2025 technical issues (logon delays, Cloudflare, blanks, redirects; SEPTEMBER)

[Daeothar]

Yes; posting has been an adventure the past few days, and has been getting worse too.

Interestingly, I've been trying to post screenshots dozens of times, and those posts never went through. What did happen regularly though, was this forum error message, which was new to me...

I still can't post the picture, even though I can post without it, apparently.

It states:

path cannot be empty

+++EDIT+++ I just attempted to upload it to the forum, as I was suspecting the uploading instead of linking was the issue, but when trying to put a picture in my gallery, I got the following error message:

implode(): Argument #2 ($array) must be of type ?array, string given

+++RE-EDIT+++ Something was done though, because the cookie and adds-pages are no longer appearing right now...

[has.been]

I was having this problem yesterday evening & early this morning.
I am, at the moment, getting access to the LAF. 
Typing this with fingers crossed. 

[WargamesIllustrated]

Hi all,

As of last night (2am-ish), I manually reset the DNS records and linked the domain back up to the webspace. So the time to live will have come into effect by now.

As of today, I have not experienced any parked pages on either my iPhone or desktop, whether on WiFi or mobile data. For me, it looks promising.

I would advise all to flush your DNS' on your devices, though, just to make sure you're seeing the most up-to-date website, and once again (I know this is getting long in the tooth now  ) clear your cache. Also, to be extra sure, for those who are using WiFi and not mobile data, feel free to restart your modems.

Keep me updated on your findings.



Thanks!

[Daeothar]

Still can't attach pictures to posts; I just tried...

+++EDIT+++ Also; I'm still getting cookie messages dozens of times again now, after a short hour or so of them disappearing 

[robh]

Problem is getting worse and worse.
 
I am guessing the "blank page" is what I get instead of the cookie notices other users are mentioning as my browser is set to automatically reject and block cookies and trackers. Usually happens in the background so I don't ever see the pop-ups.
Whatever has changed on LAF in the last few days that is causing this problem does not occur on any other site I have visited.

[bc99]

Still happening on my mobile. I’ve cleared DNS, etc.

Is random when it happens. So can go to the main lead adventure index, click into colonial forum, and all is well. Then I clicked into specific forum post and get the purple page of weirdness. I’ll push back arrow, and click into that post. I can do this several times; click post, get purple page, click back, repeat. Eventually I get into the post and can read.

Finally, when I clicked the reply button on this thread I got the purple page. I’ll try and reset/clear cash again to see if it resolves the problem.

[WargamesIllustrated]

Hiya,

I've only just got back into the website, but here's the update:

I am fighting tooth and nail with IONOS to explain to them that this is on their end of things, and this is absolutely ridiculous. They're "Currently investigating the problem."

From the database being locked a few days ago, to parking our domain, and then to fob it off as a user "caching/DNS issue" is safe to say... getting long in the tooth.

Once this problem is fixed and the site is stable for all, I'll be looking into moving the Lead Adventure Forum off this IONOS "Managed Server" because, as of right now, I have very limited functionality when it comes to actually fixing or controlling anything behind the scenes.

All of this to say... thank you for your patience thus far. However, there might be more downtime in the coming days as I work to fix this, as I'm the only one working on it currently.

Cheers,
Joe

[has.been]

Thanks for the update Joe.

[Severian]

Yes, thanks for working on this and keeping us posted.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Thank you.

[Daeothar]

Good luck Joe...

[FifteensAway]

So, roughly midnight local time (California) could not log into site at all - getting that image seen on page 1 of this thread.  Just FYI.  Perhaps down for fixing.

However, I am confused.  And perhaps I missed an announcement.  But I thought LAF was owned by Northstar - yet "Wargames Illustrated" is working to fix?  Has there been a change in ownership or maybe just a farming out of website management?  Perfectly understandable if so, LAF is not Northstar's north start after all. 

[Bloggard]

yes, very bad for me earlier on today - had to give up trying to access the site.

better atm.

*tried Chrome earlier on, wondering if it was Firefox, but the problems remained.

[Tactalvanic]

Good luck Joe, efforts appreciated, sorry I cannot post up the screen and console captures, but its all  sdparking redirection.

[Fred Mills]

First time since yesterday I was able to log on without the Ionos redirect page. Appreciate the update, but perhaps also broadcast that via other channels and forums too? If one can't get here, one can't know why the link is not working.

Really appreciate the work and diligence.