ZappBots Forum Appears To Be Off-Line

[granz]

ZappMan,
It appears that your site is off-line. It is reporting an SQL error:

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]

mysql_connect function does not exist, is mysql extension installed? []

An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.

I've been getting this error since this morning. Any chance that you could look into this?

Thanks

[JKnightandKARR]

Just checked. I got the same.

[granz]

Is Zappman all right? This General Error on his site for over ten days, and I haven't seen any comments here, on S///C, since then. Can anyone contact him off-board to make sure that he is okay?

[Chris Savage]

Is Zappman all right? This General Error on his site for over ten days, and I haven't seen any comments here, on S///C, since then. Can anyone contact him off-board to make sure that he is okay?

He logged into the forums yesterday, so it would seem he is okay. I will send him a PM. He's a valued member.

[granz]

He's a valued member.

Agreed. Hopefully he is all right.

[Chris Savage]

Agreed. Hopefully he is all right.

Okay, I will admit to being a little worried now. I'm not sure if I have direct contact information for him. 

[granz]

Unfortunately, I also do not have any contact info for him.

[granz]

Well, it's now been a full month. His site is still down.

Chris, has ZappMan logged in since that Sunday that you mentioned above? Soes anyone have his real name? Maybe we could try to hunt him down to make sure that he is okay.

[Chris Savage]

Chris, has ZappMan logged in since that Sunday that you mentioned above?

According to his profile, he was last on: Apr 26, 2026, 02:39 PM

[Chris Savage]

As of today, it's now been a month. Has anyone heard anything?

[granz]

Not here. I searched for any death notices under the name that you gave me, but nothing turned up - hopefully a good sign. I also searched for the name "ZappMan" - nothing much explaining why he went silent.

Hopefully he has not gone Silent Key. 

[JKnightandKARR]

Hopefully he is ok.

[zappman]

ZappMan,
It appears that your site is off-line. It is reporting an SQL error:

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysql4 ]

mysql_connect function does not exist, is mysql extension installed? []

An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists.

I've been getting this error since this morning. Any chance that you could look into this?

Thanks

Due to changes at the web host altervista "https://zappbots.altervista.org" is PERMANENTLY off-line. The ZappBots forums used a custom forum set-up that IS NOT currently supported by the web host. I have NOT been able to restore the forums.

Please, don't ask for the forums to be restored. At this point in time, I have stopped trying to recover the forums.

[zappman]

As of today, it's now been a month. Has anyone heard anything?

Hello everyone here at the Savage Chats. I am fine, life this spring has just been very very busy, and I have not been on-line anywhere very much lately. I also have not worked on any projects lately. Lots of time spent doing home maintenance and lawn care. And, I have spent some time with my son helping him to repair his deck. I have been able to keep the lawn mowed, but behind on string trimming, and spraying to kill weeds growing on my fence, house and sidewalks/patios. I am also behind repairing my pressure treated wooden fence, I have repaired several sections, but several more panels and a gate still need repairs.

Things just take longer, when we start getting old!

[Chris Savage]

Things just take longer, when we start getting old!

Well, I am relieved you're okay. I'm sure you can appreciate that, as we get older, more and more of our friends, peers and colleagues start disappearing from our lives, often with no explanation. In the rare case we do, it's often sad news. It's hard not to jump to conclusions when so many have been lost.

I used to be in a CoD clan called, "WTF" (We The Few), and two of the three founders disappeared while I was away from the game one year. I came back to find they had passed (cancer) and someone else had taken over the group.