Scotty

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Bottom line - when the site is busy things can slow down. you have a large number of people accessing a finite number of resources and those are typically busiest after a game and the day after ... Looking at the CPU logs we did get a blip on Sunday, likely TM4TJ chewing up resurces using the stats program, but nothing that should have caused any outage. With regard to the payment timeout, I cant duplicate the error on the shopping cart and the transaction itself takes place away from our site to ensure the relevant financial compliances and is done via paypal so outside our control. I will take a look and see if I can see anything in the logs, but another needle in a haystack.

Scotty - Ayr win CDN Girl - Dundee win SOS - ICT win

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Scorer RR: Easton Crowd: 1876 CDN Girl HT: 1-0 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Oakley 1st Scorer RR: Stanton Crowd: 2123 SOS HT: 1-0 FT: 2-1 1st Scorer ICT: Doran 1st Scorer RR: Easton Crowd: 1955

Liquid Web is our host, always has been (well, since they took over our original host WiredTree) but we have used Cloudflare for domain registration, DNS and security since they came on the scene. I switched from using their proxy yesterday and updated our security certificates etc. so we should be good in those terms. The simple fact is that when busy things will slow down, it's the nature of the beast, but hopefully the 522 errors are a thing of the past. Random Trivia: We were actually one of the first batch of sites to jump onboard with CloudFlare when they launched and even got featured on one of their T-Shirts that got sent to me. Its a Cloudflare logo but a bit like our black ICT shirt with people's names but in this instance, its domain names. CaleyThistleOnline.com is on there. I think BigDon is also on there.

mmm, sure I can fix that

@weeman and @IBM - can you confirm if you are known to the office staff? Do you want me to simply give them your names/email to co-ordinate pickup or dispatch? Send me a PM with the details you want me to give to Liam at the club and I will send it along.

Here are the draw results for 2021/22 season to see who receives Cameron Harper's signed shirt from this season just past. WINNER - CAMERON HARPER SHIRT: @Scotty WINNER - LEWIS HYDE SHIRT: @weeman WINNER - SHANE SUTHERLAND (PINK) SHIRT: @IBM The names in the hat for each of the seasons are based on the members who joined the sponsorship group each year (see topic linked below). The draw itself is conducted using a random generator website (www.randompicker.com). We have used this same site to conduct all our draws over the years and have also successfully conducted several test draws on the current data that completed without any issues. The draw is completely and utterly random and no-one on CTO or within ICT has any influence or control over the names that come up. This is important to note as there are people connected with the club and with CTO who have subscribed and are therefore eligible and who will not be excluded from the draw. If anyone has any concerns or questions about this process, please feel free to PM me or mention it in the thread below. 2021-22: List of participants 2021-22 Draw Result on the randompicker website : https://app.randompicker.com/protocol/773385x3976

We have always played better when we keep it on the deck. Our pitch was designed with the highest point in the middle and sloping off to the edges, partly (or mainly I suspect) due to drainage but it also means that a passing game using the width seems to work best on that pitch. Route one stuff has its place, even at ICT but it should not be the default tactic, especially when you dont exactly have tall attackers!

Have made some tweaks. Please let me know of any continuing errors.

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Scorer Accies: Ryan Crowd: 1725 CDN Girl HT: 1-0 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Oakley 1st Scorer Accies: Winter Crowd: 1622 SOS HT: 1-1 FT: 2-1 1st Scorer ICT: Daniel Mackay 1st Scorer Accies: Shiels Crowd: 1822

Actually - and with all due respect to others - this helps me a lot more than the other responses as it gives me details. 522 errors are almost impossible to resolve unless you get lucky. They are also known colloquially as "Cloudflare errors" and can occur due to issues on the server itself or between Cloudflare and the Server. They are not typically a problem on the end user machine. We are hosted in Chicago as that's where our service provider is located. We use Cloudflare for security and also so that it's distributed on their network so theoretically you pick up a UK based copy of the website rather than from our provider in the USA. I am going to have to pause Cloudflare to test further but before I do that I will need to do some security tweaks as we use CLoudflare for SSL also. I will essentially go back to square one on the host and try to make sure each step of the way is working. May take a little time.

spoke with TM4TJ and most errors he gets are 522 errors. These are a nightmare to try and troubleshoot as its basically a connection error and that could range anywhere from the server being down to high traffic to firewall issues and a host of other technical issues. It can last for a fraction of a second or can be a prolonged problem. it's quite literally a digital needle in the haystack. 522 is a server-side error so it's not your connection, your provider or anything else on your side, it is the server. I will continue to look into it but pinning it down may be more to do with luck than any specific course of definitive action! I know our stats program can be a little heavy on resources as its using an old version of PHP but unfortunately, I am a little outside my scope trying to upgrade this myself so if anyone does have some mad PHP/MySQL skills please step forward W/regards to the ads - Our revenue has gone down nearly 80% in the last 6 months using what Google call "Auto-Ads". These are ads that are placed by them, optimized for size and position. These are still in place, but I have been trying to get revenue back up by placing them manually on pages where the auto-ads do not work. I have also enabled a adblocker message asking users to not block ads so if you have them blocked you may see this. If we don't make money from the ads, there will be no site, it's that simple. We have not used £10 shared hosting in a long time, and it costs somewhere close to US$2000 per year to host this site on a VPS server and pay for software maintenance, support and all other ancillary costs like domains and other stuff. I vowed to myself and family that while self-financing I would keep it going. Once it becomes a drain on personal finances then my options are limited and pulling the plug is a real possibility. Been doing it 28 years so it's not a bad run if it ends... although 30 is a nice number too and I am shooting for that (and beyond) if I can I have resisted the temptation to reinstate the "Vignette Ads" which Google keep telling me would increase revenue by 50% as it is clear from the first foray with Auto Ads that people don't like them and if people stay away because of the ads then 50% of $0 is $0! I will continue to review the ad situation and try to strike a balance between revenue and usability. I also get almost daily offers for "paid content" where I would get paid to publish betting or other spammy articles. We turn them all down (by ignoring them) purely because we have always thought "content is king". If anyone wants to help out with costs, donations are gratefully accepted, or you could become a "site sponsor" for £25 per year which removes all ads from your experience. Also - If anyone is able to set us up with a corporate sponsor then even better and you may get a few perks in return...

Scotty HT: 0-0 FT: 1-0 1st Scorer ICT: Billy Mckay 1st Scorer PT: Graham Crowd: 2012 CDN Girl HT: 1-0 FT: 2-1 1st Scorer ICT: MacGregor 1st Scorer PT: Tiffoney Crowd: 1975 SOS HT: 1-1 FT: 1-1 1st Scorer ICT: Daniel Mackay 1st Scorer PT: Lawless Crowd: 2101