More Trouble with Maestronet Loading.

[David Beard]

Once again the site is often slow or unavailable.

Are others having this experience also?

[Shelbow]

Yes it's been a bit slow today.

[violinnewb]

Maybe Maestronet is trying to cancel itself. 

[Don Noon]

Yep.  I think Andreas might have crashed the server with is video posts.  Or not.

[Bill Yacey]

I noticed there was an error displayed unless I logged in first.

[David Burgess]

22 minutes ago, Bill Yacey said:

I noticed there was an error displayed unless I logged in first.

Same here.

[Davide Sora]

28 minutes ago, Bill Yacey said:

I noticed there was an error displayed unless I logged in first.

Same here.

[Don Noon]

Signed out, signed back in... still error200.

[Violadamore]

IMHO, they're tweaking the forum software settings again.  I wish they'd leave well-enough alone.

Of course, there's always the possibility of yet another Windows Degrade.  Some of Microsoft's stuff has been less ready-for-prime-time than usual lately. 

[Yoshiki]

But, the problem seems to be in "software" side, not "hardware"...

[Strad O Various Jr.]

Microsoft Windows is software by definition, your computer itself is hardware, the programs on it are software

[Rue]

I see they're advertising Windows 11...

[Andreas Preuss]

12 hours ago, Don Noon said:

Yep.  I think Andreas might have crashed the server with is video posts.  Or not.

Sooorry!

Won’t do it again.

 

[Andreas Preuss]

I almost always get an error message when logging in.

But I figured out that I can ignore the message and throw myself in the next heated debate.

[Peter K-G]

https://maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/349148-sorry-something-went-wrong-please-try-again-error-code-ex0/

 

[Peter K-G]

12 hours ago, Violadamore said:

IMHO, they're tweaking the forum software settings again.  I wish they'd leave well-enough alone.

Of course, there's always the possibility of yet another Windows Degrade.  Some of Microsoft's stuff has been less ready-for-prime-time than usual lately. 

The software is https://invisioncommunity.com and has nothing to do with Microsoft

[Peter K-G]

Well, other than that it is running on IIS on a Windows server

[Violadamore]

1 hour ago, Peter K-G said:

The software is https://invisioncommunity.com and has nothing to do with Microsoft

OK, now tell me something that I don't already know..........

 

1 hour ago, Peter K-G said:

Well, other than that it is running on IIS on a Windows server

............and that wasn't it. 

[Delabo]

I can no longer browse without logging in first. Is this the same for everybody else ?

On the other hand if we click on the "Online Users" box at the top it shows numerous "guests" who presumably are not registered users browsing content. How are they doing that ?

[jacobsaunders]

11 minutes ago, Delabo said:

I can no longer browse without logging in first. Is this the same for everybody else ?

 

yes

[bkwood]

16 minutes ago, jacobsaunders said:

yes

Yes for me, too. It took me a while to figure that out a few days ago, since I don't necessarily log in unless I'm posting.

[Violadamore]

I've seen two separate issues arise over the last few days.

1. The entire site has been inaccessible at times, as established by interrogating it, and analyzing the code returned.  That's a connectivity problem, and often simply means that a server is undergoing maintenance (such as an operating system patch, or whatever).  I recommend that most users employ free online services like http://www.websitedown.info/maestronet.com to check connectivity. 
2. The login issue, along with some other difficulties which I noticed (relating to content uploads), is most likely caused by the forum admin changing some of the Invision suite settings in an attempt to manage some problem they perceive with spam, storage or bandwidth impacts, user behavior, or whatever has them concerned at the moment.  Finding a proper balance of settings to get a forum to run the way that you want it to is complicated, because a lot of trade-offs are involved.

[GeorgeH]

We're all addicts. 

[Violadamore]

33 minutes ago, GeorgeH said:

We're all addicts. 

I prefer "concerned citizens of the wider violin community".   

[jacobsaunders]

1 hour ago, GeorgeH said:

We're all addicts. 

I dread to think, how many nervous breakdowns there would be by now if it were ebay that had gone on the blink