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Legend
November 6, 2018
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OT: Hosting Horror Stories?

  • November 6, 2018
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Thought I was going mad. Has anyone else had there hosting service revert one of their websites to a previous version WITHOUT informing them??

Could not work out what was going on because parts on the live site resembled nothing like what was on the locally built site which was the last version updated. Even the 'include' folder on the remote server was missing. Of course I updated a page on the local server and uploaded it but huge parts of the design/content were missing UNTIL I eventually realised there was no include folder on the remote server. On closer inspection I then noticed some of the text was different, css styles different, obviously which had been updated at a later stage. I have zero idea what went on without my knowledge, whether there was a hack or meltdown that the host was too embarressed to inform me of but this is unacceptable, right?

Any one else have a similar hosting horror story?

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    williamj312762442949201
    Participating Frequently
    November 6, 2018

    Does your mother know about your lack of brain cells?

    osgood_Author
    Legend
    November 6, 2018

    williamj31276244  wrote

    Does your mother know about your lack of brain?

    Did I hit a raw nerve - the smileys suddenly stopped. Maybe too near the truth.

    williamj312762442949201
    Participating Frequently
    November 6, 2018

    Not gonna happen, as I am not a little girl with a big mouth and poor coding skills

    osgood_Author
    Legend
    November 6, 2018

    williamj31276244  wrote

    Not gonna happen, as I am not a little girl with a big mouth and poor coding skills

    I'm worried that you have this obsession with 'little girls' it's really not healthy you know. Does your Mother know all about your dark secrets?

    williamj312762442949201
    Participating Frequently
    November 6, 2018

    But of course!

    Meanwhile some little girls are crying about how bad the hosting provides are, removing their poor code from the web

    osgood_Author
    Legend
    November 6, 2018

    williamj31276244  wrote

    But of course!

    Meanwhile some little girls are crying about how bad the hosting provides are, removing their poor code from the web

    Its a pity you and your code wasnt removed from the web permanently - it would be a better place for all those that take it seriously.

    williamj312762442949201
    Participating Frequently
    November 6, 2018

    And no hosting company cares about a crying little girl

    osgood_Author
    Legend
    November 6, 2018

    williamj31276244  wrote

    And no hosting company cares about a crying little girl

    You sound like a 2 years old in nappies - go join your buddies in the Wappler/DMX forum kranking out your 'dubious' workflows. I sit in on that on a daily basis mainly for some light humoured entertainment. Most must spend all their time trying to discover how the program works or if it's a bug. Maybe you could be a leading light in an environment you understand rather than one you don't.

    williamj312762442949201
    Participating Frequently
    November 6, 2018

    Well, maybe you should think about the  code quality you provide

    The man who is mostly worried about who is going to inherit his work in 12 years does not even possess the skills to write secure code and blames bots haha funny!

    It's not your hosting company fault, it's your fault the bots spam your forms. Oh well

    osgood_Author
    Legend
    November 6, 2018

    williamj31276244  wrote

    Well, maybe you should think about the  code quality you provide

    The man who is mostly worried about who is going to inherit his work in 12 years does not even possess the skills to write secure code and blames bots haha funny!

    It's not your hosting company fault, it's your fault the bots spam your forms. Oh well

    Of course its my fault and that's why I have hopefully secured the forms using additional methods. The site has been up for 2 years and the bots have been held at bay until a couple of weeks ago so they have obviously become more sophisticated and found a way through.

    I worry about my clients instantly, obviously unlike like yourself who is totally boxing himself into a tight corner and selling 'pups'. Let's hope you dont need to find work within a professional company at some stage because if you go on using that propriatory mess youre spewing out you're going to be out of luck. People with your lame attitude will just move on and become a taxi driver or shelf stacker if things get tough. They have no committment or pride in anything they do

    B i r n o u
    Legend
    November 6, 2018

    don't you manage your own servers?

    osgood_Author
    Legend
    November 6, 2018

    https://forums.adobe.com/people/B+i+r+n+o+u  wrote

    don't you manage your own servers?

    No. I don't particularly want that added responsibilty as well. I stick to doing what I do best.

    B i r n o u
    Legend
    November 6, 2018

    since a while there is a service called 'infogerence' or 'managed services'... I don't know the name in english, so I tried to translate it as best as I could...

    so this service is attached to your own dedicated servers. there is the specialised the team that  handle all the operating system, the patch update, the security aspect, the disk managment...

    and you as owner you handle all the services management, the different web services, the version of the application that you need, the dns, the different server and application installed, the roll back, the database and so on...

    that way you as user, just have to handle your aspect of the server and you delegate only the pure server hardware/os management