From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 19 Jan 09 - 04:18 PM

So a lot more US visits, but the UK people spend nearly twice as much time here when they do come.

Left me wondering what a "Bounce Rate" is. Though I'm sure it's not as interesting or enjoyable as it sounds.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: maeve
Date: 19 Jan 09 - 02:39 PM

Thank you, Max. Those are very interesting statistics.

maeve

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Max
Date: 19 Jan 09 - 01:14 PM

Here's some official mudcat stats for those curious. This is from Dec 18 to Jan 18:

293,867 visits (951,167 hits) came from 191 countries/territories

Pages/Visit
The average number of pages viewed during a visit to your site. Repeated views of a single page are counted. Pages/Visit
Site Avg: 3.24

Avg. Time on Site
The average duration of a visit to your site. Avg. Time on Site
00:04:13

Detail Level: Country/Territory City
Country/Territory
Sub Continent Region
Continent Visits Pages/Visit Avg. Time on Site % New Visits Bounce Rate
1. United States 137,258 2.77 00:03:39 73.15% 62.66%
2. United Kingdom 84,296 4.66 00:06:29 44.96% 42.48%
3. Canada 20,089 2.87 00:03:06 68.19% 58.34%
4. Australia 8,973 2.42 00:02:46 71.82% 63.18%
5. Ireland 7,765 3.11 00:03:58 61.76% 57.40%
6. Germany 4,432 2.01 00:01:45 75.61% 68.73%
7. France 2,520 2.85 00:02:45 71.94% 62.46%
8. Netherlands 2,179 2.02 00:01:38 81.73% 69.30%
9. Italy 1,735 2.08 00:01:45 73.54% 70.84%
10. New Zealand 1,703 3.30 00:04:11 68.88% 60.66%
11. Spain 1,366 2.14 00:01:40 79.06% 69.03%
12. Sweden 1,350 2.59 00:02:07 73.63% 65.19%
13. Norway 1,241 3.12 00:04:18 63.26% 58.02%
14. Denmark 1,022 3.73 00:06:14 51.47% 42.66%
15. Belgium 954 1.68 00:01:16 83.96% 71.59%
16. India 862 1.50 00:00:59 92.69% 80.74%
17. Japan 840 2.23 00:02:37 65.95% 65.12%
18. Philippines 761 1.41 00:00:53 94.35% 81.21%
19. (not set) 677 2.67 00:03:13 73.71% 62.48%
20. Poland 632 1.40 00:00:47 88.92% 83.07%
21. Switzerland 605 1.73 00:01:37 86.45% 72.73%
22. South Africa 549 2.15 00:02:15 86.52% 68.49%
23. Finland 490 1.60 00:01:28 81.84% 72.65%
24. Mexico 466 1.42 00:00:51 90.34% 80.90%
25. Austria 460 2.36 00:01:39 75.65% 66.96%
26. Brazil 455 1.50 00:01:06 89.67% 77.80%
27. Israel 442 1.61 00:01:09 83.03% 70.81%
28. Turkey 419 1.34 00:00:38 89.02% 82.10%
29. Singapore 415 1.58 00:00:52 93.49% 75.42%
30. Russia 409 1.38 00:00:52 85.09% 79.71%
31. Czech Republic 385 1.81 00:01:17 83.12% 71.17%
32. Greece 378 1.60 00:01:21 85.19% 73.81%
33. Hong Kong 364 1.99 00:02:15 83.52% 72.25%
34. China 364 1.28 00:00:56 89.56% 83.52%
35. United Arab Emirates 331 2.66 00:05:33 53.78% 51.36%
36. Hungary 319 1.61 00:01:18 88.71% 73.98%
37. Romania 301 1.39 00:00:38 93.36% 82.39%
38. Argentina 300 1.69 00:01:13 91.00% 75.00%
