ECF Forum down?

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Jonathan Bryant
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ECF Forum down?

Post by Jonathan Bryant » Wed Apr 08, 2015 3:59 pm

Is anybody else experiencing problems getting on the ECF Forum today?

I had an awful job getting on to post this morning. Just about managed it in the end. Now I can’t log on at all.


<edit> Don’t seem to be able to get on to the website either.</edit>

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Jon Mahony
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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by Jon Mahony » Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:03 pm

The grading page has been a bit on and off for a few days, it may just be the ECF web page in general.
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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by Phil Neatherway » Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:05 pm

Now that you mention it, when I tried the ECF website earlier, it was taking a long time to do anything. I don't think it's just the forum.

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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by David Sedgwick » Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:06 pm

I've been having intermittent problems all day.

They do seem to be having trouble coping with the recent increase in activity, although I magine that the volume is still well below the amount here.

However, immediately before logging on to make this post, I was able to access both the main website and the Forum.

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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by Jonathan Bryant » Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:24 pm

Seems to be working for me now. Perhaps I’ve just been unlucky today.

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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by Julie Denning » Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:31 pm

I've been having problems as well. Tried to register on the ECF Forum this morning. Got to the very end of the process, then the site collapsed. Just tried visiting the website. Failed to get in. Tried again. Got in, got into the forum and into a particular thread, but when I tried to advance to the next page it collapsed again. Very unfortunate (!) if this is to happen regularly in the run up to a Council meeting.

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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by Carl Hibbard » Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:02 pm

The setup here is designed to be quite reliable.
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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by Carl Hibbard » Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:07 pm

Carl Hibbard wrote:The setup here is designed to be quite reliable.
667 unique users yesterday.
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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by Carl Hibbard » Wed Apr 08, 2015 7:47 pm

Jonathan Bryant wrote:Seems to be working for me now. Perhaps I’ve just been unlucky today.
Off again.
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Reason: My account over there has been removed now as have the posts.
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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by Mike Truran » Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:07 pm

Has some hacker targeted the ECF website???? :shock: :shock: :shock:

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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by Mike Truran » Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:15 pm

Off again.
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What did you say first time round - "Off again, you useless ba****ds"?

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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by Jonathan Bryant » Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:28 am

I’m getting mixed results again today.

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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by Kay Joslin P » Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:50 am

I heard yesterday mid-morning that there was a site-wide server issue affecting the site, grading database, forum and ECF emails. It's been working for me this morning.

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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by Clive Blackburn » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:00 am

I can't access the ECF site at all

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Re: ECF Forum down?

Post by Clive Blackburn » Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:01 am

Chrome tells me "This webpage is not available"