One of my sites - the same one that experienced a Digg-like effect - crashed (or helped to crash) the DownTownHost shared server it’s on yesterday. There was no traffic spike, so I can’t figure out what caused the problem. The host reported that it was just too many MySql queries happening at the same [...]

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Some of the “pretty” Cpanel skins are buggy: your safest bet is the X3 skin.
I encountered some problems recently with trying to create subdomains. The host researched and learned that Cpanel is aware of this bug (and others) with that skin, and that Cpanel is not concerned about fixing it since they provide other skins [...]

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If your host runs their own servers, they probably install all the software and perform all the configurations necessary to make that server work well. Hardware is important for reliability and speed, but so is server software.
Once upon a time, I upgraded to Wordpress 2.3 when it was brand new. I did this on several [...]

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I rarely ask for support from hosts. I check everything in my power, do research online, etc., to avoid having to ask them for help. Why? Here’s an example.
Once upon a time, Sapphire was having a little problem with a site. She read and she studied and she asked friends, but she [...]

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This is the first post in a series about lessons I’ve learned in choosing and dealing with hosts. Expect it to be fairly random, but possibly useful.
Today’s lesson, “Better doesn’t mean better” came from the time I set up Project B-2 Bomber on an expensive, well-reputed host. I was tired of the downtime with cheaper [...]

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It’s been a crazy ten days since I last posted. As soon as I’d get one thing done, ten more things would jump on my to do list, and half of them would be emergencies that needed immediate attention. A lot of what I’ve been up to was switching hosts around.
One of my hosts, Nitrozone, [...]

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After two fabulous months with Fluid Hosting, whom I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend to anyone who wants zero downtime, I dumped them.  Why?  Well, I took a good hard look at my sites and realized they’re just not there yet.  They don’t need a host of that quality yet.  So I went with ResellerZoom, who’s [...]

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I’m trying to move all my sites to the new host today.  But the old host had an awesome idea: “hey, why don’t we go down and stay down and kiss the pavement while we’re down there?”
At least there’s no doubt in my mind I made the right move.  I’m saving $4/month with the new [...]

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I’m moving hosts again.  Not Project B-2 Bomber that had the Site5 disaster a month ago - I’m still pleased with Fluid now that we’ve got the initial kinks out.  If it continues to do well, I think we have a permanent new home.
It’s another batch of sites I’m moving.  This time, just to save [...]

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I’ve hosted several sites on a Site5 package for well over a year.  The package I originally got was pretty reasonable for the money.  The next year, I got a much better deal - all sorts of unlimited stuff! - for less money.  I knew that wasn’t a good sign.
During all this time, there were [...]

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