Site Update

[administrator]

Hey everyone,

This is the new home to eskimofriends.com - look, it even says www.eskimofriends.com in the address bar this time!

So after ages and ages I have finally moved the site. I've paid for this host, and Ade has helped me out with setting it up so big thanks to him again. So hopefully this will mean that the site won't be going down any more, like it has been in the past. But I might put up a little sign in the next few days asking for donations via paypal to pay for the site, and if anyone feels like paying a euro or two then it'd be appreciated!

Pleaes if anyone experiences any problems now, and especially if the site freezes like it used to, will you post about it here? Thanks!

emmett

[Diarmo]

We have moved again. Bye, bye our-adams-family! smileys/smiley1.gif

[concetta]

please, can you explain me how make a donation?? smileys/smiley9.gif

[administrator]

aw thanks you! i'll put up a link in a few days to explain everything.

[WeeAngel]

if i had money or a credit card i'd give a million euro's cuz i love the igloo!!!!!smileys/smiley31.gif

[GlttrGrrl]

YAY! smileys/smiley32.gifhttp://www.eskimofriends.com/forum/smileys/smiley32.gifhttp://www.eskimofriends.com/forum/smileys/smiley32.gifhttp://www.eskimofriends.com/forum/smileys/smiley32.gif Definitely put up the donations link soon.

[mestonf]

hey emmet i will give you a donation smileys/smiley1.gif

[concetta]

ok.. !!!! smileys/smiley2.gif

[Tink]

Yay i can get on straight awa now woo hoohttp://www.eskimofriends.com/forum/smileys/smiley17.gifsmileys/smiley32.gifsmileys/smiley1.gif

[cille]

nice work, emmett, thanks! and thanks to ade too, for helping you out and for him and his lovely family to host the igloo for a while smileys/smiley32.gif

[daol20]

Emmett, whats with the question marks between the day, month and year in the dates?</span>

[administrator]

i don't see that. where is it?

[Catch-22]

Will you need a credit card for the donations Emmett?

[daol20]

Hmmmm.......maybe its my browser but for every date on this site i see </span>question marks seperating the day month and year



example "Joined: 04?July?2003"



</span>

[daol20]

I bet its just one of those typical one of a kind weird ass things that only happen to me regarding this site!!



Remember my script thingy?smileys/smiley36.gif

</span>

[cille]

something weird happens for me too: every time i read one of your messages, daol, i see ladies and tigers walking aroundsmileys/smiley29.gifverrrry strange!smileys/smiley2.gif

[ali*]

just u daragh

[daol20]

She's running from the tiger, but
its cool cos sheis in the dark ,adn the tiger is in the daylight, so
there a safe distance away from eachother. But i dont want to tell her
that, cos she'll stop running!!</span>

[administrator]

Will you need a credit card for the donations Emmett?

no, i haven't really thought it through yet, but thanks everyone!

and dara, i miss that script thing that used to follow your posts... maybe the ? thing is its ghost... the haunted posts of dara...

[Wheels]

smileys/smiley36.gif

[Miss Pink]

u so crazy

[Angela]

smileys/smiley32.gifsmileys/smiley32.gifI'll be sure to throw some dollars into the hat.


And thanks, Ade, for having hosted the igloo for a while and helping Emm setting up house on the new host.


And here's one for the family album: Ade and Emmett at work smileys/smiley4.gif


http://www.shultz.com/South%20Pole/Build%20Igloo/Building%20Igloo%2003.jpg

[Miss Pink]

smileys/smiley36.gif


i'll well donate

[daol20]

...and daragh</span>, i miss that script thing that used to follow your posts... maybe the ? thing is its ghost... the haunted posts of daragh</span>...



Could very well be! This time its hanging around in the background, alittle bit more low key!



There's always something happens me when the site changes address.
Something always screws up with my firewall or browser or whatever.



