Major Site problem Here

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ANyone else having problems with the site today? It started at work for me. When I got home, it was worse. No smilies, no user pics..the page jumps side to side and theleft side 'vibrates'. I tried to make a video of it but the shaking doesn't show in the video. ;p I was surprised I could post this, because I cannot reply in any threads. The window won't form to reply. No other site I go to does this. I tried IE (I normally use FF) and it's even worse. Black lines flashing all over the place, and only on WC. Don't know if I will be able to reply here, so I am going into IRC if anyone can help.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I haven't seen any problems with the site. I'm here using SDC Browser. Interesting that it's not happening on other sites.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry to see you are having probs , Everything seems to be ok here in the UK, Po' !

I am in no way tech -smart , but have you tried clearing your IE Cache .. ?
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I was having some problems earlier today, mostly just very slow to load pages, and not all loaded completely (missing images and text input box etc). I didn't get any vibrating page or flashing black lines though. But it seems to have fixed itself (fingers crossed) for now.  :) 
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I think one of the servers was playing up earlier because people were having problems downloading the two new Master skins but hopefully it's fixed now  :) 
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
For me the forum-pages have been loading with the vicious velocity of the common garden slug.

That is; I click on a thread to open, I go and get myself a coffee, I play with the cat, I ring my mom......... and after a while I may or may not be able to read the thread.

I am writing this from within IE64bit, as I only got "connection reset"-errors in Firefox 2.0.0.11.

This started about two days ago, with the "most recent"-forum page, showing only a partial- or even an empty list.


Edit: just as an addon, I don't seem to experience any problems at all with IE7. Pages load fast, complete and with no connection error.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ive had similar problems with this site,...another problem ive noticed twice, was that even though i was signed in, when i came here to forums, i was suddenly a guest, and no matter how many times I signed in, i was still a guest, and couldnt reply to posts,ect......
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
;p
even though i was signed in, when i came here to forums, i was suddenly a guest, and no matter how many times I signed in, i was still a guest, and couldnt reply to posts,ect...
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For me the forum-pages have been loading with the vicious velocity of the common garden slug.
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and not all loaded completely (missing images and text input box etc)
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ditto

As you can see, I can finally reply now. Don't know for sure but...
Seems to be just FF. Half my add-ons have stopped working and some settings in my 'option' have been reset (like 'remember passwords' for sites.)

I ran Avast and it found 2 Trojans ;p I moved them to the vault but still had the same problem. I downloaded G DATA Software Sp. z o.o. Anti-Worm scan and it told me it appeared my 'host processes had been reset....usually reset to 127.00 when this happens, etc.' and told me to run my anti-virus, which I am doing. I disabled half my add-ons and updated my java and it seems to be okay for now. Waiting for Avast to finish running again.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've been having problems with the site for the past few days regarding the forums and the main page not loading off and on.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
We were having some server problems overnight last night.  A few boxes got kicked and things should be behaving better now.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Full report from me:

For two or three months it has been possible to access

the frogboy empire if you are using a high speed connection.

If you are trying to access the empire using dial up

you probably can't with out huge loading delays.

This has been going on for 2 or three months.

I have experimented with several different computers and connections.

Will the empire ever be accessible with dial up again? :)

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
IBEN!!!
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Seems to be just FF.
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Nope. Running IE7. For awhile there I was having problems too. I think I got acouple of naps in between some pages! :CONGRAT: I'll have to run and look again, earlier I couldn't get to my Personal Page.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I haven't been able to access my personal page since yesterday evening (GMT+1). No I lie, it was up for a half hour today when Andrew went in to kick the server in the butt!
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm good now. I can access everything. I think the Trojans I found were eating their way through my FF add-ons. I got rid of the Trojans and reset all of the add-ons and everything was better. The site is still slow and now is making me log-on over and over. But no jumpy pages.

At one point when I was not logged in a 'video ad' popped up in the middle of the screen for 'abrahamsson.com' (not sure I have the spelling right) and it really slowed evrything down until I logged on.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Personal pages are still down. I started a thread on that yesterday. Apparently not fixed yet. Hope everything gets fixed on Monday when everybody gets back from the weekend.
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Everything is ok now!