The Pro account has expired, and no more files can be uploaded.

The Pro account has expired, and no more files can be uploaded.

Quikngruvn 14 Aug 2012 17:05

Apparently the Pro account expired when no one was looking, and so now instead of having 5 GB of file space available on the site, we have 300 MB— which is bad since we have ~325 MB of files on the site. Mackenzie and I are looking for files that can be compressed or deleted to get under the cap as soon as possible, but it won't help much in the long run. I have no idea what steps need to be taken to get back on a Pro account— if it's just paying $50 on Gears' behalf, great, but somehow I think it's not that straightforward.

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DrEverettMann 14 Aug 2012 17:15

Gears has to be the one to make the payment. It's pretty straightforward, but we need him online to get it done.

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Quikngruvn 14 Aug 2012 18:46

Can someone get hold of him via alternate means then?

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Communism will win 14 Aug 2012 23:18

Just for the record, I talked to Tox, and he said he'd work on getting some filespace on his domain for overflow from the wiki.

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Aelanna 15 Aug 2012 15:39

For the record, that doesn't fix audio files. Quik and I tried; the audio player on Wikidot won't work with audio files that aren't hosted on-site.

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Pig_catapult 15 Aug 2012 19:18

So, keeping audio files on should be high priority. I know we've had debates in the past re: author control over where their images are hosted; if we need to start migrating images offsite, are we going to have to ask each author individually? Should we make an announcement post on the main wiki about this, asking for volunteers in that regard?

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ToxicClay 16 Aug 2012 00:43

For the record as well, my filehosting is live - if you want/need to have files uploaded there, either ask me or a member of staff and get the files to them. They'll make sure it gets on my server.

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Dr Gears 16 Aug 2012 00:22

SHIT.

I just…i forgot it ran out eventually. If someone can contact me with the payment information again, I'll take care of it ASAP. It's been a little while, and i'll admit, i forgot the information.

Just message me with what's needed, and i'll get it done quickly.

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DrEverettMann 17 Aug 2012 20:26

It should all be under your profile. Simply go to your profile page for Wikidot and go to the Upgrade tab.

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Dr Gears 17 Aug 2012 23:19

The issue here is, I do not…ahh…recall the log-in information for the paypal account that is used to upgrade the site. I'm going to be putting it in a secure location now, but first i need someone to PM it to me, if at all possible…

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RhettSarlin 17 Aug 2012 23:36

If necessary you are able to pay via credit/debit card too(just to give additional options).

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Dr Gears 18 Aug 2012 11:31

Which would be fantastic…if I had the funds on hand. I'm afraid I actually don't, so I need to access the account with the donated funds in it. I know we're planning a site move, but it might be prudent to take care of this now. If someone could please PM me the information, i can take care of this.

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DrEverettMann 25 Aug 2012 15:56

We don't have donated funds at this time. We spent the funds from the original fundraiser to get you the Pro Lite account in the first place. The funds from the recent fundraiser went to the hosting for the test site. I ended both as soon as we had most of the money to pay for those things.

The account used in both cases was my own account. I mean, I can go ahead and pay for it, but we really do need to get to the point where the site has its own money.

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Quikngruvn 26 Aug 2012 19:21

Well, we need to decide whether we're going to pay for another year of Pro Lite on Wikidot, or not and mitigate the file-space issue by moving stuff to dedicated hosting that's been offered by Tox and others. I see pros and cons either way….

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RhettSarlin 04 Sep 2012 16:21

Just to add to the mayhem, it appears that, for me at least, if you go to the main page you are now automatically logged out, for at least that page, forcing you to see ads. It also seems to not let you log in, and the ads themselves act a bit disruptive, they made my screen flicker at home, not sure what happened there.

I doubt it is only me because this happened to me on my home computer, my phone, and my work computer.

F U wikidot basically?

It is happening to me on Main Page, SCP series 1, Most Recently Created, Random SCP, Foundation Tales, and Top Rated Pages. Possibly others, but those are the main culprits.

My assumption is that it is happening on the most visited pages on the site.

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(account deleted) 04 Sep 2012 16:25

Seconding that - it will affect any page, it's not limited to the home page.

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RhettSarlin 04 Sep 2012 16:28

I disagree in that so far the vast majority of pages do not do it to me. But it is definitely a problem, and possibly a fast-growing one.