39. South Korea 279 1.51 00:00:59 88.53% 76.70%
40. Portugal 247 1.48 00:01:08 89.47% 77.33%
41. Malaysia 242 1.33 00:00:46 93.80% 85.54%
42. Iceland 223 2.67 00:07:04 32.74% 48.43%
43. Thailand 220 1.44 00:01:03 89.09% 78.18%
44. Croatia 207 1.56 00:01:02 92.27% 75.85%
45. Indonesia 202 1.24 00:00:39 96.04% 85.15%
46. Taiwan 199 1.57 00:01:00 87.44% 75.88%
47. Serbia 193 1.56 00:01:03 90.67% 75.13%
48. Bulgaria 173 1.68 00:00:57 87.28% 76.88%
49. Slovakia 144 1.62 00:00:36 81.94% 81.25%
50. Slovenia 138 1.62 00:00:41 90.58% 73.19%
51. Vietnam 130 1.35 00:00:44 87.69% 80.77%
52. Chile 119 1.27 00:00:34 91.60% 84.03%
53. Luxembourg 118 4.76 00:07:02 30.51% 38.14%
54. Saudi Arabia 112 1.40 00:00:39 94.64% 79.46%
55. Ukraine 110 1.32 00:00:36 87.27% 80.00%
56. Estonia 106 1.57 00:02:11 83.96% 71.70%
57. Egypt 105 1.35 00:00:46 92.38% 79.05%
58. Jamaica 103 1.89 00:01:33 91.26% 77.67%
59. Lithuania 87 1.61 00:00:54 81.61% 74.71%
60. Pakistan 85 1.22 00:01:05 84.71% 81.18%
61. Cyprus 85 2.04 00:01:22 89.41% 65.88%
62. Colombia 75 1.41 00:00:30 92.00% 77.33%
63. Peru 73 1.84 00:01:54 91.78% 75.34%
64. Latvia 71 1.63 00:00:59 92.96% 76.06%
65. Iran 71 1.39 00:01:04 97.18% 77.46%
66. Guam 71 1.68 00:02:16 60.56% 73.24%
67. Trinidad and Tobago 70 1.50 00:01:23 92.86% 70.00%
68. Malta 64 1.56 00:00:37 90.62% 68.75%
69. Puerto Rico 57 1.28 00:00:32 96.49% 84.21%
70. Lebanon 56 1.18 00:00:24 91.07% 87.50%
71. Bahamas 54 1.87 00:01:15 81.48% 55.56%
72. Nigeria 54 1.35 00:01:02 90.74% 79.63%
73. Kuwait 50 2.12 00:02:35 90.00% 84.00%
74. Isle of Man 49 2.82 00:03:21 55.10% 53.06%
75. Morocco 47 1.19 00:00:23 100.00% 87.23%
76. Venezuela 47 1.91 00:01:28 97.87% 74.47%
77. Ivory Coast 40 1.08 00:00:38 77.50% 92.50%
78. Barbados 39 2.05 00:01:20 94.87% 64.10%
79. Qatar 36 1.75 00:01:31 94.44% 69.44%
80. Sri Lanka 35 1.69 00:00:39 97.14% 82.86%
81. Macedonia 32 1.38 00:01:05 93.75% 68.75%
82. Algeria 31 1.81 00:01:42 90.32% 77.42%
83. Kenya 30 1.40 00:01:16 93.33% 76.67%
84. Bosnia and Herzegovina 29 1.45 00:01:31 96.55% 68.97%
85. Dominican Republic 29 1.62 00:00:46 93.10% 62.07%
86. Costa Rica 29 1.38 00:02:07 89.66% 75.86%
87. Cayman Islands 28 1.86 00:00:49 85.71% 82.14%
88. Jordan 27 1.89 00:01:52 100.00% 74.07%
89. Ecuador 27 1.48 00:00:10 100.00% 81.48%
90. Georgia 27 1.33 00:01:29 96.30% 77.78%
91. Jersey 26 1.54 00:01:17 84.62% 73.08%
92. Belarus 26 1.62 00:01:08 84.62% 69.23%
93. Uruguay 25 1.72 00:00:58 92.00% 76.00%
94. Bermuda 25 1.28 00:01:10 96.00% 80.00%
95. Ghana 24 1.00 00:00:00 91.67% 100.00%
96. Panama 24 1.50 00:00:40 87.50% 79.17%
97. Bahrain 22 1.77 00:00:58 86.36% 81.82%
98. Guernsey 20 1.90 00:01:38 95.00% 70.00%
99. Guatemala 20 1.35 00:02:45 95.00% 75.00%
100. Bangladesh 17 1.06 00:00:03 94.12% 94.12%

