I searched for a place to ask "technical" questions on the boards here - I have not found a place. So I'll ask my question here - if anybody has other questions - feel free to use this topic.

Why do some topics allow a "quick reply", and some not?

Because some topics prefer a little foreply?

Has anyone been getting this error a lot recently when browsing the forum? I think it might be related to stress on the server in relation to episode releases and downloads - when a lot of people are downloading, it may affect the forum?

Service Temporarily Unavailable

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

Apache Server at podcastoficeandfire.com

Yes, I get that more often in the last time. Seems to be related the downloading of episodes and "503".

Should we send Mimi some money for getting a higher bandwith? How much does the server cost if I may ask?

I just mentioned this in the Chat box. I guess I should have searched here first, but I was starting to get really annoyed.

Maybe once every couple of days, including once earlier today. One or two refreshes usually gets me back on track.

As for the quick reply thing, I think that is the default is off and when we made each forum we didn't turn on it each time. Do people use that a lot?

I have! I visited various times during the day for the past few days. I just thought it was my browser or internet being stupid. I just refresh the page or press enter to reload the page.

I have multiple times during the last couple of weeks. I try a few minutes later and it usually works. Im guessing it a host problem.

+1
Doesn't happen often enough to me for me to consider it a "problem."

I wanted to answer a long time on that one:
YES - I use it quite often (if available)!

quick reply enabled for all forums now! thanks for the heads-up.

you are the best - but i think you already know that

Now... What is quick reply...

next to the "reply" button there should now be another one. if you use that only a textfield opens for your reply. if you don't intend to include pictures/different fontstyles/videos tgis should be sufficient (and quicker) - just guve it a try.

WOW! My life has been changed now

hey forum admins.........ie. mimi/amin....... do you guys know whats been going on with the forums lately? that "service is temporarily unavailable" shit is happening all the time now.....before it was once in a while or when a new episode is released, but its happening all the time now.......sometimes taking several reloads to get to a single page.......any idea?

Me too! I get that at least twice a day. I just hammer it a bit or wait a few minutes most times and it sorts itself out.

I actually don't mind the service unavailable on occasion... Reminds me to get back to work. :p

I've been having the same thing. Something else someone may be able to help me with , on itunes there are only 17 episodes of the podcast available and not the whole back catalogue, which has interupted my relisten.Is there any reason for this and can I download old eps anywhere else?

Straight off the website from the downloads page. Right click on the ep and it will save to your computer.

Hey crew.

Error 503 - HTTP Error 503 Service Unavailable

Is happening more and more often. Not only to the boards but also to the webpage. Seems to be a bandwidth issue - and as i can see in the flames: that will be worse when a new episode may come out. Is there anything the listeners could do?

Ya we need more bandwidth I think - could be that a lot of people are downloading and listening through the old episodes. Perhaps putting them on an alternate (free) hosting site might lessen the load for that, even a little (for the non-itunes, off the website downloads). Though what website would be good?

But in general we need more bandwidth but that costs money..

I've been meaning to ask: how much does the site's current hosting cost? Just ball park.

Saw a link on the main Podcast page to make donations via paypal (I've made a small one) I'm of the mind that if you can, why not contribute to hosting costs so we all win (an end to dreaded error screens!!!!)

yep been getting that error quite a few days this past week or so

yo admins, do let us know if the service downtime is related not bandwidth issues, I'll be happy to toss a few dollars your way and I'm sure I'm not the only one

Maybe Mimi could make a statement if our support is needed - she is the one paying the whole thing at the moment.

Thank you very much guys and gals. Yeah I've been getting the error messages too rather frequently. Hopefully we can figure this out sooner rather than later.

Just curious, what's the "Mr. Green" emoticon supposed to mean?

Green with envy? Ummm I don't know but he looks awfully pleased with himself doesn't he?