Server problems persist

Ori.net hosting are just amaterus playing server admins. Try to look up something more professional.

Gods know that with the amount of ads on the website you can afford it

Still better than the system where I work!

No worries. Thanks for everything you guys do!

@HOBBES:
Mostly I’ve encountered issues around 8-9pm EDT, which are more noticeable for being the final hour of RSotD, followed by the next one being posted. The outages don’t last more than a few minutes, so if you only check at certain times of the day, or only once per day, chances are you might never notice.

I can relate to these issues. I have a fairly popular site for fan conventions and was having major issues with my hosting provider a few years back. Their support was not helpful at all. Eventually things just seemed to magically sort themselves out. I suspect that the hosting company found out what boneheaded server change they made and just didn’t want to admit it was their fault. (It’s always easier for them to try to blame me even if I hadn’t made any code changes in production.)
Hopefully Huw’s data center people are more competent than mine were. :)

Is this why i can’t load part lists?

Huwbots gone on strike until Lego brink back Clickits :)

I wondered about issues that I've had just recently that I thought were odd, as your site is so reliable.
I thought it might be my computer as pictures of sets wouldn't load for me, amongst a few other issues. Thanks for letting us know!

Huwbot sabotaged the server

@Huw Is the ultra slow speed of over a minute when clicking on a set image to expand it also due to the server problems?

Never really noticed issue but sorry there are for some of you and Huw the owner! Hope you can get it all sorted. Love this site and all you provide to many in so many ways! Thanks to Huw and the team!

@PurpleDave said:
" @Zordboy:
I’m not sure taping “Kick Me” signs to Jack Stone’s back is going to have any effect on this server issue.

@Goujon:
If you hadn’t noticed, @RTPoaa posted a comment, which requires having an account. That doesn’t mean you get to live a permanently ad-free life. On my PC, I can stay logged in perpetually, so it’s not a problem (and the ads fill a tiny fraction of the screen on the rare occasion that my login gets dropped). On my iPod Touch, the ads take up half the screen or more, sometimes cover the login link, on a slow connection they cause the page to jump around so much that I can scroll past the same comment 3-4x per second, and if I do much of anything else that uses system memory it drops my login. And sometimes I’ve had it stall out during a login attempt, so even that doesn’t magically erase all the problems."
I mean why are you trying to use an ipod to surf the internet?

I did notice, because I check the site regularly every day. For the last years I never ever had any problem. So I am definitely looking at that 99,9999999% of the time instead of this once there are some issues.

I understand the frustration for you guys, but from my side nothing else than thanks! Good luck!

Pictures are taking a long time to load!

@Terreneflame:
Um...breaks at work? Beats hauling around a laptop, and I’m not paying a Winter Village set every month plus a UCS MF2 every year or two for a smartphone. Some of us would rather spend our LEGO budget on LEGO product rather than the means to talk about it.

@Terreneflame said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Zordboy:
I’m not sure taping “Kick Me” signs to Jack Stone’s back is going to have any effect on this server issue.

@Goujon:
If you hadn’t noticed, @RTPoaa posted a comment, which requires having an account. That doesn’t mean you get to live a permanently ad-free life. On my PC, I can stay logged in perpetually, so it’s not a problem (and the ads fill a tiny fraction of the screen on the rare occasion that my login gets dropped). On my iPod Touch, the ads take up half the screen or more, sometimes cover the login link, on a slow connection they cause the page to jump around so much that I can scroll past the same comment 3-4x per second, and if I do much of anything else that uses system memory it drops my login. And sometimes I’ve had it stall out during a login attempt, so even that doesn’t magically erase all the problems."
I mean why are you trying to use an ipod to surf the internet?"

An iPod Touch is just an iPhone without the phone capability. While it’s been a few years since Apple produced an official dedicated one, any iPhone that’s had its cell service deactivated is technically still considered an iPod Touch, so could be as new as last year’s model for all we know.

I have the latest iPhone model myself, and while I generally can stay logged in, once in awhile my login is dropped for whatever reason. When that happens, the ads tend to be glitchy and definitely cover content sometimes, and I’ve even had a couple instances where they even covered up buttons on the web page and I had to refresh it a couple times to get around the problem and log in. If someone’s on a slow connection or slightly older device, this makes using the website a lot more challenging, if not impossible.

FYI, I have no issue with brickset using ads or the amount they use. I just think they need to take another look at how and where they’re placed (especially on mobile) to ensure they don’t cover up website functionality or outright prevent logins.

No RSotD yet!!

Now we know it's serious: Huwbot is down.

@bananaworld said:
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No RSotD yet!!

Now we know it's serious: Huwbot is down."

Actually, I think Huwbot is entirely to blame. Clearly the hosting company saw Clickits come up at the same time that they got one of those reboot to install a windows update message. Sadly, they must have listened.

I had that moment of panic yesterday then recalled reading a message earlier in the week about server problems.
These glitches makes us realize how much we love and truly rely on Brickset for our day to day Lego news and shopping.
All the best with resolving this problem and keep up the wonderful work you do for us Fans.

@Goujon said:
" @RTPoaa said:
"Ori.net hosting are just amaterus playing server admins. Try to look up something more professional.

Gods know that with the amount of ads on the website you can afford it"

Just make an account, it’s free and you get rid off all the ads. Honestly please do some research before attacking people over a situation that can be easily rectified when the people in question are already having server problems. Just remember all of this wonderful content is free!"

I didn’t know this…last week the ads were coming like crazy and I had no idea, thought it was new. Then I notice that I was logged out. Didn’t even realize they went away at that time!

Hey, RSotD posted without crashing the site!

relax server had a bad hair day, dont we all.

@John_Lianne:
I’m half-Viking, on my mother’s side. My hair is supposed to look like that.

Cloudflare somehow decided I was doing something bad, and now I can only access the site via VPN. :(