</span>

[Wheels]

That's cos your special smileys/smiley4.gif

[daol20]

Between you and my mammy im starting to believe that!!</span>

[Wheels]

smileys/smiley36.gif smileys/smiley32.gif

[Miss Pink]

smileys/smiley4.gif

[Martini]

smileys/smiley32.gifemmett

[daol20]

No no, My names not Emmett! smileys/smiley36.gif</span>

[Loveless]

To fix the 'special character' problem:

Internet Explorer: Click on View &gt; Encoding &gt; Western European / or AutoSelect

Mozilla: Click on View &gt; Charcater Encoding &gt; Western (ISO)

[daol20]

Ahh it worked. Good man Loveless!!

I knew it was some sort of character problem, but never thought it
would be that easy to fix. So simple!! A bit like meself, what!??

</span>

[SisterMidnight]

Yay Emmett!!! The new 'gloo is awesome!!! smileys/smiley32.gifsmileys/smiley4.gifhttp://www.eskimofriends.com/forum/smileys/smiley20.gifYou da man!!! (but I did kind of panic when the old site didn't boot right away, and then started thinking "Will everything be different at our new igloo?" smileys/smiley36.gif) No worries! Same old friendly faces and familiar user interface! smileys/smiley2.gifThank you so much for everything you do, Emmett! (and thanks to Ade and the rest of the Adams family for putting us up!) Gosh, I'm actually so relieved! Kind of funny, but don't know what I would do without this place now.....

[Miss Pink]

its kinda like...go on net....and chat to my igloo...

[ali*]

is it just me, or can we not view profiles anymore?

[administrator]

you should be able to... i can... anyone else have that problem?

[Angela]

All is fine with profiles for me, Ali. smileys/smiley5.gif

[Loveless]

You need to be logged in to view profiles.

[Wheels]

But she'd have to be logged in to post aswell... and she did that...

I don't have that problem Ali* smileys/smiley5.gif

[marloes]

OK, that was weird. was anyone else having problems with the site just now? It froze and then all the graphics were gone smileys/smiley5.gif
edit: no replies so I quess it was just my comp acting up then.Edited by: marloes

[Martini]

been working nicely for me smileys/smiley4.gif

[Sionna]

The main page on the site isnt working for me,i can only use the forum.Anyone else have this problem?

[Wheels]

Nope...

[Sionna]

It says HELP/NAVIGATION ERROR -
document.write(errMsgS)
Server Error

document.write(errMsgL)
The server failed to return this URL: http://www.eskimofriends.com/default.asp

[Wheels]

did you type in the default.asp?? try without that...

[Sionna]

Nope,i just typed in www.eskimofriends.com (http://www.eskimofriends.com)even when i click the news link it wont work smileys/smiley5.gif

[Sionna]

http://help.internet-optimizer.com/?js=1&amp;e=ERR500&amp;u= (http://help.internet-optimizer.com/?js=1&amp;e=ERR500&amp;u=http%3A//www.eskimofriends.com/&amp;cls=wsi24&amp;rid=r01) http%3A//www.eskimofriends.com/&amp;cls=wsi24&amp;rid=r01


Thats the link to what comes up smileys/smiley5.gif

[Wheels]

Internet optimiser??? smileys/smiley5.gif I'm baffled... I get the front page every time...

[Sionna]

I wonder could it be a virus or a bug? smileys/smiley5.gif

[cille]

http://help.internet-optimizer.com/?js=1&amp;e=ERR500&amp;u= http%3A//www.eskimofriends.com/&amp;cls=wsi24&amp;rid=r01 (http://help.internet-optimizer.com/?js=1&amp;e=ERR500&amp;u=http%3A//www.eskimofriends.com/&amp;cls=wsi24&amp;rid=r01)


Thats the link to what comes up smileys/smiley5.gif


checked your computer for spyware lately? cause it looks like that stuff to mesmileys/smiley7.gif


i recommend you dl ad-aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/), if you don't already have it smileys/smiley1.gifEdited by: supercille

[Sionna]

thank you!whats spy ware?

[Loveless]

ah that explains it all then! the problems you were having accessing bellx1.com aswell.. it sounds like you're web browser (Internet Explorer) has been hijacked.

This program will get rid of some of the more well known Home page Hijackers.

