BodySpace Official News Blog

Well, as everyone already knows, BodySpace had a hugemongous database meltdown yesterday with our membership system, starting at 2:00 p.m. MDT.  The site was completely offline for well over the better part of the afternoon and night. 

The entire BodySpace site was therefore taken down until things could be fixed.  Kudos to our programmers for pulling an all-nighter to get things back up and running. 

Things are getting back to normal now.  We are working to restore all mixed-up data into the correct profiles, etc., so please wait another day before reporting any weird info, to see it if gets automatically cleared up.  If you still have lingering issues after the weekend, however, please report them.  Thanks.

We apologize profusely for the hassle!!

UPDATE: It’s now Monday, April 2, 2007, and we’re still seeing some lingering problems with messed up friends (stalking, fan clubs), profile pics for wrong people on profiles, and missing blogs.  These issues are being worked on right now.  Please don’t report these issues - we’re already aware of them.

UPDATE #2: It’s now Wednesday, April 4, 2007, and we’re still seeing some lingering blog problems for a few people with missing posts, unactivated blogs (which were previously active), and permissions errors.  If you’re seeing any of these or other problems, please report them ASAP so we can fix them for you.  Thanks!

UPDATE #3: It’s now Friday, April 6, 2007, and most problems that we know of are now fixed.  Yesterday, we cleared up a bunch of lost blog post problems with one fell swoop, fixing hundreds of lost blogs in an instant.

We are, however, aware of a tricky minor problem with the friends module where you still might not be able to remove some people from your stalking list, but this is being worked on. If you’re still seeing any of these or any other problems (such as wrong slugs [URL’s], your previously changed username reverting back, etc.), please report them so we can fix them for you ASAP!

If you’re new to BodySpace, you may not know that we are nearing the end of the official 2007 BodySpace Transformation Contest.

If you’re not familiar with the contest, please click here and here to catch up:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/transformblogguide1.htm
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/transformblogguide2.htm

It’s now, however, time to vote for who you think should win (who has made the best overall transformation).  Click here to vote.

Congratulations to all of our 8 contestants - they are truly all winners - their level of dedication (for training, nutrition, and supplementation) and general support for BodySpace during the past 3 months has been extraordinary! 

Who was it?  Click here to find out:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bodyspace2007feb.htm

Okay, okay - it is Todd Hnatiuk, a.k.a. fitfanatik!  Be sure to check him out!  And don’t forget, you could be next! 

Did you miss the previous ones?  Be sure to check out our BodySpace Members Of The Month Main Page.

Many members who have recently joined BodySpace have noticed some issues with activating their accounts, and also with changing/resetting passwords.  Currently, these modules are experiencing some problems, and are being investigated.  (These modules worked fine when we had fewer users, but due to recent growth, the underlying code behind these features needs to be rewritten and optimized.)

If you can’t activate your forum/BodySpace account or need to have your password "reset" (changed or recovered), please email us directly, and we’ll handle this for you personally until we can get these automated tools fixed. 

Note: This may take a day or two, especially over a weekend.  Please don’t send your request twice, it just slows everything down for everyone, including yourself.  All inquiries will be addressed ASAP.  Thank you.

It’s been hard not to notice the recent bouts of downtime BodySpace has been suffering over the past week.  (Yes, we use BodySpace, too!  LOL)

These annoying hiccups and unfortunate stutterings are being caused by some behind-the-scenes hardware, DNS, and database reconfigurations and upgrades all occurring at the same time, often requiring server reboots and, thus, some lapses in service.

The worst of these, hopefully, should now be behind us, so we appreciate your patience with our ever-growing site.  We should hit that 50,000 members mark in a few weeks! 

A new round of 16 featured BodySpace members is now up on the main page of our website.  Are you one of them?  Check them out, here:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/

Scroll down to the "Community" section, and see the four new BodySpace/Forum members being featured in each of these 4 categories:

Featured BodySpace Profiles
Featured BodyBlogs
Featured Forum Threads
Featured Photo Galleries

Enjoy!  =)

Many users reported having mysterious "À’s" show up in their blog posts.  This anomaly has been tracked down and eradicated.  If you are still seeing this issue in your blog, please PM Mike.  Thanks!