Guys,
The following thread outlines the issues we've been experiencing. It wasn't stickied so it dropped off the radar.
http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=33926
Long story short is that I have to do a whole rebuild on the server. New website, new store, new forum..ie IRIS starting from scratch. Needless to say this isn't a small job especially for one person to do.
Before anyone asks, yes we do have backups and no we can't use them to speed up the process, otherwise I would
Anyway, the reason for the discounts are simple. Whilst the main IRIS Site is down, we want to ensure that our customers get advantages of an IRIS sale regardless of where they shop, hence why we've informed FlightsimStore, Simmarket and FS Pilot Shop to apply a 30% discount across the entire IRIS product range until such time as the IRIS server and site is back up and running.
Just because there's a sale on and our site is down doesn't mean IRIS is folding anytime soon..

I can assure you we have a number of products lined up, one of which is close to release.
I'd be lying if I said that IRIS would be back up and running tomorrow. There's a lot to be done from our end, but it WILL get done, we WILL be back up and running as soon as we can be and IRIS WILL NOT be closing down.
So there..
David.