Petopia is a Problem!
A number of people have posted or e-mailed to let me know that Petopia is currently down. Initially, it looked like an unrelated network problem with our host. Unfortunately, it soon became apparent that Petopia itself may be the problem — the unprecedented traffic we’ve been getting the past few days was causing problems for other sites hosted on the same network.
We are working now with our host to get back online as quickly as possible. However, we may need to disable some features temporarily. Thank you very much for your patience and understanding while we sort through this!
[Later ...]
Theoretically we should have everything back online now. Please let me know if you notice any irregularities. And thanks again!
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Aww… That’s not a problem, that’s a sign of awesomeness!!! I don’t know what I’ll do without Petopia though, and especially now!! O.o
Petopia is obviously overloaded with all the new info you can provide now!
You are great Mania!
Now i just wish you to get this solved easily and quickly!
I honestly expected this, with patch 3.0 out EVERYONE is gonna be after Exotics and Casters and since they didn’t care to remember before, they’re all hording to Petopia.
It really does show how much of an important resource your Petopia is to the WoW community. As a hunter myself, Thanks!
Wow congrats on the traffic flow ..even if thats kinda a bad thing atm. I always turn to your site when ever I have a question about anything hunter pet related, thanks Mania for your awesome site!
I noticed this last night. Your site is just too awesome for it’s own good!
Good luck Mania.
Even with this problem, I must say congratulations! You are the most resourceful out of any pet guide possible! Your website rocks! What would we do without you!
slashdotted!
Just another sign of your growing Celebrity Mania. ^_^
Thanks, everyone. If nothing else I am learning many valuable lessons about how to run a not-quite-small-enough-to-be-simple-anymore site! *grin*
I don’t know if I’m just stupid and cant find it, but is the link to the page with all available pet skins missing?
Aniyun: Temporarily, yes. I’m working on a solution right now and hope to have all the features back online later this evening.
Sorry about the inconvenience!
Oooooh, I think I share a bit of the blame with the others who actually “told” most of my other hunter buddies where to look if they need the BEST hunter/pet info… naturally, I sent them your URL…. everyone kept asking me where and how I got my exotics and whatnot, so I sent them to Petopia for more info rather than repeating my long replies to each and every tell on how and where I got each pet…. Goes to show how much you website is really loved and in demand, lol.
Keep up the good work Mania!
-Night Elf Hunter, Eonar EU.
Great work Mania. And hey it still works in IE6 , lol. Congrats on really becoming big-time.
As much of an inconvenience that may be for you, it still has to absolutely swell you up with pride! ^__^
I don’t know what I’d do without my Petopia though! That’s where Tashi discovered her perfect match. He’s her pet soul mate! She never would have found him if it weren’t for your site!
And Thrombus says thank you from the bottom of his little fuzzy bat heart. ^__^
Grats, grats, grats!
Okay — everything should be back online now. Let me know if you see any problems with anything!
Mania’s Arcania » Beta Build 9095 - October 17th, 2008 @ 11:15 pm EDT
[...] I was hacking on Petopia this evening, Blizzard went and released a new build to the WotLK beta realms! (And also to the PTR [...]
So how do we donate funding to ensure that “throwing money” at the host keeps them happy and Petopia up?
Gryion: We should be fine now, thanks. :> If you insist, though, there’s a donate button on the About page here on Arcania.
Lol, sorry, my post sounded like the problem was a good thing! O_O
But I guess it really is! And it’s a good thing that it’s back up now, too. All is well! ^__^
Mania - I’ve been on a similar learning curve. Tuesday saw a 10-fold increase in traffic to El’s guides, at which point the server collapsed under the strain, and I spent the next few hours frantically re-arranging things, while sorting out extra hosting. Been a fun week!
el: You got yourself into it with all that handy inscription info! *grin* And the fishing achievements … thank goodness there are no hunter pet achievements or Petopia would probably still be down. I tell ya, it’s an achievement madhouse out there. (But good job on getting sorted out, and congrats on the traffic!)
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