Comments on: Downtime http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/2009/01/07/downtime/ Serial Expat, Futurist, Communication Consultant Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:35:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bas http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/2009/01/07/downtime/comment-page-1/#comment-2368 Bas Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:41:01 +0000 http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/?p=1014#comment-2368 Thanks Ben. Anyway, what caused the problem was not the loading of the website, but some SQL queries originating from some plugin that uses tags, my guess is a Related Posts plugin. I have a lot of bandwidth per month and Bluehost's servers are good, so there shouldn't be a problem with traffic. I've been SlashDotted before and everything was fine. As for the CMS comment... Even Wordpress or Blogger are content management systems in my eyes... Of course I'll take it easy... Like I said, I'm not a web developer, so I don't want to make it too complicated on myself. Atniz: oh, I have a lot to say about recent issues with Bluehost. This is not the only issue I've had with them. Considering sending Wordpress an email to stop recommending them. Not only will I do my best to keep Top Commenters showing... I will also reactivate CommentLuv, as it was causing problems with this template. Martin: and what a strange time to be coming to Bulgaria. ;-) Thanks Ben. Anyway, what caused the problem was not the loading of the website, but some SQL queries originating from some plugin that uses tags, my guess is a Related Posts plugin.

I have a lot of bandwidth per month and Bluehost’s servers are good, so there shouldn’t be a problem with traffic. I’ve been SlashDotted before and everything was fine.

As for the CMS comment… Even Wordpress or Blogger are content management systems in my eyes… Of course I’ll take it easy… Like I said, I’m not a web developer, so I don’t want to make it too complicated on myself.

Atniz: oh, I have a lot to say about recent issues with Bluehost. This is not the only issue I’ve had with them. Considering sending Wordpress an email to stop recommending them.

Not only will I do my best to keep Top Commenters showing… I will also reactivate CommentLuv, as it was causing problems with this template.

Martin: and what a strange time to be coming to Bulgaria. ;-)

]]> By: Niels Bom http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/2009/01/07/downtime/comment-page-1/#comment-2367 Niels Bom Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:29:15 +0000 http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/?p=1014#comment-2367 @7 Ben Barden. Well that depends on the CMS, your blog and of your definition of CMS... :smile: @7 Ben Barden.

Well that depends on the CMS, your blog and of your definition of CMS… :smile:

]]> By: martin in bulgaria http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/2009/01/07/downtime/comment-page-1/#comment-2364 martin in bulgaria Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:49:37 +0000 http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/?p=1014#comment-2364 Good to see your site back up and running. Look forward to the 'changes' in due course. Welcome back to Bulgaria :smile: Good to see your site back up and running. Look forward to the ‘changes’ in due course.
Welcome back to Bulgaria :smile:

]]> By: Ben Barden - Blog Tips http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/2009/01/07/downtime/comment-page-1/#comment-2361 Ben Barden - Blog Tips Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:25:06 +0000 http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/?p=1014#comment-2361 Sorry for the double comment - I just noticed something. You say you already use the caching plugins mentioned - which ones? I checked the source of your site and it has no mention of SuperCache, which is the best plugin for this kind of stuff - if it's installed, it's not working properly. View the source of my blog and scroll to the very bottom and you'll see it mentions the page was generated via WP-SuperCache in however many seconds. That's not on your blog. Sorry for the double comment – I just noticed something. You say you already use the caching plugins mentioned – which ones? I checked the source of your site and it has no mention of SuperCache, which is the best plugin for this kind of stuff – if it’s installed, it’s not working properly. View the source of my blog and scroll to the very bottom and you’ll see it mentions the page was generated via WP-SuperCache in however many seconds. That’s not on your blog.

]]> By: Ben Barden - Blog Tips http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/2009/01/07/downtime/comment-page-1/#comment-2360 Ben Barden - Blog Tips Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:23:13 +0000 http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/?p=1014#comment-2360 The Super-Cache plugin would make the most sense for you. Although to be honest, so would a move to Hostgator. A CMS is probably overkill for a blog. The Super-Cache plugin would make the most sense for you. Although to be honest, so would a move to Hostgator. A CMS is probably overkill for a blog.

]]> By: Atniz http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/2009/01/07/downtime/comment-page-1/#comment-2359 Atniz Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:13:03 +0000 http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/?p=1014#comment-2359 Certainly ,this is bad reputation for bluehost. Wish you all the best with your new theme. My only wish is that you will keep the Top Commentators widget on. Certainly ,this is bad reputation for bluehost. Wish you all the best with your new theme. My only wish is that you will keep the Top Commentators widget on.

]]> By: Bas http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/2009/01/07/downtime/comment-page-1/#comment-2353 Bas Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:47:46 +0000 http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/?p=1014#comment-2353 Thanks for the tips. I'm not really a web developer, so it might be hard to achieve all this, but we'll see. Drupal or an open source CMS seems the way to go right now, yeah. I do use the caching plugins mentioned, but they don't help <i>that</i> much. Thanks for the tips. I’m not really a web developer, so it might be hard to achieve all this, but we’ll see.

Drupal or an open source CMS seems the way to go right now, yeah.

I do use the caching plugins mentioned, but they don’t help that much.

]]> By: Niels Bom http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/2009/01/07/downtime/comment-page-1/#comment-2352 Niels Bom Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:28:28 +0000 http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/?p=1014#comment-2352 The <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/stubbornella/designing-fast-websites-presentation" rel="nofollow">Yahoo Speed guidelines</a> are also really good, although a bit technical. The Yahoo Speed guidelines are also really good, although a bit technical.

]]> By: Fabio Cevasco http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/2009/01/07/downtime/comment-page-1/#comment-2351 Fabio Cevasco Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:21:26 +0000 http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/?p=1014#comment-2351 Yup, that may be a good idea. I made my own site extremely simple partly for the same reason, too. Definitely caching makes all the difference, anyway! Yup, that may be a good idea. I made my own site extremely simple partly for the same reason, too. Definitely caching makes all the difference, anyway!

]]> By: Niels Bom http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/2009/01/07/downtime/comment-page-1/#comment-2349 Niels Bom Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:19:14 +0000 http://www.basbasbas.com/blog/?p=1014#comment-2349 Or maybe some Wordpress caching plugins to make your site faster? Or maybe some Wordpress caching plugins to make your site faster?

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