jbzeus Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Hey all,Tonight I recieved a screen that says "Account Suspended" when trying to connect to doityourselfchristmas.com. Have no idea why. Not sure I ever have posted to this site. Of course I can' t even find out who what why of the suspension because I can't even see the site. Any ideas??Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny M. Carter Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Jeff, I do go to diychristmas forums. When I tried to sign in after I saw your post I got the same error. Not sire what the deal is. You must have signed up there at some point and time. I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponddude Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 DIYC is having major bandwidth issues, which is why the forum has been so slow lately. Macrosill posted regarding what the membership wants as far as changes to help with the issue. That forum sees ridiculous traffic...I am going to assume far more than here...and now they are having issues. Here is what he posted...So the day has come that we have grown so large we can no longer go on hosting this site on a shared hosting service. We have too much data, and so many visitors that we gobble more bandwidth in a month than most sites use in a year.I am looking at a number of ideas to help ease costs. People have suggested adding higher levels of Supporting Memberships. I think it may be useful but would like some input. What privileges would you guys like to see in a higher level of support? Larger PM box? Only Supporters can run Group Buys? Shorter search intervals. Custom user titles? DIYC email addresses? Maybe an entire new support structure? Maybe a private forum or forums that only Supporting Members can access?I am also considering adding some ads to the site that will only be seen by non-supporting members. I did not want to put adds anywhere but it seems it may be necessary and if you do not like ads then you can support and solve the issue.You can PM your suggestions if you would rather not post them in this thread.I am looking into maybe setting up an advisory committee for this. If you would like to be considered and have the time and are willing to put in the effort send me a PM about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbzeus Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 Hi Donny! Yeah, I signed up and I have it as a homepage when I hit the internet. I just don't know why in the world I get an account suspended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny M. Carter Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Thanks Greg. Not sure how I missed that post. Must have been playing with my new floods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Raymen Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I got the same error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacTayl Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 It is still down.This Account Has Been Suspended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Hurrle Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I am getting the same thing. I am sure that it is a hick up i their system and not everyone is suspended. No way that I know of right off to contact them since all that information is on the site. Need that site for the wikis they have as I am sure others do too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlkren Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 For me, I starting getting the Account Suspended some time last night. It is hard to believe that it is still going on and that Brian has not go it back up and running. Very strange! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny M. Carter Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Thanks Jeff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlkren Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I tried clearing the cache and restarting the computer with no luck. :X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacTayl Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Did you have it set as a Home Page if so you must delete that also, I went through the same thing then I deleted it as a home then it started working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlkren Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Not set as my homepage. Tried removing all my bookmarks and restarting but to no avail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Same here..I visit the site a couple times a month, caches are cleared, tried several machines, still no access.Doesn't seem like this is an old ip/new ip/cached issue.Guess its worth waiting a few days to see if it clears..its not like this is happening on the LOR board..at that point, it would be sheer panic..:shock: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBullard Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I just got right in, clicked on my Favorites link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny M. Carter Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I just got in also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 and after trying again just now, so am I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nurples Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 If your still having issues, try this...Close all browsers.Click Start > Run > CMD (Windows 7 just type CMD in the search box and hit enter)In the command (DOS) window, type: ipconfig /flushdnsClose the command window, open your browser, and try the site again.If it still doesn't work, there is something wrong with your user account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Saul Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 It's entirely possible that your internet provider has the old info in their cache. That being the case you could try changing your DNS servers to google’s (8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4) or give it a few days for the cache to expire and pick up the changes.Here is the link on how to change your DNS http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rise Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Was just on the site a few minutes ago. Everything is working as far as I can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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