that other forum...

[bigdogrod]

hate to ask about other forums, but does anybody know whats up with scale4x4? they've been down for like 3 weeks.

[jerry56]

Frizzen dug this up last week...hope they can get it together...
Don't like to link other sites but....Mods delete it if need be...
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/chit-...=-no-more.html

[bigdogrod]

thanks for finding that. link is down, but went to the site and found the thread.

[frizzen]

I was trying to keep it quieter about linking to Another forum, about Another forum... but most of us seem to have found our way here from one of those anyway

I haven't been able to get on Scale4x4rc forum for about a while, sending me to a Database Error page.
Then the main landing page is a Joomla 'site unavailable' thing
Here's the most i can find about it
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/chit-...=-no-more.html

Supposedly it's coming back, they're trying to get some sql issues resolved

[bigdogrod]

good to read that they are coming back

[frizzen]

It always seemed weird to me how some forums will get abandoned and live on as Zombies, some have a technical glitch and huge chunks are lost, and others just completely disappear from existance.

I really hope they get it straightened out and come back.

[Wombii]

It's a good reminder to save your build logs offline too.

[Lil Giants]

Scale4x4 is good ppl, ive been a contributing member over 12yrs... I too noticed the 404error couple weeks ago... forum owner said a couple yrs ago it was costing them $30-40/ month to keep it online & the traffic was way down, much like this place. It’d be good see it back online but I’ll understand if don’t.

[frizzen]

Copied from page 4 of the Crawler link i posted earler:

30dec20
... "Sadly, Matt says that the database might be irretrievable. "

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So... is there any way that we can assist in keeping the same type fate from hitting RC Truck & Construction?

[jerry56]

I hope so...RCSparks looks like it's gone too....
A site has to have traffic......