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 19 Jan 09 - 02:42 AM

yah!

I was Festivalling on the weekend & missed the downtime.

Thanks Max for all your work

sandra

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Bill D
Date: 18 Jan 09 - 12:09 PM

The 'stats', are, I believe, just automatically generated records of 'hits' to the server. While UK members may use the forum more heavily these days, there may well be many US residents accessing the database or just lurking.
Activity can't be judged solely by posts one can read.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 18 Jan 09 - 12:06 PM

Mr Happy - are you from UK? Maybe the impression you have is informed by the threads you frequent and the mudpeople you know?

Just a thought. I am from US but live in UK. I would say more US mudpeople than UK from my readings. By I have more dealings with the UK people.

I'll stop rambling now.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Mr Happy
Date: 18 Jan 09 - 11:30 AM

BTW - meant to say much relief the 'cat's all up & running again - many thanks Max!!

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Mr Happy
Date: 18 Jan 09 - 11:24 AM

Those stats above seem a little iffy to me - its long been my imprssion there were more UK users than US ones - or am I mistaken?

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: GUEST,Jim Martin
Date: 18 Jan 09 - 09:09 AM

Sorry Martin, how could I have forgotten your good self?

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: open mike
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 03:27 PM

thanks for keeping us up and running in the midst of everything Max!

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: MartinRyan
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 02:28 PM

'Ere, 'ere, (or should that be Eire, Eire?), Jim - you know better than that!

Regards
p.s. Quite apart from the maths involved...

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: GUEST,Jim Martin
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 12:47 PM

So Bonnie, Cap'n, myself - are we the 1.8% in Eire or are there more?

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Bill D
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 12:31 PM

Zippity-zip. I was got up and about late enuf that I never saw any problems.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: wysiwyg
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 11:49 AM

I got this briefly on all Mudcat addresses but then I got thru to Personal page and never got it again:

Context validation error in tag CFIF
The tag is not correctly positioned relative to other tags in the template: tag CFIF must have some content. This means that there must be at least one tag, some text, or even just whitespace characters between the and markers.
This problem may be due to a CFML comment that has no end comment mark.
The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFIF), occupying document position (13:49) to (13:100).
The specific sequence of files included or processed is:
D:\!WEBSERVER\MUDCAT\HTDOCS\THREADS.CFM   
D:\!WEBSERVER\MUDCAT\HTDOCS\I_SS.CFM      CFInclude
The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFINCLUDE), occupying document position (74:1) to (74:31).
Date/Time: 01/17/09 11:21:08
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5
Remote Address: 70.44.64.240
HTTP Referrer: http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=117820&messages=24

~S~

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 11:46 AM

My impression is that it is faster.

What is it running on - there have been some Dell Poweredge servers at quite reasonable prices on ebay recently?

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: catspaw49
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 11:46 AM

I dunno'.........Hopefully he didn't get the thing from PennState or it'll give up in the second quarter...............

Spaw

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 11:41 AM

Kewl, firing on all cylinders, here, Max! Thanks!

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: RTim
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 11:22 AM

Are these Stats for pure users - ie. incl. Lurkers?
Or are they only for Posters?

Tim Radford

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Max
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 11:18 AM

Not spam persay, robots/worms/spiders. Outsourcing.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: bobad
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 11:13 AM

India at 4.2% is surprising, I wonder if a lot of that is spam (is spam counted?)

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Amos
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 11:06 AM

Back to battery from all appearances, Max.

BTW from the Alexa site:

Mudcat.org users come from these countries:

United States46.9%
United Kingdom16.4%
Germany4.8%
India4.2%
Australia3.8%
Canada3.4%
China2.6%
Ireland1.8%
Greece0.9%
Spain0.7%
France0.5%
Other countries13.9%


If 13.9% comes from other countries than those listed, we really are an international phenomenon and we must have a much higher proportion of lurkers than I had thought.


A
Less...

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Max
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 11:04 AM

I warned you about facebook. I like it in context of mudcat. I wish we had some of the features.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Jeri
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 10:57 AM

Pretty fast here. Well, Mudcat is. I've been sucked into Facebook.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: bobad
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 10:28 AM

Working smooth and fast for me.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Max
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 10:26 AM

Seems to be running smoothly with the exception of the chat and superseach. Anyone seeing anything wrong or experiencing any oddities? Hows the speed? It's a faster server with more RAM, so it should be faster. Though I am running indexing to try to fix the supersearch, with 2.6 million messages, that takes up some processing power and bandwidth...

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Max
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 10:23 AM

Richard, yes raid is supposed to be fault tollerant. It saved the data which is the primary importance and the hard drive was in great condition. The problem was the actual raid card died. But because of the raid, I was able to pop the drive into another machine and here we are. The challenge was being 200 miles away from it all.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Nancy King
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 10:14 AM

Thanks, Max! You're a prince! Hope all is going well with your family's move!

Nancy

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: maeve
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 08:48 AM

Just to be clear: The Annexe is closed. Our kind hosts there(we were their fortunate guests) are moving on to other adventures, in which we wish them well.

Welcome back,Mudcat!

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: terrier
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 08:39 AM

Great to see the site back up again, thanks Max. I was a little worried when I saw Mudcat AND Annexe both down :(

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Megan L
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 08:01 AM

China would be Leechon not sure if he changed his mudname recently .

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Bonnie Shaljean
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 07:57 AM

Or China? (Wonder how long it'll be before they ban us!)

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: artbrooks
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 07:54 AM

VT, that's very interesting - and I wonder who visits from India!!

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 07:37 AM

I found this yesterday Mudcat traffic which I think is fascinating.

Could a Modelf please delete if it is not supposed to be generally known.

I also tried the Wayback machine to see if I could access cached pages of Mudcat, but it keeps failing due to operation time out.

