Website Database Broken

Calinthor · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:42 pm Post subject: Website Database Broken

Sorry for the down time, but the database was corrupted and I just now restored from an old backup from March 8th, 2011. (I actually made a new database and restored, just in case I can somehow recover the old one) Not a whole lot has been posted since then, but anything that was is lost.

So, Go Daddy disabled the database "Please understand that the reason your database was deactivated is because it was taxing the server beyond reasonable capacity" I think the photo gallery was too open for spamming and accounted for a large amount of data. I'm going to get rid of it, no one was really using it, except for some people trying to sell junk.
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Mardreg · Rainseeker Joined: Jun 07, 2005 Posts: 8

Side note. I deleted All users without posts prior to January 2010. So if you can't log in it might be because your login was deleted. Create a new login and make a post (ANY Post) so your login will not be deleted in the future.

Thanks,
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Calinthor · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:33 pm Post subject:

I also noticed that the default theme (Wowmoonclaw01) didn't have a link to "Usergroups" so anyone using that theme couldn't easily join a usergroup. I also added "ReCaptcha" to creating logins to cut down on the number of spam members.

BTW after creating a new Login (or under an existing one that doesn't have forum access), please join the "Stormseekers" usergroup.
How to... Join a Usergroup
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Calinthor · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:05 pm Post subject:

Dangit. I was testing new user registration and couldn't figure out why I wasn't getting any emails. After several hours of checking and changing code, I realized GMail was putting my emails in the Spam folder.
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Calinthor · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:14 pm Post subject:

Can anyone else post? or is the site only working for me?
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Ehlron · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 11:41 am Post subject:

It appears I can respond.

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Calinthor · Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:09 pm Post subject:

Well, GoDaddy suspended my Account yesterday, even though I got rid of the immediate issue. I contacted them and the tech guy said I had to respond to their email and agree to the terms of service, explain what I did to fix the problem and agree to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Tonite I tried upgrading to PHP-Nuke 8.2.4, but it had issues. It came up, but it didn't look pretty. I'll mess with it some other time. I restored the files and the database.
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Brilock · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 7:27 pm Post subject:

Wow, so I've really posted something since January? I'm impressed with myself Very Happy

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