Site Downtime

[Ross S.]

Hello Everyone,

As some of you may have noticed 365 Project was offline last night for quite some time, unfortunately the issue was an undetected error from our hosting company and I awoke this morning to discover the site had been down for almost 8 hours! As you can see the site is back up and I am working closely with the hosting provider to ensure this doesn't happen again.

This is only the 2nd time the site has had any significant downtime in the 3 years it has been running, and I work hard to ensure the site is running smoothly.

Really sorry if you missed your 365 fix and hopefully we wont be having further issues like this!

Thanks
Ross

[Loose Images]

Thanks for the update Ross. Loads of disucssion on the FB page about this. :)

[Kathy A]

Thanks Ross. Being in Australia we were aware of the whole 8 hours - it's like a lifetime :-)

[Eleanor Muller]

Isn't it great that you run a site where people notice when the site goes down, and care. Thanks for fixing :)

[Harsha]

Thanks for the update.

[Wadey ;-)]

Thanks for the update... just realised how addicted I was!!

[Nod]

Can anyone let me know which fb pages we can find out in case this happened again? The official fb page doesn't have any updates on the issue. Thanks!

[Ross S.]

@viranod well i was asleep, and it's just me that runs it, so i doubt i would have updated the facebook page ;-)

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=84280225096

[Eleanor Muller]

@viranod http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_171099622942535

[Helene]

Thank you Ross, you always do an amazing work! you rock!!!

[Nod]

@Scrivna Thanks Ross :-)

[Ross S.]

@eleanor that is not the official group and will not be updated by me

this is the official facebook group... http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=84280225096

[kammy]

@Scrivna Thanks Ross!! we were going through serious withdrawals here... :)

[mimo]

being in china, I thought it was a china block thing, great to know it is up again!

[mango_brutus]

I thought it was blocked by my provider. I've been monitoring it since morning (Philippine time). Thanks Ross Scrivener for the effort two thumbs up!

[Nod]

@Scrivna BTW, we have experienced slowdown quite often now.... Perhaps the web hosing company can't cope with the traffic?

[Jason Daniels]

Thanks for the fix Ross, appreciate the hard work!

[lorihiro]

Thanks for fixing it Ross!

[Vicki K]

Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou Ross for fixing the problem, really missed not being able to visit the site:):):):)

[Peggy Sirk]

Thanks, Ross. You really do a fantastic job with this site and we all appreciate your efforts!!

[Alta D©]

oh i thought it was an IP error! Thanks Ross for the effort. This site really rocks! =)

[Jann]

@looseimages what is the FB page titled- couldnt find it. thanks

[FaerieMoon]

I went to bed early because of it, so thank you for the extra sleep, haha.
Stuff like that is bound to happen--thanks, Ross!

[summerfield]

whew! all is right with the world once again. thank you, ross!

[Hope Russell]

Thank you for the update. It was indeed a wake-up call for my 365 addiction. :D

[FaerieMoon]

@Scrivna FB states the group is scheduled to be archived, are they shutting it down? Maybe we're becoming more popular than FB...

[bruni]

Thank you Ross for your update. yes I missed it last night and had to go back to my old habits...the darn TV. you are doing such a fabulous job and these things can happen so let me tell you I was glad it was back up this morning. and btw since I'm here on 365 I've lost interest in facebook.

[Mrs. Smith]

Thank you for all your hard work. I appreciate all that you do!!!!!

[Jenn]

Thanks for all you do Ross!! Awesome site....keep up the good work!

[Sean]

Yup, agreed. You do an amazing job! Totally addicted....totally. :)

[Lisa]

Thanks! Wish I could use it as my excuse for being 2 days behind, but I'll take the one day excuse. :) I'm surprised with all the activity ad images it has not done this more often. Well done!

[Wadey ;-)]

just to let know, as part of all of this... I'm now able to look at images, & comment, but one thing I've noticed that's not working is the 'search' in the top right corner... it says "search disabled"...

& I'm having alot of trouble uploading (after thinking it's been fixed...), though I know others are doing it fine...

[Ariel Magyawe Jr.]

Thanks Ross for all the hardwork to keep the site at its best...

same here @bruni . 365proj is my new top visited site!

