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No annoucement on this site that essential maintenace was going to be carried out



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We are performing some essential maintenance on Genes Reunited, we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Hi GB, Thanks for mentioning this. Unfortunately, this message can be shown when we have unexpected server down time. This is why we are changing our main database server this week, as mentioned in previous threads. We are sorry for the trouble caused, but system should be back and running ok now.

no it is not back and running okay now

5 hours later



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and still getting the error message which came after the essential maintenance message.

Just to let everyone know that we are working on the performance issue that is causing immense pain for many members, either preventing logging in or throwing up the "essential maintenance" page.

We will be changing servers to improve the site's performance and this should happen very soon.

We will keep you updated.

*pots on hard hat and stocks up on string and beeswax* Just in case. :-D

Quite honestly, if I were thinking about joining the site now, instead of having done so seven years ago, I would seriously think twice about it; the speed is slow, there have been ongoing issues for months, etc.

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"We will keep you updated."
- thank you, Phil; perhaps a prior notice in the announcements board?

I think prior notice should be given but in a more prominent position than on the announcements board. I think it should be plastered on the home page next to where it says Hello ????? And in the White space above next to where it says Community.

Less people are likely to see it on the announcement board.

Perhaps there could be an indication against Announcements when a new announcement has been posted.

I missed the one about the site being unavailable today and this maintenance obviously caused some further problems as can be seen by the number of posts with nothing but a title and the number of "unknowns"

Phil, will you be able to get these threads back?

I am really sorry, but I think the new threads that have been half created are not retrievable. I am genuinely sorry about this. The process was failing after it created the thread record but before the post could be saved.

I am going to have to delete the threads with no posts.

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Phil

As I have said before,I think the fact the site is going to be down should be in a more prominent position as this is important information. Without some indication that the announcements board has been updated means that it will go unnoticed by the majority of members.