Blogger's Nightmare?

USCGamecocks · 03-02-2008, 06:20 AM

Any nightmares or stories that anyone has about their blog?

mbhunter · 03-02-2008, 08:12 PM

My site was down for almost a week a few months ago. I was hours away from losing about $500 per month in advertising. The site came back up in the nick of time.

Moral: Have backup hosting available. If you have your domain tied to your hosting package, it's more difficult to extract it and start up again if the hosting goes south.

wwstewart · 03-30-2008, 12:21 PM

My stupid URL.

I won't elaborate at this time.

The Honest Dollar · 03-30-2008, 04:09 PM

The worst thing that's happened to me on my blog was this comment:

"Shoddy article, I don’t know anything more than I did before. First time to your blog, I don’t know what’s worse, your unfortunate features (ie-you are ugly) or your really ugly blog design. And you have a boyfriend? I’d never date you."

It pissed me off because I spent a lot of time working on that particular article as well as my blog design. The whole "ugly" and "boyfriend" thing didn't even bother me that much, because my boyfriend loves my "unfortunate features" - and I wouldn't want a date with the **** who left the comment.

I knew the smart thing was to not respond, and I didn't. But even though I know people really abuse the Internet's anonymity and that's not something I can avoid or should worry about, it still hurt!

Ginger · 03-30-2008, 04:54 PM

Ive had a few mishaps related to my frequent theme changes, lol but the WORST had to be while tweaking my new theme late one Sunday night I had a FLOOD of traffic and I got a few emails saying that my site wasnt showing up correctly at all. IE or Mozilla. It was just jumbled, garbled and looked broken.

Of course I panicked because Fox decides to show the segment they interviewed me for on that Sunday night for the third time. I thought they were done because they'd played it 2 times already during the week.

It also didn't help that I forgot to tell my family members who are local to DC and they were calling me at 12am saying that they saw me on TV but my site was broken. Luckily I was able to get things fixed pretty quickly and invested in a site that's IE and Mozilla compliant.

I. was. pissed. LOL!

USCGamecocks · 03-30-2008, 05:27 PM

Mine started today...

"
Bandwidth Limit Exceeded

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later."`

03-02-2008, 06:20 AM	#1
USCGamecocks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 119 Reputation: (16)	Blogger's Nightmare? Any nightmares or stories that anyone has about their blog? __________________ Timemakeover.com - Time Management Articles & Resources

03-02-2008, 08:12 PM	#2
mbhunter Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 80 Reputation: (17)	My site was down for almost a week a few months ago. I was hours away from losing about $500 per month in advertising. The site came back up in the nick of time. Moral: Have backup hosting available. If you have your domain tied to your hosting package, it's more difficult to extract it and start up again if the hosting goes south. __________________ Mighty Bargain Hunter

03-30-2008, 12:21 PM	#3
wwstewart Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 65 Reputation: (11)	My stupid URL. I won't elaborate at this time. __________________ [ ! ] The Sugarbuzz Project is not remotely funny.

03-30-2008, 04:54 PM	#5
Ginger Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 63 Reputation: (15)	Ive had a few mishaps related to my frequent theme changes, lol but the WORST had to be while tweaking my new theme late one Sunday night I had a FLOOD of traffic and I got a few emails saying that my site wasnt showing up correctly at all. IE or Mozilla. It was just jumbled, garbled and looked broken. Of course I panicked because Fox decides to show the segment they interviewed me for on that Sunday night for the third time. I thought they were done because they'd played it 2 times already during the week. It also didn't help that I forgot to tell my family members who are local to DC and they were calling me at 12am saying that they saw me on TV but my site was broken. Luckily I was able to get things fixed pretty quickly and invested in a site that's IE and Mozilla compliant. I. was. pissed. LOL! __________________ Girls Just Wanna Have Funds --Breaking Financial Ceilings One Stiletto at a Time! Last edited by Ginger : 03-30-2008 at 04:56 PM. Reason: spellcheck

03-30-2008, 05:27 PM	#6
USCGamecocks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 119 Reputation: (16)	Mine started today... " Bandwidth Limit Exceeded The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later."` __________________ Timemakeover.com - Time Management Articles & Resources

03-30-2008, 04:09 PM	#4
The Honest Dollar Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New York Posts: 90 Reputation: (63)	The worst thing that's happened to me on my blog was this comment: "Shoddy article, I don’t know anything more than I did before. First time to your blog, I don’t know what’s worse, your unfortunate features (ie-you are ugly) or your really ugly blog design. And you have a boyfriend? I’d never date you." It pissed me off because I spent a lot of time working on that particular article as well as my blog design. The whole "ugly" and "boyfriend" thing didn't even bother me that much, because my boyfriend loves my "unfortunate features" - and I wouldn't want a date with the **** who left the comment. I knew the smart thing was to not respond, and I didn't. But even though I know people really abuse the Internet's anonymity and that's not something I can avoid or should worry about, it still hurt!

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