no CGI after a ctrl F5 - just saying ;D
I have been unable to access the new server at all.
First time i been able to get on for the last 4 hours.
Got an error saying the server had been misbehaving!
So for me it"s far worse than before.
We"ll be speaking to the techies next week.
We"ll be speaking to the techies next week.
CGI naughtiness more apparent today unfortunately Des, had it once yesterday first accessing the forum then it was fine after the inital refresh of the page... today getting it lots :(
Couple of pointers for the switch it off and back on guys...
Possible solution 1 :
1) Set
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W3SVC\Parameters\Script Map]
".php"="your path to php\\php.exe"
2) ensure there is not a php.ini in the windows system folder and that there is one wherever you"ve put PHP
3) edit php.ini and set cgi force redirect to 0 and
cgi.rfc2616_headers = 1
4) Put the PHP scripts in their own folder underneath the inetpub root
5) Open the IIS console, right click your new php folder
In the Directory tab
set application name to the name of the folder
set executable and script as permission
set application protection to low
Click configuration and check that .php is mapped to wherever you put PHP
Restart IIS
Possible solution 2 :
Install PHP under IIS as an ISAPI module and not as a CGI processor
Possible solution 3 :
If running PHP version 4.3.3, upgrade to latest as it seems to be a common problem under this version
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I pretty much agree with Phil"s post above regarding the php.
Failing that, I suggest hitting it with the largest hammer you can find.
That may not improve the situation, but will make you feel a whole lot better. ;)
I had the same problem once before with SMF on a windows based web server. PHP was not really written for Windows based servers, is sort of mdified to fit, and quite badly sometimes. After changing lots of php settings and not working, I moved the SMF install onto a Linux web server and all problems with CGI disappeared forever..!!
Also, how can you go through the process of chaning onto a new server and not upgrade to the newer version of SMF. 1.1.2 is listed as insecure and easily hackable. Those being blocked in releases 1.1.8 and later.
that is bizzare because i for one am constantly pressing f5 etc to make the damn thing work; frustrating but i"m sure you"ll crack it eventually
A configuration amend has been made, can you let me know how the site is performing for you now?
A configuration amend has been made, can you let me know how the site is performing for you now?
A configuration amend has been made, can you let me know how the site is performing for you now?
Couldn"t get on at all today until a few minutes ago but fast as anything now.
Shiny ...But there are two banners?
2 Banners on Firefox & IE
2 Banners on Firefox & IE
Have just seen that the default theme had changed back to the original, and I have updated that. Is it back to normal?
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.
QuoteSorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.
I"m still getting this the majority of the time (applicable over the past few days). Also got a timeout error this evening, but only the once for that.
No problem at the moment...haven"t had any server errors so far.
The Stars banner is a bit large though. By the time you"ve got that and the header loaded the first thread is off the page.
Just saying!
I keep getting
Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 60 seconds exceeded in C:\inetpub\vhosts\apat.com\httpdocs\Forum\Sources\Subs.php on line 321
Clearly not fatal enough, put a pain all the same ;D
Awful this morning - just timed at over 3.5 minutes to open this page!
Awful this morning - just timed at over 3.5 minutes to open this page!
+1
I gave up this morning, seems better now though. I don"t understand the inconsistency :(
The forum software has now been upgraded to the most recent like for like version, 1.1.16.
Again, feedback on how your"re finding site performance is very helpful.
Was fine on my phone from the pub this afternoon ;D but a little flaky on the "good" connection at work.
Hating the massive Stars banner, loving the site speed. All good here.
Hating the massive Stars banner, loving the site speed. All good here.
It"ll be up for a week, part of our agreement to run the league over there.
Good news on the site.
Hating the massive Stars banner, loving the site speed. All good here.
It"ll be up for a week, part of our agreement to run the league over there.
Good news on the site.
Then I won"t re-post about how to block it. ;D
Unavailable for a while again tonight.
Tardy at the moment, i"m back to clicking a link, doing something else, clicking a link etc as it"s taking a while (though not forever) to load each page.
Don"t understand why response is so variable.
The forum is getting randomly attacked by spambots Andy >:( had around half a dozen attacks so far today already at random times. Very annoying. Currently looking at ways to block them. Bear with it... things can only get better...
