JapanForum off the air?
 

Was it just me or did JF go off the air for a week?

P.S. I'm glad it wasn't just me and that it was a network/site issue.... Phew!

For a bit there, I thought I may have been banned for a bit, though EVERY computer I tried logged on or not wasn't accepting me....

not just you, I panicked a little actually..
I almost started posting in jref again... thank god this site is back up again!

Does anyone know what happened? Hackers? Or just maintenance?

It seemed to me like the server updated their version of PHP which didn't include Zend, which the site uses.

It's likely to happen every time the server updates their PHP.

This is just my observation, based on the error messages I saw, I honestly have no real information.

I felt the same way, but didn't go as far as posting anywhere. I checked a couple of times a day to no avail until an hour ago when I was pleasantly greeted with the main page!

I missed it too. Have only just been able to get back.

Now you can keep us posted on you trip with pics and comments!

I got one of those Zend error messages originally too. But I wasn't panicked, just angry till Sunday. It started the same day my office updated what internet sites they are blocking and until I tried it from home over the weekend I thought it was their screw up.

Thanks for coming back JF!:D

'Twas not just you. I only got it back just!

Hello Japan Forum!

It's weird, there was a whole spate of sites down over the last fortnight; JF- surf the channel, and a few small obscure forums too! :/

Hehehe it was all blank... I went to JapanForums by habit and probably saw the blank page over a hundred times already. I thought I was banned!

Grateful that it's back :D!

Felt lost for a week, but home once again. Lol. Glad the forum is back

I was prompted to download something called "Znet"

I knew it was bogus.. but I'm wondering if anyone did actually download it and what sort of virus it was?

Was it 'Zend Optimiser'? That's what it was prompting me to download.

As far as I looked into it though, it wasn't a virus, and was a safe programme. BUT it wouldn't have made JF work, so it's a little pointless.

I didn't download it though, because I read that it wouldn't make a difference.

Oh yeah.. that was probably it.

It's strange though because if I remember correctly... it was trying to say that I couldn't access the page unless I downloaded it.

I think it was something that needed to be installed on the server that's hosting the website, not on the visitors' computers.

You can call it a disaster homepage, it only appears when the server can't call any of the pages from a site.

It`s something used server side.

I don`t really know what happened, and why we went down...
But my guess is that the company hosting the server or the administrators upgraded or changed something, and did not install / uninstalled some server side tools that are required for this site. (Zend)

Without these, there was no way to render the site, so all that came up was a blank page or a prompt to install the required server side tool.

Only a guess though.

I couldn't see this forum.
I couldn't successfully download "Zend Optimiser", either.
I wondered it might be some kind of virus.
I wondered what "PHP" was.
I wondered.......

it disappeared again last night.

I noticed that too, I came on a few days ago to check up on recent news and events going on in Japan. Along with seeing if there was any discussion about the new season of drama (anime) on tv right now.

It pissed me off when I found out it went down, I thought I might have been banned or something >_>


Paranoia is caused by worrying to much as they say. No more thing, I feel like I have a more of a love for this website than I used to. I mean you all get me and well all get each other, no one is ridiculed for having an interesting in Japan. So as long as they do their research and such, that way we don't have to deal with some moron assuming Japan is some place were anime buildings are erected everyday, and that people in Japan are overly nice like in anime.

I do think people in Japan are more nice than here, but not like that.


I know off topic, but I just needed to state that I feel more of a love for this website than ever. I didn't notice how much I'd miss JF from just that part of the week.

I know, I am being a tad weird, but.... I do think you guys are awesome and I think this site is a very close community with a lot of respect.


Now, does anyone want a hug? XD


I know I am being off topic again...