Having trouble logging on to CHR-THREADS MERGED

[Itoldyouso]

Well, it sure looks like the problem is pretty widespread. I hope the following comments don't come across as ungrateful, but I think it is important to say.

For some reason this site goes down way too often. Sometimes it is just a momentary thing........you try to log on and get a one-liner that says the site isn't available, but a little while later it comes up. And sometimes it goes down for a day or so. The "new server" or whatever it was that came from overseas (or wherever) was supposed to clear up the issues, but sometimes it seems worse now. I sort of hold my breath anytime I log on now, wondering if the familiar CHR logo will come up or if I will get some other screen, or a time-out notice.

My fear is that we are losing and going to lose members who become frustrated and who stop coming on. I get PM's from members pretty often, on here and on other sites, who are saying "what's up with CHR, I can't log on?" Some have indicated they have had it, and I see less participation or no participation from some of those members lately.

I think I speak for most of the membership when I say I love this forum. It is the first thing I check in the morning and the last thing I check before going to bed at night. But I have to say I rarely see any of the computer glitches on any of the other 4 or 5 forums I frequent that I see on here. Size doesn't seem to be an issue, some of them are very large and some are very small.


My comments are only meant in the most constructive way.

Don

[volksrod]

Yep.........Me too!!!

[mrmustang]

Yup,

The conversation went something like this:

BRENT MILLS PLEASE PICK UP THE COURTESY PHONE...


Brent: Hello this is Brent
Operator: You need to renew the domain name registration for Clubhotrod.com
Brent: &*($%@#^)^$)#^$)#$^)#$&^#)$^#)$^#)$^#)$^#)$ I forgot
Operator: Thank you for renewal, we now take you back to your regularly scheduled banter, goodbye

[Itoldyouso]

I just got another PM on a different forum. This is typical of what I get:


quote............Do you know if Clubhotrod shut down, I hope not.


I'm sure it is just the usual glitches, but more and more people are asking this question and wondering.

Don

[mrmustang]

As for the other comments, you have to remember that the server this site is on shares it's bandwidth and space with two others which draw far more system resources. At times when you are talking about terrabytes worth of data (think 200 lane wide highway jammed with 1,000,000 cars a minute passing by) between these sites, then you'll understand what happens and why.


As for members coming and going, as with any site/forum, this happens quite a bit, you get burned out on a subject, get your feelings mangled, or just have had enough banter and decide to log off for a while, or not log off and just lurk. There are several Mustang and Cobra sites I used to post to on a semi hourly basis, post counts beyond 10,000 on a few of them.....Now I spend most of my time lurking, and rarely if ever make posts at all. Why, because I burned myself out and decided to take a break from it all.


Bill S.

[mopar34]

Don mentioned the problem to me yesterday and I responded that it could be a software hijacker. I have had problems with that stuff before and still occasionally do. (If you visit websites, you can be subject to get one of those nasties, even if you don't download anything.)

But obviously in this case the problem was at the server and not on Don's pc, which is a good thing.

I usually don't have any problems with the site, unless the site is totally down. Guess I'm lucky.

[TooMany2count]

Does anyone have any idea why I would see the below when I try to open the CHR page on AOHELL??? joe

[TooMany2count]

heck CHR won't open for me on AOL, even today. && I thought it was just me..joe

[colorado815]

I can almost guess that other 2 sites that share this highway........

But I am glad that we are back in the race, even though some one had a serious brain fart.......................

[29Street-Rod]

Now this is strange, I can login in with IE like I am now but when I try to use AOL I get sent to the Network Solutions site.

[29Street-Rod]

Nope it is not you, even now it won't open on AOL but I have no problem when I use Internet Explorer.

[stovens]

Same problem for me this morning, site was down according to my error message, but works now!

[mrmustang]

Yup, Brent forgot to renew the domain name on time and the temp page comes up from his original registrar. Now that he placed the renewal, the DNS information has to be sent out and acknowledged by all of the ISP's and DNS (name) servers...........Give it a bit of time and it will open again on AOL (the slowest of all DNS name servers).........


Bill S.

[mrmustang]

I can almost guess that other 2 sites that share this highway........

But I am glad that we are back in the race, even though some one had a serious brain fart.......................

http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/

and

http://www.clubchopper.com/forums/

[Itoldyouso]

As for members coming and going, as with any site/forum, this happens quite a bit, you get burned out on a subject, get your feelings mangled, or just have had enough banter and decide to log off for a while, or not log off and just lurk.

Bill S.

Yep Bill, I realize members come and go, but we just don't need to do anything to push them out the door faster. From some of the PM's I am getting here and elsewhere some are thinking of going because of being frustrated by server issues. That is how I ended up with this stupid user name.......all of you kept telling me it was my computer dumping me twice in a row, and then others started posting how THEY were having similar problems. Hence, "ITOLDYOUSO."

Don