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perceptions_now Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 11694 Perth WA Gender:	Having a "Few" difficulties Jan 20^th, 2016 at 7:40am Having a "Few" site difficulties, hey FD! Thank you for getting the site up again & hopefully all will remain well!
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John_Taverner Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2212 Gender:	Re: Having a "Few" difficulties Reply #1 - Jan 20^th, 2016 at 7:56am On the optimistic side, it's back.
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Re: Having a "Few" difficulties
Reply #2 - Jan 20^th, 2016 at 4:52pm

FD....I contacted Hostgator to ask why OzPol went down.....this was while it was down. Just received this response:

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Hello,

Thank you for contacting HostGator support.

I do apologize for any issue experienced at this time with the loading of your sites. Currently I have been unable to replicate this issue with your website. I am showing that the site on the account is currently loading without issue. If you are still currently experiencing this issue however, it may be the result of local caching. You would be able to eliminate that caching by first clearing your browser's caching and then flushing your dns following the instructions at http://support.hostgator.com/articles/hosting-guide/lets-get-started/dns-name-servers/flush-dns after which the sites should be loading for you.

This issue may have resolved itself, but if it has not, please perform a hard-refresh of the page by pressing ctrl+f5, and respond to this ticket with the following information, so we may better assist you:
1. What error message are you getting, exactly? (copy/pasting or providing a screenshot would be ideal)
2. What are the steps you are taking to make this issue occur?
3. What url is in the address bar when you see this?
4. What is the IP you see in blue at http://www.hostgator.com/ip

Best regards,

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Bias_2012 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10766 Gender:	Re: Having a "Few" difficulties Reply #3 - Jan 21^st, 2016 at 8:28am You'd have to be naive to believe that message from a center in India Aussie, there's no way they'd tell us the real reason for the shut down. Clear our our cookies ! yeah right This shut down coincided with Turnbull's speech in Washington, our controllers are taking paranoia to greater heights
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49458 At my desk.	Re: Having a "Few" difficulties Reply #4 - Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 7:14pm Perhaps they just checked the site home page. It was working the whole time. I still have not received a response.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 47794 Gender:	Re: Having a "Few" difficulties Reply #5 - Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 7:22pm Yes I noticed the front page was still up and running but clicking a link in it ERROR DANGER WILL SMITH ERROR! You can buy various services supposed to make the site more crash proof (ChangeLog etc.) Or simplify this site, I say no more.
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Re: Having a "Few" difficulties
Reply #6 - Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 7:25pm

freediver wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 7:14pm:

Perhaps they just checked the site home page. It was working the whole time. I still have not received a response.

I did and got a response....(of whatever value!) Point is....I got a response. How on Earth would they respond to a mere Member (like me) enquiry, and not that of you, the owner?

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49458 At my desk.	Re: Having a "Few" difficulties Reply #7 - Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 9:42pm No idea. I'm pretty sure I got better service back in the days when I was only paying $10 per month for hosting. How long did it take them to get back to you?
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38862 Gender:	Re: Having a "Few" difficulties Reply #8 - Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 10:51pm freediver wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 9:42pm: No idea. I'm pretty sure I got better service back in the days when I was only paying $10 per month for hosting. How long did it take them to get back to you? Around 24 hours. I can be more precise with a ticket number if you want. I do have all the details.
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49458 At my desk.	Re: Having a "Few" difficulties Reply #9 - Jan 23^rd, 2016 at 8:12am Please post a copy of everything.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38862 Gender:	Re: Having a "Few" difficulties Reply #10 - Jan 23^rd, 2016 at 2:45pm freediver wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2016 at 8:12am: Please post a copy of everything. I'd rather PM it. Yeas?
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Neferti Gold Member Offline Posts: 7965 Canberra Gender:	Re: Having a "Few" difficulties Reply #11 - Jan 23^rd, 2016 at 3:41pm *iii
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49458 At my desk.	Re: Having a "Few" difficulties Reply #12 - Jan 23^rd, 2016 at 6:55pm PM is fine.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38862 Gender:	Re: Having a "Few" difficulties Reply #13 - Jan 23^rd, 2016 at 6:59pm freediver wrote on Jan 23^rd, 2016 at 6:55pm: PM is fine. Stand by.
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Re: Having a "Few" difficulties
Reply #14 - Jan 24^th, 2016 at 11:35am

freediver wrote on Jan 22^nd, 2016 at 9:42pm:

No idea. I'm pretty sure I got better service back in the days when I was only paying $10 per month for hosting.

How long did it take them to get back to you?

Even if you get a cheap and nasty hosting service based in the US, it's usually good at non-peak periods in the US, which roughly corresponds to peak periods here. Low maintenance too.

$10 per month is expensive. I'd steer clear of most Australian based hosting services. The ones I've tried are rip-offs.

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