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Old Nov 09, 2005, 04:22 PM // 16:22   #1
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Unhappy www.guildwiki.org is down!

Guildwiki is down, for the moment. Basically, we're too big for shared hosting. We meltdown any shared server we touch. We need a dedicated machine, and we're having trouble finding a reliable one in our price range. You can continue donating, and say hello to our sponsors at the bottom of the screen. We'll be moving to a dedicated box with ev1servers.net ASAP. Watch this space for updates, and you can email me at: phil.nelson AT gmail dot com. - Gravewit



As you can see, the site is down, the web admin left a hopeful message that it will be back up soon though.

One of the best gw related sites Ive been to.
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Old Nov 09, 2005, 05:33 PM // 17:33   #2
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Unlucky, I know how bandwidth can be costly for web servers.

Dedicated is your best option to say the least.
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Old Nov 09, 2005, 06:09 PM // 18:09   #3
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Guildwiki is doing a great job! Hope you manage to get online again soon!
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Old Nov 09, 2005, 06:23 PM // 18:23   #4
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Yeah, I feel lost without wiki!

*gasp* - Will I have to start using the "search" button here!?

(yes, that was a slam to all the insta "use the search button" repliers!)

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Old Nov 09, 2005, 09:38 PM // 21:38   #5
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guildwiki is by far the best resource there ever is and ever will be.

they need to set up there own forum so i can get away from this bias one.
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Old Nov 09, 2005, 09:49 PM // 21:49   #6
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Quote:
Originally Posted by coldslammer
guildwiki is by far the best resource there ever is and ever will be.

they need to set up there own forum so i can get away from this bias one.
Don't like it here? Stop posting and viewing this forum then.
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Old Nov 09, 2005, 10:06 PM // 22:06   #7
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i cant, its full of information goodness, its where everyone is, so i'll be here till otherwize
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Old Nov 09, 2005, 11:13 PM // 23:13   #8
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guildwiki is by far the best resource there ever is and ever will be.

they need to set up there own forum so i can get away from this bias one.
It can't be as bad as the GWOnline.net forums, where EVERY thread gets merged....sooooo annoying. Plus, they close any thread that gets off topic a little bit....forums are meant to get off topic!
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Old Nov 09, 2005, 11:17 PM // 23:17   #9
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Yep, I noticed it the day it happened. REAAAAALLY sucks since they were my best (and the only reliable) source of info...I hope they come back up, they rule.
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Old Nov 10, 2005, 01:03 AM // 01:03   #10
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Yeah they have a clean, easy to navigate site, I love GWG but I admit I sometimes had an easier time finding information there. But GWG has more info so it has its reasons.
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Old Nov 10, 2005, 04:06 AM // 04:06   #11
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omg i <3 this site. amen.
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Old Nov 10, 2005, 04:54 AM // 04:54   #12
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I like Guildwiki for info like collectors, quests, ect.
I like GWO and GWG for strategies, builds, ect. (Yes, GWO does have a lot of merged threads, but that's because people are too lazy to use the search function or their eyes and post the same question 5 threads above the last one >_<)

I like the OT forum for spamming!
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Old Nov 10, 2005, 04:59 AM // 04:59   #13
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Originally Posted by Lord Oranos
Guildwiki is down, for the moment. Basically, we're too big for shared hosting. We meltdown any shared server we touch. We need a dedicated machine, and we're having trouble finding a reliable one in our price range. You can continue donating, and say hello to our sponsors at the bottom of the screen. We'll be moving to a dedicated box with ev1servers.net ASAP. Watch this space for updates, and you can email me at: phil.nelson AT gmail dot com. - Gravewit



As you can see, the site is down, the web admin left a hopeful message that it will be back up soon though.

One of the best gw related sites Ive been to.
www.universehosting.com ... anything good enough there?
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Old Nov 10, 2005, 06:51 AM // 06:51   #14
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Bandwidth is usually the issue. I'm currently using www.lunarpages.com. For a modest $7.95/mo I get 100GB transfer per month. 200GB is $22.95, and they have dedicated solutions starting at $99 (2000GB/mo).
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Old Nov 10, 2005, 07:21 AM // 07:21   #15
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What are your bandwidth requirements for guildwiki?

Have you asked for content encoding on the web server,to reduce your bandwidth requirements?
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Old Nov 10, 2005, 04:13 PM // 16:13   #16
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You might want look into Media Temple (http://www.mediatemple.net/). They host a lot of popular / high end web design sites (e.g. http://www.2advanced.com/) so stability and bandwith shouldn't be a problem.
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Old Nov 10, 2005, 06:12 PM // 18:12   #17
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For a high bandwidth site like wiki you have to be careful when you used share hosting services. Usually the cheapest ones overload each server with accounts and hope that each account does not use anywhere near the amount of space and bandwidth allocated to them. If you actually plan on using up all the bandwidth you have allocated to your account then you might start running into problems. There are definitely good shared hosting services out there but they usually cost more so people think they are rip offs. The fact is they might only put 50 accounts on a server instead of 200. The problem of course is you can't tell what you're getting beforehand.
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Old Nov 10, 2005, 10:58 PM // 22:58   #18
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I think a lot of you are mistaking the OP for the owner of the site.

Anyway, it's made me realise how often I used it. The information is mostly scattered around forums such as this one, but the organisation and completeness of guildwiki.org kept me coming back. I hope it's up and running again soon.

In the mean time I've been using the Google cache of the site where possible.
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Old Nov 12, 2005, 11:40 PM // 23:40   #19
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My life is so empty.. I might actually have to make some progress on the game now =P

Apache installation page is a good sign ^__^
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Old Nov 12, 2005, 11:53 PM // 23:53   #20
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