KG144 Forum

 

The forum is back up and running. However, I understand some members are still having issues with accessing the site and are obtaining #500 errors. 

The forum and Cloudflare isn't blocking individuals as a rule, it will challenge people who it thinks maybe a risk.  I don't 100% know how this works as its down to Cloudflare's "magic sauce"...

• Certain countries which have a history of hosting spam/bot agents are also not blocked, but will be presented with a "challenge dialogue".
• Some users have reported issues with the "Firefox Browser"  and/or Mobile vs PC access, where they can access via one device and not another. 

Some browser / caching issues can be addressed by

• Pressing "Ctrl + F5" keys, which performs a hard refresh in most web browsers (such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Opera), which forces the browser to bypass its local cache and re-download all page elements (like images, scripts, and CSS files) directly from the web server.

other options are:

Windows / Linux (Chrome, Edge, Firefox): Ctrl + F5 or Ctrl + Shift + R
Mac (Chrome, Firefox): Cmd + Shift + R
Mac (Safari): Hold Shift and click the Reload button, or empty the cache from the Safari menu.
Chromebook: Pressing Ctrl + F5 takes a full-screen screenshot instead of refreshing

The over the weekend, some additional rules where tried that aimed at blocking certain combinations of Operating Systems and Browsers (affecting MacOS and Chrome) - but, these have been rolled back.

Anyone with issues, please note the following - so that i can keep track of issues:

• http codes/messages
• any references, IDs or hash values
• operating system,
• browser(s) do you use
• mobile or desktop
• what country are you in
• Are you using a VPN?
• mobile carrier or network provider?