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April 7th, 2006

Wibsite

Any people from Wibsite.com trying to log in and finding that they are unable to do so: Apologies – hopefully things can be made to work again shortly.

Update (Friday 11.30am): Unfortunately we are still waiting to hear back from the web hosting company who have rather severely let us down. (You’re entirely welcome to use the comments here by the way – no need to worry about ‘hijacking’ them.)

Update (Friday 4.30pm): I’ve been on the phone to the hosting company but have been unable to speak to anyone who knows anything about anything technical. I am assured that someone will look into it and get back to me, but I’ve heard nothing at the time of writing. In the meantime ftp has started working again which means I have at least been able to put a message on the front page of the site, but our other more serious problem remains.

Update (Friday 5.30pm): The site looks like it is back, to read at least. I’m not sure that the Wiblogs are updating properly though, so save anything you write before you post it.

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21 Responses to “Wibsite”


  1. Jack the Lass says:

    Let me guess. The elastic band snapped again?

    April 6th, 2006 at 9:04 pm
  2. Smudgie says:

    No, nothing so mundane.
    The hamster has fallen off the treadmill and has suffered minor injuries, including a torn ham(ster)string.
    Normal service will be resumed as soon as Chris the hamster is feeling a little better.

    April 7th, 2006 at 8:01 am
  3. birdie says:

    Well, someone has obviously broken something.

    We’re all going to have to stay behind until the culprit owns up.

    It’s your own time you’re wasting, you know.

    April 7th, 2006 at 8:48 am
  4. Tiffer says:

    I think we should take action – how about we all use Daves comments here as our own blogs, in order to get all of that blogging frustration out! That’ll get it sorted quickly!

    Only joking Dave, take your time, I need to remind myself I have a life outside of wibblethorpe anyway.

    April 7th, 2006 at 9:24 am
  5. Neil says:

    Without a blog I am not sure I exist… what an existential problem this is.

    April 7th, 2006 at 9:27 am
  6. Tiffer says:

    Neil I believe the Lord is using this time of non-existance to strengthen us. We must gather round one another and comfort one another. I have a verse for you, Psalm 126:6. It shall be so.

    And while we are on the subject I would have expected the wibsite to have a slightly more amusing error message than just “ERROR–CAN’T CONNECT TO SERVER”. Can this be rectified first please :)

    April 7th, 2006 at 9:31 am
  7. birdie says:

    I’m sorry to hijack your comments Dave, but I feel I must say:
    I finished the Quilt of Guilt last night and I can’t post about it!!
    I’m sure The Lord is teaching me something through the resulting frustration and I’d just like to say to Him:
    “I’ve learnt it now, you can turn the wibsite back on.”

    April 7th, 2006 at 10:53 am
  8. Smudgie says:

    This is a disgrace. It has been an entire four hours and sixteen, no seventeen seconds since I last checked and still no progress. How can I get on with my life if I am not permitted to blog it as I go along? If I keep living now, then the backlog of blogdom will overcome me and I shall explode in a veritable explosion of excess life. In order to prevent that, I am being forced to sit in a little quivering blob in a corner of the room and this won’t do… I have things I should be getting on with.

    April 7th, 2006 at 12:19 pm
  9. Jack the Lass says:

    I’m just frustrated that my major procrastination tool is broken! I might have to do some work, and that would never do.

    April 7th, 2006 at 1:10 pm
  10. Neil says:

    I hope you are going to ask your Hosting company for a refund, or at least a free pen.

    April 7th, 2006 at 1:46 pm
  11. Chris says:

    Things are indeed dire. I am currently stirring up a crowd of angry placard-wavers to march on the hosting company headquarters forthwith, where we shall should slightly insulting slogans and grimace at them.

    “And while we are on the subject I would have expected the wibsite to have a slightly more amusing error message than just “ERROR–CAN’T CONNECT TO SERVER”. Can this be rectified first please”

    OK, what error message would you like to see. Here’s a choice:

    1. Sorry, the monkey powering this website has fallen off his bicycle. We’re giving him some hot chocolate and he’ll be right as rain very shortly.

    2. What have you done! Things were fine before you turned up! Now we’re all for the high-jump when my mum finds out about this. Sheesh.

    3. The website is currently on a relaxing spiritual retreat, attempting to “find itself”. When it’s found itself, or something closely resembling itself, it will be back.

    April 7th, 2006 at 4:10 pm
  12. lanark says:

    That’s a tough choice – those error messages are all rather good. Can we have some more alternatives to make the choice easier?

    April 7th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
  13. Bimble says:

    My housemate had a good one when he got a naughty hack for HL2…. when it crashed a “You Are F-[naughty word]-d” error report popped up.

    April 7th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
  14. Nefertiki says:

    Smudgie, “backlog of blogdom” is just too good to use just once — perhaps Chris the demagogue can use it for his flag-waving Wibsite demonstrating activists who’d rather be more active blogging.

    Dave, thanks for putting an explation where we’d be likely to look to in desperation. (you do really know I don’t just visit cartoonblog in desperation?)

    Chris, I accept your explanation(s), fully realize that what is happening is nothing personal, and apologize for the scathing e-mail I sent you last night. At least now you know that enforced absence from Wibsite can cause paranoia (“chris, what have I done that should make you treat me like this?”)

    Do fix it soon or at least put us out of our misery.

    April 7th, 2006 at 4:48 pm
  15. Jack the Lass says:

    You’re right, they’re not updating correctly. I appeared in the “recently updated wiblogs” bit, but the same can’t be said for my riveting test post.

    April 7th, 2006 at 6:21 pm
  16. nessa says:

    GAH

    can’t tell anyone that my builders have gone forever really this time. so i’m telling you now.

    April 7th, 2006 at 7:11 pm
  17. Pants says:

    Good to know that I’m in good company in my sad missing blogdom.

    April 7th, 2006 at 7:17 pm
  18. Pants says:

    “You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘owner today, and she assured him that once the mating was done, they\”d be eati’ at line 1″

    Once the mating was done? Is this what’s wrong with the server? People are mating??

    April 7th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
  19. birdie says:

    Just in case it helps anyone to know this, my scintillating wiblog entries for this evening are not visible on the wiblog (and nor is one I posted yesterday) but they are visible on the wiblog3 page. (I’m not implying that they’re so scintillating you’ll want to go and look. Far from it. But it might help to know they are turning up somewhere.)

    I also got the same syntax error message as pants, and it wouldn’t let me post my message until I’d deleted all my apostrophes.

    April 7th, 2006 at 7:57 pm
  20. birdie says:

    Oh, and Chris, I would be happy to wave a placard, as long as apostrophes are allowed and are in the right places.

    April 7th, 2006 at 8:00 pm
  21. Chris says:

    Right, things seem to be almost back to normal. Let me know of any problems here: http://www.wibsite.com/wiblog/geektimes/read.php?16102

    April 7th, 2006 at 10:42 pm