Site down a lot lately?

[rp181]

Simply view google's cached page and browse, pass the time away
I also check spudfiles alot, but i guess im to oblivious to notice =p

[Davidvaini]

Yeah it's been down for me lately, I probably check it more than david.

40+ times a day? with my job and schooling Im on a computer 12 hours a day and I always have spudfiles open.. I also look at pretty much every post...

[suburban spudgunner]

Spudfiles has been down a lot lately...I guess I don't check in quite as often as some of you, but my heart did sink earlier when I couldn't log in...I was all out of excuses for not doing my research paper...

[PCGUY]

I'm sorry, I guess I must say that my webhost just sucks. I've had no part of any of the recent outages (very few of them ever in fact) I am usually the one fighting to keep it online. Usually when things go down, I have access to my virtual server control panel to reset the server however this time I could not access it nor did my host respond very quickly so I was left sitting in the water.

SpudFiles could really use a dedicated server.

[psycix]

SpudFiles could really use a dedicated server.

How much do you need for that?
I'm all ready to donate if this fixes the downtimes.

[iemand]

Same here, I've also seen this error quite some times :

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (11) in /home/spudfile/public_html/forums/db/mysql4.php on line 53
phpBB : Critical Error

Could not connect to the database

[john bunsenburner]

Yes, i got redirected to ask.com as if i searched spudfiles all day yestureday, it worked for insomniac so i dont kow if its just me or the server, i was jsut about to pm pcguy...

[PCGUY]

If you were being redirected anywhere, that was due to the way your browser is setup. When "down", SpudFiles will usually display a timeout message, or a database error.

A dedicated server is $100/month with a $100 setup fee. I can not afford this so right now I am on a much cheaper virtual dedicated server package. I am at the very limits of this package however, and to upgrade to the next package will run me $70/month (and that's only if I pay for an entire year upfront).

[jonnyboy]

Yeah it's been down for me lately, I probably check it more than david.

40+ times a day? with my job and schooling Im on a computer 12 hours a day and I always have spudfiles open.. I also look at pretty much every post...

Well you beat me then I probably spend about 2 hours a day on this site.

[psycix]

Maybe you could start a money donation thing just like wikipedia does every now and then.
Im sure that there are other people like me who would be willing to donate some.

[PCGUY]

There has been a Donation box on the left side of SpudFiles ever since I started it. It's how people get the status of Donating Member. Few have donated.

[jrrdw]

That's $940.00 up front, sizable chunk of change. Maybe some rich member will come along and be very generous.

[Davidvaini]

this is the only site I would ever consider donating to.

I'm gonna leave it at that

[SpudsMcGee]

I would donate if I could, but I'm only 13 and I don't have a major income. But if this site is still up when I get my debit/credit card, I would be more than glad to donate.

[MrCrowley]

I donate my time and effort

As much as I would love to donate so we could upgrade to a better server, i'm saving for a trip to Europe and the funding is pretty damn tight.