if anything, changed, they explained how the downtime was just a hardware modification. They also promised, in the future, to post a notice explaining any downtime, to help minimize the wild speculation. I did see something in the past couple of days explaining that this downtime was for hardware changes; I wish I could remember where I saw that post, and I wish they would post something a bit more definitive here. --Larry Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Maybe they are hoping cachers will be sleeping by then Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I heard a rumor that they will be implementing "Graduated Smiley Faces". Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I heard a rumor that they will be implementing "Graduated Smiley Faces". Wait, I thought it was ? Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I heard a rumor that they will be implementing "Graduated Smiley Faces". Wait, I thought it was ? No... we get that with most updates. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 So the site is down now. Panic everybody! PANIC! Quote Link to comment
+molletje83 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 So the site is down now. Panic everybody! PANIC! But status is promesing... results not... (2012-04-13 07:00 UTC+1) Quote Link to comment
stebu Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 So the site is down now. Panic everybody! PANIC! But status is promesing... results not... (2012-04-13 07:00 UTC+1) ...snip... 8 hours after the site began working, the Geocaching System Status still shows that " Geocaching.com Offline Down for maintenance." I wish the status page would be automated! Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 But status is promesing... results not... (2012-04-13 07:00 UTC+1) While the site was down, the status page told us everything was working. This morning, when the site is working, the status page is telling us the site is down. I'm so glad we have such a useful page available. Quote Link to comment
+GrateBear Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 So, for those who use mygeocachingprofile.com, are your stats showing in your profile? Mine are all little boxes with red x's in them, or blue boxes with ? on another computer. And, that web site says "service unavailable". Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 http://status.geocaching.com/ just said geocaching.com is down. LOL Quote Link to comment
+molletje83 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 http://status.geocaching.com/ just said geocaching.com is down. LOL Site is now up but status still says DOWN 18:00 UTC+1 Quote Link to comment
+The Real Boudica. Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Does it matter as long as the site works or is the discrepancy taking the brunt for the usual moans and groans that follow any updates Quote Link to comment
+fuzziebear3 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 So, for those who use mygeocachingprofile.com, are your stats showing in your profile? Mine are all little boxes with red x's in them, or blue boxes with ? on another computer. And, that web site says "service unavailable". It does seem that the small part of my public profile that had some info from there has gone blank. Quote Link to comment
+fuzziebear3 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 So, for those who use mygeocachingprofile.com, are your stats showing in your profile? Mine are all little boxes with red x's in them, or blue boxes with ? on another computer. And, that web site says "service unavailable". It does seem that the small part of my public profile that had some info from there has gone blank. And now it works again . Huh. Quote Link to comment
+Ambient_Skater Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I heard a rumor that they will be implementing "Graduated Smiley Faces". Maybe they're finally changing the home page graphic to something that portrays geocaching more accurately. Quote Link to comment
+larryc43230 Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Does it matter as long as the site works or is the discrepancy taking the brunt for the usual moans and groans that follow any updates What's the point of maintaining a status page if it's never accurate? If they can't or won't keep that page up to date, it's worse than useless and should be eliminated. --Larry Quote Link to comment
+jellis Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 I don't see a release note. What changes did they do? Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 I don't see a release note. What changes did they do? Purely speculation, but they may have upgraded the image servers: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=286687&view=findpost&p=5018154 Quote Link to comment
+larryc43230 Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 I don't see a release note. What changes did they do? Purely speculation, but they may have upgraded the image servers: http://forums.Ground...dpost&p=5018154 As I mentioned in a previous post, the downtime was indeed for hardware changes only. The post I saw mentioned only the server(s) involved with the API, but they could have also souped up other servers while they were at it. --Larry Quote Link to comment
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