Important Please Read: We had to roll back 2 weeks

[Demonland 65,656]

As some of you are aware Demonland had a catastrophic failure of it's members database and all member profiles were removed. We were able to semi restore the member database but whilst it retained all previous posts up to today's date it did not link those posts to your usernames. In addition all PMs, avatars and some other info was lost and was irretrievable. Our only alternative to get the site back to the way it was was to revert to a previous backup which was unfortunately 2 weeks ago. If the latest backup had been last night then this wouldn't be an issue. Long story short this was the best way we could get all your post history, profiles, PMs and avatar all together as it was. Going forward on the new server there will of course be more regular backups but as we have been on a temporary server that hasn't been able to cope these necessary backups were not done.

I apologise for any inconvenience caused. The last 2 weeks has been erased. There is nothing we can do about that now and if anyone wants to have a bitch about it your profile can easily be erased like the last 2 weeks . Anyone who registered in the 2 weeks will have to register again. At least this didn't happen during the year.

[John Crow Batty 8,266]

OK, thanks for all the effort. Lets all get back on board. This is going to be a big year.

Edited January 20, 2011 by america de cali

[45HG 1,539]

Mr. "Demonland,"

Thanks for all the great work you have done, are going and will do in keeping this site going.

It's a fabulous place for us Demons tragics to come and I think that it has definietely enabled people to connect (and re-connect) with this club, to feel re-acquainted, acquainted and closer to the mighty Red and Blue.

It has done some amazing things and I think it will continue to, so thanks again.

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[dee-luded 2,958]

As some of you are aware Demonland had a catastrophic failure of it's members database and all member profiles were removed. We were able to semi restore the member database but whilst it retained all previous posts up to today's date it did not link those posts to your usernames. In addition all PMs, avatars and some other info was lost and was irretrievable. Our only alternative to get the site back to the way it was was to revert to a previous backup which was unfortunately 2 weeks ago. If the latest backup had been last night then this wouldn't be an issue. Long story short this was the best way we could get all your post history, profiles, PMs and avatar all together as it was. Going forward on the new server there will of course be more regular backups but as we have been on a temporary server that hasn't been able to cope these necessary backups were not done.

I apologise for any inconvenience caused. The last 2 weeks has been erased. There is nothing we can do about that now and if anyone wants to have a [censored] about it your profile can easily be erased like the last 2 weeks . Anyone who registered in the 2 weeks will have to register again. At least this didn't happen during the year.

No worries guys... thanks for all your efforts.

It sounds like you've done well to recapture what you did. Maybe a little good fortune as well, to lose the lot?

Thanks anyway for it all.

[Summer Blease 0]

Can you erase yesterdays training session where Frawley got injure also? That would be nice.

Where the f is e25 been lately btw?

[Demonland 65,656]

Also we are on the new server now so it should be smooth sailing from here on.

[Adzman 2,085]

My hat goes off to you and the hard work that was put in to get Demonland back up and running.

Well done, and Thank you.

[Kiss of Death 708]

We're not even in the pre-season cup yet, if we are to lose two weeks, now is a good time for it to happen.

[Deeoldfart 7,785]

Many thanks to all involved in the restoration. Well done.

[DaveyJones'sLocker 585]

i know this has been raised to mods before but i still can never get on the demonland website (90% of the time atleast) i get redirected to some tinyurl website i dont use Firefox and dont really want to. Surely there has to be a way to fix this it could be stopping alot of pottential readers and new members

[Demonland 65,656]

i know this has been raised to mods before but i still can never get on the demonland website (90% of the time atleast) i get redirected to some tinyurl website i dont use Firefox and dont really want to. Surely there has to be a way to fix this it could be stopping alot of pottential readers and new members

What are you putting into the address bar? This has never happened to me on Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome or the iPhone or on many computers and different ISPs.

[olgreydingo 51]

Many thanks. This site keeps us long suffering D's fan going!

[1858 219]

Good to be back.

[H_T 2,941]

Can you erase yesterdays training session where Frawley got injure also? That would be nice.

Where the f is e25 been lately btw?

We're back ?!

He's suspended, but here in spirit.

Well done Andy.

[Sir Why You Little 34,614]

Well done Demonland Computer persons, i am sad the last 2 weeks are gone, but totally understand-Computers do that!!

My rants about Andrew Hilditch are gone, but the Cricket side is still Rubbish, so he will not escape the inevitable Flogging that awaits!!!!

Glad we are now on a new comfy server....

[She Devil 64 21]

Thanks to all concerned. Hope that the stress levels didn't go up too much.

We Demon supporters heve learned to be patient.

Edited January 21, 2011 by She Devil 64

[jayceebee31 670]

Many thanks to all involved in the restoration. Well done.

Andy and to whom assisted you. Fantastic effort and Many thanks.

The last two days as been hell for me also- NO Demonland and James Frawley being hurt.

[Demonland 65,656]

Please report any issues you have with the site here as we try to iron out the bugs.

[John Crow Batty 8,266]

I am still getting error messages when I try to log on no matter which browser I use. It takes about a dozen or more attempts before I can actually get to see the home page

[Summer Blease 0]

We're back ?!

He's suspended, but here in spirit.

Well done Andy.

He's suspended?! This place lacks a certain something without him. That's a shame!

Wonder who he upset hahah.

Anyone else having troubles getting into Demonland through Firefox? Explorer runs fine, I still get the error msg with Firefox.

[Demonland 65,656]

Try it now and let me know how it goes. I've repaired the database and that appears to have fixed the problem. The thing is I did that earlier today and it was only a temp fix and then reverted back. I need feedback from users so I can know when there is a problem.

[daisycutter 28,607]

Wow! Sounds like the database got torn right off the bone.

[Demonland 65,656]

Wow! Sounds like the database got torn right off the bone.

This is actually a separate issue to our original database issue. I believe this has something to do with the new server.

[daisycutter 28,607]

This is actually a separate issue to our original database issue. I believe this has something to do with the new server.

Well lets hope it settles down soon and you can have a sleep-in! You've had a tough time (been there), so thanks from all.

Losing a few days of posts in the off season is probably a good thing. Maybe we can make it an annual off-season thing. Sort of a purgative.

[Demonland 65,656]

tell me about it.

It all started a few weeks ago when our host company's servers were hacked affecting Demonland. This was easily resolved by reverting to the nightly backup and only a few hours in the middle of the night were lost.

As a result we were moved to a temporary server, whilst waiting for the brand new server, which couldn't handle the load that Demonland was putting on it and as a result page loads were slow or non existent.

Then we had the issue with the member Database being corrupted and because regular backups weren't being done while on the temp server we had to roll back two weeks.

We then moved to the new server which is causing a whole lot of other head aches. These problems will of course be resolved in the coming weeks and things should be smooth sailing from then.