HappyPerson
offlineMember
There seems to be an issue with today's site/download/giveaway. I keep getting the 502 (bad gateway) error message, which means that there is something wrong with GOTD's site/network/servers. Please fix this as soon as you can, GOTD team. Thank you.
Best,
Happy
Whiterabbit-uk
offlineGames Guru
I had a problem uploading my comments, though after persevering managed to get one uploaded. I also kept getting the bad gateway message. Though it now seems to have been resolved.
WR
goodgotd
offlineMember
ditto- I've been getting "502 Bad Gateway" for the last couple of hours while trying to dl todays giveaway.
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com & http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/pdftiger/ are available but the download links http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/download/?id=8833 and http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/download/?id=8833&mirror=1 are 502'd.
DiscoveryByte
offlineMember
The problem is being faced by me as well. I was unable to download 9-23 and Today's (9-24) giveaway. Please fix this problem soon.
Bigun
offlineMember
I have no explanation for this phenomena.
Using Internet Explorer 7, I repeatedly got the "502, Gateway error" message, that each of you mentioned. I tried downloading today's offer using Internet Explorer every 3 to 5 minutes for about two hours. I switched to Firefox 3.0.11 and immediately was able to download the GOTD offer. Going back to Internet Explorer, I continued to get the "Gateway" error message.
The time of day when the above occurred ran from approximately 3:30 UTC to approximately 5:45 UTC on 25 September 2009. UTC is the abbreviation for Universal Coordinated Time which is very similar (technical differences) to Greenwich Mean Time. I believe that Whiterabbit's time zone, and the entire UK, are the same as the UTC times quoted.
I am not sure why but I have not been able to download a program for a few days now. I get
502 Bad Gateway
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nginx/0.5.33
I have also tried from different location..
does anyone know what is going on?
I can't dowmload anything and sometime even when I post a comment I get the same error......
Whiterabbit-uk
offlineGames Guru
I'm still getting the bad gateway 502 message, but only intermitently. I've been able to download yesterdays (24th Sept) and today's (25th Sept) programs.
I think I'll return to firefox again. :) I just never bothered to reinstall it from the last time I reformatted in July.
WR
notblocklox
offlineModerator
I'm sorry to hear that many users have the 502 problems; and I'm sorry that I can't help you.
Maybe it's a regional problem? I am able to download with Firefox and IE, with and without a downloader, from the main source and from the mirror.
I have tried it several times from the English site and the German.
But I too get the Bad Gateway sometimes when I will give a + or - or a thumbs up. After F5 / refresh it seems that my click was counted.
The test-comment I wrote got the error message too, but after F5/refresh it appeared as usual under the comments.
graylox
HappyPerson
offlineMember
Given that this problem is occuring for many people, this clearly is a GOTD server issue, especially since we were all able to easily and smoothly access/download/post on GOTD before. I hope GOTD managers take our comments to heart and try to fix the problem soon. Otherwise, GOTD may see declining membership due to these technical "glitches."
Best,
Happy
Ok when I use Firefox I get same 502 error but when i look at the error console I see this
Security Error: Content at http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/ may not load data from http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/wondershare-mp4-video-converter/.
notblocklox
offlineModerator
I found this in the error console :
Warnung: getBoxObjectFor() sollte nicht mehr verwendet werden, versuchen Sie element.getBoundingClientRect() zu verwenden, wenn möglich.
Quelldatei: http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/wondershare-mp4-video-converter/
Zeile: 0
Well, I confess, no matter which language - I have no clue :P
cluelesslox
Robert
offlineMember
Cluelesslox 
Your error might be related to the use of the FF add-on Adblock Plus(or another ad blocker).
Error 502 could be an overload/failure problem of the Gotd server but it might help clearing your browser cache completely.
(In FF3.5 go to Tools-options-advanced-network-offline storage)
I get the same error 502 no mater if I use FF or IE, I also tried from 10 different computers at work and all the same error. I also tried at my house same error. I did like the downloads but I am missing them now. Even hard to post comment becasue same error..........hope it get fixed......