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(account deleted) 04 Sep 2012 16:31

I've been randomly cycling pages, and all of them are capable of doing it.

Also, people in 19 are saying that their screen names show up as others.
I've seen Quik, Lycan, Fausto and Rhett in my place.

I think Wikidot hates us.

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Kain Pathos Crow 04 Sep 2012 18:32

Hasn't been happening to me so far, which is od, because I'm in and out of the site every couple of hours….

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RhettSarlin 04 Sep 2012 19:19

It seems to have settled down.

But it is the latest in a long series of "things what go wrong with Wikidot". Can't wait to get on PF.

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thedeadlymoose 04 Sep 2012 20:31

Happened to me a bunch too about an hour ago. Very odd.

Edit: oh boy. It's happening again. So far, it's just people whose profiles I've recently viewed. But I viewed a LOT of profiles last night, so that could be coincidence. Maybe.

UPDATE: As of now, still happening.

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Communism will win 27 Sep 2012 02:06

Current site storage size: 299.99 MB used of total 300 MB, 12.39 kB still free

Max upload size: 12.39 kB

Uh. We sorta need to get this fixed now. Because people are gonna want to upload files. If Gears still doesn't have the means to get it fixed, is there anyone else who can?

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Last edited on 27 Sep 2012 02:11 by Communism will win Show more

Nope. That would require Gears to step down as Owner and give it to someone who's actually here and can take care of it

EchoFourDelta 27 Sep 2012 02:39

… or handle it himself.

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Dr Gears 03 Oct 2012 20:45

Alright, here we are:

I do not at this point have a Pro account, nor do i have the means to aquire one in the immedate future.

Dr. Mann has approached me with the request that i transfer master admin status to him, being that he has a pro account, and I do not.

Personal ego aside, this is probably the quickest fix for this issue. If the site move where a little more immedate, i might be inclined to just wait, but I don't see that being the case.

Is this an alright plan? At this point, anyone with a pro account would be a valid option, just as long as we can get things up and running again.

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AdminBright 03 Oct 2012 20:51

I support the shift to Mann.

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Re: The Pro account has expired, and no more files can be uploaded.

thedeadlymoose 04 Oct 2012 00:14

Mann has my vote of confidence.

Though I'd still consider Gears the master admin in all but technical title, unless administration decides otherwise.

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Quikngruvn 04 Oct 2012 01:09

Yes, please do this. Gears is still Master Admin in my heart, though, and should have some sort of equivalent title in the PF world.

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DrEverettMann 04 Oct 2012 02:15

I still consider you the head admin, don't get me wrong. I just want to be able to fix things like this, and you've got a crap ton of stuff on your plate.

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RhettSarlin 04 Oct 2012 03:31

This is a good and necessary shift. It means nothing as far as the staff or administration itself goes, it's just making it so we can pay for wikidot. Go for it.

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Dr Gears 04 Oct 2012 12:50

Mann is now the MA. I only cried a little…

Anyway, the site can (ideally) get back on track now, sorry for the speed bump.

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DrEverettMann 04 Oct 2012 15:30

Thanks. Like I said, I still consider you the real boss around here.

In other news, storage size left: 4.71 GB

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Drewbear 04 Oct 2012 16:42

I, for one, welcome our new Mad Scientist overlord.

Cue the internal debate on whether it's better to be a henchman, a minion, or a lackey…

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Dr Gears 04 Oct 2012 18:29

Always best to be the man behind the frontman. He takes all the heat, and if things start to go south…you can always ease his retirement…

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Drewbear 04 Oct 2012 20:28

Ah, but see, the leiutenant is also almost always the mini-boss, and I thank any JRPG player know how well that ends. I suppose it's still better than being a mook, though. Poor mooks. Cannon-fodder, the lot of them.

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DrKens 05 Oct 2012 00:55

We're all doomed. Everyone to the shelters immediately. Mann's mad science will be the end of us.

But in all seriousness, I'm temporarily coming out of my inactivity to give my support to this. Congratulations Mann, but also best of luck to you, Gears. You're both great!

_{…but seriously start wearing full body armor and carrying around a taser. Or hide in different closets. Mann can't Manngle what he can't catch.}

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Photosynthetic 04 Oct 2012 18:20

You'll always be the Master Admin in our hearts, and I don't mean that as the cheesy platitude it seems.

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