Haha... well, it is in fact server maintenance. We fully back up the site twice each day and make a partial backup mid-day as well. I have set the times to the lowest activity times, but, depending where in the world you are, it could be the exact time you would have time to login. Sorry.

I wish there was a quicker way to back up the site, but it simply takes time. The good news is that we always have a copy of the site that is never more than 12 hours old. The size of our community and the amount of photographs and data is really amazing, but to ensure the safety of the material, we do regular backups and virus scans each day.

cheers,
BD