GMMan
offlineMember
It seems to happen frequently to me these few days. Most of the time the pages don't load completely, or else it's a 502. Chances are either the Giveaway IT people are doing something with the site, or else their upgrade had a few bugs. My biggest concern is nginx. I'm not quite sure what it's used for, but it's some sort of proxy. Maybe GOTD's servers aren't running on the standard http 80 port and uses nginx on an appliance or something for redirection.
notblocklox
offlineModerator
Come on Happy be happy! (sorry, couldn't resist)
Do you think the "GOTD managers" wouldn't care? The project is their business, they are doing this for money and that is the best impetus to doing things as good as they can.
BTW which membership are you speaking about? Did I miss something?
notblocklox
offlineModerator
Thanks Robert, I'm not really worried about the 502 thingie and even less about the output of the error console. At this moment the console is showing tens of "errors" or warnings about several sites though I never had any problems surfing.
I had to post that "warning" because I thought it was curious in its nerd language - just wanted to entertain :)
BuBBy
offlineAdministrator
I'm yet to have any 502 errors, and I understand how frustrating it must be for those who do get them.
The problem does seem to be intermittent - and I am quite sure that the GOTD team know about the errors. Future 'me too' posts that bring us no closer to a solution really doesn't help anyone (except perhaps the individual who just wants to 'let us know').
But we do.
HappyPerson
offlineMember
Notblocklox,
We are all members of GOTD, correct? Very plain and simple. Free membership is still membership - so what I am saying is that if these technical glitches do not get resolved soon, many members may no longer wish to visit the GOTD site.
Also, given that the GOTD team has not posted this problem in its "blog" section, this is what made me say that I hope GOTD managers take our comments to heart. All other past glitches (I believe)were posted in GOTD's blog section, so why not this one?
Bubby, as one of the GOTD administrators of this forum, you should be encouraging GOTD members to report their "error/glitch/inaccessiblity findings," instead of discouraging folks to do so. For, the more people who report these prevalent/pervasive glitch issues, this will be helpful to the GOTD team, and to other members also.
Moreover,the problem is not intermittent - it is constant and it is happening on a daily basis-and this is why I don't understand why GOTD does not post this on its blog.
Also, the problem appears to occur only on the U.S.-English site. Why?
In summary - I believe GOTD will benefit by hearing from as many users as possible.
That's just my two-cents-worth on the subject.
Best,
Happy
wizzard_of_ozz2004
offlineGames Master
Happy, I think what Bubby was saying is that while the company should be aware that as many people as possible are having this problem, they should be e-mailing the company instead of flooding the forums with their "me too" posts. I also think he's eluding to the fact that "me too" posts add nothing to the discussion. I guess it's kind of like those comments you see on the giveaway page where they add nothing to the discussion except "I can't get this to activate either." It's annoying and frustrating. I myself deleted two separately started threads yesterday that people felt they needed to open a new one just to say "me too." By now, I'm sure that GOTD is aware of the problem and are working on fixing it.
By the way I can't add to the discussion as I've not had any problems downloading.
notblocklox
offlineModerator
Me too - no problems :)
wizzard_of_ozz2004
offlineGames Master
You can find that page here happy:
notblocklox
offlineModerator
or just send a PM to : "admin" : http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/profile/1
Whiterabbit-uk
offlineGames Guru
I've not been able to access any giveaways for two days now. Initially it was intermittent, but now everytime I try to download from the promary or mirror links I get a 502 error. anyone any idea's?
WR
notblocklox
offlineModerator
Meanwhile we have 3 threads to this topic.
These two are closed:
Am I the only one still getting bad gateway and try again later?
Error 502 Bad Gateway
Jim0622
offlineMember
Thank you all for posting this Error 502.
I have had the Error for the past 2 weeks
I can not download or add a comment about the software.
I thought I was the only one who had this problem.
I posted my concern a long time ago and never got an answer form the staff about it.
I don't know whats going on with the team at GAOTD but a lot more users have this problems than they think. Plus they have to know about it. I'm sure they have computers at their homes, like us.
Why they are not addressing it. ( who knows why, but it's not good. Maybe they have a new secret 007 virus on their server or something).
RDurbin
offlineMember
I had received the 502 Error code also. After looking through the forum for an answer, I tried some troubleshooting of my own. I went through my "cookies" list on my browser (Google Chrome)and deleted the ones for Giveawayoftheday. Knowing they regenerate themselves when you log on again. Use the 'Options' command to find the right section in your settings.
I restarted my browser, went to the giveaway for the day and it worked. Not sure what changed from before, but now I can download giveaways again. Hope this helps!
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