Castboolits still down

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sun Jun 02, 2024 8:06 am

They had hoped to get their server "migrated" yesterday. Must be having issues.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Sun Jun 02, 2024 9:37 am

Didn't work yesterday, but just looked in a few minutes ago and it's working fine.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sun Jun 02, 2024 10:26 am

Hmmm. I am just getting a few lines of code.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Sun Jun 02, 2024 10:29 am

It's working on this side Bill !

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sun Jun 02, 2024 10:38 am

What in the darn heck! Tried rebooting and still locked out. Asked to join the FB page.

junkbug · Post by **junkbug** » Sun Jun 02, 2024 12:31 pm

Not working for me either Bill. I must have lost my magic decoder ring

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sun Jun 02, 2024 7:13 pm

I did too, and I've been a contributor. Time to move on I guess and find another cast forum.

Bronco · Post by **Bronco** » Sun Jun 02, 2024 8:20 pm

Not as good a Castboolits, but seem like a good patch until a better one is found !

https://www.artfulbullet.com/index.php

black river smith · Post by **black river smith** » Sun Jun 02, 2024 8:35 pm

Bill,
It works for me as just a viewer, not poster. But that said, they have a message in the header::::

Attention --- New server active. If you have any issues with the software please post in the "Testing forum". Thank you.

So I looked in the Testing Area forum and found this top posting --- Testing new server. with text ---

Quick test post, new server

.

Some of the following posts stated that ---

it worked

some state that ---

attachments not working at all -

or

Cannot use attachments

The bottom line is it looks like it is working for them.

Here is a link to their contact page. https://castboolits.gunloads.com/sendmessage.php Maybe you can get this opened in a new tab and send them a message about your issues. I do not see a phone # to call them.

Black River Smith (BRS)

junkbug · Post by **junkbug** » Sun Jun 02, 2024 9:05 pm

I saw somewhere that if you had a weak vpn, you might get “banned” by the system. Obviously that will be temporary. Just have to keep waiting a few days until the bugs get worked out.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Mon Jun 03, 2024 6:09 am

Still getting this gibberish:
...operator not supported for strings on line 8 ... and five more lines.
if I try to paste the full code, it makes THIS server think I am up to something and gives me an error message.

JimT · Post by **JimT** » Mon Jun 03, 2024 8:45 am

Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2024 6:09 am Still getting this gibberish:
...operator not supported for strings on line 8 ... and five more lines.
if I try to paste the full code, it makes THIS server think I am up to something and gives me an error message.

It's working for me Bill. Using the Duckduckgo browser. Maybe you just need to clear your cache?

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Mon Jun 03, 2024 8:45 am

I checked in this morning, it worked fine...

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Mon Jun 03, 2024 10:28 am

I am in the same boat as a number of other fellas according to the chat on the Castboolits Facebook page.
Even switched from Chrome to Safari (yuck) and the second I logged in it went back to the code error message.
And when I tried to sign in at Art of Bullet Casting, my registration has been held up pending my response to a confirmation email that I never receive, even in spam. What a week I'm having, and the colonoscopy Wednesday.

earlmck · Post by **earlmck** » Mon Jun 03, 2024 10:37 am

I hadn't signed on to Castboolits in a while and when I tried I get the same message as you are getting Bill -- "not supported for strings on line 8..."

Maybe they are shedding themselves of us "problem users".

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Mon Jun 03, 2024 11:13 am

Earl, you would make a great poster child for that Web site.

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Mon Jun 03, 2024 5:11 pm

earlmck wrote: ↑Mon Jun 03, 2024 10:37 am I hadn't signed on to Castboolits in a while and when I tried I get the same message as you are getting Bill -- "not supported for strings on line 8..."

Maybe they are shedding themselves of us "problem users".

Same here. I can see the site until I try to login ... then I'm doomed.

Oh, just tried again this evening and it's working now. What a cluster that upgrade was for them.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Mon Jun 03, 2024 5:37 pm

I had to re-log in, but I was able post on the "testing" forum w/attachment.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Mon Jun 03, 2024 7:15 pm

Working for me now.

junkbug · Post by **junkbug** » Mon Jun 03, 2024 8:12 pm

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Tue Jun 04, 2024 10:40 am

It was working fine for me, then yesterday didn't work at all. Then I noticed the site had me logged out, so I logged back in and it worked fine again.

