World of Banished

Conversations => General Discussion => Topic started by: Hawk on May 02, 2018, 03:04:51 AM

Title: Downloads?
Post by: Hawk on May 02, 2018, 03:04:51 AM
Glad to see WoB back on-line.  ;D

Did the Mods Downloads section not make the transition? I don't see a link for the downloads.
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Discrepancy on May 02, 2018, 03:09:38 AM
It seems to not be up at all currently. Direct links to the mods also do not work.
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Hawk on May 02, 2018, 03:14:48 AM
Yep! Direct links just take you back to the main forum page.
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Gatherer on May 02, 2018, 03:25:22 AM
I sure hope it can be fixed.???
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Abandoned on May 02, 2018, 05:03:00 AM
Did anyone else have a problem not being able to log out?  I get another fatal error message when I try to log out.
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Hawk on May 02, 2018, 05:10:07 AM
Yea, I get that too.

QuoteFatal error:  Call to undefined function safe_unserialize() in /home/content/22/6530022/html/wob/Sources/Subs-Auth.php on line 114

I never log out though so I never saw it before. I just tried based on your post.
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Abandoned on May 02, 2018, 05:24:30 AM
yes, that's the same message I get now and I was still logged in when I came back on this morning.  Hopefully the download section will be restored.  It would be tragic to lose so many of the old mods that still work.
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: angainor88 on May 02, 2018, 06:17:39 AM
It does the same thing when you click on the Galleries button; just takes you right back to the homepage.
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Admin on May 02, 2018, 10:35:45 AM
Downloads and Gallery are mods to the forum software that I am still trying to repair.

I have backups so hopefully this will be back online soon.

I'm working on it.

SORRY!

Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Nilla on May 02, 2018, 11:50:51 AM
Thank you for the hard work! We appreciate it! No worries; take your time!
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: RedKetchup on May 02, 2018, 12:14:54 PM
i am so sorry Master for all the trouble you have with this!
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Admin on May 02, 2018, 12:20:06 PM
Gallery is fixed.  Please check it for issues if you would please!

Now for Downloads...

Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Admin on May 02, 2018, 12:38:04 PM
Ok, I think downloads have been fixed also.

Please, let me know if there are any issues.


Thank you!

TBC
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Abandoned on May 02, 2018, 12:58:34 PM
Thank you Big Chihuahua for restoring World of Banished for us.  :)
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Tom Sawyer on May 02, 2018, 03:24:27 PM
Good to see the forum working again and thank you very much for fixing it! What was actually the cause? It was said about a server change.. but on Sunday evening and taking down a site for days? Never heard. If this info was not just a joke I would really think about changing the hoster. And if not caused by them then someone else seems to have access to the forum software motivated to do strange things. I would suggest to change the ftp and database password if you did not already.
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Admin on May 02, 2018, 08:04:47 PM
Quote from: Tom Sawyer on May 02, 2018, 03:24:27 PM
Good to see the forum working again and thank you very much for fixing it! What was actually the cause? It was said about a server change.. but on Sunday evening and taking down a site for days? Never heard. If this info was not just a joke I would really think about changing the hoster. And if not caused by them then someone else seems to have access to the forum software motivated to do strange things. I would suggest to change the ftp and database password if you did not already.

I'm taking a break before I start running a post mortem on this issue.  Looking back on this, I didn't do myself any favors for figuring out the cause but the fixes will help point me in the right direction.  Yes, I've changed passwords and did a cursory review to see if malware, a hacker, or bad upload was involved.  I got an email from my host that they were changing me over to a new server which required me to check my dns records to make sure my primary site and hosted sites all had the right IP address.  I logged in to check dns records and everything was fine but then I got the notice from RED that the site was down.  The quick overview of the issue is that some of the php files rolled back to older versions.  This broke the site functions and lost the additions the forum mods make to the files needed to manage them.

I keep a backup of the site and the database but this is the 1st time in the 4 years of existence I migh have needed them.

Maybe the host server got hacked by another site and it affected multiple sites like mine or maybe files got corrupted.  I need to look over things again and see what I find.

Thanks for the advice and the interest!  Let me know if you want to be updared on my findings!

TBC
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: RedKetchup on May 02, 2018, 08:10:12 PM
of course i would like to know what you can find :)

Thanks again !!
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: angainor88 on May 03, 2018, 06:15:44 AM
Thank you!
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: ancientmuse on May 04, 2018, 01:40:20 AM
FYI

This site went down right around the same time that a whole bunch of other sites went down (not just gaming sites), 3 other forums that I'm a part of all went down within a day or two of each other.

Apparently it was some kind of "bot" attack (according to these other sites) ?  I have no idea what these bot things are, so I don't understand the technicalities behind it all.  I don't know if the attcks were on individual sites or host servers... I'm assuming host servers since it would have a bigger impact on lots of sites at the same time.

But each site took anywhere from 1-4 days to get themselves back up and running.

WOB was not alone in this crash... apparently many others were effected too.

>:(
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Nilla on May 04, 2018, 02:17:31 AM
Just for information! It's nothing I need to see "fixed". I have noticed a couple of changes when you write something:
1. The button for "save as draft" is gone.
2. You can no longer address another member with @name.
3. It takes longer to load an entry and to navigate on this web page.

And again, The Big Chihuahua; thanks for providing this web page and working so hard to solve the trouble, totally out of your control!
Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Admin on May 04, 2018, 06:19:58 AM
Quote from: ancientmuse on May 04, 2018, 01:40:20 AM
FYI

This site went down right around the same time that a whole bunch of other sites went down (not just gaming sites), 3 other forums that I'm a part of all went down within a day or two of each other.

Apparently it was some kind of "bot" attack (according to these other sites) ?  I have no idea what these bot things are, so I don't understand the technicalities behind it all.  I don't know if the attcks were on individual sites or host servers... I'm assuming host servers since it would have a bigger impact on lots of sites at the same time.

But each site took anywhere from 1-4 days to get themselves back up and running.

WOB was not alone in this crash... apparently many others were effected too.

>:(


Good to know!  That will help in the review and maybe I can go to the host about it as well.

Title: Re: Downloads?
Post by: Admin on May 04, 2018, 06:20:43 AM
Quote from: Nilla on May 04, 2018, 02:17:31 AM
Just for information! It's nothing I need to see "fixed". I have noticed a couple of changes when you write something:
1. The button for "save as draft" is gone.
2. You can no longer address another member with @name.
3. It takes longer to load an entry and to navigate on this web page.

And again, The Big Chihuahua; thanks for providing this web page and working so hard to solve the trouble, totally out of your control!

Thank you, I will get those fixed today!