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How long is reasonable?

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~Here it is now...the middle of May. Back in December we were told the new site was being transferred over and give us a " couple " of weeks. I'm tired of fighting this site to log in...sometimes I fight to log out. 40 minutes to upload a screen shot. Error Error Error
I'm lucky if I can get through one page of screen shots before I get to watch my cursor spin. I thought the new site was supposed to be faster, better, improved ?
 
Lets see if I hit the send button now....
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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
https://www.wincustomize.com/Forums.aspx?ForumID=188&AID=75463
Server Application Unavailable

The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is currently unavailable. Please hit the "Refresh" button in your web browser to retry your request.

Administrator Note: An error message detailing the cause of this specific request failure can be found in the application event log of the web server. Please review this log entry to discover what caused this error to occur.
Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Same message as #26 here
ObjectDock - Access shortcuts and frequently used applications from an animated dock.
Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Get a lot of those in #26 while trying to read posts in the forum using Opera 8 & IE 6.
Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Server Application Unavailable

The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is currently unavailable. Please hit the "Refresh" button in your web browser to retry your request.

Administrator Note: An error message detailing the cause of this specific request failure can be found in the application event log of the web server. Please review this log entry to discover what caused this error to occur.

I have gotten this same message numerous times today. I tried to log on to the site from 6:28am till after 7. Finally got on, and it took another 4 minutes for me to get to my personal pages. Now I am getting alot of the quoted Server Application Unavailble pages. Before today, I have never seen that before. I am also getting the common Server Application Error page like the one Karen listed in comment #25. I got the same one 5 times trying to get to this thread, only it was a forum.aspx errot instead of index.aspx. I hope all this info we are giving helps you nail this problem down.
LOL I just got the Server Application Unavailable Error trying to submit this comment. I'll try again. Same thing!
Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The link in #26 is bad. It just takes me to the last comment.
Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The only post on this forum that surprises me is that Sleeping Dragon has NO problems... I've experienced all and more of the issues that everyone here has mentioned. This is the part that really bugs me....
Unfortunately for the last couple of weeks we have been busy with a couple of other projects that have taken our attention away from WinCustomize. We should be completing those projects in the next day our two and will be returning our attention back to WinCustomize to continue to clean up these problems.


We are paying for this site, remember? Shouldn't we be the number one priority? Or is that other project paying you more? I'm starting to lose patience with you guys... This is no way to run a business. I'm very likely on the last renewal of my subscription here... and that saddens me, because I love the people here, and when this site is actually working, it's a great site. I just think you guys are in over your heads. Maybe you should win back our confidence by making the site 100% free until you figure out what the heck you're doing...
Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
We are paying for this site, remember? Shouldn't we be the number one priority? Or is that other project paying you more? I'm starting to lose patience with you guys... This is no way to run a business. I'm very likely on the last renewal of my subscription here... and that saddens me, because I love the people here, and when this site is actually working, it's a great site. I just think you guys are in over your heads. Maybe you should win back our confidence by making the site 100% free until you figure out what the heck you're doing...


My question is this: What is the ratio of paying subscribers to non-paying registered users on the site? The way it seems to be structured, those of us who have paid our $20 are not only paying for our own use, but for the use of those who have not paid. If everyone who registered (about 2 million?) paid, that surely would be enough to support the infrastructure and staff to make the site work consistently. $20 a year is not really much to pay, but how much is it worth to underwrite those who refuse to throw in?
Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top
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The link in #26 is bad. It just takes me to the last comment.


The link was what I pasted from my browser to show them what operation i was performing when the error occured..that was the only reason for the link Cindi...
Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
We are paying for this site, remember? Shouldn't we be the number one priority? Or is that other project paying you more? I'm starting to lose patience with you guys... This is no way to run a business. I'm very likely on the last renewal of my subscription here


$20 a year is not really much to pay, but how much is it worth to underwrite those who refuse to throw in?


~Just a quck comment on this issue. I recall either T-man or someone explaining that Stardock pays the bulk of the servers. Then the subscriptions were helping to pay the extra burden . But..todays problem seemed different. Other times when I couldnt log into WC I logged in through my Stardock Central. I took a SS of that error message and it said Stardock server could not be reached. Im not sure how it all works but maybe the problem is with stardock ? Im sure they are working on it which could be why the errors are worse today.
Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top

hi everyone,

fist off, thanks for all the feedback you have given us.

Today we have had some database issues which have been tended to.  If problems such as login/logout pages not loading and what not, please let us know. 

if you do not want to post it publicly, please email me at [email protected]

Thank you

Flyin

WC Dev Team

 

Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I tried to save an error messaage that I got this morning, and did, but couldn't get back on the site to post it.

The laughable part was that after it gave me all the stats on the error, at the very bottom of the page, it said that the error page itself was in error!
Reply #37 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Jafo had started another thread with the new error message....probably easier if this thread just dies out and you post on his.....this is link to jafo's thread.

Link
Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The link was what I pasted from my browser to show them what operation i was performing when the error occured..that was the only reason for the link Cindi...


Sorry Karen. I thought the bad link was another problem with the site.
Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It took SEVERAL attempts to get in the forums


Server Error in '/' Application.
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Runtime Error
Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a
Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top
 Citizen DUGGLER ...4 days on the site, 0 bytes downloaded and English not your first language...it's not surprising you might have 'issues' with site navigation, etc.  Of course, a little more effort on your part might help...
Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Fuzzy: point taken. Nevermind my post. Delete it if you wish. My apoligies.
Reply #42 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Citizen DUGGLER  ...My point regarding the possible difficulty you 'may' be having being attributable to issues with English comprehension is neither stupidity or insensitivity....but simply a potential reality.  I know darn well my German languge studies from 35 years ago would help me little navigating a German-based site.

As to difficulties of understanding concepts and methodology of 'skinning'...you are not alone.  Most people neither understand, nor care that they do not.

It's horses for courses, mostly.

If, however, rather than having a first-intrusion into our community 'shitting this' and 'shitting that', you actually asked for simple assistance and/or advice you would be clearly 'saddened' to discover a general willingness of others to lend assistance.

A few passing forays into the world of skinning...every other year or two is not a sound basis to establish an informed opinion of anything much at all.