Service unavailable

[GiampieroSilvestri]

It is two or three weeks that when opening a page here on Britmodeller I get a "service unavailable and error 503 encountered"notice and it happens more often every day.

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

 

 

[Ed Russell]

It is the same as this, which has been happening since 2020. Computer glitch? Malware? Foreign interference? Who knows?

 

[Bertie McBoatface]

I have several time lost updates lately. It's very frustrating if I've been writing a lot. I try to remember to save my edits more often. It does seem to be happening more and more often

 

[bootneck]

Hi Bertie,

 

If you are writing sizeable responses then, to avoid losing that work, I would recommend typing up your response in Word, or Notepad etc., then copy it over to BM when you are happy with it.   I do this for updates in my  WIPs, mainly so that I can proofread my work for spelling and punctuation etc., before going to print.    Initially it sounds like an additional overhead; however, it can save a lot of time with retyping.

 

Cheers,

Mike

[Bertie McBoatface]

1 minute ago, bootneck said:

Hi Bertie,

 

If you are writing sizeable responses then, to avoid losing that work, I would recommend typing up your response in Word, or Notepad etc., then copy it over to BM when you are happy with it.   I do this for updates in my  WIPs, mainly so that I can proofread my work, for spelling and punctuation etc., before going to print.    Initially it sounds like an additional overhead; however, it can save a lot of time with retyping.

 

Cheers,

Mike

 

Good idea. I dont think that works with photos though

[bootneck]

True; however, I still write the whole progress report in Word, then insert the images into BM between the dialogue.

 

cheers,
Mike

[bentwaters81tfw]

Getting a lot of this now, especially if the computer has been idle for a while but logged in.

[Bertie McBoatface]

I also get logged out randomly when using my phone on the website. 

 

When clicking to post on a topic I don't get automatically sent to the text entry box. 

 

When following a notification I'm taken to a random point on the page, not to the actual reaction. 

 

The entire site becomes unavailable for minutes at a time. 

 

(I don't get these problems with any other website)

 

There are work around for all of these of course but I wonder whether something more serious underlies all of these symptoms?

[alt-92]

8 hours ago, Bertie McBoatface said:

Good idea. I dont think that works with photos though

Actually, it (mostly) does - as long as you use the link to the photo in your text editor.  

[Bertie McBoatface]

1 hour ago, alt-92 said:

Actually, it (mostly) does - as long as you use the link to the photo in your text editor.  

 

I'll try again then, thanks!

[Julien]

On 17/12/2022 at 12:04, bentwaters81tfw said:

Getting a lot of this now, especially if the computer has been idle for a while but logged in.

you are idle tho?

[bentwaters81tfw]

1 hour ago, Julien said:

you are idle tho?

Yes, something I practice a lot. 💤

[KingTiger435]

I get 503'd almost constantly now, not really a nuisance, I just reload and it's fine, thought I'd report on it though. I have a modern computer and up to date browser with a stable internet connection so not sure what causes it...