I realize this can be beyond your control and stressful, but is there anyway to post updates? Here in the States, the site shows up, which I guess it technically is up. Would you be able to change the message "Puzzlemix is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later" with a date/time update message as things progress?
But I'm glad the site has returned. I was in the middle of a move and didn't have my relaxation to fall back on.
Thanks
Posted 21st Aug 2023 at 12:49
thacky Daily subscriber Has not played this puzzle yet
If you are on Twitter you can tell Gareth that the site is down - he doesn't necessarily know about it
Posted 31st Aug 2023 at 13:57 Last edited by gareth 31st Aug 2023 at 13:58
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Has not played this puzzle yet
Unfortunately I simply didn't know it was down, since I was on holiday at the time (and even when not on holiday I don't necessarily know immediately - but usually sooner!). The database server had crashed and needed restarting, which requires me being on a laptop to fix so I can log in to the server securely and restart the process. So there were no updates to report I'm afraid - it only took me a few minutes to restart once I was able to do so.
In total the server crashed twice, and each time was down for just over 12 hours (which gave the effect of a longer total downtime than there actually was), so I really do apologise for the inconvenience. Puzzlemix has been on the same server for a long time, so could no doubt benefit from moving to newer versions of everything (although of course all security updates are always applied).
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But I'm glad the site has returned. I was in the middle of a move and didn't have my relaxation to fall back on.
Thanks
Last edited by gareth 31st Aug 2023 at 13:58
In total the server crashed twice, and each time was down for just over 12 hours (which gave the effect of a longer total downtime than there actually was), so I really do apologise for the inconvenience. Puzzlemix has been on the same server for a long time, so could no doubt benefit from moving to newer versions of everything (although of course all security updates are always applied).
You can however view other players' statistics and comments in the tables above.