Waymarking Site down ?

[+Lat34North 0]

Yes - back up. Not sure what I am doing indoors on a day like this in Georgia. 78 degrees with 41 percent humidity – time to get back outdoors!

[+Benchmark Blasterz 65]

Was going well this morning and early afternoon, but has slowed WAAAYYYY DOWN again

[+bluesnote 21]

I'm trying to submit massive amounts of new waymarks, but the site has been slow repeatedly for weeks and now I am back logging from my photos which should have already been submitted days ago. It use to take me a day to submit up to 50 or more waymarks and now I'm lucky if I get 5 in a day as the site is extremely slow. Thought it might be the amount of data from my cameras on iPhoto, so I cleaned and deleted some things and that didn't do anything. Thought it might be my computer so I shut it down and restarted. That didn't work. Geocaching seems to be working just fine for me as well as other websites. Are others having the same issue? Does anyone know why this site just went haywire on us without any warning? Is this going to be a repeated issue throughout summer? Any thoughts?

 

Also, I was trying to submit new waymarks from a vacation over the weekend and I got this error message:

 

"500 - Server Error

We're sorry, your request has resulted in an error.

If you feel that the page you are looking for should be available, please let us know. Otherwise, you may continue to use the site through its navigation, or browse the links below:"

 

Does anyone know what this means? I've been getting this a lot lately.

[+Benchmark Blasterz 65]

503 messages - site is back down

 

Has geocaching done something to reduce server capacity for Waymarking?

[+bluesnote 21]

503 messages - site is back down

 

Has geocaching done something to reduce server capacity for Waymarking?

 

I don't know, but it looks like that Groundspeak has invested most of their time into Geocaching than Waymarking with the new special summer souvenirs such as Geocaching Roadtrip 2015 and more trackable promotions than usual. I have also noticed that they don't really update Waymarking.com for routine maintenance such as with geocaching.com. Usually, I see a little bar at the top of my screen when they warn me when Geocaching.com will be down for maintenance. I can't recalled if they have ever done this with Waymarking. Also, I can see evidence of this within our profiles. When you go under maps, statistics, etc, it tells you that that is a new feature, although it's been there for a couple of years now.

[+lumbricus 52]

...I don't know, but it looks like that Groundspeak has invested most of their time into Geocaching than Waymarking...I have also noticed that they don't really update Waymarking.com for routine maintenance such as with geocaching.com... When you go under maps, statistics, etc, it tells you that that is a new feature, although it's been there for a couple of years now.

bluesnote, that's not new. It's fact that the focus lies on 'Geocaching.com'. We have to live with that.

[+bluesnote 21]

The site seems to be working noticeably faster today, but not back to 100%.

[+RakeInTheCache 18]

Is it just me or has the site been running remarquably well recently? Photo uploads seem to be much faster.

[+T0SHEA 175]

NEW ISSUE - Province/State dropdown not working.

 

When trying to submit I receive this error message:

 

Could not find a part of the path 'E:\inetpub\Waymarking.com\xml\scoring_schema.xml'.

 

The same error message occurs with any category tried.

 

Just began within the last hour - submitted several earlier.

[+msrubble 48]

Same here, BK-Hunters. Except for the part about getting some submissions through earlier.

[+NW_history_buff 15]

Site is faster but broken icons and a missing .xml file that is needed for me to select a state when I create a new waymark...

 

Looks like I take the night off.

 

[+Tuena 9]

Well I've got 2 pubs (& a club) within 200 metres of my home & I know the path to each well but unfortunately none are named inet so Groundspeak is unable to avail itself of my navigational expertise.

[+Waywizard 0]

Groundspeak is aware of problem and know the cause. It may not be resolved until morning (Seattle time)

[+T0SHEA 175]

Groundspeak is aware of problem and know the cause. It may not be resolved until morning (Seattle time)

 

Thanks WIZ!

