IMPORTANT: Emergency Message Board now available

[NikolaiDante]

Hi All,

In an effort to cut-down on the time it takes to sort out an outage on this site and to reduce the onset of ThrillSucker infestation, I have created (with Wake's assistance) an Emergency Message Board.



You can access this at : http://www.shergold.org:2000



Please use this ONLY in an emergency as ALL posts are not just displayed on the page but are emailed to me and I also get an SMS sent to my phone.



If there is an outage or other serious problem please consult the board to see if :

 
• The problem has already been posted

 
• I (or Wake) have posted a response.

You use the message board in exactly the same way as normal, using your username & password. Please note these are case-sensitive.



We have tested it! (thanks to Mecha-Bou & garywilkinson for sending some messages)



Any feedback on the usefulness would be helpful.



Barny Shergold

[karne]

Crikey Barny! That's a biggun!

[Wake]

How about setting it so that we both get emailed if the gap between the current post and the most recent previous post is at least a day, but not otherwise. That would mean that during outages people could post on it without feeling guilty for clogging up your phone.



Wake

[Wake]

And I'll take a dim view of anyone who starts playing about with html in thread titles, just because they can.



Wake

[Wake]

Sorry for deleting your message on the Test thread, Oddboy.

I've just disabled html from thread titles and created a new admin category which automatically gives a larger title. Only 7 users can access it, 2 of which have only ever posted 1 message between them on the board.

Wake

[Oddboy]

That's okay.
But watch out, it could be the thin edge of the Starlin shaped wedge.

[El Spurioso]

Doesn't it cost Barny money every time he gets sent a text, and therefore every time someone posts a message?

[eeevil grin]

[Jared Katooie]

See, see? Everyone thought I was the evil one and I never did that sort of thing!

Also, what would qualify as an emergency? Nuclear war? I'm not exactly going to do a post to see if anyone else has noticed while the bombs are falling around me ears...

JK.

[Mk13]

>the Starlin shaped wedge.

So you're a member of the proletriat, but youre having trouble keeping the doors in the commune from swinging shut. Then you need...

[Oddboy]

Wake - the heading stays glowy on the message index even when you've read the messages...

[Wake]

Yes it does.

That's a feature, not a bug.

Wake

[NikolaiDante]

>Doesn't it cost Barny money every time he gets >sent a text, and therefore every time someone >posts a message?

>[eeevil grin]

No. Free service from Genie

[NikolaiDante]

>Doesn't it cost Barny money every time he gets >sent a text, and therefore every time someone >posts a message?

>[eeevil grin]

No. Free service from Genie

[angelic grin]

[Wake]

Time to bouce this back to the top I think. The site has been down for much of the afternoon.

Wake

[ukdane]

Trouble is, if the sites down, no one can read this message.