[Update] Chat Room Back Up!

[Endless Flight]

Freedom Leaguers,

Due to some site resource issues with the host, I had to temporarily disable the chat until we get it all worked out. It seems to be a resource hog, at least as far as my host is concerned. Not sure why, but I'm looking into it. I will get back with you as soon as I can on what is causing it, but it's wreaking havoc with my account.

Thanks for your patience,

EF

[Barnum]

They always blame it on the chat. And they are rarely telling the truth.

You can easily verify if the host is telling you the truth. Their virtualization software keeps "load" logs (it must, or how would they know there was a problem). Ask the host for a copy of the "offending" logs and compare load peaks on the server with the chat logs to see if they correspond to chat activity.

I find it hard to believe that an AJAX-based chat is the resource hog. It has been running here for 14 mo. and there haven't been any complaints from the host until now . . . and there is less traffic to this site now than ever before. I have run two other phpBB sites that were far more active than this one and used that chat software (or a version of it) without any complaints from the host.

I know LunarPages only charges $5 a mo. for hosting, but for that, the service should support a site the size of this one, chat and all. :|

[Endless Flight]

Chat is back up.

Of course they don't tell the truth!

In the interests of keeping everyone informed, I'll be moving to a new host as soon as possible. There may be a day coming up where we are offline for a few hours. I'll keep you posted when this happens.

Thanks for your patience.

EF

[Endless Flight]

I know LunarPages only charges $5 a mo. for hosting, but for that, the service should support a site the size of this one, chat and all. :|

I pay more than that! Where do I get this sweet deal? :x

[Barnum]

http://www.lunarpages.com/solutions.php :D

[Endless Flight]

Good grief. :roll: