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Nessietessie

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 04:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
About 90% of the time now, when I try to read a discussion or go to the live feeds to read, I get "can't find web site." and it boots me out.

Is anyone else having problems? I never had a problem until a few days ago when they changed servers.

Erina75

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 05:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Everything has been fine for me so far...(knock on wood).

Sunriverose

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 05:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nessie, no problems here either.

Reader234

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 05:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No problems here, but want to sympathize!! (I know the admins are doing a great job, and from posts I understand Ryn works in hoosier land with such things, as does my dh, and we are born and bred hoosiers, so gratitude for the space, and thanks for doing your best!!)

Earthmother

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 05:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
no problem for me..last 3 weeks it was everyday.

Lurknomore

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 05:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nessie, I didn't have any problems the other day when a lot of folks were, but today I experienced your hell a few times. ACK! Hopefully the new server is just trying to give us all some personalized attention and then will get over it soon!

Scribe

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 05:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have the same problem ... all day yesterday and part of today , in fact I am here now because I went through a fix provided by Admin ... but it really is a pain. So I am not surfing the site for fear of being booted out .... I'm sure it will get back to normal but in the meantime it is unfortunate.

Mygetaway

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 07:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I've had no problems so far. It was working this morning, and then earlier I went on AOL for a minute, came back to my other ISP, and the old/new links no longer worked.
Luckily I had also saved the new/new links, and put them in, and got back on the site, but for about ½ hr I couldn't access anything here either, and my computer went totally wacky with all kinds of errors.

I now went in and changed all my favs on both sites to the new addy just to be safe!

Ryn

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 07:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
if you have the adress set to

http://www.bomis.com/tvclubhouse/ xxxxxx (xxxxxx = anything)

or see a link you click on has THAT address, then the server points you to the OLD server, which in turn is supposed to point you back here to a corresponting url http://tvclubhouse.bomis.com/ xxxxxx

but if the OLD server is bagged down, or even chrashed at the time (which I bet it has been at times), those old links will fail.

I have manually re-entered all the "quick link" urls as well and many other URLs that are in more or less permanent posts on the site.

But if you use your personal bookmarks to navigate the site, you may hav eproblems if you have not updated them.

clearing your cache may help a bit as it will force your system to re-download some web stuff it has assumed has not changed (like the logo at the top of every page).

Hope that makes sense.

The board is working great for me NOW, but I have had a few glitches myself.

Off2cthwizrd

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 07:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm having the same problem - it's hit and miss whether I can get in each time I try.

Ryn

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 07:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
one quick example--

This is an OLD link that should take you to this thread:

http://www.bomis.com/tvclubhouse/discus/messages/10972/1044331.html

but 1st it will call up the old server and bring you right back here - IF the old server is running, if its not you will get a page error.

this is a NEW link and should work even if the old server is down.

../10972/1044331.html

Victoriafla

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 08:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Ryn, but I am having a hard time also. I can't access the live feed boards. Will try what you suggested again..

Spramp

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 08:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes - I get the error message (can't find web site) too and could only access the site through anonymouse.com. I could get to the front page (with the t-shirt ad) but couldn't get anywhere else (to any discussion area).

Ellenkats

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 08:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How strange -- I haven't had any problems since clubhouse upgraded a few days ago. I am so amazed when I click to come here that I actually arrive!!! Ever since I upgraded to a new computer in May, I am constantly having probs connecting. And of course, cable co says it's my ethernet card -- computer people say it's on the cable co's end. Ugh. That's partially what was so upsetting to me when clubhouse kept going down last week -- I was never sure if it was my cable modem with a short, my ethernet card messed up, my IP not renewing on schedule, my firewall interfering, my IE browser acting up or really a problem on someone else's server. Now that I've expressed relief at not having a problem this time -- I've prolly jinxed myself. If I don't post for a while, you'll know.... lol

Eden

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 09:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have had terrible problems!!! I've followed all the suggestions made by the admin. I have, seemingly by accident. gotten through twice, but the next time I type in the same address I get the "can't find this site". I have been able to get to the home page and even enter other discussion areas but NOT the Big Brother III area!The two times I have managed to connect, when I went to refresh the page on the discussion board I got the "Can't find this site". For whatever reason the @nonymouse.com worked for me today... but earlier when I tried every address given, I got the same message "can't find this site". I can't make heads or tails out of what is going on.

Draheid

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 09:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Edin: Check these threads for information on your question:

New URL for site not working

DNS Tutorial

Hope this helps...good luck and let us know.

Admin

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 10:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I've been on perfect since the changeover to this server. It has not crashed since we've been here either. The old server HAS crashed at least once. It will be completely taken out of service soon.

All TVCH files on the old server are gone, they only exist on the new server now.

Obviously the name resolution problems are continuing around the net for you guys, I'm very sorry. Others can't even get here! An email last week or before told everyone about The Mirror Site where we've posted updates and ideas on how to connect. I hope everyone gets a smooth connection soon, I'm sorry but that's all we can do right now!

Trulyscrumtious

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 11:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry to interrupt, and about this being off topic, but I have to ask...

Dear Reader234 - Hi... wink Umm, if I may be so bold... kd2 Can you pleeeeeease tell me what 'DH' stands for...I see you use it all over the place and it's driving me BONKERS... nuts ...lol.

Thsanks bunches... flowers

Ryn

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 11:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
dear husband ?
dumb husband ?

or maybe 'da husband

just a guess ;)

Wcv63

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 11:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Truly, for me and many others, not sure about all, don't mean to equivocate but am trying to be thorough, it means either "Dear Husband" or "Darn Husband" depending on my state of mind at the time of the post.

Roamjotiba

Friday, August 09, 2002 - 11:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I only got back on today by using the DNS thing in Network Neighborhood

Trulyscrumtious

Saturday, August 10, 2002 - 12:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Ryn (cute guess, lol) and Wcv. bouncy_grin

I've come across dozens and dozens of acronyms in my years, but never that one. Weird... crosseyed

Chance

Saturday, August 10, 2002 - 01:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I also got the "cant find web site"(from1AM EDT till after 4 AM finally I went to aol tech support 1-888-346-3704 for Windows and they had me in and out of control panel clicking things to do with Ips and servers. Now everything works again. I thought the whole board was down till I found SpongBob and wargod in the chat room...Bob had lots of specific, good advice but i was too fried to follow it....anyway aol fixed the prob for me

Heyteach

Saturday, August 10, 2002 - 02:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have been having the same problems others mentioned. I only got on tonight by using the anonymouse link as suggested on the mirror site. Even then I am having problems getting through all the archived folders on one thread without problems. Is this going to work itself out eventually, or am I going to have to learn how to do something geeky to get it fixed? (Hopefully not!)

Bracken

Saturday, August 10, 2002 - 03:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
After reading all of the messages here, I am thinking that this is another AOL problem.

I have been having problems all week trying to get to other areas of the site from the General Discussion area without success. Somehow only my General Discussion "Favorite" to use the AOL terminology worked.

Read all of the posts and adjusted the e-dress or URL and now am able to get the Live Feed area also. Still no link to Bunny or any other area of the BB site. But I'm not too desperate yet since I know she is taking three weeks or so off, but still interested in the fine recaps done by the supporting players.

Interestingly, I just tried my old favorites links such as Reality Shows and The Amazing Race that I have not been to in weeks and they work.

How is this possible? Has only BB area been moved to the new servers? These links should not have worked either, so I am really confused now. These links seem to have corrected themselves to new address with tvclubhouse first, then bomis as the new URL.

Unfortunately, still no navigating and Bunny Tales for me even with the new link e-dress. I just cleaned out the favorites and erased many of the "favorite" links at the beginning of the BB season in order to gain some space (my 'puter hard drive is just about ready to burst, no disc space left).

It seems somewhere along the line in attempting to clean up space my Internet Explorer link disappeared and I go through AOL when searching for websites. I'm pretty sure that this maybe part of my problem, but the links working or not working is so inconsistent, the logic of what and why it works is escaping me.

I would really appreciate it if someone would post the new correct URL's including all those darn easy to make a typo numbers at the end addresses and I will at least have access to the other areas until I can find a way to navigate within the site. Something is better than nothing; even having to close down and bring up a new address to get to a specific area is better than the error message.

Thanks for all your help.