Hello Gfy....
After I left my last message here - I didn't came back to check. I went with Host Gator.
I'm with them for 5 days /I bought the host for 36 months for $250/ simply because I wanted to re-launch my site as soon as possible. I know - some of you would say why am I rushing to launch a free-to-see blog ? Why am I so rushing ?!
Well i's simple : this blog is not just a blog, but my art site (it's porn, but yet it's art. I'm not showing someone else's stuff - I am showing my own stuff, commissions, requests - mostly given by other people, clients, patrons ) - all made by me. This site is my independence. This site is me. So...
People are coming, banners are showing , some of the people ask for commissions, other are becoming patrons. All that works fine for me. That's the rush and the main reason I didn't get back here on gfy to read if there any messages. So I bought the host on Halloween day.
Again keep in mind why I was rushing to get the host : I got a lot of purchases for art and drawings during the holidays!
There are clients who love to get credited for what they purchased from me. I'm not that popular , but even the small I earn makes me happy. I don't deal with companies - but with regular guys who read comic books, play games , attend to comic cons dressed as heroes. And I'm cheap AF - like a harbor whore with syphilis. That's why the people come. They are happy to draw their favorite heroes shagging. Or just simply to draw something mainstream.
Do you see any samples of my works ? No ?!?!?! Why ?????! That's because I don't have a damn site !
So that's why I moved to the new host : Host Gator - a fellow artist with very popular site is with them and I decided to go with them too.
AND IT SUCKS ! Issues from the beginning. Their support sucks even more than Amerinoc's. From the second day. The first day I purchased the hosting and left to sleep. The second day I asked to get my domain transferred. Then I wanted to install a plugin that will restore my site from a backup I made. And none of that happened !
Their chat applet is loading for eternity - and when it loads in complete I'm facing incompetent and totally unhelpful people who are responding on my questions with short answers - making me to wait for them for 5-6 minutes between each line !
Issues with transferring the domain, issues with the FTP settings and issues with the WP they have on the automatic installer.
If they don't see the error I see - then there is no error at all - I should call Wordpress because the problem is not on their end.
If they don't see fatal or critical error on the FTP - I probably should call the company who made Filezilla, because the problem is not their own...
Transfering the domain is long process, because on the automatic system it shows e-mail which is not mine , but they say I have to change the browser.
Yesterday I spoke with William - very helpful lad, who was kind and somehow really interested to keep me with them. And he almost did. He helped me with all the issues - gave me links and guided me to fix all that happened. I was happy. And it was 3:00 am. William
This morning - when I woke I figured that William won't be on shift everytime I get stuck. So I asked the support guy who was on shift for host cancellation. He made a ticket and told me that the admins should respond in order to tell me about it....
And I'm reading all of your message right now. Thank you guys !
Please don't ask me : Why you had to rush on going with HG - I already explained this on top.
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Originally Posted by directfiesta
Do NOT use Hostgator !!!!
Since they were sold a year ago or so , their support sucks and do not gvive a shit about their customers .
I am talking about personnal experience in managing a client's site .
You are warned  |
Believe me I want to hit myself with wooden plank or flail - right now.
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Originally Posted by baddog
You will just need to upload site to new host, then change DNS at your registrar
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That I did and basically I didn't turned out well. I suppose for the next host I'm about to pick I will need to do exactly the same but with Host Gator / if they made to transfer my domain with them - a process that took them days - and still didn't made it. But you'll never know.
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Originally Posted by 3xmedia
shit hit the fan.
you have been warned-many times |
Indeed ! I was not here when all these messages started to appear though. I somehow stopped to check what's going on at gfy shortly after I left the design stuff behind my back.
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Originally Posted by directfiesta
Do NOT use Hostgator !!!!
Since they were sold a year ago or so , their support sucks and do not gvive a shit about their customers .
I am talking about personnal experience in managing a client's site .
You are warned |
Too late I already stepped on that shit-land-mine ... Today I've cancelled with them and I'm waiting for the charge back to come in few days as they say.
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Originally Posted by myleene
Contact me on ICQ or Skype with data on your traffic and requirements (I think you use WordPress?).
I may be able to host you free on a dedicated with daily backups for both data and databases.
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Yes - I use Wordpress. I did - I got you on skype - and send you request . Waiting for response from your side.
Your offer seems very neat to me and I'd love to discuss the details when you get online/ or accept my request for talk.
GFY - for once again you are saving the day.
However even the God cannot save the fool if he really wants to pet the hungry lion.