 

Guess this gives me the chance to sit back and watch the Calgary Stampede! YaHOOOO!!

[+veritas vita 0]

Unable to post - Select State / Province - dropdown not working.

This is the error message I Get:

Could not find a part of the path 'E:\inetpub\Waymarking.com\xml\scoring_schema.xml'.

[+fi67 143]

Unable to post - Select State / Province - dropdown not working.

This is the error message I Get:

Could not find a part of the path 'E:\inetpub\Waymarking.com\xml\scoring_schema.xml'.

I have the same. It's very annoying. But despite the error message, most functions like picture upload and submit do actually work in the back end. It's just the state/province dropdown that cannot be used.

[+fi67 143]

I have to correct my statement. It does usually not work. Only when the proximity alarm is triggered, then you can move on. So currently it's only possible to post waymarks, where there is already an a waymark of the same category with half a mile ?!

[+Tante.Hossi 10]

Some more details I have found about the current error/problem:

• new waymark creation: state list is empty
• waymark picture upload: an error message appears but the picture is uploaded anyway
• waymark creation: all variables are cleared when saving the first time
• all icons in the map are missing (all other icons are still there)
• profile: the picture with my personal stats (posts and finds) is missing

[+ILuvAZ 1]

Was experiencing similar problems as reported yesterday but could still log visits. Today I get:

An Error Has Occurred

 

Your request has resulted in an error. You may choose to retry your previous request. Or you may tell us what you were doing when this error occurred:

 

And it truly does not log the visit and I have to start again.

[+Waywizard 0]

Groundspeak is aware of the problem an is working on the solution.

[+elyob 141]

Compilation Error

Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.

 

Compiler Error Message: BC30560: 'controls_homepagepushcontrol_ascx' is ambiguous in the namespace 'ASP'.

 

Source Error:

 

Line 18: <uc1:HomePageDisplay ID="HomePageDisplay1" runat="server"></uc1:HomePageDisplay>

Line 19: <uc1:NewSearchControl ID="NewSearchControl1" runat="server"></uc1:NewSearchControl>

Line 20: <uc1:HomePagePushControl ID="HomePagePushControl1" runat="server"></uc1:HomePagePushControl>

Line 21: <uc1:BlogControl ID="BlogControl1" runat="server"></uc1:BlogControl>

Line 22: <uc1:WaymarkControl ID="WaymarkControl1" runat="server"></uc1:WaymarkControl>

 

Source File: E:\inetpub\www.Waymarking.com\Waymarking.Web.release-20150622.1.Release_13\default.aspx Line: 20

[+elyob 141]

Compilation Error

Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.

 

Compiler Error Message: BC30560: 'controls_homepagepushcontrol_ascx' is ambiguous in the namespace 'ASP'.

 

Source Error:

 

Line 18: <uc1:HomePageDisplay ID="HomePageDisplay1" runat="server"></uc1:HomePageDisplay>

Line 19: <uc1:NewSearchControl ID="NewSearchControl1" runat="server"></uc1:NewSearchControl>

Line 20: <uc1:HomePagePushControl ID="HomePagePushControl1" runat="server"></uc1:HomePagePushControl>

Line 21: <uc1:BlogControl ID="BlogControl1" runat="server"></uc1:BlogControl>

Line 22: <uc1:WaymarkControl ID="WaymarkControl1" runat="server"></uc1:WaymarkControl>

 

Source File: E:\inetpub\www.Waymarking.com\Waymarking.Web.release-20150622.1.Release_13\default.aspx Line: 20

 

That is my error message on the Waymarking welcome page.

[+Lat34North 0]

Things are looking better. Still an issue on the profile/stats tab. The Waymarks Posted Per Month and Cumulative Posts Per Month have a black X.

