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31 Dec |
Success at last! Off Topic
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Well it looks like my domain and website have been successfully transferred to my new web hosting service.
At last all the gyrations I have been going through the past couple of days are over.
Hopefully there won’t be any more bugs* occurring, but even if there should be one or two more, my new found knowledge should help me straighten them out easily.
Anywaze, the best to everyone, and have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
*NOTE: It appears that my post notification plug-in is not working, so if you do so happen to get notification of this post, or received several notifications of this post, please let me know.
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30 Dec |
This has been a learning experience Off Topic
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They say experience is the best teacher, and changing web hosting services has easily proven just how much truth there is to that old adage.
When I decided to switch web hosting services, I thought it would be a simple task, with the new web hosting service guiding me, and essentially doing most of the heavy lifting, so to speak.
Well they certainly guided me, but they didn’t do any of the heavy lifting.
But what is so exasperating is there really isn’t much heavy lifting, and the process isn’t that difficult, provided you have all the necessary information before starting the process. It also helps to understand all the terminology involved in domain hosting.
I only wish I knew then, what I know now!
The most important thing I learned is make sure you know who your domain registrar is, and how to log on to yhe registrars website to update all your domain information, including name, address and especially what nameservers (DNS) your domain is pointed to.
Determining your registrar is easy. Simply go to Whois.Net, and type in your domain name. There you will find all sorts of information, including your registrar, your name, and most importantly the domain name servers (DNS).
The harder part is learning how to log on to your registrars site, to update any data. That can be difficult, because it is not unusual for the actual registrar to be different from the registrar referenced in the Whois database. Still all that means is you will need to make an additional call or send an additional email to get that information.
It really is that simple.
One final point, you don’t have to transfer your registrar, something I recommend you don’t do, unless you’re going to save yourself a bunch of money.
I actually knew that, but because of some terminology confusion, and my frustration getting my nameservers pointed to my new web hosting services, I inadvertently did just that.
Still, even that isn’t insurmountable, since I did save some money, but what it did do was lock my domain, so now I can’t change my name servers until the transfer is complete.
So as you might surmise, the transfer of my website to the new hosting service is still not complete, and may not be for another 5 days, until the transfer of my domain name to my new registrar is complete.
At least I finally know what is going on. so I don’t feel so helpless.
Oh well, such is life. The only consolation is I did learn quite a bit, but if I had it to do all over again, I would just stay with my original web hoster.
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28 Dec |
Changing Web Hosters Off Topic
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I have decided to change my web hosting service, due to some problems I have had, and still having, and since the contract with my current hosting service is up next month, this seemed like the perfect time to switch.
So this is just a warning, should the site go down for any length of time, it is probably due to the transfer.
But don’t fret, I will be working night and day to get the site back up with minimal disruption.
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26 Dec |
Life’s a bitch, and then you die Day to Day Life
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Now, while that is true in a lot of cases, life doesn’t have to be a bitch. It can actually be pretty damn good, at least from my perspective, and you’re still going to die. Sometimes sooner than later.
Today I was just reading about Michael Klein, an investment manager dying in a plane crash, while vacationing on his own private island near [in] Panama, along with his 13 year old daughter.
Here’s a man that had pretty much everything going for him. He founded two companies MIBEK Corporation and Transoft Networks, both of which were acquired by other firms, the latter being Hewlett Packard. And most recently he was the CEO of Pacificor, LLC.
Now I didn’t know Michael Klein, nor anything about him before reading this news article, but this just struck me as tragic. He was only 37 years old.
And I only bring it up because it just goes to show how fleeting life really is. We are all vulnerable, and when our time is up, it’s up.
At least he died, I assume based on the article, enjoying himself.
I just hope none of my loyal readers are waiting too long to do the things they’ve always wanted to do, but for one reason or another have been putting off doing.