Its up, but looks like they lost their database completely.
Welcome to the Pool Forum!
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It's back, but . . .
After months of absence, due to the need to make a living otherwise, I'd been refocusing on the PoolForum and PoolSolutions. Part of that focus included some overdue filesystem maintenance. Unfortunately, somehow the work I was doing caused the Forum database to implode, and take the server with it, generating some really bizarre behavior*.
The good news is that the Forum is back up.
The bad news is that ALL the data is gone, with no hope of recovery. Fortunately, I was able to recover the user list, but everyone will have to get new passwords. You can do that on this page. Remember, that the old rules still apply: a short PoolForum terms of use page is here.
But, other than the user list, I've banged my head against that wall all I can stand, and it's time to move on. I promise to never again trust the internal backup processes of forum software. Instead, I'll be taking the server offline for 5 - 10 minutes each day, probably around 3:00 in the morning, so I can do a full offline backup, and store it on another system.
Once you have a password, you can use it to post new questions (there are no old ones!) on the forum, here.
Please understand that I and the moderators are all learning the new software, and that things will be changing frequently, over the next few days and weeks. (I hate the default style, and am trying to learn to modify that!)
Also, PoolSolutions is up, and I am taking pre-orders on the new PS234 kit. Info on that can be found here.
If you urgently need to contact me directly, you can email me at admin AT pool9 DOT net (you'll have to fix the address, and type it in directly). But, please understand that I'm primarily focused on getting things fixed for everybody.
Thanks for your interest and support!
Ben
* Having rebuilt the server, and worked with the remnants of the PoolForum data, I'm more puzzled than ever. I still don't understand what happened, nor do any of the PC wizards I've spoken with about it. But, it's time to move on, and not waste more time trying to understand what happened.