NOTHING BUT CIRCLES
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@beverly I think I have said before every morning for me at a certain time I can do nothing, this has been happening for weeks (live is southern hemisphere) but of late anytime night or day lots of spinning circles, I think though I maybe a bit luckier as I do live in southern hemisphere when you are asleep I am awake which makes it a bit easier going on Urstyle for some reason for me. I also find I have to refresh the page a lot to get the system to work sometimes but sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't. If the traffic on the site is affecting the way it works, it could mean the servers are not coping with the load, they are not cheap .... Just a thought. All have a good day/night Cheers Ollie
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@Ollie agree with what you say and have thought both things too. Around 8pm EST the site always seems to time out.. Given that the site is working on GMT+2, that would be 2am where Urstyle is located. Many companies set up routine maintenance, backups, etc., to run sometime during the night when they are certain people are not working. I work for a Swedish company, but am based in the USA. In the USA, we sometimes have the same problems when we are working, because in Sweden they have planned updates during the night that won't interfere with those working in Europe. Big updates are done on weekends. Urstyle can't do that because they have users in ALL time zones. They could buy extra servers, but it is exactly what you say.....EXPENSIVE choice for a company especially one that never expected the impact that the shut down of PV would have on them. And they are probably still trying to figure out if they are making money in their new situation. Bigger market share does not alway mean profit. Further, because the community forum generally always works, even when "create" aspect does not, it makes me think the same thing, more servers are needed to handle the traffic for creating sets. But since the majority of us using the site are NOT making money for them, as frustrating as it is, it could be worse..we could have no platform at all.. Hugs, love to you all!!!
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@sharee64 @Ollie ~ I agree with you totally. I have said that before many times. I will have to find a copy of the message that I had with Damian. He did mention the money factor and the servers. That is the biggest problem they have. Also, I was reading about the business opportunities in Poland. Many investors are saying do not invest in Poland. I will have to go back and find that also (if anyone is interested in reading it). There are many if's, ands, and buts when it comes to Urstyle. It is very interesting to read of their beginning. Polyvore was not the salvation for SSENSE who are located in Canada. I really believe from what I have read that Polyvore toward the end was in dire straits. This type of business can be difficult as a money maker this day and time. I was very unhappy to say the least when Polyvore sold to SSENSE. I only hope that Urstyle will not count their chickens before they are hatched. I only wish the best for them. I am very pleased with the way the site is set up. However, there was a tweet from Urstyle dated yesterday, June 20............
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We are noticing some temporary issues with our hosting provider. This could affect URSTYLE website availabilityJune 20, 2019
As stated, they were having issues with the hosting provider, which is definitely related to the servers. A web host, or web hosting service provider, is a business that provides the technologies and services needed for the website or webpage to be viewed in the Internet. Websites are hosted, or stored, on special computers called servers. It appears that the temporary issues are the problem with the site today. Anyway, just wanted to express a few more words. Let us hope it all comes out well in the end. Thanks for post. Hugs, Beverly
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@Ollie @sharee64 ~ @DianneC and I discussed this in a message yesterday regarding asking Urstyle about membership fees. I said that would be a good idea to get the feel from them, even though there is a place for donations. I would be glad to pay a membership fee. However, that would not solve the problem of the slowness of the servers and the hosting provider. Let us all think about this. If it would help Urstyle, then I am fine with doing that.
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@Beverly I would love to read that message if you find it....LOL, for what it worth, I am hoping to go back to Europe this fall..and on my list to visit is Warsaw Poland...as much as I lbuy every trip to Europe, maybe I should call it investing
all joking aside..it was obvious near the end of Polyvore, there were some "cheap brand associations" that I think they saw as cash flow, but in fact weakened the original amazing concept they started out with. @Ollie and @Beverly, like you both, I would be willing to pay a fee. Paying for Netflix, or Spotify, for example is a way of life. Membership here would have less audience than either platform..but then Urstyle would not have the same level of high expenses associated with entertainment memberships!!! Thank you both for your insite into this topic and proposing ways to make this place better, instead of giving up!! -
@beverly, @Ollie , @sharee64 @AngieM , @sjlew , @astrocosmic thanks for including me in this discussion. I have read everything everyone has added. It does sound like lots of possibilities as to why the ongoing, often frustrating problems on this wonderful site. A small membership fee may be an answer, a monthly fee would be difficult for some of us, but i do understand the sites needs to be able to profitable to stay alive. I hope some kind of resolution can be found soon. Sadly, a site that doesn't work is like not having one at all and I think that is the frustration growing in so many of us...hugs
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Hello everybody! Just wanted to add that I am all in for contributing via a membership fee. Let's help the site staying alive! I could imagine a two level membership concept, in order to stay free of cost for the users who cannot or don't want to pay for a service and for those who want to contribute. just an idea. Have a good weekend, all of you!
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I came back here and there is still circles 🤨 Also I can’t add items.
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can't do anything, everything i try i get circles and more circles!
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Well it is Saturday morning and the spinning circles have invited their friends to join them. At this point, I am thinking I might try another site just so I can make a set.
Someone mentioned Fashmates. This site cannot handle the load. That is fact! I haven't a clue as to when they will ever get to a point of the site running smoothly. I thought I would add to this post again to see how many others get the same feelings. Keep posting everyone! -
@beverly Yes ma'am you are correct. I was awaken pretty early this morning due to Fireworks in my neighborhood so I just got up and decided to get online. EVERYTHING WAS AMAZING! Mind you, this was at 4 a.m. PST As soon as more people came online things slowed down and now they have completely stopped. There is really nothing online that compares to Urstyle, I've checked. I believe someone from admin mentioned they were "sharing" a server. Perhaps that's the issue. I'm not sure what it is but the Hosting company needs to be replaced. In 2000 I had a very nice website and I used Planet Hosting. They were amazing. Reasonably priced and never any downtime. 99.9% all the time. I've noticed users have been leaving. I won't do that for sure because this site has fabulous potential. P.S. I would be happy to pay a monthly fee if it would help.
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@Arjanadesign ~ The servers are being shared I believe from a statement from the admin. There are too many using the site at one time. Therefore, it is the servers. I went to Fashmates and it would probably be the next best one. I tried Trendme before Urstyle and I did not like the space to make a set plus a few other things. I do not plan on leaving Urstyle and the thought of the uploading to a new site takes time. Adding images and items for a new site would be something I do not want to do at the moment. So, I think I will go and find a movie on Amazon prime or Netflix. I keep my fingers crossed in hopes that the next time I sign on, a miracle will have happen. lol
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@Beverly , @Arjanadesign , @Ollie , @heartsongs ,@sharee64 , @sjlew Appreciate the conversation. Do not want to lose this marvelous site. A fee would be difficult for me financially a burden so i hope it does not come to that! Please keep me in the conversation! I hope @urstyle is following too. it would be nice for them to respond here as well. have a wonderful sunday all! and this morning spinning and spinning continues, so no creating possible for me...
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Hi @journeyon ,
we had a temporary server issue since Friday caused by our hosting provider. This issue was not related to traffic/load and we were informed about that on our twitter account https://twitter.com/urstyle@Beverly right now we are focusing only on the page speed/availability and mobile app. We are also talking with many investors to boost up URSTYLE. Let's keep fingers crossed
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@admin ~ Thank you for the message regarding the slowness of the site. I only wish the best for Urstyle. This site has done some marvelous things and I love to be on here. I get frustrated like many do. However, being updated on the problems and conditions helps us understand what exactly is going on.
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