Quoted from machine.slave

I also use the eblah portal exclusively.. it'd be missed for sure.

Can you please elaborate and tell me what about the portal is so great ?

Recents threads with posts (exists on phpBB), rest is just some random stats ? Maybe i can add what you like in a different way without having to install that portal plugin ?? Let me know, your opinion is important for me  

Actually i fixed the "View active topics" on the phpBB forum.

This does exactly like the eBlah portal and you can even decide of the duration--> Display posts from previous XX days (actually display the threads and not the individual posts).

Quoted from machine.slave

Totally agree with this.. you'll never please everyone, especially if they're French  

*runs away*

That may be a joke , machine.slave , i ' m not separatist . I was in Vancouver for 10 years and don ' t have any trouble with Shakespeare language, but it ' s not the case with most Quebecers and not all of us are separatists .

I know for a fact and was told by some "FRENCH CANADIANS" , ' cause after all , that ' s what we are , got offended by some comments like this one .

So , lets try and not get political here ...  

BTW , i got the internel error 500 yesterday on both old MAACA forum and new MAACA forum at the same time ...

I'm for re-registering on the new site....
1) It will get rid of the hundreds of inactive accounts
2) I can change to a nickname that I actually use...having to introduce myself in person as "Hippochrome" has felt really stupid the past few years  

Quoted from Hippochrome

I'm for re-registering on the new site....
1) It will get rid of the hundreds of inactive accounts
2) I can change to a nickname that I actually use...having to introduce myself in person as "Hippochrome" has felt really stupid the past few years  

And Hops is better

Yes, error 500 was all over the place friday night, on all the domains hosted in that 1and1 account (pinregen.com, mtlpl, old maaca, new maaca..).

So it is now clear that it is a server resources issue. I just dont know if it's eBlah causing it or not.. but once the server crapped out, everything goes down.

So now there's only 2 possibilities, either we move on another hosting (Websherpa probably), or get 1and1 to fix their mess !

Why not take what you have for the new site and dump it on another server.

WebSherpa has offered, Brock has offered, hell even I have a hosting site with unlimited space and unlimited bandwidth so if you want to use my site you can do that as well.  

Take the new site, dump it on a new server see if the error happens.

Quoted from Vengeance

And Hops is better

"Hops" is short for Hopkins...and allot easier to say then the many syllable "Hippochrome"
The other new user names in the running were "Hiphopapotamus", "Mr. Prime Minister", or "The Big Bamboo"  

Quoted from Vengeance

Take the new site, dump it on a new server see if the error happens.

Just turning the old one read-only might fix the issue, if it is the main cause...

I will go forward and create all the categories in the new site and we'll do a few days test drive with eBlah as read-only to see what happens.

Quoted from Azatotht

Yes, error 500 was all over the place friday night, on all the domains hosted in that 1and1 account (pinregen.com, mtlpl, old maaca, new maaca..).

So it is now clear that it is a server resources issue. I just dont know if it's eBlah causing it or not.. but once the server crapped out, everything goes down.

So now there's only 2 possibilities, either we move on another hosting (Websherpa probably), or get 1and1 to fix their mess !

I think our hosting would solve the issue, I spent a lot of time researching hosts for my customers to find a responsive service with good customer service, I've rarely had any glitches and those have been fixed immediately (not to mention answering my many dumb questions about hosting set-ups (we do both IIS and Apache hosting). I'll be passing on the parameters to Sylvain so that he can give it a try.

If hosting is free now, does that mean we can get rid of Google Ads?  

Quoted from machine.slave

If hosting is free now, does that mean we can get rid of Google Ads?  

What, and eliminate a source of revenue for the site's sponsor???