 

Best Month 164 posts in March of 2012 Best Year 982 posts in 2012

 

Waymarks Posted Per Month

X

 

Cumulative Posts Per Month

X

 

Yearly Breakdown

[+QuarrellaDeVil 19]

 

Source File: E:\inetpub\www.Waymarking.com\Waymarking.Web.release-20150622.1.Release_13\default.aspx Line: 20

 

I am also seeing what you're seeing. And for a day now, I've been getting "Could not find a part of the path 'E:\inetpub\Waymarking.com\xml\scoring_schema.xml'." when trying to create a new waymark. I've also noticed that I'm not receiving confirmation/approval emails on my waymarks that are being cleared.

[+fi67 143]

I get all sorts of error messages. Currently, the main problem is that I cannot add any variables.

[+AutisticMajor 1]

Every thing working fine now.

[dreamhummie 5]

Every thing working fine now.

 

It's not working fine.

I can not upload pictures to my visits an new posting ones.

[+Tuena 9]

Every thing working fine now.

 

It's not working fine.

I can not upload pictures to my visits an new posting ones.

 

Same here.I did get one waymark through but then got this error on the next when uploading a photo:

 

Runtime Error

Description: An exception occurred while processing your request. Additionally, another exception occurred while executing the custom error page for the first exception. The request has been terminated.

It's a miserable cold & wet day - perfect for catching up, perhaps.

[+T0SHEA 175]

 

Runtime Error

Description: An exception occurred while processing your request. Additionally, another exception occurred while executing the custom error page for the first exception. The request has been terminated.

 

 

Just received the identical error msg. several times when trying to upload a pic. Everything was working sooooo well!! Got about 30 posted with no problems, then WHAM, everything comes to a screeeeeeching halt!!!

 

Moral - Never EVER get the idea that they've gotten all the bugs out. It seems it will never happen. But We're gonna keep sluggin' along, in spite of the miserably buggy website. They're NEVER gonna make us quit!!

[+The A-Team 1799]

Darn, I just tried submitting one in the hopes that I'd get lucky and that the problem is isolated to only some of the servers in the farm, but the state dropdown just won't work. It sounds like Groundspeak made some pretty big changes to their server infrastructure recently, so I guess there are some lingering side effects.

 

I don't know if the Groundspeak devs need to know or not, but I'm currently experiencing the problem on WAYMARK-WEB01. If anyone else wants to post which server they're seeing the problems on, view the source of the page you're on and look near the end (about 150 lines before the end) for a line that looks like this:

<!-- Server: WAYMARK-WEB01; Build: Waymarking.Web.release-20150622.1.Release_13 -->

If your browser lets you do a "find" while viewing the source, do a find for "server", because that seems to be the only place that word is used in the code.

[dreamhummie 5]

It's working perfect this morning here in The Netherlands.

Posting and visits NO problems with the pictures anymore and fast uploading.

Even the N/E Bug looks almost gone. SUPERB no clicking 5-6 times anymore to get it in the EAST.

Fingers crossed.

 

Only the banner on the profile page has a broken link and is not showing.

Thx Guys.

[+The A-Team 1799]

No go. The state dropdown is working for me now, but I just get "An Error Has Occurred" when I try to save the first page of a new Waymark (ie. I can't get to the photo upload stage). Now I'm on server WAYMARK-WEB02.

[dreamhummie 5]

After 23 new postings and a few visits can't upload pictures anymore.

I'm on server WAYMARK-WEB02 too on the "An Error Has Occurred" page".

 

Surfing on the site is a little slow but no big problems, it gives only an ERROR when i upload a picture.

Edited July 10, 2015 by dreamhummie

[+MountainWoods 25]

I agree with The A-Team that it's a good idea to report in your forum post which server served out the web page whether it is failing or working good. I had the same idea that it might be that N out of M servers in the farm are having issues. Perhaps Groundspeak already knows that, but we users may begin to see a pattern.

[+T0SHEA 175]

After sailing (though far from briskly) along for all of 25 minutes, the dreaded "An Error Has Occurred" page rears its ugly head when selecting a pic in a gallery.

