Forum Outage 8/11/10 0800CT + Update

Hi Everyone,

Well we haven't had this problem in awhile. The forum is down. We are not sure what is going on but are contacting the owner of the server and will notify you of any updates.

Please be patient, we should be back up soon, hopefully!

Update: Forum is back up and running. It was a system wide outage. Happy Posting!!

Notice: Changing Forum Servers + Update

In about a week's time, we will be taking the forum down to change hosting companies and servers.

This switch will bring the forum down for approx 24 hours, maybe a bit longer.

Once the switch is complete, we will send you an email.

*NOTHING WILL CHANGE except the look of the forum...all usernames, passwords, and forum content will remain the same. (all of this will be addresses in a later email)

Just giving you all a heads up...changes are a coming!

Edited: The forum will be changing servers on Friday, August 14th. We should be fully up and running sometime on Sunday. Mark your calendars.

Update: The forum is in the process of switching servers now, Sunday, August 15, 2009. It was started sometime after 0130CT and 0630CT. We are sorry about this delay. We probably will not be back up online until Tuesday evening. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Update: We are up and running. Welcome back!!

Forum Down Again: Noticed at 1623CT + Update

Hi Everyone. We are not sure what time the forum went down. But it was up this about 1PM.

We have filed a repair ticket with WOWbb, again. This is fast becoming unacceptable and we are looking into other servers.

This is the notice you are seeing on the forum or something similar.

"Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/apsforum/public_html/databases/mysql.php on line 25
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
Unable to connect to database server"

Hopefully, they will have us back up shortly. We will keep you posted. We are really sorry for the inconvenience.

Updated: 1631 Forum is back up.

Forum Down Again: Noticed at 1:40PM CT + RESOLVED

Hi Everyone. We are not sure what time the forum went down. But it was up this AM when Tina left for appointments. That was at about 10AM CT.

We have filed a repair ticket with WOWbb. This is fast becoming unacceptable and we are looking into other servers.

This is the notice you are seeing on the forum or something similar.

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Too many connections in /home/apsforum/public_html/databases/mysql.php on line 25 Too many connections Unable to connect to database server

Hopefully, they will have us back up shortly. We will keep you posted. We are really sorry for the inconvenience.

Update: 2:38PMCT: Forum is up and running as normal. Alert closed.

Domain Expired Notice - 12:00 Midnight to Current + Updates + Resolved

It shows that we did not pay the bill. We did, in full, for the whole year on 5/7/09 and it is a recurring payment no less!!

This is a WOWbb.com issue not taking care of their clients. We have calls & service tickets placed and this should be up shortly.

The site never should have gone down. WOWbb does this to us every year. *grrrr*

We are sorry for the inconvenience.

ETA 1536CT: Some people are able to see the forum. If you can't - try it later. We still have not heard from WOWbb so we aren't sure what is going on.

ETA 1748CT: Still no word from WOWbb. We will keep you posted. This may down for a 24+ hours.

ETA 2204CT: Still no word from WOWbb. Matter of fact the case hasn't even been assigned to someone yet. Poor customer service on their behalf especially for a customer who paid well before the bill was due. Please be patient. This forum will get up and running if I have to go there myself and flip the switch.

ETA: 0808CT: Well the case was finally assigned and this is the bunk we were told "I am terribly sorry for the inconvenience. Your new order was not properly entered to our records. I will make sure that this will not happen next year. Your domain will come back online within 24 hours." So, it appears it will be another 24 hours. We are sorry about this. And we did voice our disappointment to them.

ETA 1000CT: The forum is up.

October 6, 2008 Forum Down 1900 + Update

The Forum is down. We are not quite sure what is going on but a support ticket has been placed.

Update: It appears the forum is up and running

July 29, 2008 Forum Down 0744 CT + Update + Resolved

It appears the support forum has been down since approximately midnight Pacific Time. We are trying to contact WOWbb support but it seems all of their pages have been converted to "Admin Access Only" so we are unable to see if there are other boards experiencing problems.

We will keep you posted.

Update 7/29/08 1234 CT: We have been able to send a message to WOWbb for support. We are not sure when they will respond. Please hang in there. We hope this will be resolved shortly.

Update 7/29/08 1911 CT: The forum issue has been resolved. Happy Posting!

Domain Expired Notice + Updates + Resolved!!

As of 5/27/08, The forum is down for a few days. We never got a notice that our domain was about to expire. (Yes, there are charges for both the server & domain registration.)

Support is famously slow. Hopefully we will be up and running at the end of the night.

We are sorry for this inconvenience.

Update: 5/28/08: We have support tickets, emails and phone calls in. We are now waiting for a response back. Hopefully this will be resolved by the end of the business day.

