Can a mod reboot the server?

[BRANDED]

???

[zebthecat]

"""Isn't the problem that nobody has the logon details (or contact with the bloke who set it up) to be able to change the site at all."" That is what I was told. In order to work out what to do you need access to the server(s) themselves to have a look see what is causing the delays. Until somebody can do that you can;t even begin to work out what needs doing. Hving said that IO is usually at the root site running slowly so I'd look at the database first. MySQL has a couple of gotchas especially old versions. The query opimizer doesn't really work on tables with a lot of data in when using more than one join as it uses an unidexed temp table to filter the final results which sloooooooow. I could take a look if the login credentials get found. Also, I will add that I haven't used MtSQL/MariaDb for over a decade and am a developer not a dba but you learn some stuff by osmosis."

[BRANDED]

"so. If you were to create a new site... I use bluehost hosting https://www.bluehost.com £120 ish a year Domain name would be around £10 a year Then you could use Wordpress and BbPress Bbpress https://codex.bbpress.org Bbpress examples https://herothemes.com/blog/bbpress-forum-examples/ The ute hub one might be a good option? There would be a cost to setup. There may be better solutions. This would be a cheapish one. However, I'm sure most people love many aspects of the look and feel of this old site so might put people off. Fact is the people who come here like the cut and thrust."

[Far Cough]

"I don't mean everyone migrate to ITBS, that wouldn't go down too well, I mean Tapatalk as a hosting site?"

[Far Cough]

"ITBS is running on Tapatalk, might be one option?"

[Bouncing Ludo]

"Isn't the problem that nobody has the logon details (or contact with the bloke who set it up) to be able to change the site at all. Although given that NB is paying the bills, this should be something that whoever he is paying should be able to sort out All this talk about replacing the server is moot anyway, as we probably just have it hosted somewhere on a providers server. Where it is is probably anybody's guess, but I doubt defjam or north bank will have it running on a server in their bedrooms. The only thing that could realistically be done is setting up a completely new site on a new domain name and then inviting people to join it, and then as suggested, lock all the threads here and pin a thread with the new link. You'd lose some people no doubt, but then there are probably thousands of users registered and less than 100 regularly posting An extract of users and email addresses (mods should be able to do this I would have thought) if it could be done would help with populating the users on the new site, but they'd still need to reset passwords etc and I can see problems with some of the children of the site logging on as others etc Hosting a normal website can be less than £100 a year, but it would probably be a bit more with the amount of traffic through here. Plenty of people here could probably do the job for free, but they're not going to off their own back, and it really needs one of the current ""owners"" to initiate it. Does anyone know who runs any of the other west ham forums (KUMB etc) who might be able to advise on what they cost to run ?"

[Swiss.]

just added my pony

[Swiss.]

The cost depends on whether the server needs replacing ot not. I mean I'm sure there's no more traffic than usual. As I said probably needs a DBA to delete some cache/temp files. Also archive some shit and build some indexes. Probably a £500 a day job for one day. I'll put £25 in the Fund now and all we need is another 19 to follow. I'm doing it now so put your money where you mouth is

[charleyfarley]

Hi Stewie although I am a mod on here some posters think I am involved in the running of the site. I don't have a scooby where the server is what make it is and how much it would cost to replace and i'm not involved with anything to do with it. I think NB and defjam have the keys HTH

[stewie griffin]

"ha don't know why you & Bank don't throw a number up - cost to migrate the server, and cost to run it annually. There's so many dullard braggards on here who spend their entire time telling everyone how wealthy and successful they are, that I'm pretty sure the numbers will just be a drop in the ocean for them. And when it transpires that they're full of shit, someone else will stick their hand up I'm sure."

[stewie griffin]

"ha don't know why you & Bank don't throw a number up - cost to migrate the server, and cost to run it annually. There's so many dullard braggards on here who spend their entire time telling everyone how wealthy and successful they are, that I'm pretty sure the numbers will just be a drop in the ocean for them. And when it transpires that they're full of shit, someone else will stick their hand up I'm sure."

[charleyfarley]

"stewie There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza,"

[stewie griffin]

what's the cost?

[charleyfarley]

"I put up a post a few months ago to 'save this site' but it went round in circles everybody complaining but nobody taking responsibility as I see the situation North Bank quite naturally is totally pissed off with this site and keeping it going out of his own pocket so we need Somebody who is tech savvy who can give us the kit we need and the approx cost, North Bank has invited people to whomail him, so who is going to commit? Once we have that info and said person has exposed himself,not literally of course, we can then move forward with some kind of financing where necessary Any takers???"

[Lee Trundle]

"zico 12:05 Mon Aug 14 ""Just taken me 20 minutes to post todays quiz. Lots of pages granted but bloody hell it just hangs."" It's taken me over 2 mins to just be able to reply to this. Death rattle of this site? Ironic that it's the shitty political threads that will take it down. Should have had religion and political shit banned from the off."

[yngwies Cat]

Northern Sold 11:04 Mon Aug 14 Just you wait..I think this thread has wings and potential to follow the same path :-)

[zico]

Just taken me 20 minutes to post todays quiz. Lots of pages granted but bloody hell it just hangs.

[ray winstone]

"Keep the 'untitled' threads though, they are REALLY interesting...."

[Northern Sold]

Sorry make that THREE cսnt fest' Political threads... forgot the Brexit one

[Northern Sold]

"riosleftsock 7:54 Sun Aug 13 Re: Can a mod reboot the server? North I assume it was you who locked the Ukraine thread, and most likely the Trump thread and the Brexit thread? Yes can I thank the Mod that locked those two cսnt fest' threads... lets get WHO back where it was before all this non stop political chest thumping threads took over the board..."

[Pentonville]

Can a Karate Teacher just stick to Karate?

[Mike Oxsaw]

So I guess that the smartest people are saying that my brain and my cock complement one another perfectly. I applaud your observational skills.

[gph]

Somethings are better slow. Waiting while nothing happens isn't one of them

[yngwies Cat]

"I quite like the speed, it's a bit like old days Like an episode of Out of Town with Jack Hargrives.... everything today is rush rush.."

[gph]

Baggage-handlers are ordinary people. No wonder brain-the-size-of-a-planet Oxsore despises them

[Hammer and Pickle]

This thread is a work of art and needs the proper publicity and attention. We’re RICH! I tell ya! RICH!!!!!!