tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35496378845391633582024-02-08T10:21:19.490-05:00BudgetLightForum.com Status UpdatesThis page will only be used to notify BudgetLightForum.com visitors and users in case of an unexpected site outage.sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-1171646804113781912023-06-06T12:18:00.006-05:002023-06-06T13:46:11.315-05:00[FINISHED] Maintenance in progress<p></p><div id="banner-content">
<p><strike>Hi everyone, I need to perform some maintenance on the BLF server today. I hope to have it back online a
few hours after that. Thanks for your patience!</strike></p><p style="text-align: center;"> Done!</p>
</div>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-63905665080212214692023-02-10T06:58:00.004-05:002023-02-19T17:01:49.186-05:00[FINISHED] Migration to new forum engine in progress<p style="text-align: center;"><b>Done!</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strike><b>Update: 19:30 GMT</b></strike></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strike>I just initiated the DNS transfer (to make budgetlightforum.com go to the new server). It will probably take another hour at best and another 12 hours at worst for some users. To get access a bit faster <a href="https://blog.hubspot.com/website/flush-dns?hubs_content=blog.hubspot.com%2Fwebsite%2Fflush-dns&hubs_content-cta=how%20to%20flush%20DNS#how-to-flush-dns">these</a> instructions might help, or you can try rebooting your router and computer, or else just wait a few more hours. Thanks for your patience!</strike></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strike>Hi everyone, today I'm running the final stage of the migration process
to the new BLF forum engine! I'll post updates here during the entire
process. Stay tuned, and we'll see you on the new forum very soon! </strike></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-75122892027642664242023-01-27T09:04:00.003-05:002023-01-27T09:45:54.358-05:00[FINISHED] Offline for system maintenance<p><strike>Hi there, BLF is offline while I run some routine maintenance tasks. Hopefully we'll be back online shortly. Thanks for your patience!</strike></p><p style="text-align: center;">Done!<br /></p>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-2903348201695585672022-06-16T15:28:00.001-05:002022-06-16T18:00:29.853-05:00[RESOLVED] Sporadic outages and performance problems today<p><strike>Hi everyone,</strike></p><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">
<p><strike>The datacenter that we run on just informed me that they had a storm
go through and are experiencing overheating of equipment due to loss of
cooling. So we may have poor performance or go offline today. If
necessary I will keep you updated here. </strike></p><p><strike>Thanks in advance for your patience!</strike></p></div></div></div>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-82891521236700308522022-04-23T07:30:00.003-05:002022-04-23T08:53:04.315-05:00[RESOLVED] Temporary outage<p><strike>My apologies for the outage, some maintenance at the datacenter has caused some issues. Hope to be back up soon.</strike></p><p style="text-align: center;">We're back!<br /></p>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-82643316502508544472022-01-27T11:51:00.005-05:002022-01-27T12:01:08.616-05:00[RESOLVED] Temporary outage<strike>Currently looking into the outage, thanks for your patience!</strike><br />sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-13061242401066888182021-03-28T19:36:00.001-05:002021-03-28T20:35:17.021-05:00[RESOLVED] Down for maintenance<p style="text-align: center;">Back online! Thanks for your patience. <br /></p><p><strike>Hi everyone, sorry for the unexpected downtime due to an unexpected maintenance issue. I'm actively working on bring the site back online.</strike><br /></p>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-77857433361259493172020-10-30T11:49:00.004-05:002020-11-01T07:54:09.574-05:00[FINISHED] Down for maintenance<p><strike> Hi everyone, the connection will be intermittent for a few hours while I perform some maintenance on the server. Hope to see you back soon! Sorry for the inconvenience.</strike><br /></p>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-65335937671521515632020-07-06T09:23:00.000-05:002020-07-06T12:49:28.931-05:00[RESOLVED] BLF host offline<strike>Hi everyone, it looks like our host is having some problems. I'm currently waiting on a response from them, hopefully the downtime won't last long</strike>. Sorry for the hassle!<br />
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<strike><b> </b><b>Update #2:</b> <i>We're still experiencing connectivity issues. The BLF server and all data is fine, but it's only sporadically accessible from the internet.</i></strike><br />
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<strike><b>Update #2:</b> <i>Looks like it might be a while, they had a power surge at the datacenter that caused major damage to some equipment...</i></strike>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-91659000230594108942019-12-11T23:37:00.001-05:002019-12-11T23:37:56.660-05:00[RESOLVED] 2 hour downtime<div style="text-align: justify;">
Still investigating the cause of a ~2 hour downtime today.</div>
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Welcome back, and sorry for the inconvenience!</div>
sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-69248078711644266122019-05-27T08:35:00.002-05:002019-05-27T11:14:46.206-05:00[FINISHED] Server maintenance in progress<div style="text-align: center;">
Done!</div>
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<strike>Hi everyone, I need to perform some extended maintenance on the BLF server, and it will probably take several hours to complete. See you back at BLF later today, and sorry for the inconvenience!</strike><br />
