Site Down for Maintenance

However, I've not been notified of anything, so I've contacted tech support to see what the score is.  Please bear with us in the meantime :)

UPDATE: A filesystem issue meant the site had to be taken offline, but it is now back online.  There might be a little instability over the next few hours though, so be patient if it hiccups.  make a cup of char, do a bit of modelling, or have a chat with a family member for 10 minutes.

Database Access Issue

There's a database access issue affecting the site at the moment.  It's taken the lot down, but I'm hoping it'll be back shortly.

Whore's draws

It seems that disruption to the site comes in waves, and we're down again at the moment.  The site went down just after midnight as I was going to bed, so I switched off thinking it was a transient glitch.  This morning I couldn't access the site, and the d'base server was timing out too, so I'm guessing there's a hitch at the hosts' end.  I've contacted them in case they don't know yet, and now we sit tight... Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

EDIT: 12:30pm and we're back.  Looks like a DDOS attack overnight, which our IT bods have been working hard to sort overnight.  They're bleary eyed this morning, and I'm sure you'll all join me in saying "thanks" :o)

Database server hiccup

You're probably getting an IPS Driver error (Mark Maples has confirmed he is), and I can't log into the DB server to check things, so it looks like the DB Server is a little down.  It usually corrects itself in a few minutes (I woulf imagine that's the time it takes to reboot), so be patient.  If it goes on longer than it takes for me to have my breakfast, I'll drop them an email.