Sid - Blogging for Newbie Webmasters’

I could not blog oflate, neither here, in my Hedir Blog nor in my blogspot blog, as I was simply crippled due to webhosts issues. It was heart-blocking to watch out helplessly that all my sites were down all of a sudden. My present hosts are all very reputed they have tonnes of great reviews, high guaranteed uptime, reliable customer support system including live forum support. But everything fails as I constantly monitored my websites showing only a dull page as an indicator for DNS error. I tried to contact my host in every possible way, it is a paid hosting service and has a good customer care unit, but nothing works. Finally I get to know it was because of some server outrage that the sites are all down. It was around Feb, 12 . when I got this notice.
I waited for a week to see if things improve but it was not to be, not to be, and not to be. And I had no option but to move on to a new hosts as I know I was loosing my Google Traffic. The sites are just getting graceful attention of Google King, so, I can’t afford to loose it. I had no option. Helplessly I had to forego the money I paid for the remaining nine months of my hosting package in advanc and move on.
I moved on to the new host, created databases with utmost care from the backed up data. I must not loose single piece of record. It takes time to develop content. So I double checked everything to ensure that there was nothing wrong. Then I FTP my files to my new server. FTP was done fantastically without any issue. Meanwhile I have to change certain settings in my files as there are certain typical hosting specific issues. I told to myself you can’t do any mistake. This is a better webhost and you must continue with their service as long as you want.

But to my surprise none of my websites were up inspite of chaging my DNS settings. I contacted the host through live support and then came up the real show. It was a series of “Try this or that” like advice. I tried every possible way to make my sites up and running. My new host also tried their level best but I could not see any improvement. The sites were down, down and down returning either DNS error or 404 Not Found Error or at times simply the default Apache Webserver screenshot! It was terrible. It was brutally agonising to watch out the damn lose of seven vital days with frustrated visitors turning their faces away from my sites.
So, from the terrific hosting experience I had in Feb’07 what I learnt is that:

1. Free web hosting: Only good for beginners, testing purpose, never rely on it particularly if your site gets few traffic atleast. Nothing comes for FREE in this world.
2. Cheap web hosting: Always backup your files, after each site updates atleast, it is difficult to maintain the quality at a low cost. If you find a good one, you are pretty lucky.
3. Affordable Web Hosting: Read the same word of caution as that of the Cheap Web Hosting. Maintaining a reliable web hosting company is not that cheap. Apart from Hardware/ Software costs, the hosts have to pay fat pay package to the technical stuff to keep the hosted sites up and rescue the hosted sites in case anything goes wrong.
4. Reliable Web Hosting: These are the reasonable companies that know their business well, just stay with them and you will realise the difference if you have tried other forms of webhosts I’ve just mentioned.

Why?

http://Megaproxy.com helps you to

• Surf the web more securely and privately anywhere and at anytime
• It seems to be the best software available today that will help you to get rid of browser related issues.
• Surf the Internet revealing neither personal details nor information about your web destinations.
• Protection against web browser exploits, popup windows and browser hijacking.

I’ve tried the FREE version it really worth a paid subscription.

It seems to be commonest form of error that you’ll face with Drupal site, and, it is hard to believe your own eyes the way this error appears all of a sudden absolutely from nothin.

I have seen this particular Drupal Error message appears under different situaltions.

1. After a fresh installation when someone tries to login to his Admin Account.

2. After an upgrade from an old Drupal version.

3. After moving a Drupal site to a new host.

4. Even after logging in to your Admin Account, you may not able to Administer site for that Access Denied error message.

5. And sometimes, it comes from nowhere all of a sudden.

So, I followed a long thread in Drupal.org in this issue and finally have found an easy solution, hope it is the master patch for all the above cases.

Now here goes how to get rid of this error???

• Firstly, you need PHP Version 5.2.0
• Now open session.inc file found under /includes directory
• Around Line #17 find this :
• function sess_read($key) {
  global $user;
• Now paste one line of code below that line:

register_shutdown_function(’session_write_close’);

• Now save and upload session.inc file.
• Hope this will resolve the issue.

This question has been in the air for quite sometime, someone agrees with it while many others simply ignore it. We are haveing a roaring discussions in this issue in myLot.com - and I’ve got this fantastic link wherefrom you can get some insight into the story. It appears from the story that a reputed Anti Virus company abuses the ratings they award to different websites from the safety and security standpoint. You can read the thrilling story here.

Also you can take part in the discussion by registering with myLot.

OK, just now I’ll share with you all few links to sites that offer FREE Banners and Logos:

FREE Banners
Creating your own custom banner in this site is simple and fun. All you need to do is to choose a style, add some text and click create button. Tha’t all, your custom banner is ready for use. But I can’t say that the banners are really professional looking, still, they will serve some purpose obviously.

Free LOGOs

The logos are really professional and may just fit to your needs. Here is the one example of different logos you can choose from.

I’ll definitely update this thread whenever I’m able to collect more input. Till then, bye!

What is domain transfer?

If you want to change the registrar of any domain name, it is called a domain transfer. It means, say, you have registered a domain with Company-A and now you want to change it to company -B. This is called a transfer of domain.

How long does it take to transfer a domain?   

Most registrars require at least thirty days (30) of registration remaining before attempting a transfer.

Can I transfer a domain name that has expired? 

If your domain name has expired contact your current registrar to purchase an additional year of registration. Once the mandatory 60 day waiting period (applicable to all new registrations or renewed domains) has passed, you can then put your transfer request through.

Hopefully this will help the newbies to avoid lots of hazards.

I got some nice input which will be particularly helpful for Newbies. you need to renew your domain name well ahead of the actual expiry time. Though, you will get another one month grace period to renew it, but, your website will not be available in the meantime.

I have also learnt that after expiry of that grace period, the domain name will be kept in dumps so that all records related to that particular domain gets erased in the meanwhile. And it is really difficult to get back that same domain name after expiry of the grace period.

So, the best time to renew a domain is well within its actual expiry date.

And if you are to register a new domain, renew or transfer an existing domain trust none othe than GoDaddy.com because

• #1 ICANN-accredited domain name registrar!
• 16 million domains under management!
  
• Reliable, Trustable, Industry Standard Service, 24 Hours online support, Inspiring customer care system that replies to all your Email Queries decently.