Site Outage - April 2018 and July 2021 and April 2022

SiCo

Firstly apologies for the disappearance. Unfortunately our host suspended our account without notice for using too many resources. They won’t actually tell me what these are though which is making it difficult to sort out.

I have upgraded the hosting to the next package to buy some time to try and identify the issues. Unfortunately it may become unsustainable but I will discuss that again before I do anything drastic!

Because they suspended the account I had no way of posting an update or message which was thoroughly annoying. Anyway the site is back and connectivity should get better again. Please post if you experience any more issues. In the meantime I will try and track down our problem script.

Chriscoop

Many thanks for the hard work Sico -{
It's just nice to see ajb back online.

danjaq_0ff

Thanks Simon -{

The Red Kind

Many thanks for the update Simon.

I think it shows how much we really value and appreciate this site, even to lose it for a few days is tough to take and I for one need my daily fix!!

Not sure about anyone else, but I looked elsewhere on social media for announcements or updates regarding the site being down but saw the ajb007 Twitter and Facebook accounts are both inactive? Would it be worth using these platforms to provide updates in the event of the site being down in the future?

Keep up the good work Simon. This site is a very special one!! -{

Thunderpussy

Agreed, Thank you for all the hard work keeping
AJB running -{

Thomo

Yes, thanks for all your hard work

Dirty Punker

I sought to reddit to get my fix, noticed a thread open about AJB007 being down.

Gymkata

Thanks for the update and for getting the site back up. I'm newer around here but I've really grown quite attached to this place.

Hardyboy

Even little ol' modly me was wondering what had happened--no warning, no nothing, just poof! Glad to be back!

Bond44

Well done SiCo good effort - guessed it would be something like that.

Hope the upgrade works and if you need a contribution to the running cost I am sure crowd funding from AJB members would be a possibility - I found I actually missed it during its downtime - go figure!

Cheers :007)

JTM

Glad we’re back gentlemen - definitely had me worried for a while there! Thanks for all your hard work Simon -{

Charmed & Dangerous

Agreed - not sure what I’d do without AJB - thank you Simon for your dedication -{ -{ -{

Barbel

...and we're back after being unobtainable most of today. I don't know what happened, and have contacted SiCo to see what's been going on.

Silhouette Man

Good to see AJB back in action. It just shows how much we miss it when it's not there. Thanks to @SiCo for getting us back on track!

chrisno1

Thanks @SiCo

I'm not a tech guy, but like you I am rather concerned about a random "using too many resources" outage. What exactly does that mean? They should surely provide an explanation so the issue can be prevented - or is the host attempted to blackmail you into upgrading

Gymkata

Barbel

SiCo says it was a hosting issue, and he's looking into it.

Thanks for your patience, everyone.

Barbel

And we're back! The Automatic Secure certificate failed for some reason, to quote SiCo.

Apologies to all.

Silhouette Man

Good to see that AJB is back in action again. I've missed my daily browse! 😀

chrisno1

Damn these automatic secure certificates...

The Red Kind

Thanks for getting us back on-line, all. Really, appreciate the work that goes on behind the scenes!🍻

Gymkata

sweet.