Got Issues?

[squidgestatus]

Here's a new sticky for Got Issues.  If you have an issue, post it here. 

Comments

[silencer7]

Hi, Walter.
Over the past few hours, it seems as though Squidgeworld.org has developed an internal server error and will not connect.
Maybe you know something about this, maybe you don't, but I hope this'll inform you if you don't so you can correct it ASAP.

[squidgestatus]

Yes, we went down Sunday morning due to a few issues, but we're up now.

SquidgeWorld Archive pseuds?

[vex_verlain]

Hey there! No rush on this question, but I was just wondering if we're able to post fic to the SWA under a pseud? Although I am able to create a pseud, the field to choose which pseud to post under seems to be missing on the Post New Work page. Just curious if this is a feature or a bug! ^_^

Thank you for all your hard work and congrats on becoming a 501(c)(3)! ❤

Re: SquidgeWorld Archive pseuds?

[squidgestatus]

Absolutely - the functionality should be the same as AO3. I've just tested it, and for my user/pseuds, I've got different icons for each (link to example here). Let me know if it's not working for you.

Change email address on listserv

[khittee]

I am finally migrating my old account to my current email, and somehow have never updated the Duchovnik list. I have no idea how to get in and update it. Can you help?

Thanks!

Beth/Khittee

Re: Change email address on listserv

[squidgiepdx]

I sent an email to your old address if you want to check it and respond with your new email. Then when I get that, I'll change it for you. Be well!!!

[azurrys]

Squidge Images appears to be down and all image links are currently broken. This is the error message:

System error
The system has encountered errors in your server setup that must be fixed to use Chevereto:

No write permission for PHP user apache in /images/ directory. Chevereto needs to be able to write in this directory.

[squidgestatus]

Thank you for letting me know! The website crashed overnight, but it's back up and running so we're good.

Crash?

[pepperly]

Previous issue with images happened again;

Re: Crash?

[squidgestatus]

The server burped but didn't alert me. Thank you for alerting me!

[maidith]

The images server seems to be down again ;_; This is the message I'm getting when trying to access images.squidge.org :

[squidgestatus]

Thank you! Now that SquidgeWorld is upgraded I'll be focusing on the Images server to get it settled down.

Crash

[perpetuallylazy]

It look like the sight has crashed - in my area at the very least. Getting SSL errors on attempting to load a page.

Re: Crash

[squidgestatus]

Unfortunately the site did crash overnight. But it's since been restarted.

Squidge Images System Error - Feb 4, 2024

[lumiosecity]

When trying to access Squidge Images, I get an error message that reads as follows:

System error

The system has encountered errors in your server setup that must be fixed to use Chevereto:

No write permission for PHP user glitterjungle in /content/ directory. Chevereto needs to be able to write in this directory.
No write permission for PHP user glitterjungle in /app/content/ directory. Chevereto needs to be able to write in this directory.

I figured I'd say something, in case you didn't already know.

Re: Squidge Images System Error - Feb 4, 2024

[squidgestatus]

I didn't know - thank you! Apparently I fixed one thing and broke another! It's all good now.

slow

[trashgaylie]

squidge images seems really slow right now :0 anything going on?

Re: slow

[squidgestatus]

Not that I can tell, no, but I did just (proverbially) kick the webserver so maybe that did it?

Contact attempts failed regarding the site.

[silencer7]

The site *says* when I try to even get to read the material that the site's up, but it fails to connect.
I don't know if the issue's on my end, or yours (the site's) but if this's the case for me: it probably is for others as well.
I don't think you'd settle for not having the works readable, not with the effort you put into setting up the site, Sir. That, logically is a "it does not follow error".
Login issues with password and account names also have cropped up, apparently alongside with email problems that need to be addressed.

Re: Contact attempts failed regarding the site.

[squidgestatus]

YOU HAVE BEEN BANNED. How many times do we have to tell you? You were banned for being a dick to SqWA users. And when we found out that you were still able to log in, we made it so that you could not access the site at all.

YOU HAVE BEEN BANNED. Grow up, get a life, and go bother someone else.

IRC down

[perclexed]

Hi Walter. It looks like IRC is down as if yesterday. When you have a moment, would you mind taking a look? Many thanks!

Re: IRC down

[squidgestatus]

May fault! I didn't follow my own procedure for bringing it back up correctly - so thank you! You should be good to go now.

Removing my stories

[xanthe]

Hi there - I'd like to remove my stories from Squidge.org. Please can you advise how.

