RE: Hosting Problems

2008-03-10 Thread Al Musella, DPM
The funniest ones are the people who want to have shared hosting for less than $10 a month with multiple domains - then they complain the servers are overloaded:) What I was addressed was the nearly continuous arguments that run like this: Poster 1: Hey guys, what's a good host? Poster 2: My

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-09 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
First of all if you need to install your own tags then you shouldn't be on shared hosting and if you do choose to use them and IF and I said IF the host will even let you install them at all but you shouldn't expect them to be an expert on every tag out there. I'd agree with this, but

RE: Hosting Problems

2008-03-09 Thread Jim Davis
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Richard White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: we have had severe problems with host my site hosting company, can anyone recommend a really good coldfusion 8 and mysql hosting site. I think most of the problems that we see talked about here are with the hostee, not

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-09 Thread James Holmes
I simply expected from HMS a shared linux CF server that stayed functional most of the time. They were unable to provide this - to the point where they no longer offer shared Linux CF hosting. I'll leave it to your judgement as to whether I expected too much. They recommended I move to VPS, so I

RE: Hosting Problems

2008-03-09 Thread Jim Davis
-Original Message- From: James Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 9:56 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Hosting Problems I simply expected from HMS a shared linux CF server that stayed functional most of the time. They were unable to provide

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-08 Thread Richard White
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Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-08 Thread Sean Corfield
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Richard White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: we have had severe problems with host my site hosting company, can anyone recommend a really good coldfusion 8 and mysql hosting site. Well, my number 1 recommendation is and pretty much always has been HostMySite. I have

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-08 Thread Dave l
First of all if you need to install your own tags then you shouldn't be on shared hosting and if you do choose to use them and IF and I said IF the host will even let you install them at all but you shouldn't expect them to be an expert on every tag out there. I have had them install tags for

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-08 Thread Dave l
Thats just common sense, you should have already known that. Yes it was a cfx tag. i know they have to review them themselves for malicious code especially on a shared server but we only know that now because of the problems we went through. if they had communicated effectively then

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Richard White
thanks very much i think this is the answer seeing as it has a couple of votes now :) richard ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Richard White
Hi Adam Thanks for your reply. the predominant problem we have had with host my site is mis information. they just seem to want to provide an answer irregardless of whether it is right or wrong. there has been some form of misinformation every week. however, to give you an idea: we got onto

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Richard White
so much so that i very often forget who we host with) when we do they're usually pretty responsive. this sounds like paradise :) we will definitely try them out, thanks very much ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most

RE: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Adam Churvis
Was that a CFX tag, or a CF-based custom tag? Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement -Original Message- From: Richard White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 7:44 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Hosting Problems Hi Adam Thanks

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Richard White
Yes it was a cfx tag. i know they have to review them themselves for malicious code especially on a shared server but we only know that now because of the problems we went through. if they had communicated effectively then this would not been a major problem and caused us many hours and much

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Gerald Guido
With all the problems ppl are having with hosting companies here I would venture to say that many would be better off slapping Centos Linux on an commodity desktop (w/a gaming MB that supports RAID), compiling and installing ISP Config http://www.ispconfig.org/downloads.htm and Webmin

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Richard White
thanks gerald, you would think that with such a competitive market that at least one company would have the foresight to focus on their customer service! thanks ill look into this one richard ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Mike Kear
Gerald, while it might look to you as though lots of people are having problems with hosting, I'd suggest it's not the case. THere are thousands upon thousands of coldfusion web sites, and millions of non-coldfusion web sites. There are HUNDREDs of hosting companies, large and small. Of

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Richard White
In fact, my second largest client is hosted at hostmysite and we've had no issues with them at all in the 2 years since i inherited the site.Not one. your very lucky. makes me wonder why we are having so many. i actually think this could be down to 2 issues: firstly, you must have a

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Mike Kear
You make too many assumptions, Richard. I inherited a site that was developed already. I have the job of maintaining it and building new stuff on it. It's on HostMySite shared space.I also look at things from teh other side of the fence too, because i have a small hosting company of my own,

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Richard White
Glad your having good experiences. richard ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive:

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Richard White
You make too many assumptions, Richard. for clarification purposes you stated that it was your second largest client. i apologize for the assumption that you were a big company. that was my fault. again, glad your having good experiences though. if they are working for you then thats fantastic

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Gerald Guido
Gerald's assertion that anyone in shared hosting would be better off building their own server. Come again? I said what? On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Mike Kear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You make too many assumptions, Richard. I inherited a site that was developed already. I have the job

