GoS site issues ...

[kaldar]

Previously I have had some issues getting into the site but they were usually sporadic and came and went quickly. Suddenly this morning I can't get to the site or log in at all. I have tried firefox , IE , and even downloaded and tried Opera.

One time I was actually able to get to the log in screen in firefox but then when i tried to log in it timed out and started behaving the same again.

Any ideas what could be causing this ?

[Tim]

Hmm. I'm not having any issues. What exactly is the issue you are getting?

[ger]

well, i can log normally, but i have noticed a lower than usual number of players online, i was the only online in tar valon some minutes ago, which is odd...

[Tim]

Hmm. I wonder if the server was down for a bit and just recently popped back on (within the last hour). How long ago did you log on, Ger?

[kaldar]

I get this message in opera

Error!
Could not connect to remote server

You tried to access the address www.gos.talij.com/, which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the Web address (URL) is correctly spelled and punctuated, then try reloading the page.
Make sure your Internet connection is active and check whether other applications that rely on the same connection are working.

I get this message in IE

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

Most likely causes:
You are not connected to the Internet.
The website is encountering problems.
There might be a typing error in the address.

and i get this message in firefox

Network Timeout













The server at www.gos.talij.com is taking too long to respond.







The requested site did not respond to a connection request and the browser has stopped waiting for a reply.

[Tim]

There's no 'www' in the site address. Just gos.talij.com/. If it's adding the www, that would likely cause some problems. Not sure why it would be though unless you're doing something different.

[kaldar]

retried without the www ......... still no love i get the same error messages without the www in the name in all browsers

[ger]

i have loged in and out many times, and i dont have any problems, but i still dont see many people connected, i m alone again in tar valon.... maybe its a regional problem, i m in south america...

[Tim]

Hmm. Not sure what's up. I doubt it's regional (I'm in USA though). If this was a more widespread issue I'm fairly certain others would have chimed in here by now. Could there be an issue where your connection is blocking the site? Not sure why it would, but it's a possibility. I don't know why this would help, but try clearing out your cookies and temporary internet files as I know there are some outstanding issues caused by those. Doesn't seem related to this, but it can't hurt. I'll keep trying to figure out what's going on.

[kaldar]

well just now i was able to get to the login page using opera , but then when i go to log in i get the error not able to connect to the server ....

are you sure you didn't code something like

if username = 'kaldar' block ip ?



kaldar sad

[Tim]

I haven't made any code changes at all since Sunday, and those were on the test site, not the live version.

[Mat Cauthon]

Well i have yet to have problem with the site... i guess i"m just lucky

[mvn]

Pun intended, Mat....

[kaldar]

I'm back in now , it was very strange and i'm not sure exactly what was going on but it did have something to do with my work firewall ....

[Tim]

Quite odd. Perhaps your work decided you needed to stop playing games and get back to work. *knocks on wood that my work doesn't do something similar*

Glad to hear you're back in!