Re: Removing my stories

[squidgestatus]

Do you mean from SquidgeWorld Archive? I can give you control of your account if you no longer have the account you registered with Peja's WWOMB back in the day. Looks like you joined Peja's WWOMB back in September 2004 and when we converted from Peja's WWOMB to SquidgeWorld, your account and stories were migrated. Let me know if you want me to give you access to your account if you don't have access to the xanthe email address it's registered with. And if you want, you can PM me or email me at walterh@squidge.org

[mific]

Hi there - Images and Audiofic Archive are down and have been for a couple hours or more. Haven't checked the rest. Thanks for helping!

[squidgiepdx]

Sorry! Apparently as soon as I'd gone to bed last night a process went wild and took down the server. We're good now!

[baronjanus]

Morning! Email site seems dead in the last few minutes. I'll check again in half an hour

[squidgestatus]

We should be good now. Apparently sometime overnight a process hung and killed server access, so everything's been reset.

Seeking FAQs for Squidge webhosting, if any?

[verushka70]

Hi there,

I would like to build a website (it's part of a challenge) - nothing interactive (maybe some links to my email, that's about as interactive as I plan to get, like back in the 90s), just a "web shrine" to my favorite OT3s across multiple fandoms, from noir and WWII era flicks to present day series.

I have a SquidgeWorld account (just created) but I have been looking for FAQs and not finding any. When I go to the webhosting section, I don't see any way to create a Squidge webhosting account and login. How would I do that?

My understanding of the vast Squidge empire is that I would need separate accounts for Squidge image hosting, Squidge webhosting, etc. as these are discrete services, access to which is not incorporated into a simple SqWA account. Is that correct?

Also, any FAQs/tips on simply hosting HTML files on my Squidge website (once I get it, if you can tell me how)? It's been a while for me (like, 22 years, srsly, since I had a web site of my own on the Unix server at my university job - mostly a shrine to CKR on dS, lol!). I haven't used Unix in a while, but I have installed Linux on a few computers over the years since, so I'm acquainted with basic Unix/Linux commands (and there's always the man pages).

wrt the web, well, I can hard code html and set up directory structures. I'm not familiar with CSS but I don't plan on having anything complex, interactive, or dynamic... I plan for a pretty static web site, as mentioned above.

I apologize in advance if this is the wrong place to post these questions. If there is another DW or Squidge site where these questions are more appropriate, please point me in that direction!

Also, other than basic Qs like "where do I go to create a Squidge webhosting account" and "where do I login to my Squidge webhosting account", I don't expect you to answer everything - pointing me in the direction of any FAQs or noob hangouts (or whatever is available) is perfectly fine.

Thank you in advance for your help with this.

Re: Seeking FAQs for Squidge webhosting, if any?

[squidgestatus]

Sorry for the delay!

1) I can set you up a website - that's cool. Squidge has traditionally been a "Build a website in whatever software you want, then publish it on Squidge". There's never been like a website builder. That said, I'm looking into a way to incorporate a website builder software package, but it's definitely not ready for prime time yet.

2) Yes, each site is discrete - with its own username/password/account information. I wish software packages had SSO (single sign-on) capabilities, but none of them do. Poops.

3) My first homepage - hell most homepages - was coded by hand. The last iteration for Squidge was via software package but the Board is suggesting new designs for the main pages so they'll be changing soon. I'll need to find software that'll do it.

To get a website, people have always just emailed me to ask. If you send me a requested username (which will end up being https://yourusername.squidge.org once live) I'll set it up for you. And no worries about your questions - it's clear we need a central location with that info posted to the 'net.

[beatrice_otter]

Both AudioFicArchive.org and https://audiofic.jinjurly.com/ are timing out--on the podfichat discord, multiple people are reporting that they cannot access the site.

Thank you!

[squidgestatus]

Yep, we seem like to have a hard drive that's failing. We'll let everyone know, and are working on getting it replaced.

Squidge Images Not Loading? - April 29, 2026

[lumiosecity]

When I try to access Squidge Images, the site flat out refuses to load, with my browser throwing back a “server not found” error message. Additionally, all of my hosted images aren’t loading on Dreamwidth.

Any idea what this could be about? Thank you so much in advance.

Re: Squidge Images Not Loading? - April 29, 2026

[squidgestatus]

Yes, we were down for about 6 hours overnight due to power issues. We're good now.

[mific]

hi there
Audiofic Archive is down currently - bots again?

[squidgestatus]

No - Random power blurps here in the Pacific Northwest. We should be good now, but let me know if you're seeing anything hinky!