Just a quick note to apologise for the website being down for about 3 hours today. It was due to a problem at HostGator, which is the American company who host this website on their servers. They host about 11 million websites. They had a similar problem several months ago which caused a downtime of about 14 hours. Thankfully it was much shorter this time.
I just want to make it clear that the problem has nothing to do with me or anything to do with you and your Internet connections. I particularly wish to address this message to the fantastic regulars who I love.
Sorry once again.
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Sorry Jo. I misconstrued what you said. Yes people will be put off visiting the site if they can’t get onto it. The last time this happened Hostgator paid me compensation of $231 which I thought was quite nice but the damage done to the site is probably worth more than that. It is very frustrating when one struggles to make the site better and to promote the site ss best as one can, when the hosting company then screws up. They are the weak link in the chain as far as I’m concerned.
I am pleased. It only lasted 3 hours this time so it was possible to miss it but for someone like me it felt like a lifetime as usual 😉
Thanks Michael, I realised that must have happened because Babz couldn’t get to you either.
Not your fault at all!
I felt quite bereft at not being able to read the latest PoC articles and comments lol
Some people might say ‘Get a life Ruth’ but this honestly is my home from home now 🙂
hi i didn’t even notice must of when i was asleep 🙂
Oh, I didn’t mean lost information- I meant people giving up from visiting due to frustration!!
Thanks for being patient Dee.