Anthony Appleyard opened this issue on Nov 13, 2002 ยท 44 posts
PhilC posted Thu, 14 November 2002 at 5:22 AM
I could not access Renderosity the other day, tried again a little later still nothing. So I deleted the bookmark. Shame really, was a good site, but there you go. .......... DUMB!
OK try this, set your script to notify me by email that the link is broken. When folks do this I don't get bent out of shape, I thank them sincerely for taking the trouble to tell me. I then run around like a BAF to sort out the problem. Include something like, "We'll be rechecking every few days but links that remain dead for over two weeks (a month would be better) will be deleted." Give plenty of time, yes you need to tidy up but you don't dust your fine Dresden porcelain with an industrial shop vac. I would imagine that after six weeks the bulk of the housekeeping will have been achieved, after that its just routine.
Its history now but yesterday I noticed that my server which normally glows cherry red and keeps my toes toasty warm had cooled off. Checked the connections and they had almost stopped. A hundred per hour down to less than 20. Then like a fool I went looking for the problem. The adage "if it aint broke don't fix it" came full into force. I forget the number of times I checked the permissions etc. I even purchased new upgrade software. In the cold light of this morning everything becomes very clear.