Edit 171025:
You have to request an account to this forum and the wiki as well.
Nobody outside of 2 or 3 people ever use this site, so if you want to join this exclusive club, please Email me at dan at this domain and let me know why.
It's funny. Sometimes I get spam Emails from people offering to make this site more popular, to increase traffic. Traffic? We don't need no stinkin' traffic!
Cheers,
Dan
Database restored to a backup version of about 14 hours ago. Old passwords should work now.
Sorry for all the trouble! At least now I know which backup/restore method to use.
Update:
The database was restored and I think we only lost a couple of recent postings.
I cannot add or edit users, which is not good. I'm guessing that there is a conflict between the forum software and the latest version of php on my server. I could try messing around with changing php versions, but I don't think that will fix anything and may very well do a lot of damage.
There's a new version of this forum coming out soon, and that may provide a fix. At least the database was easy to restore.
If you can't sign in, send an email to dan at this domain.
I'm going to the beach...
I should have added that user passwords should have reverted to what they were yesterday. I did just try to add a user, which didn't work, and hopefully that didn't break anything, but if you can't log in, I can always restore the database again, being sure not to mess with anything this time.
I'll get this fixed eventually.
by dulan drift 
, Friday, July 23, 2021, 17:15 (1219 days ago) @ dan
Was getting this error message on 'preview/submit' - so broke it into two posts - then it did seem to work. But finally they didn't stick.
No drama - drafts on the computer - even saved them in coded form coz it was acting up and you'd mentioned you were going in...
Good job getting Formosahut going and still going after all these years. Remind me when we need to have a milestone anniversary drink.
New version sounds exciting - any snazzy functions coming up?
Drafts on the computer are probably smart, particularly given all the work you're putting into research. This snafu
New version sounds exciting - any snazzy functions coming up?
I didn't see anything too exciting, but it's good to know that a team is still developing this platform. A lot of these small, little known apps are worked on by just one person who eventually gives up. This project actually has a team of five people or so. I really like this type of forum, and there isn't anything quite like it out there. All the popular forums are bloated and annoying to maintain and use.
You posted this message, so it sounds like things are working. Let me know if you're still getting error messages. I'll try communicating with the developers and see if I can get the user errors fixed.
My service provider backs up databases every day.
UPDATE: I reverted to the default theme in my efforts to figure out what's wrong with this installation. That just means you won't see the familiar links at top. I am in communication with the developers to try to figure this out.
I'm feeling much better about things. I managed to import the data from this forum (data exported Aug 5, 2021) and import it to a fresh install, and it seems to have worked. I didn't import everything, but it looks like it does work.
You can find it here: http://formosahut.com/fh_forum2/mylittleforum-2.4.24.
So it looks like if this forum, which has been going for nearly ten years I think, breaks, I'll be able to rebuild it quickly.
I might delete that above forum after a few days. I'll play around with it a bit first.
by dulan drift , Thursday, August 05, 2021, 11:25 (1206 days ago) @ Admin
Good work! 10 years - woo-hoo!
by dulan drift , Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 08:04 (1194 days ago) @ dulan drift
Getting this message when i try to post here:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator at webmaster@formosahut.com to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Had it before when you were doing some changes - but now it's back. Any ideas?
Seems to be related to the amount of characters - coz it will accept something short like this. I know there's a word limit - have encountered that message a few times - but what i wanted to post is well under the limit - plus no word limit message.
I posted a test message and it seems to worked. I wasn't doing any work on the forum. It could be that the server was down or otherwise in a funk. Have you been able to post to that thread again?
by dulan drift , Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 08:37 (1194 days ago) @ dan
Yes, got it up. It came down to the last line - if i put it in, i'd get the error message - if i took it out i didn't. But then finally it did work.
by dulan drift , Saturday, October 16, 2021, 09:44 (1134 days ago) @ dulan drift
Getting this message when i try to post in the Vax thread:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator at webmaster@formosahut.com to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Occasionally encountered this before but it usually resolves itself pretty quickly - but this has gone on for 24 hours.
Tried the usual methods of breaking it down to short posts but that's not working.
The offending material doesn't contain refs - just a few italics - which seem to work ok here.
Any ideas?
Getting this message when i try to post in the Vax thread:
Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator at webmaster@formosahut.com to inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed just before this error.
More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Occasionally encountered this before but it usually resolves itself pretty quickly - but this has gone on for 24 hours.
Tried the usual methods of breaking it down to short posts but that's not working.
The offending material doesn't contain refs - just a few italics - which seem to work ok here.
Any ideas?
This is probably a server issue rather than a website/forum issue. The site is on a budget, shared server, i.e., cheap, but it's one of the better ones. Still, this happens. I back up regularly, meaning when I remember to, so I think we're good... wait... well, I do back up.
Has anything you've posted gone missing? That would concern me.
by dulan drift , Sunday, October 17, 2021, 05:54 (1133 days ago) @ dan
This is probably a server issue rather than a website/forum issue. The site is on a budget, shared server, i.e., cheap, but it's one of the better ones. Still, this happens. I back up regularly, meaning when I remember to, so I think we're good... wait... well, I do back up.
Has anything you've posted gone missing? That would concern me.
Not that i'm aware of.
Btw, let me know if i can contribute to the cost.
Btw, let me know if i can contribute to the cost.
No need at all. I use this account for work and loads of other stuff. Thanks for the offer though.
by dulan drift , Sunday, January 30, 2022, 13:12 (1028 days ago) @ dan
To the few intrepid researchers that make it all the way to the dark recesses of the internet that is Formosahut:
Dan and I have started a new site here. We are using it to post crafted material on various topics, including The Covid Atrocity, and Dan's Orwellian/Huxley inspired page-turner, The Refuser.
We will continue to use the original Formosahut for general discussions.