Hi all,
Ichiraku will be shut down today (4 October 2009) in preparation of our conversion to Invision Power Board 3.
Stay tuned at Ichiraku DEV for updates. You can also check http://ichirakuorg.chatango.com while waiting.
The new URL will be at http://ichiraku.org/forums/.
Thanks!
Finally, after three days, Ichiraku is back again, only with a minor caveat. Full public release from the administrators:
Hello everyone,
It’s a big day for us as Ichiraku is finally back after being down for three days since August 7!
We are still looking for the probable cause of the problem and we are currently engaged in a manhunt, of sorts, to pinpoint the culprit. While the initial diagnosis was a hack case, we figured that the problem was too selective to have been due to a single person with malicious intent. This is due to Ichiraku’s SMF files removed from the server, while the rest were not.
We worked around this problem by reinstalling SMF and calling back a server backup made on 9:00am (GMT +8) of August 5th thus having a roll-back. All posts made on the day of August 6 will be lost, but I’d daresay this is better than restarting and rebooting all over again. We have also returned the Ichiraku Mail service (www.mail.ichiraku.org) last night, and assigned a new URL to Ichiraku DEV (http://support.ichiraku.org), although, alternatively, you can still access our support blog at its old address.
For the meantime, I and akee ask everyone to be very vigilant. Since this may not be the last time we see this – I will not give you false guarantees, because it MIGHT, and I want everyone to be with us as we fight these glitches or errors – please tell us as soon as you can. Meanwhile, I and your faithful staff will do we all we can to further safeguard our community from pernicious attacks, human or otherwise, in the future.
Thank you everyone for your continued support!
The Ichiraku Admin Team—-
Enjoy everyone! And a little thank-you note wouldn’t hurt at all. 
Hi everyone,
Ichiraku is currently down due to unforeseen circumstances. We are currently engaged in trying to find the problem and trying to fix it.
We will be making an announcement here as to the status of the forum. We’ll keep you posted.
Thanks.
Hello guys,
Ichiraku will be down from 2pm – 4pm for a routine maintenance.
Check updates here at Ichiraku DEV for news.
Thanks.
Hello everyone,
Our server is currently experiencing difficulties. Please wait while we try to resolve the issues.
UPDATE: It seems the issue has been caused by a weird instance of another installation of Apache running. The host has already resolved these issues half an hour after the report was filed.
Thank you,
Ichiraku DEV
