Heads – Sweet *or* Tails – Sour
When I built my first website I hand coded it on a free Yahoo – Geocities account. My mother swears that this is a miracle of sorts because of how difficult they made the hand coding process, I figure I just didn’t know any better at the time.
But when I started a class for html she got me my very own Go Daddy hosting account with my very own domain. Gosh that was so much easier, and did I ever have fun learning about html, css, xml, and more. We developed a fabulous way to view all our sigs for our graphics group and never had the down time that other people complained about, life was sweet.
Then I learned about blogging, I used Blogger, it was okay but I wanted control, so I put a Wordpress blog on a free account. Ugh, what a nightmare, so off I went in search of a blogging platform that would work on my Go Daddy account; but I always hoped I would find a way back to Wordpress.
When we moved this summer I got the chance to change our Go Daddy account over to one that would allow me to run our Windows based apps and the PHP based Wordpress on the same hosting account. I thought life was getting even sweeter. BUT since we made the switch we’ve had nothing but trouble, the sites are always crashing, Go Daddy has been less than helpful in righting the situation and at times has even resorted to blaming it all on me. I’ve been left with a rather sour disposition and the need to find another hosting service, preferably one that will let me do it all without crashing.
Then this morning I couldn’t access my sites not a single one of the four. In a fury I called Go Daddy and was told that from their end everything looked fine, further when tested on a outside server, it still looked fine. Oh great, I was sure I was going to hear how this was my problem again, can anyone guess how sour my mood was? But then… The kind gentleman suggested that we work on transferring my sites to a different server. It costs me $6.99 today but when the process is finished all my old hosting time will be added to the new account so its pretty much an even break in terms of money. Finally some hope, maybe life will be sweet again soon. Now I just have to survive the transfer.
If the blog disappears for a short while in the next few days don’t panic, it should be a good thing, it could be the end of all my web site frustrations, and that would be sweet.
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It certainly has been an uphill battle with them. Hopefully, this will do the trick. If not, your face won’t be the only sour one at our house!
.-= Grandma´s last blog ..Sweet and Sour =-.
My first website was on Geocities, too – back when they had neighborhoods. I didn’t do the html on the site though – I was using Composer in Netscape and then uploading.
I hope everything works out with the hosting. I bought my domains through Go Daddy, but haven’t tried their hosting.
.-= Anna´s last blog ..I’d Put a Title Here, if I Could Think of One =-.
Hosting Issues are always battles! Hope yours is resolved to your satisfaction. My first website was on Tripod…
.-= Amanda´s last blog ..365-12 Sweet or Sour =-.
So that’s why I couldn’t get here earlier. I’ve been trying.
My first website was at Tripod. Yep.. had to learn some HTML along the way. Blogging is so much easier.
Thanks for playing =)
.-= Skittles´s last blog ..One Of Our Own =-.
I’m taking a web design class this semester so I might be switching things up on my blog someday. I dabble now…
(as long as you didn’t call you brother ratfink…. lmbo) <– re: my HOTs today.
.-= Grace (@graceslick91)´s last blog ..It’s all in the name =-.
I love your blog. I know what ya mean. This html and css thing is still new to me. Maybe I should take some classes.
Oh, and to get to the penguin: I have another one. Maybe we could talk bout it?
Luv, Sonny
.-= Chrissys_angel a.k.a Sonny´s last blog ..Heads or Tails: Sweet OR Sour =-.
I couldn’t get your site to load about an hour ago. Wonder if that was part of the switch. I’ve heard both good and bad things about GoDaddy. I don’t think I’m quite ready to host myself yet. Your blog is so pretty and organized! I don’t think I could do that yet, anyway.
.-= Forgetfulone´s last blog ..Heads or Tails =-.
I’m following your blog now! I love it. I’ll be visiting here often!
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.-= Sherry´s last blog ..Heads or Tails – "Sweet & Sour" =-.