CoolWebShredder fixes:
· Redirections to CoolWebSearch related pages
· Redirections when mistyping URLs
· Redirections when visiting Google
· Enormous IE slowdowns when typing
· IE start page/search page changing on reboot
· Sites in the IE Trusted Zone you didn't add
· Popups in Google and Yahoo when searching
· Errors at startup mentioning WIN.INI or IEDLL.EXE
· Unable to change or see certain items in IE Options
· Unable to access IE Options at all

http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cico_d/prog/CWShredder.exe
ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/filepilot/windows/security/CWShredd (ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/filepilot/windows/security/CWShredder_1570.exe) er_1570.exe
(posted two links, incase one doesnt work for you)

You should also try and run Hijack This, another great cleanup utility
http://tools.radiosplace.com/HijackThis.exe

and you should DEFINITELY run Ad-Aware. It will clear up a lot of nagging malware and cookie problems and suspicious startup programs.
http://isheo.ru-se.com/sas/antivirus/Ad-aware.6.Pro.Built.18 (http://isheo.ru-se.com/sas/antivirus/Ad-aware.6.Pro.Built.181.exe) 1.exe
When you install Ad-Aware be sure to click on 'Check For Updates' before doing a full scan of your system.

These programs are very small so its not going to take you all night to download them. Be sure to give your computer a reboot then after you've run all those programs to make sure everything is okay.

Probably no harm to clear out your 'Temporary Internet Files' folder aswell.. click on Start &gt; Control Panel &gt; Internet Options &gt; Delete Files and tick 'Delete All Offline content' and clean the Internet History too.


Spybot
http://www.safer-networking.org/
Download
http://spybot.safer-networking.de/index.php?lang=en&page=dow nload

AdAware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Spycop:
http://www.spycop.com/

General and overall information about Spy/Adware
http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm



-Brendan.

[Sionna]

Thank you so much!!!!Haha your a good little detective,typical,it hasnt been letting me use bellx1 or this site.

[Sionna]

Do i have to pay for these?

[Loveless]

nope, they are all free utilites and all those links work 'cos I checked them before I posted them.

The main two programs to run are:
CoolWebSchredder
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cico_d/prog/CWShredder.exe

and Hijack This
http://tools.radiosplace.com/HijackThis.exe

but I would recommend getting Ad-Aware (http://isheo.ru-se.com/sas/antivirus/Ad-aware.6.Pro.Built.181.exe) too if you have the time. A couple of weeks ago I had a call-out where it took a combination of all three of these programs to get the particular PC sorted out.

[Sionna]

Well i used this ad aware 6 thingy and now i can get get to the main page thank god,but bellx1 still isnt working.I'll try the others now.Thanks a mil im so hopeless with computers!

[Loveless]

the CoolWebSearch will sort out the exact problem that you seem to be having.

When you're using the Hijack This program you just need to put a 'tick box' on any of the items that mention 'coolwebsearch' or any other dodgy search pages that have been appearing lately - and then click on "Fix Checked"

It will look something like this... and give the PC a reboot then when you finished and your internet access should be much improved.

http://www.irishmusiccentral.com/images/adaware.jpg
Edited by: Loveless

[marloes]

Ok, this really helps me too, because I've been having the same problems as Sionna at times. And I was wondering why nobody was mentioning the igloo freezing up again smileys/smiley5.gif But thanks for the tips, people, I hope that will solve my problems too ( well at least my problems with getting into eskimofriends at times, not all my problems, but that would be great though if you could just download a computer program and poof, all you're problems were solved... no? just a thought smileys/smiley36.gif)

[cille]

i can really recommend you to use ad-aware in combination with spywareblaster (get itand read a review of it here (http://www.spychecker.com/program/spywareblaster.html)). it's like a spyware-'firewall', that prevents spyware to be installed in the first place. according to experts this is the most effective of this sort that are available for free.


btw, be careful to dl AD-aware, NOT ADA-ware - the latter is also a spyware removal tool, BUT it adds it's own spyware, grr grrsmileys/smiley7.gif


about hijack this: some danish computer experts say that you should use ad-awarefirst, and only if that doesnt remove the problem, you can try to use "hijack this" . i think this is because it is rather difficoult to use for ppl who dont know much about what files to remove, so if you know what you're doing i guess it's no problem smileys/smiley1.gif