TOCH Down :(

[musec04]

Hello Ruy,


You wrote back in May that the problems with TOCH left you with the following options.



1. Continue doing nothing until it breaks
2. Update vBulletin to latest version
3. Migrate to another forum application


It would be nice to have an update if you have time. Currently with the forum falling over regularly, de facto option 1 appears to be in force. As you see from posts earlier today users are concerned that TOCH is dying. I hope this is not the case,but surely you would agree that the users of the board in general,particularly those who have posted regularly from the start (so not myself), need to know what progress if any has occured.



I am not an IT specialist nor have I played one on TV, but I'd like to ask a question and make a suggestion. Given that the amount of data on the forums does not seem to increase greatly between the times that TOCH 'falls over',is it possible that failures are not related to the amount of data,but rather to the amount of users on the forums instead? both members and non-members viewing the site.If this is the case,would having members only access to TOCH help? As I say I'm not an IT person so may well be talking rubbish.


This is not an option I'd choose voluntarily,but may be better than the current situation.If members are deciding to no longer visit, the site is dead in any case. Personally I'd like to see the site follow your option number 2 and as I've said before would be prepared to aff a little to the financing the upgrade.



Regards,


Clint