[Barbara Lamacki]

@Scrivna

Missed the site last night - was finally forced to go to bed. :) Thanks for your hard work on the site and allowing us this place 'to be'.

[Paula x2 Brumbe]

Ross, thank you for running the site and charging us nothing in return. Things like this will happen and I enjoyed getting out and taking even more photos last night. You do a great job.

[Loose Images]

@jannkc http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_171099622942535

[Rachel]

Thanks Ross! I was on 365 when it went offline. I was a little confused. Thanks for getting it back on!

[Paula]

@Scrivna Thanks for all the hard work that you put into this site for all of us! It was nice to chat with a few people on fb last night:)

[richard saffold]

it was a bit frustrating, but thanks for all your hard work!

[Nikkers]

lol, Thought it was my fault... I knew a man had to be behind the trouble somewhere...... :) :) Glad to see the prob is fixed....

[Michelle Gaynor]

@nikkers me too I thought it was my server/computer, told my husband I really need to upgrade, I might stick to that story!!!!!

[robinwarner]

@nikkers ha ha...only from you Nickers... lucky for me...i did my posts...then was out all night :) when i came home, it was still down and i considered in a mini vacation... so, from me, you get a big thanks ross :)!

[Carolyn White]

Thank you Ross for this wonderful community!!! I am one of the addicted ones! I was soooo happy to see it back online this morning! :0)

[Nikkers]

@michellegaynor . Yes Michelle,, its your server AND computer and you need to upgrade...



(hoping he reads this and complies..) :)

[Nikkers]

@robinwarner . lol Well as you know,.. someone has to give people a hard time.. and Im always up for the job.. lol

Yeah I too posted my photo,, had dinner. but came back to comment on people that I have missed over the last week due to crazy work stuff keeping me away. and this happens..... lol ah well meant I went to bed early which was what I needed more than 365. have a great fathers day.... hope your husband isnt toooo demanding today...lol :)

[Justin K.]

It's all goodddd! I got some extra sleep because of that :P

[Susan Pigott]

So glad 365 is back online. Thanks, Ross, for your work. I love this site.

[Liz (fotomama)]

love this site and so glad it is up again...you are doing a fab job:)

[Nicole Kosineski]

Thank you for all your hard work! I did miss my fix, not gonna lie, but whatever, it's up today ;)

[Cat]

Thanks Ross...my addiction is once.again happy lol.
Here is the link to the unofficial FB page we were on last night discussing the site issue...and having a little fun as well ;) http://m.facebook.com/?w2m&_rdr#!/home.php?sk=group_171099622942535&refid=27
Hope it works!

[Elizabeth Hanna]

Ah .... I just thought that it was my fault! No problem.

[june milner]

Only noticed this morning, so just went away.

Thank you for sorting it and running things. 365 is giving me a lot of pleasure.

[Autumn Eden]

Thanks for your hard work, Ross! Luckily I was able to upload and get my fix before the site went down. =D

[aikiuser (jenn)]

@Scrivna Thanks, Ross! I'm just glad it wasn't MY computer!! Your efforts on this site are much appreciated--fantastic job!! ...now on to make up my missed post...
:-)

[Paula Cook-Farkas]

Thanx Ross! Appreciate the quick response.

[Reba]

@Scrivna Went into serious withdrawal. ThanksRoss for all that you do to keep us going.

[cynce frantz]

a big appreciation ross ... i do not want to have to imagine a world without the 365 project!

[Louise & Ken]

Thanks Ross...I envisioned you tinkering with all the technology that keeps us up and running! I siezed the time to do what I needed to finish in the first place... Otherwise, It's far too easy to sift through photos day and night. Thanks for keeping us engaged on this wonderful site!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Like many others I never even thought to "blame" 365! I thought it was my computer or me! The only real let down for me was that up until yesterday I had not missed a day of posting- perfect attendance you might say. Ross, I think you and everyone else who involved in making this site tick are doing a fantastic job and I'm really glad a friend introduced me to 365! Thanks for all your hard work. If you had the time every day to read every post for each photographer you would see how valuable it is! THANKS!!!!!