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sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-30911922326783908542019-01-16T13:51:00.000-05:002019-01-16T14:18:04.023-05:00[FINISHED] Down for maintenance<strike>Hi everyone, sorry that the site is currently offline due to some unexpected but necessary maintenance. Hopefully it won't take long. See you back on BLF soon!</strike>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-49761748099524147592018-12-17T08:37:00.001-05:002018-12-17T08:37:09.733-05:00[RESOLVED] Site outageHi everyone,<br />
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Sorry for the downtime that BLF experienced. The site was offline between about 23h00 GMT -05:00 2018-12-16 until about 8h30 2018-12-17. I'm currently looking into the cause of the outage.<br />
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Thanks for your patience, and my apologies!sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-60869294267758159032018-05-12T11:23:00.000-05:002018-05-12T13:30:16.102-05:00[FINISHED] Down for maintenance<div style="text-align: center;">
Done. </div>
<strike>Hi everyone, the site is currently down for maintenance. Hopefully it won't take too long. Sorry for the inconvenience!</strike>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-18161048984119635412018-03-28T22:06:00.002-05:002018-03-28T22:28:11.159-05:00[Finished] Down for maintenance<div style="text-align: center;">
Done. </div>
<strike>Hi everyone, sorry I had to take the site offline for urgent and unplanned maintenance. I hope it won't take too long. Thanks for your patience, and sorry for the unexpected hassle.</strike>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-84522226137600784252018-03-11T22:32:00.000-05:002018-03-11T23:37:43.060-05:00[RESOLVED] Site offline or slow to loadHi everyone, I'm currently trying to figure out the cause of the currently unusably slow performance of the site. Sorry for the inconvenience!sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-56559013916558468682018-02-22T08:02:00.004-05:002018-02-22T08:28:42.718-05:00[FINISHED] BLF down for maintenance<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden">
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Hi everyone, BLF is offline for some routine maintenance. Hopefully it won't take too long. Sorry for the inconvenience! See you back on BLF very soon.</div>
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sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-58816879860066643482017-08-19T11:40:00.001-05:002017-08-19T12:12:36.937-05:00[FINISHED] BLF down for routine maintenanceHopefully won't take too long. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks for your patience!sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-64311745997911959762017-05-18T15:39:00.001-05:002017-05-18T16:23:32.345-05:00[FINISHED] BLF down for maintenance<div style="text-align: center;">
Done! </div>
<strike>Hi everyone, hopefully this won't take more than an hour. Thanks for your patience! See you back soon.</strike>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-73082182371631031042017-02-28T13:00:00.003-05:002017-02-28T13:24:55.611-05:00Down for maintenance [FINISHED]<div style="text-align: center;">
Done. Thanks for your patience! </div>
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<strike>Hi everyone, BLF is currently offline for some routine maintenance. Hopefully it will take less than an hour, barring unforeseen issues. See you back soon!</strike></div>
sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-91253056062488610082016-11-17T10:29:00.002-05:002016-11-17T11:47:12.929-05:00[RESOLVED] Down for maintenance<div style="text-align: center;">
And... we're back! </div>
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<strike>Hi everyone, ran into an issue during routine maintenance, and we'll be offline until I can get it fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.</strike>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-21358561277274719822016-10-06T20:57:00.004-05:002016-10-07T06:31:59.429-05:00Temporary outage [RESOLVED]<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Back online!</b><br />
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<strike>The host is now giving a 3 - 6 hour estimate for service restoration.</strike></div>
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<strike>Hi everyone, as of now BLF is down. It might take a little while, as our host appears to have some network and server equipment fail almost simultaneously.</strike></div>
sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-14859553237649550282016-02-09T08:21:00.002-05:002016-10-06T20:59:48.578-05:00Offline for a major site upgrade<div style="text-align: center;">
<b> We're back!</b></div>
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<strike>Hi everyone, starting today around 1:00 PM (13:00) GMT, we'll be temporarily offline for approximately five hours as I work on a major upgrade of the BLF site engine and underlying infrastructure. I'll provide updates here as time permits, or whenever I remember to pull my eyes out of my terminal window. :-) See you back soon! Thanks for your patience.</strike>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-74026274026678732112015-12-25T22:00:00.001-05:002015-12-25T22:19:27.225-05:00[RESOLVED] Waiting for host to resolve some problems<strike>Looks like we're down for a little while until the host sorts out some issues. My apologies for the inconvenience.</strike><br />
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Back online after about 30 minutes, due to a patch that went bad on the host's end. sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3549637884539163358.post-41897338732339541322014-12-12T10:03:00.003-05:002014-12-12T10:29:40.440-05:00[Finished] Down for maintenanceThe first stage is finished and we're back online. <br />
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<strike>Hi everyone, we'll be briefly offline while I do some routine site maintenance. I hope it won't take long. Thanks in advance for your patience!</strike>sb56637http://www.blogger.com/profile/07676170639787988102noreply@blogger.com1