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We are finding that some users are getting an Error screen, sometimes with the message "MySQL server has gone away". We are aware of this issue and are working with support on a resolution.

Oddly enough I have no posting problems with other sites.   Any suggestions?

- I can't find a reference.

I was not around when the site was revamped

so perhaps I missed some info?

How do I get my "personal photo" to show on the forums?

My previous photo having disappear with the new set-up

I went to "profile" and "settings", uploaded a new photo

using "personal photo" (.jpg file - 150X150pxs and less than 20kb)

saved it, and it appears nicely on the profile page

but not on the forums.

I see others have either maintained their previous "author icons"

or uploaded new ones whise others , like myself seem yet to do so.

Help!

Omo.

Is anyone else having problems uploading pictures? I tired to start a topic in the pegbox, and when I try to upload a picture, it come up with an internal server error message (error code -200) 

Thanks

This new year marks a turning point in my life. Because of Parkinson’s disease my workshop is now closed. My tools and materials are long gone, but with luck, the publications on my website will be hosted by the Violin Society of America, where it is intended that anyone will still be able to download them free of charge. This is being made possible by the VSA and the support of my Canadian friend and fellow violin maker, Chris Ruffo (Urban Luthier). Chris has already contributed to the violin community by editing and rearranging many of my articles and talks. As well as several new titles, this site will include the mammoth Making a Double Bass project, containing more than 370 photographs and 24000 words. It also incorporates never and before published information about violin making and varnishing.

Sometime soon, my beautiful library of books, along with my archive’s drawings and collection of photographs, will eventually be sold to help fund the next stage in my career as a poverty-stricken novelist.

My first book, Angel Eyes, is now available, both as a paper back and as an e-book. Covering the period from the 1920s to the present day, Angel Eyes is the first of five hard-hitting fact-based fictional accounts of abuse, corruption and greed in the violin business. Angel Eyes chronicles the life of a young American woman, Grace Scott, as she attempts to become a violin connoisseur in a world entirely dominated by men. Grace's worldwide adventures continue in volumes II III IV & V, which are already complete and awaiting publication.

I make no apologies for the fact that, especially towards the end of this series, each volume becomes progressively darker and more erotic. You have been warned. Nevertheless, in spite of ­­­­­­their intensity, these works are also sensitive and occasionally amusing. Moreover, because they were initially conceived as a set of reference works to help musicians and violin makers identify classical Italian instruments, each novel still encompasses a profusion of information about violin identification, making, restoration and even varnishing. The framework within which this information is set may be fictional, but the technical ­­­­­­­­­­­­­data itself, is as accurate as I could make it.

Because of my illness I am having difficulty publicising these works. Please help by passing this information to anyone who might be interested. Thank you, Roger Graham Hargrave.

https://gofund.me/87f6d0eb

It only happens on MN I have had no ishere wsues anywherelse. 

And, by Jove, here we go again! 

I have no tried to "fix" the post this time, so you can see how cuckoo it is. And frustrating.

I can only gain access to the site by dropping in straight to the forum www.maestronet.com/forum

Is anyone else having this issue?

It comes up with a screen saying that the domain has expired. I'm not sure why.

I tried on a few computers and my phone and its always the same situation.

Anyone else experiencing the same?

@Jeffrey Holmes

@ghunt

As you can probably tell, we've performed an upgrade that isn't massive, but isn't insignificant. It looks like everything is working well, but as always, please chime in if you notice something that seems broken or not working correctly.

Glenn

I can only get onto Maestronet using a VPN set to USA.

Are any of our other European region members able to access the site at this time?

@ghunt @Jeffrey Holmes

Thanks for your patience while we worked out a few things on the back end. We have rolled out a new theme that is much better on mobile devices and tablets. You will properly get the 3 bars at the top right that will fly out a menu allowing you to log out and in as well as everything else you normally do. It's not perfect yet (on some pages you will have to scroll right to see the menu) but we're working on all of that too.

Also, on the desktop version of the site, the various options are back on the right side where they were before.

As always, speak up if you have something you need help with.

Glenn

Well, not really, but there was no MN when I checked in this morning...

Nice to see it's back! 

"Sorry, there is a problem
Something went wrong. Please try again.
Error code: EX0"

I have always been using FireFox.   Clearing the cache and history does not solve the problem.  This is a very recent problem.  Any idea what the solution might be?? 

I'm using Samsung phone.

Koo Young Chung