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Richard White wrote: however, seeing as it is a global market then hosting companies need to wake up to the concept of 'globalization'. Even though host my site finally agreed it took alot of our time writting emails, getting silly responses etc... just to get them to upgrade our server

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Richard White
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Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Richard White
Since this is about shared hosting it is only fair to assume there were other clients on that server. And since HostMySite is an American company and CF is better represented in the US then in Europe it is only fair to assume the majority of the clients on that server were American

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Richard White
Since this is about shared hosting it is only fair to assume there were other clients on that server. And since HostMySite is an American company and CF is better represented in the US then in Europe it is only fair to assume the majority of the clients on that server were American

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Phillip Vector
$7.95 a year for reliable CF7 hosting. www.hostingatoz.com. Tell em LanceLake sent ya. :) On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Richard White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since this is about shared hosting it is only fair to assume there were other clients on that server. And since HostMySite is

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Brian Burkett
I would suggest lfchosting.com I've used them for years without any complaints. Great customer service and if there ever has been an issue, its resolved very quickly. Brian. Hi, we have had severe problems with host my site hosting company, can anyone recommend a really good

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Gerald Guido
Mike, I think you may have mistaken me for the Straw Man. Regards, Gerald -- I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Mike Kear
I was just going by this, which you posted here in this thread a few hours ago: [quote] With all the problems ppl are having with hosting companies here I would venture to say that many would be better off slapping Centos Linux on an commodity desktop (w/a gaming MB that supports RAID),

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-07 Thread Gerald Guido
You make too many assumptions, Mike. :) On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Mike Kear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was just going by this, which you posted here in this thread a few hours ago: [quote] With all the problems ppl are having with hosting companies here I would venture to say that

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-06 Thread Phillip Vector
www.hostingatoz.com I've had fantastic success with them (including them staying up all night to help me move a site from one server to the other and setting up all kinds of permissions to it). They only run cf7 though. ~|

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-06 Thread Adrian Moreno
I use http://www.HostMySite.com and their CS has been very good. I have a couple of friends that have VPSs at http://www.viviotech.net/ and they say that their CS is very responsive too. Both of these use CF8 and MySQL. -- Adrian Hi, we have had severe problems with host my site hosting

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-06 Thread Richard White
Hi Adrian Thanks for your reply, but it is HostMySte that we are on now and to be honest i have never received such a poor level of service. they answer the phone and emails and have a 24 hour chat but they never look at the information on your account. we have been with them for around 6

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-06 Thread Richard White
www.hostingatoz.com I've had fantastic success with them (including them staying up all night to help me move a site from one server to the other and setting up all kinds of permissions to it). thanks for the reply ~| Adobe®

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-06 Thread Ian Skinner
I have never had in trouble with CFDynamics which hosts my low volume, relatively simple information site. They have always been responsive the few times we have ever had a question or issue. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8

RE: Hosting Problems

2008-03-06 Thread Mark Fuqua
I hate to say it, but I can't imagine getting better service than you'll get at hms. I've been there for a few years and I think the longest I've been on hold before getting someone was like 10 secs. And I'm stupid and a slow learner so I've called A LOT. Good luck though. -Original

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-06 Thread Richard White
Mi Mark, its sounds like our experiences with them have been different, if thats the best that it gets then i am going to find another career!!! maybe a farmer or something! sounds like its been ok for you. but they have given us so many issues that we believe anything must be better!

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-06 Thread Richard White
its not been the problem for us getting through to them, its once we get through to them thats the problem. every issue we have had with them has been in relation to them telling us something that we later find out is wrong. whether its to do with doing something on our server or whether its to

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-06 Thread James Holmes
I moved from HMS to Viviotech and I've been happy. On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 4:57 AM, Richard White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: its not been the problem for us getting through to them, its once we get through to them thats the problem. every issue we have had with them has been in relation to them

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-06 Thread Paul Hastings
Ian Skinner wrote: I have never had in trouble with CFDynamics which hosts my low volume, relatively simple information site. They have always been responsive the few times we have ever had a question or issue. yeah we host w/cfdynamics we rarely have issues w/them (so much so that i very

RE: Hosting Problems

2008-03-06 Thread Adam Churvis
Richard, Can you please describe the technical nature of the biggest problems you've had with them? Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement -Original Message- From: Richard White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 1:19 PM To:

Re: Hosting Problems

2008-03-06 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
we have had severe problems with host my site hosting company, can anyone recommend a really good coldfusion 8 and mysql hosting site. It's really helpful when you want hosting advice to mention what level you are looking for, shared, virtual, dedicated, etc. I find HMS pretty good for