Technical questions about the site

[dnemec]

I get this several times a day for at least the last couple of days. Have already done the cache clearing and dns flushing but it still happens. If I refresh anywhere from 5 to 15 times or just wait several minutes, I can connect fine.



Happens in both IE and Firefox.

I am having the same problem in Chrome.

I also am not receiving emails to subscribed threads. I unsubscribed and resubscribed, but I'm pretty sure I'm still not getting them.

Admittedly, I am a technical nitwit, but clearing the cache, restarting machine, nothing has helped yet. That being said, I did update to Windows 10 a few weeks ago, but I believe it was working fine until the last week.

[peripheral]

Yep, me still - still no email notifications on my iMac with Safari. Done all of the above suggestions - nothing yet.

[jsmcmullen92]

So I cannot reach any page from a computer. I can from my phone on the same network however.
When I ping the website from the computer I get "ping request could not find host www.thedarktower.org. please check the name and try again."

[Randall Flagg]

So I cannot reach any page from a computer. I can from my phone on the same network however.
When I ping the website from the computer I get "ping request could not find host www.thedarktower.org. please check the name and try again."

Work PC?

[jsmcmullen92]

Yes but same one I use every day to get on and was on this morning then tried to open the next thread and it just stopped

[Iwritecode]

I haven't been able to access the site from my work pc since last week. I'm only on now via my android phone.

[Randall Flagg]

My son is the server tech person. He won't be home from work until ~10AM PDT today. I'll have him look into the issues and report back here in the thread.

I ran a diagnostic and it's clear that emails are not going out. That is a server configuration problem that Michael will have to correct.

[Randall Flagg]

It would help on screen shots of the error message if someone Copied and pasted the full URL in their post.

[Brian861]

Hey Brian, I was having same issue with uploading photos. I have a Mac, opened photo in Preview, changed size (under Tools) from 72 to 52 resolution, and then image uploaded fine (although DT previously was able to upload the original size).

Yea, Peri. Never had an issue before the switch either. I think the old server or whatnot sorted that stuff out on its own. Thanks for the info though! I'll give it a shot. Good luck with getting email notifications. I went through a hand full of threads manually to try and fix the issue. No dice. I really loved that feature so hopefully it will get sorted out. I haven't tried deleting all the threads and re-subscribing as they pop up in "What's New". That might be a fix.

[Brian861]

My son is the server tech person. He won't be home from work until ~10AM PDT today. I'll have him look into the issues and report back here in the thread.

I ran a diagnostic and it's clear that emails are not going out. That is a server configuration problem that Michael will have to correct.

Appreciate it RF and all that you and the staff do for us nutty OCD collector types. Just frustration on my end when something doesn't work like it did before.

[jsmcmullen92]

So haven't been able to get it to open on my work laptop all day. Flushed dns and restarted still nothing just trying www.thedarktower.org. tapatalk stopped and phone browser stopped as well while on WiFi. Changed to data and it now working. Looks like the network is storing the DNS entry at work and I cant flush that one.

[jterp5]

Does anyone know what "paid subscriptions" are?

[jsmcmullen92]

Something Matt set up back in the day. I think it got you a few extra perks but nothing now a days. Rf had talked about doing a paid subscription to keep the ads away but instead runs a yearly fundraiser to help support the cost of the site (like there server and HDS he just had to replace).


Note to RF and Michael, emails are working again. Thanks guys you're the best!

[peripheral]

Yep, emails working... Well done.

[divemaster]

I'm glad the e-mails are back.

For the better part of a day I couldn't connect to the site at all. The it seemed to get sorted, but today from the office, no-go again. Some message about "DNS server." But here at home it works fine. I'll check from the office tomorrow to see if it's still bollixed up.

[Brian861]

Yep, emails working... Well done.

Yes! Thanks, team!

[Brian861]

RF, do you know if we'll ever be able to upload the actual size of photos and have the site adjust them accordingly or is that a thing of the past?

[stroppygoblin]

RF, do you know if we'll ever be able to upload the actual size of photos and have the site adjust them accordingly or is that a thing of the past?

The site has a size limitation Brian, but there are tags you can add when displaying it to make it appear smaller when viewed, but full size when clicked. What specifically are you trying to achieve?

[jsmcmullen92]

I'm glad the e-mails are back.

For the better part of a day I couldn't connect to the site at all. The it seemed to get sorted, but today from the office, no-go again. Some message about "DNS server." But here at home it works fine. I'll check from the office tomorrow to see if it's still bollixed up.

Did that to me all day yesterday from the office. Came in this morning and everything is working. They must flush out DNS overnight or something here.

RF, do you know if we'll ever be able to upload the actual size of photos and have the site adjust them accordingly or is that a thing of the past?

The site has a size limitation Brian, but there are tags you can add when displaying it to make it appear smaller when viewed, but full size when clicked. What specifically are you trying to achieve?

Simon if you look up thread at this post and above you will see what they are talking about
Post: http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...=1#post1019470

[divemaster]

Yeah, I'm in the office and all is working today. So far.

[stroppygoblin]

I'm glad the e-mails are back.

For the better part of a day I couldn't connect to the site at all. The it seemed to get sorted, but today from the office, no-go again. Some message about "DNS server." But here at home it works fine. I'll check from the office tomorrow to see if it's still bollixed up.

Did that to me all day yesterday from the office. Came in this morning and everything is working. They must flush out DNS overnight or something here.

RF, do you know if we'll ever be able to upload the actual size of photos and have the site adjust them accordingly or is that a thing of the past?

The site has a size limitation Brian, but there are tags you can add when displaying it to make it appear smaller when viewed, but full size when clicked. What specifically are you trying to achieve?

Simon if you look up thread at this post and above you will see what they are talking about
Post: http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...=1#post1019470

Ok, That file size mentioned is waaay too big to be accepted.

[Br!an]

The site seems to be working today.

[dnemec]

Whatever your son did was terrific! Thanks!

[Brian861]

I'm glad the e-mails are back.

For the better part of a day I couldn't connect to the site at all. The it seemed to get sorted, but today from the office, no-go again. Some message about "DNS server." But here at home it works fine. I'll check from the office tomorrow to see if it's still bollixed up.

Did that to me all day yesterday from the office. Came in this morning and everything is working. They must flush out DNS overnight or something here.

RF, do you know if we'll ever be able to upload the actual size of photos and have the site adjust them accordingly or is that a thing of the past?

The site has a size limitation Brian, but there are tags you can add when displaying it to make it appear smaller when viewed, but full size when clicked. What specifically are you trying to achieve?

Simon if you look up thread at this post and above you will see what they are talking about
Post: http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...=1#post1019470

Ok, That file size mentioned is waaay too big to be accepted.

The file size wasn't an issue in the past, Simon. I was able to upload the original size without issue. Last night, I downsized from the original size to large size and it worked fine. I was just curious if that's something I'll need to do always moving forward. Not a big deal if so. Easy enough to do.

[Randall Flagg]

The photo size parameters haven't changed.