Again

[Meat Pie 47]

So whats happening to TVF ?

Again cut off all night whats wrong with the server ?

Error 304 Error 1214 ever since they updated (or not)

that site, it happen again, now just after 1 AM Thai time

I managed to connect again.

[shdmn]

Maybe they are moving stuff around.  Maybe updates.  Maybe human error.  Maybe all of those.

Edited January 20, 2021 by shdmn

[NCC1701A]

24 minutes ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

So whats happening to TVF ?

same with me. just got access again. 

 

maybe some more upgrades. 

 

I will try to list all the new things that are broken this time around. (if any) 

[Meat Pie 47]

1 minute ago, NCC1701A said:

same with me. just got access again. 

 

maybe some more upgrades. 

 

I will try to list all the new things that are broken this time around. (if any) 

But normally they announce an update the day before this time it went just blank 

for about 6 hours

[NCC1701A]

1 minute ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

But normally they announce an update the day before this time it went just blank 

for about 6 hours

same thing happened a few days ago. no warning. 

 

 

[Meat Pie 47]

Just now, NCC1701A said:

same thing happened a few days ago. no warning. 

 

 

yes

[HampiK]

Since this new advertise come up sometmes when you click a page, I not like it that much anymore. If this will occur more often I am out of this site forever. it's coming more and more advertise, and the content...

[petermik]

TVF showing Covid symptoms perhaps..????

[colinneil]

Just now, petermik said:

TVF showing Covid symptoms perhaps..????

No mate, somebody forgot to put some coins in the meter.????????????????????

[NE1]

Last time it was possible to connect with a VPN. 

This time nothing would work for me.

[tonray]

Last nite I was wondering if the owners took it offline to purge some posts about the government/vaccine handling as they have started to arrest and charge some people with online comments and posts critical of the government as of this week. Intrigue....Mystery....

[ubonjoe]

I have removed several nonsensical posts and replies bringing politics into the discussion.

It was not hard to figure out where the problem was when this notice was up.

Invision is the organization that developed the forum software and is responsible for its maintenance.

Have a look at the bottom of this page.

 

[topt]

22 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

I have removed several nonsensical posts and replies bringing politics into the discussion.

It was not hard to figure out where the problem was when this notice was up.

Invision is the organization that developed the forum software and is responsible for its maintenance.

Have a look at the bottom of this page.

 

When the site was down to me last night however the message from Invision did not say anything about being temporarily unavailable and waiting a few minutes. The actual message, which I can't remember, said something about the community and to contact your administrator or similar. The only page I could connect to was thaivisa.com and none of the forums.

 

Just surprised that after a complete outage there was no message from admin (that i could see anyhow) explaining what had happened.........

[CharlieH]

2 hours ago, topt said:

When the site was down to me last night however the message from Invision did not say anything about being temporarily unavailable and waiting a few minutes. The actual message, which I can't remember, said something about the community and to contact your administrator or similar. The only page I could connect to was thaivisa.com and none of the forums.

 

Just surprised that after a complete outage there was no message from admin (that i could see anyhow) explaining what had happened.........

Sometimes different devices have a different message, a phone for instance may see the 403 Error, and contact admin. Others would see the notice above. There were throughout the "outtage" various similar notices displayed.

As for no one sending a message from Admin, how would they if the entire platform is down and inaccessible.

 

When that kind of thing happens we are just as surprised and effected in exactly the same way as you and like you, have no idea "why" and can only wait the same as everyone else for it to be resolved before questions can be asked, and I am sure Admin will be doing just that.

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

4 hours ago, petermik said:

TVF showing Covid symptoms perhaps..????

Much higher farang activity given the lockdowns. We need those pubs to reopen.

[topt]

1 minute ago, CharlieH said:

As for no one sending a message from Admin, how would they if the entire platform is down and inaccessible.

Agreed. I meant since the outage was fixed. Even a headline banner when people access the forum saying that it is being looked into or whatever would have been nice.......

[billd766]

It happened to me yesterday as I was changing a page around 1 pm. It was still down for me around 9 PM last month.

 

I didn't log on until just before 12 noon and it was back by then.

 

The message that I got was this one.

 

 

It is getting a bit much. I wonder what next weeks outage will bring?

[topt]

2 hours ago, billd766 said:

It happened to me yesterday as I was changing a page around 1 pm. It was still down for me around 9 PM last month.

 

I didn't log on until just before 12 noon and it was back by then.

 

The message that I got was this one.

 

 

It is getting a bit much. I wonder what next weeks outage will bring?

yes that's the message I had last night, thanks.

