RIP Mandatory

[DearDiary]

https://hfboards.mandatory.com/ went down today, getting a DNS error.

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[PanthersPens62]

RIP

 

[John Price]

RIP

 

[LOFIN]

Yeah, it took me like 3 hours to figure out. And I'm probably not the only one who doesn't realize. And someone will think the forums went down for good

 

[John Price]

Yeah, it took me like 3 hours to figure out. And I'm probably not the only one who doesn't realize. And someone will think the forums went down for good

yep I was surfing upstairs wondering why it wasn't working for that computer but working fine on my othera

 

[DearDiary]

I wonder how much site traffic is down today. They should have left a message saying to change to the other url before closing down

 

[SJSharksfan39]

Yeah, it took me like 3 hours to figure out. And I'm probably not the only one who doesn't realize. And someone will think the forums went down for good

When we sign up for this board and have to provide an email address, having a mass email go out saying what is happening would be incredibly helpful in situations like this. I thought the board was down all day long and then I finally figured out what was going on via an internet search. Considering I'm not on Twitter or Reddit, having a message about the change would have been nice.

 

[LOFIN]

When we sign up for this board and have to provide an email address, having a mass email go out saying what is happening would be incredibly helpful in situations like this. I thought the board was down all day long and then I finally figured out what was going on via an internet search. Considering I'm not on Twitter or Reddit, having a message about the change would have been nice.

There has been nothing on those platforms either

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

What’s the difference??

I’ve always just put in HFBoards.com

 

[Hippasus]

I had trouble interpreting emails today. I actually used the virus excuse. Maybe there was something behind it after all.

 

[archangel2]

What’s the difference??

I’ve always just put in HFBoards.com

same

 

[LOFIN]

What’s the difference??

I’ve always just put in HFBoards.com

Well those who have had this site as a bookmark with the old address, are just thinking the site is down. After like 3 hours I started to ask around from 4chan, reddit, twitter. And only then found out that actually HFBoards - NHL Message Board and Forum for National Hockey League has been up all along. Why would you google it? Even the websites that show if a certain website is down, showed that HFBoards was down.

 

[Gee Wally]

When we sign up for this board and have to provide an email address, having a mass email go out saying what is happening would be incredibly helpful in situations like this. I thought the board was down all day long and then I finally figured out what was going on via an internet search. Considering I'm not on Twitter or Reddit, having a message about the change would have been nice.

It was changed 2 years ago and a notice was posted for month.

Domain Name, PWA's, Servers

Domain name has been updated to get rid of the "Mandatory". Login credentials have not changed, but the address you have them assigned to has. Progressive Web Apps (PWA's) are enabled. The option to add to home screen on android phones should appear in a few hours. Apple does not participate...

forums.hfboards.com

 

[LOFIN]

It was changed 2 years ago and a notice was posted for month.

Clearly not well enough, because I've been a daily user for this whole time and never noticed a thing. And it took me like 3 hours yesterday to figure out what was wrong.

And judging how much less there have been messages, I was probably not the only one. You F'd up.

 

[Gee Wally]

Clearly not well enough, because I've been a daily user for this whole time and never noticed a thing. And it took me like 3 hours yesterday to figure out what was wrong.

And judging how much less there have been messages, I was probably not the only one. You F'd up.

Me?