 

<!-- Server: WAYMARK-WEB01; Build: Waymarking.Web.release-20150622.1.Release_13 -->

 

BTW it also happened with

<!-- Server: WAYMARK-WEB02; Build: Waymarking.Web.release-20150622.1.Release_13 -->

 

So we can't blame one more than the other.

Edited July 11, 2015 by BK-Hunters

[+bluesnote 21]

After sailing (though far from briskly) along for all of 25 minutes, the dreaded "An Error Has Occurred" page rears its ugly head when selecting a pic in a gallery.

 

<!-- Server: WAYMARK-WEB01; Build: Waymarking.Web.release-20150622.1.Release_13 -->

 

The same thing happened to me as well. It worked for about 20 minutes, just enough time to download photos from my camera and search to see if there are any waymaks that have already been posted. And right when I'm submitting my first one. Boom! I get a bunch of error messages, one after the other on my different tabs. At least we can now say what the problem is and groundpeak will listen. After doing this for about 10 minutes straight with error message after message, I think the site just had it and now Safari gives tells me that the server has dropped connection due to it being busy. Is anyone else having similar issues right now or is this just on my computer?

[+RakeInTheCache 18]

Getting lots of

 

"An Error Has Occurred

 

Your request has resulted in an error. You may choose to retry your previous request. Or you may tell us what you were doing when this error occurred:"

[+fi67 143]

Currently it's an unpredictable mix of going well and all sorts of problems.

 

It's intersting to see how many different error messages one single site can produce.

[+veritas vita 0]

Currently it's an unpredictable mix of going well and all sorts of problems.

 

It's intersting to see how many different error messages one single site can produce.

[+veritas vita 0]

I am unable to review waymarks - Tried clicking on link in email notifications, & triangle link by MY WAYMARKS.

Tried on Laptop & Desktop.

[+RakeInTheCache 18]

At the moment, impossible to use the site in any meaningful way, due to constant "An Error has occurred" messages.

[+bluesnote 21]

I am unable to review waymarks - Tried clicking on link in email notifications, & triangle link by MY WAYMARKS.

Tried on Laptop & Desktop.

 

I'm having the same issue. Can't review waymarks when I go to the homepage. When I click the little triangle icon, it brings me to the error page.

[dreamhummie 5]

Here 2.

Every link on the home page gives "An Error has occurred" messages.

 

Are they working on a Build Release_14 in the background ?

14 is my lucky number

[+RakeInTheCache 18]

Could it be they have misplaced the instructions and are guessing how the site goes back together again?

[dreamhummie 5]

Could it be they have misplaced the instructions and are guessing how the site goes back together again?

Next Monday it will be 4 weeks ago the big problems began.

4 Weeks ?????

 

b.t.w. i found this on amazon for $ 0.39

[+RakeInTheCache 18]

Could it be they have misplaced the instructions and are guessing how the site goes back together again?

Next Monday it will be 4 weeks ago the big problems began.

4 Weeks ?????

 

b.t.w. i found this on amazon for $ 0.39

 

LOL, this is like Humpty Dumpty computing.

[+RakeInTheCache 18]

Looks like we're back in business for the moment. As we say in North Dakota, make hay while the sun shines ...

Edited July 11, 2015 by RakeInTheCache

[+RakeInTheCache 18]

Well, the Gerbils got tired pretty quickly this time. Here's the latest error message I received when uploading a photo.

 

An error occured in the File Upload Service. The request channel timed out while waiting for a reply after 00:00:59.9843511. Increase the timeout value passed to the call to Request or increase the SendTimeout value on the Binding. The time allotted to this operation may have been a portion of a longer timeout.

[dreamhummie 5]

Keep pushing the submit button.

 

[+RakeInTheCache 18]

The Gerbils have just done sputtered out. It's the return of the dreaded "An Error has Occurred" Message.