[KannikaP]

Why all the moaning because a facility you do not pay a satang to use, and is predominantly non-life-changing posts, goes down for a few hours. Find something else to do/watch, while they fix it.

[billd766]

4 hours ago, KannikaP said:

Why all the moaning because a facility you do not pay a satang to use, and is predominantly non-life-changing posts, goes down for a few hours. Find something else to do/watch, while they fix it.

I don't pay to watch the BBC or other news channels, nor do I pay for the other forums that I use, nor do I pay for many of the other channels that I use, nor do I pay for internet banking.

 

The strange thing I have found is that only happens on TVF and nowhere else.

 

Why can they not notify posters in advance they they will be doing site maintenance.

 

Kbanking and BBK tell me in advance.

 

If they are doing planned  maintenance then it is easy to pick the time and the day. If it is unplanned maintenance then there must be problems with the server.

 

FYI I do find other things to do when TVF is offline again.

[CharlieH]

7 minutes ago, billd766 said:

 

The strange thing I have found is that only happens on TVF and nowhere else.

 

 

As said to you before, thats probably because TVF is the ONLY site you visit that is run and hosted by Invisions.

And NO it waxnt a planned event and we had no knowledge nor influence over their actions, TVF is merely a customer that uses their services.We can only act and ask AFTER the event just like all of you.

[Surelynot]

Just thank your lucky stars Priti Patel isn't pressing the buttons

[billd766]

14 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

 

As said to you before, thats probably because TVF is the ONLY site you visit that is run and hosted by Invisions.

And NO it waxnt a planned event and we had no knowledge nor influence over their actions, TVF is merely a customer that uses their services.We can only act and ask AFTER the event just like all of you.

Perhaps TVF should consider going to a different company to host their services. TVF never used to be like this.

 

If TVF is the only site that I and many other posters use that is hosted by Invisions, it is certainly telling me something.

 

Here is a link to Invision.

 

https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/

 

Edited January 21, 2021 by billd766
Added extra text

[CharlieH]

5 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Perhaps TVF should consider going to a different company to host their services. TVF never used to be like this.

Bill, be realistic, do you honestly believe that hasnt been suggested. It raises its very obvious head everytime this happens. Its WAY ABOVE our pay grade as they say and much much higher up the food chain than we can even see. 

Give us a break Bill we do what we can when we can with what we have.

[billd766]

1 minute ago, CharlieH said:

Bill, be realistic, do you honestly believe that hasnt been suggested. It raises its very obvious head everytime this happens. Its WAY ABOVE our pay grade as they say and much much higher up the food chain than we can even see. 

Give us a break Bill we do what we can when we can with what we have.

I am not blaming you guys in any way and I am sorry if I gave that impression.

 

As you explained it is way above your pay grade and IMHO it is the ownership that is probably trying to save on the costs of running the site.

[CharlieH]

1 minute ago, billd766 said:

I am not blaming you guys in any way and I am sorry if I gave that impression.

 

As you explained it is way above your pay grade and IMHO it is the ownership that is probably trying to save on the costs of running the site.

Just out curiosity, would you Pay a monthly subscription for an uninterrupted experience ? And if so what would you Pay ? Hyperthetically of course.

[champers]

21 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Perhaps TVF should consider going to a different company to host their services. TVF never used to be like this.

I use a UK based forum with the same host and they also go offline occasionally. Such is life. I read a book or the newspaper, maybe listen to the radio. How did we all manage before the internet era?

[Salerno]

37 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Perhaps TVF should consider going to a different company to host their services. TVF never used to be like this.

 

They can't (as in just go to another company), the only option they have is to go self hosted (but then they'd likely need to pay staff with tech knowledge) with the possibility of even more frequent problems and a longer time to fix them. At the moment fixing issues is Invision's responsibility, go self hosted and the support from Invision is ... questionable.

 

25 minutes ago, billd766 said:

IMHO it is the ownership that is probably trying to save on the costs of running the site.

 

If that was truly the case it would be self hosted. Have a look at the prices Invision charge to be hosted by them (that doesn't totally refute the penny pinching theory of course, they could have a lower subscription than actually required, but unlikely given the relative stability of the site and the nature of the problems).

 

Personally I think the latest issue was they didn't pay on time, given the error message, but unlikely to have that confirmed.

 

Edited January 21, 2021 by Salerno

[billd766]

14 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Just out curiosity, would you Pay a monthly subscription for an uninterrupted experience ? And if so what would you Pay ? Hyperthetically of course.

I would probably go to 150 baht a month Hypothetically, but for that I would expect service 24/7, and if there is an update to be done, at least 72 hours notice should be given.