This is not really an OS related question. This is about screenlets.org. For a while now I have been unable to access screenlets.org. Apparently, they had a massive crash. Now, every time I do to the web-site, there is a notice about restoring the database. This notice has been up now at 3-4 weeks (if not more). I was wondering if anyone knows what is going on with screenlets.org and if, or when, they will be back up? Thanks

Hi!

I opened a new page in Google and found this article:

http://is.screenlets.org.downorblocked.net/
And this one as well:
http://screenlets.org/Documentation/...ets-pysrc.html

I did not have any trouble going to this website.
It could be that your browser may need to be updated.

Also; sometimes (depending on the time of day) servers can be so busy that you may not able to
gain access to a site.
http://www.zdnet.com/demonoid-hit-by...ck-7000001732/
http://www.aspisfun.com/errors/serverbusy.html

You could write to the webmaster@localhost of the screenlets.org organization or file a complaint about the websites reputation-
http://www.webutation.net/go/about

I looked for an article to confirm as to whether screenlets had a massive crash or not.
I or should I say Google did not find anything to support that.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbo=d&s...+screenlets+ha

Here is what I get when I go to www.screenlets.org:

....quote:

I was able to recover the DB from an old backup from
august 2012, I wanna say thanks to everyone who take
the time to contact me for help.... the DB take about
12GB and takes time to upload 12GB to our server....
please be patient

Special thanks to:

Jivko Todorov
Dror Snir
Andrew DeFaria

....unquote

So, unless they changed their URL or some other such thing, Screenlets.org is unobtainable.

I ran "is it down or just me" and ... YES ... the web-site is up.

If they did change their URl wouldn't that have been made clear?

I suppose anything is possible. Anyway since you have found that this website is indeed unobtainable it looks like the only thing left to do now is decide how to manage this.

You could file a complaint but that's up to you-

FOLLOW-UP ......

The following is quoted from the owner/webmaster for "screenlets.org".

..quote

Hi yes I'm the administrator of screenlets.org, the website is currently
down because of database crash, I was able to recover as website says,
but the upload of this file was taking so long because of my limited
upload bandwith, I restablish the upload and it will take 2 days to
complete.

Thanks for contacting me.

------------------
Antonio C. Velez Baez
Linux Consultant
Vidalinux.com
RHCE, RHCI, RHCX
Red Hat Certified Training Center
Email: acvelez@vidalinux.com
Tel: 1-787-439-2983
Skype: vidalinuxpr
Website: www.vidalinux.com

..unquote

This may need to be more widely distributed to others in the event
someone else is interested.

I was about to give up using this wonderful software, but now according to what you posted i'll wait until screenlets.org is up again.