Nearly every week we get requests from organizations that want to move their web site to our service. For most people this is a mysterious process and we end up answering the same questions over and over. This post is an attempt to explain the process of site migration, not to our hosting necessarily, but from any system to any other. Why move? There are many reasons why you might wish to move your...
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Saving the Web, One Site at a Time
Once again we have found ourselves working to save some web sites abandoned by their developer. What’s going on out there? Bad code, bad business practices, bad choices, really bad communication. Is it time to turn web development in to a real profession with standards and certification like doctors and lawyers and contractors? I don’t know. I certainly don’t know what the mechanisms are for creating such a system. And I certainly don’t mind...
Email Communication Can Suck
Yesterday, wearing my web hosting service provider hat I sent out an email to the main contact for each hosting client. My attempt was to update each client regarding a change in policy regarding invoicing and payments. The policy change really would only affect 2% of all clients. But I thought it fair to inform everyone. I also felt I needed to put the policy in to context by explaining why I felt the...
Yahoo Mail Issues
Running a web hosting service can be frustrating, especially where email service comes in. A web server with a bunch of shared virtual domains can mean hundreds of mail users passing email through the server throughout the day. On top of that, the server has to deal with 10s of thousands of spam messages per day. When I bother to look at the statistics about 80%-85% of the mail that hits the server is...
