tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517059438048855055Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:21:41 +0000Blog AnnouncementsHostingGeneralCouponsNegative Hosting ExperiencesTips and TricksDealsWelcomeHastyHostStories, experiences, and tips from webmasters about hosting, domains, and webmastering in general.http://webmastersagas.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (forensics nut)Blogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517059438048855055.post-2593933821896108444Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:51:00 +00002008-01-23T21:24:42.792-05:00CouponsDealsHostingSo I decided as part of Webmaster Sagas, I should tell you what deals are out there for the different services that you need as a webmaster. In the process we will discuss what different companies offer, and what the ideals are.Today's special offer comes from Techhost with the coupon Secret Sale! 25% off feature-rich web hosting with coupon code secret25percent as your key to the discount.With http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~3/aKITVvfWVyQ/get-25-discount-off-hosting-cost-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (forensics nut)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~4/aKITVvfWVyQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://webmastersagas.blogspot.com/2008/01/get-25-discount-off-hosting-cost-from.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517059438048855055.post-8160306156853404489Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:19:00 +00002008-01-04T00:24:43.992-05:00HostingTips and TricksThe number one thing I look for when I am looking for a hosting company is.... are you ready for this?? A MEMBER'S FORUM!That's a bold title, isn't it? Well, after my recent fiasco with HastyHost, I started shopping around to find a new hosting company to move most of the sensitive websites I have on HastyHost to. The one thing I found most frustrating when this whole thing was going on was thathttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~3/LKjDPQCBVZk/1-thing-i-look-for-in-hosting-company.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (forensics nut)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~4/LKjDPQCBVZk" height="1" width="1"/>http://webmastersagas.blogspot.com/2008/01/1-thing-i-look-for-in-hosting-company.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517059438048855055.post-6620791488518839977Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:02:00 +00002007-12-31T19:03:51.737-05:00Blog AnnouncementsGeneralHere's wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous 2008!! Hope that the new year brings you every good thing that you wish for yourself.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~3/lBqztoLCKMc/happy-new-year-from-webmaster-sagas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (forensics nut)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~4/lBqztoLCKMc" height="1" width="1"/>http://webmastersagas.blogspot.com/2007/12/happy-new-year-from-webmaster-sagas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517059438048855055.post-7872201430994320039Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:54:00 +00002007-12-30T20:12:46.264-05:00Negative Hosting ExperiencesHostingHastyHostSo when we left off last night just after midnight my websites were still down and HastyHost still had not responded to my ticket. They finally did, nothing useful, just a lot of the same kind of talk.Finally, when I woke up this morning my websites were all up and working, with a message from HastyHost stating: The MySQL Databases have been restored. Please check your account to make sure they http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~3/0l_217E5gdQ/hastyhost-holiday-saga-finis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (forensics nut)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~4/0l_217E5gdQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://webmastersagas.blogspot.com/2007/12/hastyhost-holiday-saga-finis.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517059438048855055.post-5553723069323029251Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:22:00 +00002007-12-30T00:35:42.796-05:00Negative Hosting ExperiencesHostingHastyHostAs you can see from the last screenshot, that ticket is still open, and has not been assigned to anyone, even though I made it a high priority ticket. It's been almost 3 hours.And yes, I understand that it's the weekend, and it's late at night, but if you had a hosting company, and knew your clients were without access to their websites because of something going on at your end, wouldn't you and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~3/achs-wm5xxI/hastyhost-holiday-saga-part-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (forensics nut)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~4/achs-wm5xxI" height="1" width="1"/>http://webmastersagas.blogspot.com/2007/12/hastyhost-holiday-saga-part-4.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517059438048855055.post-2865614444077351198Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:06:00 +00002007-12-30T00:21:11.485-05:00Negative Hosting ExperiencesHostingHastyHostSo up to this point I have opened a support ticket and vented my frustration at the timing and lack of sense (in my opinion) of this migration. Robert was quick to respond and let me know that he had no control over what happened on that server, because it was a reseller account.Now how is this my problem??? I know I paid HastyHost for hosting, no one else, so ofcourse I hold HastyHost http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~3/M3Ctkr7_52Q/hastyhost-holiday-saga-part-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (forensics nut)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~4/M3Ctkr7_52Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://webmastersagas.blogspot.com/2007/12/hastyhost-holiday-saga-part-3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517059438048855055.post-6128079721239893034Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:45:00 +00002007-12-30T00:05:57.642-05:00Negative Hosting ExperiencesHostingHastyHostSo I had received a message from HastyHost that they would be migrating my account to a new server, but they didn't know if there would be any downtime or when it would be. That was on December 13,2007.Fastforward to December 27, 2007, and I get an email from HastyHost saying that the migration is now complete, and that I should log into cpanel and make sure all is well. I log into cpanel, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~3/4SSrSqqr7kg/hastyhost-holiday-saga-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (forensics nut)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~4/4SSrSqqr7kg" height="1" width="1"/>http://webmastersagas.blogspot.com/2007/12/hastyhost-holiday-saga-part-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517059438048855055.post-1636353683057074215Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:32:00 +00002007-12-30T00:06:34.345-05:00Negative Hosting ExperiencesHostingHastyHostAs I mentioned, the inspiration for this blog came from an experience I am going through with one of my hosts, HastyHost. I really am not in the mood to give them a link right now, so you can google them if you want to.Picture this, I have twelve websites sitting in a hosting account, and just around Christmas, they all go down! ALL of them. I created this account with them about 6 months ago http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~3/53qbz6XMLos/hastyhost-holiday-saga-part-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (forensics nut)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~4/53qbz6XMLos" height="1" width="1"/>http://webmastersagas.blogspot.com/2007/12/hastyhost-holiday-saga-part-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6517059438048855055.post-77373189996199154Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:20:00 +00002007-12-29T22:25:14.026-05:00Blog AnnouncementsWelcomeGeneralAfter being a webmaster for a few years now, I have been through quite a few interesting experiences, some positive, some negative, and some simply unexplainable. And I have a feeling I'll go through many more. Actually, I'm going through one right now, as we speak, and this was the inspiration for starting up this blog.I will be talking about different experiences I have as a webmaster, and willhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~3/qYPM3-wdYK8/welcome-to-webmaster-sagas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (forensics nut)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WebmasterSagas/~4/qYPM3-wdYK8" height="1" width="1"/>http://webmastersagas.blogspot.com/2007/12/welcome-to-webmaster-sagas.html