What happened to the Forum??

[Chappers]

What happened to the Forum?? I was all alone and had my Jimmy to sort

[Bill_Wolf]

You can read what happened here.

http://www.cckw.org/forum.htm

6/7/2006 23:15

The message board is currently down. It was not hacked as previously stated by the Server Company. On 6/6/2006 at about 22:00 the hosting company had a hardware problem with a server that the board was housed on. This lead to the loss of files and the message board history (database). To this point the hosting company denies any responsibility (although I have a documented repair ticket on this issue generated at the time) and is requesting $300 to retrieve the message board off a backup tape and reinstall it.

While the board software has a backup feature it is not supported by this host on a SQL database. I am totally at their Mercy on this.

Mid level management at this host sees their negligence as a profit opportunity and is currently unwilling to do anything.

I have moved this request to a higher authority in the hosting company and am awaiting their decision.

UPDATE: The higher authority reloaded all software from a tape backup at about 1300 on Friday 6/9/2006. All is now well. Some posts may have been lost if put up on 6/6/2006

The pressure on the hosting folks worked this time.

[Chappers]

Thanks for the reply, I thought it had been hacked for sure.

[Karoshi]

Well guys I act alone here, I'm personally grateful to Bill for getting this forum back on line, and as an expression of my thanks I'll be sending a few Bucks as a contribution to a fighting fund, incase there's a next time.

Anybody else ?

Karoshi

[Matt]

I owe Bill some $$ anyway and I'll be sending some extra towards the forum.

Matt.

[armydriver]

I will be sending some cash akso. I am glad the forum is back up and running. Thanks Bill for a job well done. This place is like a friend and a great place to talke to other enthusisist and share info. Well Done.

[UK Jack]

Well guys I act alone here, I'm personally grateful to Bill for getting this forum back on line, and as an expression of my thanks I'll be sending a few Bucks as a contribution to a fighting fund, incase there's a next time.

Anybody else ?

Karoshi

oh flippin heck........yep, in agreement here, where do we send $$ to?

( would like to add a clause that if I see Karoshis truck again featured on the lead page that not only do I have a full refund but I also get a bonus refund as well.) [that should throw a spanner in the works and stop that truck being shown again]