Update: 5/28/08 4:00PM CT - Forum is still down, we do have support tickets out there, they have finally been assigned. Hopefully we hear something soon. This may be a little wait. :(

Update: 5/29/08 10:30AM CT - Forum is still down. The person who handles billing for the domain hasn't gotten back to us. Worst case scenario, we may end up having to move the forum to a new URL. I have some hope though that it will be fixed soon. Please send us some good vibes that this gets fixed soon.

Update: 5/30/08 8:50AM CT - The situation is resolved. Domain is up and running, though I can't see it but Heidi can. You may not be able to see it right away, but some people are already on and surfing. Keep Checking. Thank you for you patience. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused everyone. It appears everything is resolved. :) Thanks for the good vibes!!!

If you haven’t bookmarked it already, please be sure to bookmark our forum status blog: http://apsfaforum.blogspot.com/ . This is where we update when the forum is down for more than 2 hours.

Forum Status 4/6/08 0938CT + Update

It appears the forum is having some technical issues. Errors when attempting to read a thread. We have placed an support ticket with our server.

We will keep you posted here as to any updates we receive.

We are sorry for the inconvenience.

ETA: As of 1710CT the forum is still down. We are waiting for help from support.

ETA: As of 4/7/08 at 0804AM, the forum appears to be up and running. We never did hear back from support so we have no clue what happened but for now we are up and running. Thanks for waiting it out with us.

Forum Down 9/23/07 - Update

Hi Everyone,

The Forum is down. We aren't the only ones down. Hopefully we will be back up and running soon!

Thanks!

Edited to Add: The Forum is up!! Happy Posting!

Forum Down 9/12/2007 + Update

It appears the forum is down. I am not sure how long it has been down. I do know there was problems last night with posting messages. Please keep checking back. Hopefully this is a short lived problem.

Update: Forum was refreshed by the server. The forum is now up and running. :) It looks like it has been down for awhile. We are very sorry for the inconvenience.

Volume 6 of out Newsletter, "Antiphospho...What?" is available for download!

The newest installment of our quarterly newsletter, "Antiphospho...What??" is available for download at this link: http://www.apsfa.org/docs/APSFAVol6Summer2007.pdf

The next volume will be coming out in November, 2007.

Thank you to those people who submitted articles. If you have submitted an article and we have not used it yet, we will be using it in the near future.

We are in need of patient stories (esp about Men and Teens or Children), recipes, poems, related book reviews, and anything else you think would be of interest for upcoming newsletters. Please submit articles to the following email address: articles@apsfa.org. If you have an idea and are not sure if it would fit, please feel free to contact us through our contact page on the website, or email us using the email add or email us using the email address below.

We are open to any suggestions.

Please remember to check our website for any changes at the following link: http://www.apsfa.org/new.htm

Thank you for your continued support.

*Notice Regarding Mailing List*

Greetings from the APS Foundation of America, Inc.

Our server has recently made some changes and we now have to offer an opt in option for mass emails. Because of the server change, joining our mailing list by clicking here: http://www.apsfa.org/index.html#list and filling out the form will now be the *ONLY* way you will be able to receive our quarterly newsletter, "Antiphospho...What?" and APSFA announcements in your email inbox.

Please note: You will need to click the confirmation email to verify this subscription so please watch your spam buckets and remember to at @apsfa.org to your safe list.

Thank you for your cooperation and we are sorry about the inconvenience.

APS Foundation of America, Inc. Staff
http://www.apsfa.org
Email us at: APSFA

Forum is Restored 7/30/07

Looks like the forum is up. It is still a little touchy but should be fully resolved in about a 1/2 hour I am guessing.

Thanks for being patient!

Current time: 10:16PM CT

Forum is Down 7/30/2007

The forum is having issues. It is on WOWBoards end. It has been down about 2 hours. The current time is 9:54PM CT. Please be patient! We hope it will be up and running soon.

Thanks!

Yet another update! 5/27

If you cannot get into the forum using www.apsforum.com then try apsforum.com

Some people can get in using either address and some, like me, can only get in under the apsforum.com one.

Sorry about this folks...hopefully it will be worked out soon.

Heidi

Forum update... 5/27

Forum is up for some, and down for most I'd say.

So, hang in there. It's coming back...we promise!!

Your patience is still appreciated!!

APSFS Staff

Forum down, Sunday, 5/27

I have taken care of the problem with the domain being expired. We were never contacted, not really sure why...but it's been taken care of.

Support has informed me that the board should be back up within 24 hours.

MY sincerest apologies for this!! Thank you for being patient with us, we appreciate it.

Heidi

Forum is down

I contacted support. Being that it's a holiday weekend, it may take a while.

Please be patient!

Thank you.

Server Issues 5-18-07

We are aware the forum is down. Several of the servers on WOW are down. Please bear with us.

Thanks!