Site Hiccups!

Hey gang...I wanted to let you know that our site has been experiencing a number of repetitive and frequent 'hiccups' where the site goes down.

IT IS NOT YOU!

IT IS NOT YOUR COMPUTER!!!

It is however our internet provider. We have been working with them on a number of factors including but not limited to the following in lay person's terms. (If you are technical and I have made a mistake in something I've said please pm or email me to educate me! But if you do I just might recruit you to help!)

1. We have moved to a static IP to see if that will help reliability as well as spam issues etc.
2. We are currently on a shared server meaning other accounts use that server. Since the one we are on seems to be more unreliable than perhaps others....we have requested we be moved to another server.
3. We are looking at going to a dedicated server but that will be 4-5x the cost of our shared server.
4. We are looking at using another provider but that would involve moving the site which given its size is a very riskly proposition and hence why we have asked our members to help us reduce the size of the site and help keep it more manageable.

So please bear with us as we work to resolve the site performance issues we are experiencing and please DO NOT THINK ITS YOU! kamala

Congratulations ! You have growing pains.

Keep reminding yourself that these problems are due to your success !

I have one site that has been having the same problems. The dedicated IP address helped much more than I expected. (As the webmaster, the happy part is that I can type in 97.134.x.x and if I see my site, then I know it is the DNS and I can go back to bed.)

A "virtual dedicated server" is a stepping stone that does not cost as much as a "dedicated servier". And it should help things.

When the 'competition' (do you have any?) starts copying you, then you KNOW you are a huge success !