The forum is getting randomly attacked by spambots Andy >:( had around half a dozen attacks so far today already at random times. Very annoying. Currently looking at ways to block them. Bear with it... things can only get better...
Ooooh...look who"s got himself 5 gold stars! ;D MBN
It"s been working nicely for me today.
Any more updates on how people are finding the site since 3:30pm would be good... either positive or negative.
- Ask image when sending personal messages
Any more updates on how people are finding the site since 3:30pm would be good... either positive or negative.
nice and quick - no issues for me
- Ask image when sending personal messages
That"s going to tilt me when I spam the NW League players..... 8)
It"s been working nicely for me today.
Cheers Paulie... been monitoring the forum database since the search changes and all been running smoothly for the past hour or so.
There"s some mods that are available to be applied to the forum software that adds visual verification (captcha) to the following which would stop the spammage attacks that have been severely hitting the site :
- Ask image in registration
- Ask image in guest posting
- Ask image when a guest or a member searches the forum
- Ask image when sending personal messages
Maybe overkill... but might be the way to go.
Any more updates on how people are finding the site since 3:30pm would be good... either positive or negative.
There have been a lot of concurrent users on the site this evening, but so far I"ve found performance to be first class. Anyone else?
There have been a lot of concurrent users on the site this evening, but so far I"ve found performance to be first class. Anyone else?
There have been a lot of concurrent users on the site this evening, but so far I"ve found performance to be first class. Anyone else?
Still good this morning.
Phil"s worth every penny you"re not paying him. ;D
There have been a lot of concurrent users on the site this evening, but so far I"ve found performance to be first class. Anyone else?
Still good this morning.
Phil"s worth every penny you"re not paying him. ;D
;D ..... no hang on.... :-\
Anyway... all good by the looks on the database side, 20 hours since the config changes and all looks well
;D Happy days x
Absolutely fantastic so far Phil, you have made a lot of people very happy!
Absolutely fantastic so far Phil, you have made a lot of people very happy!
Well, he"s got to do something for p*ssing us off most of the time. ;D
Site"s been super fast all day. Great job TC.
All good for me too since then. Great work Phil.
Would prefer if you didn"t do the ask image for member searches or PM"s but if it has to be done so be it. Half the time those char"s are unreadable and so tilting.
...................... was that right Phil ;D
Just spammed the NW players with PM"s. I send 10 at a time (max I think) and then wait for a while for the screen to return before sending another 10. This time the screen came back immediately after the first 10 and I spent a few minutes checking that it had worked because it was so slick.
Phil, for we that use APAT we salute you.........
Great job Phil ....thats why I called him "the nicest guy from Newcastle" ;D
Now it"s all bedded in for a few weeks, I think that it"s working quite nicely - well done.
But ... ::)
When I look at my private messages,the zebra-style summary at the top is all wrong (Firefox 12.0, but other browsers will be affected) I"ve attached a screenshot....
Now it"s all bedded in for a few weeks, I think that it"s working quite nicely - well done.
But ... ::)
When I look at my private messages,the zebra-style summary at the top is all wrong (Firefox 12.0, but other browsers will be affected) I"ve attached a screenshot....
It"s all working fine in my state of the art IE8
Now it"s all bedded in for a few weeks, I think that it"s working quite nicely - well done.
But ... ::)
When I look at my private messages,the zebra-style summary at the top is all wrong (Firefox 12.0, but other browsers will be affected) I"ve attached a screenshot....
It"s all working fine in my state of the art IE8
it"s all good in Chrome too
Now it"s all bedded in for a few weeks, I think that it"s working quite nicely - well done.
But ... ::)
When I look at my private messages,the zebra-style summary at the top is all wrong (Firefox 12.0, but other browsers will be affected) I"ve attached a screenshot....
It"s all working fine in my state of the art IE8
it"s all good in Chrome too
Fails the same way in Chrome 19 for me.
Hadn"t even noticed in Chrome 19 until you said ;D
Thanks to Stewart (camking) on the heads up and css notes.
Hows that looking now? x
Phil - you"re a hero
Hadn"t even noticed in Chrome 19 until you said ;D
Thanks to Stewart (camking) on the heads up and css notes.
Hows that looking now? x