Thanks Max and best wishes on the new job.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 07:36 AM

There is now a Facebook 'Mudcat cafe' group - which has news when the Cat is down - for those on there.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Fergie
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 07:10 AM

Well done Max, it's great to have Mudcat back. Congrats on your new job.
I'm a bit straitened cash wise at the moment but as soon as I get a little in my account I'll Paypal a few bob. It must be a constant drain on your time and finances keeping this wonderful resource that you have inspired on the road. Thank you.

Fergus

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: BusyBee Paul
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 06:25 AM

Welcome back, you've been missed!

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 06:11 AM

Thanks Max1

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Leadfingers
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 05:48 AM

Giok's is open to all music forms ! NOT just Celtic !

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: GUEST,Richard Bridge again still elsewhere
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 05:24 AM

Carol's forum looks useful. Is Giok's (form its name) supposed to be about "Celtic" music only, does anyone know.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: GUEST,Richard Bridge elsewhere on his network
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 04:55 AM

Well done indeed Max.

I was surprised by your passing message on Facebook that it was a RAID failure, because I always thought that the point about RAID was its redundancy - but compared to your expertise I still ahve a llot to learn.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: maeve
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 04:34 AM

Mary Katherine, the Annexe has closed, and there is information about that in threads here.

Both John MacKenzie http://www.failtefolk.net/home/

and CarolC http://www.acousticguitartalktalktalk.yuku.com/directory

have offered us the use of their own sites for music discussion, friendly conversation, and information.

Thanks Max, for your unflagging efforts.

maeve

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Mary Katherine
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 03:17 AM

While the Mudcat was down I tried to access the Annex to see what was happening, but it was gone! Anybody know why?

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 03:07 AM

A good idea - there always seem to be some people who haven't picked up on the existence of the three day option, and get floored by the absence of threads when the Cat has been down a couple of days.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Rasener
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 02:24 AM

OK thought thats what you had done :-)

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Max
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 02:05 AM

I set it temporarily to 3 days because 1 day was empty. I'll change it back tomorrow.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Rasener
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 02:03 AM

Max
I notice (on my machine at least) that the Age 3 days option stays on that when you refresh the website. That didn't used to happen.
Is that something you have done to enable catters to see the threads, or is that something new?
Normally, if you change it to 3 days, the next time you refresh, it goes back to 1 day.
Les

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Rasener
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 01:51 AM

Thanks

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Max
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 01:33 AM

I think I fixed the SMTP error.

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 01:25 AM

I hit an error message also. Gave it a moment to settle down, then tried again, and it went through. (Of course, a new server meeting MOAB for the first time could go into shock or a momentary fugue state!)

Good work, Max!

SRS

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Peace
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 01:23 AM

The above was sent in two posts.

BM

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Peace
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 01:23 AM

Just signed in and there the 'cat is. Many thanks, Max.

Error Diagnostic Information
No SMTP Server Specified for CFMAIL

In order to send SMTP mail messages, ColdFusion requires that a default SMTP server be specified. You can set the default SMTP server using the 'Mail' page of the ColdFusion Administrator. Alternatively, you can make sure that all CFMAIL tags have a SERVER= attribute provided. In this particular case, no SERVER= attribute was provided and no default SMTP server setting has been specified.

The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFMAIL), occupying document position (372:5) to (376:18).

The specific sequence of files included or processed is:
d:\!webserver\mudcat\htdocs\ThreadNewMess-Sub.cfm      


Date/Time: 01/17/09 01:22:51
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30)
Remote Address: 74.127.239.30
HTTP Referrer: http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=117832&messages=2

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Rasener
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 01:21 AM

Phew that took about 10 goes to send that last post

Subject: RE: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Rasener
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 01:21 AM

Well done Max :-)
Have you found a new home for it?
Anyway thanks a lot.
Les

Getting this message
Error Occurred While Processing Request
Error Diagnostic Information
No SMTP Server Specified for CFMAIL

In order to send SMTP mail messages, ColdFusion requires that a default SMTP server be specified. You can set the default SMTP server using the 'Mail' page of the ColdFusion Administrator. Alternatively, you can make sure that all CFMAIL tags have a SERVER= attribute provided. In this particular case, no SERVER= attribute was provided and no default SMTP server setting has been specified.

The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFMAIL), occupying document position (372:5) to (376:18).

The specific sequence of files included or processed is:
d:\!webserver\mudcat\htdocs\ThreadNewMess-Sub.cfm      


Date/Time: 01/17/09 01:18:48
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)
Remote Address: 78.32.71.185
HTTP Referrer: http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=117832&messages=1

Subject: From Max: Mudcat Update - Jan 17
From: Max
Date: 17 Jan 09 - 01:03 AM

I have a new server running. Lets see how she works...