But the same thing happened here today! I went to open a post to read and it took a full minute to open. Then it said "You don't have privileges to view this post"? I then realized I was suddenly not logged in here too! Logged back in and it's working normally here now. Not sure how I got logged out as I usually just keep logged in, and never had to do this before?

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Tue Jun 04, 2024 11:19 am

Vall, I have been having to log in here two or three times a week for a while now. You are not alone.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Wed Jun 05, 2024 8:51 am

It's running normal today, but yesterday was so slow here I gave up finally.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Wed Jun 05, 2024 2:43 pm

Give DuckDuckGo a try as your search engine, it's all I use and I was able to log in here or CB without any issues!
I do everything possible to avoid using the Gword search engines. They don't need to know what I'm looking at!

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Thu Jun 06, 2024 11:28 am

GunnyMack wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2024 2:43 pm Give DuckDuckGo a try as your search engine, it's all I use and I was able to log in here or CB without any issues!
I do everything possible to avoid using the Gword search engines. They don't need to know what I'm looking at!

I always use Duck-Duck Go everywhere, but hasn't changed issues I occasionally have here. Cast Bullets forum was only a one day issue when they were down for upgrades.

LeverGunner · Post by **LeverGunner** » Thu Jun 06, 2024 11:55 pm

It never did go down for me. I been busy a few days, and haven't been on much though. It's working for me as of right now.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Thu Jun 13, 2024 7:17 am

Phooey. Down again for me this morning.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Thu Jun 13, 2024 9:43 am

Same here too Bill. Just tried a second ago and wouldn't open the site.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Thu Jun 13, 2024 11:05 am

Yep... All I get is the standard msg: "castboolits.gunloads.com’s server IP address could not be found.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Thu Jun 13, 2024 11:14 am

Works for me but I forget my password!

Bronco · Post by **Bronco** » Thu Jun 13, 2024 12:58 pm

Works for me ! AND I am logged in there able to post !

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Thu Jun 13, 2024 5:13 pm

Back up for me now.

GunnyMack · Post by **GunnyMack** » Thu Jun 13, 2024 5:30 pm

Works here from my tablet.

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Thu Jun 13, 2024 6:29 pm

seems to work

i never knew about that site

i registered and im in the "cooling off" period right now -

Looks a little spicier than the small leverguns corner of ARFCOM - - hadnt had much luck with other forums (besides this one) since John Taffins site kinda went by the wayside and turned into a host for his blogs - of which are still very interesting from time to time though

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:54 am

Down again this morning.

Grizz · Post by **Grizz** » Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:52 am

marlinman93 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:54 am Down again this morning.

they seemed to be going thru update hell, but their entire site might have been corrupted by outsiders. we had a website that was taken over by chinese hackers in chicomlandia, brought down the entire vendor. stuff happens. i hope the database backups are isolated . . .

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Fri Jun 14, 2024 10:25 am

Down again for me as well. But on one attempt I got security warnings.

Rimfire McNutjob · Post by **Rimfire McNutjob** » Fri Jun 14, 2024 12:50 pm

Down today still.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Sat Jun 15, 2024 8:21 am

Seems to be an every morning thing for me. Down again yesterday, but worked in the afternoon. Just tried a few minutes ago and down again this morning. They really need to fix it, or I'm just going to give up on the site.

Bill in Oregon · Post by **Bill in Oregon** » Sat Jun 15, 2024 8:24 am

Same for me, Vall. It is discouraging. Admins warn it could go on for a few more days.

marlinman93 · Post by **marlinman93** » Sat Jun 15, 2024 9:26 am

Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2024 8:24 am Same for me, Vall. It is discouraging. Admins warn it could go on for a few more days.

Just tried it again a few minutes ago and it worked fine. Really screwy. I posted at a topic there about site issues and mentioned a lot of people can't get on almost daily. So we'll see if they respond.