IsMyWebsite Free Hosting Development Blog

I’ve just spent the whole morning practically answering the endless bombardment of emails. I haven’t even been able to catch up on the latest website requests to come in… This is basically every day, but none of you can really see what I do because I only help each of you for 5 minutes or so.

I’m sorry my donation requesting email wasn’t perfect and sounded like some kind of sales pitch or begging. Thanks to those who asked to have their accounts deleted and all communication with me removed for good, and double thanks to those who came back with comments such as the one I got here:

make money for us instead of relying on donations.

Make money for you? Is that like the thousands of dollars of my own personal income that I’ve poured into this hosting over the past 3 years, and am probably never going to get back, or is it more like getting meaner with the ads policy and dealing with comments like these:

“i hate adwertising. !!!HATE!!! !H!A!T!E!”

“Well, the ads is in any case a limitation”

Anyways guys, I’m sorry I tried. Really. If you can’t afford to help out with financing, that’s fine. If you can’t possibly place ads on your site, whatever. If you can’t find the time to stay active on the forums, I understand.

But surely you have to be able to help with something…

Otherwise this just isn’t going to work…

Lots of changes in uptime so quickly. Here’s the latest:

Node 7 – HighLayer
Uptime last 14 days – 100.00% (Up 0.23%)

No current issues. Not open to new accounts.

Node 6 – Nixism
Uptime last 11 days – 100.00% (Up 3.18%)

No current issues.

Node 5 – Addora
Uptime last 14 days – 99.69% (No Change)

cPanel license error resolved.

Node 2 – Felweb
Uptime last 14 days – 99.69% (Up 0.23%)

Uptime tracking now back online.

Node 1 – SmokyHosts
Uptime last 14 days – 97.91% (Down 0.75%)

No current issues.

Node 3 – OSHS
Uptime last 14 days – 93.77% (Down 6.23%)

We are planning to discontinue this node in the near future.

Please let us know if you ever need any assistance with your hosting.

Lots of changes in uptime so quickly. Here’s the latest:

Node 3 – OSHS
Uptime last 14 days – 100.00% (No Change)

Storage will not be upgraded. Available to donors only.

Node 7 – HighLayer
Uptime last 14 days – 99.77% (Up 2.04%)

No current issues. Not open to new accounts.

Node 5 – Addora
Uptime last 14 days – 99.69% (Down 0.31%)

cPanel license error resolved.

Node 2 – Felweb
Uptime last 14 days – 99.46% (Down 0.54%)

Uptime tracking now back online.

Node 1 – SmokyHosts
Uptime last 14 days – 98.66% (Up 0.58%)

No current issues.

Node 6 – Nixism
Uptime last 14 days – 96.82% (Down 0.51%)

No current issues.

I’ve just been talking with the administration of Node 6, and it appears no move has actually been completed yet at this time. Conditions are expected to improve once they are migrated to the new datacenter, however no date has yet been set at this time.

Please let us know if you ever need any assistance with your hosting.

I’ll be getting some download speed tests underway here soon, but for now just another uptime update.

Node 7 – HighLayer
Uptime last 14 days – 100.00% (No Change)

No current issues. Not open to new accounts.

Node 3 – OSHS
Uptime last 14 days – 99.84% (Down 0.16%)

Storage will not be upgraded. Available to donors only.

Node 5 – Addora
Uptime last 14 days – 99.69% (No Change)

cPanel license error resolved.

Node 2 – Felweb
Uptime last 13 days – 99.66% (Up 0.39%)

Uptime tracking now back online.

Node 6 – Nixism
Uptime last 14 days – 98.41% (Up 0.15%)

No current issues.

Node 1 – SmokyHosts
Uptime last 14 days – 98.16% (Down 0.15%)

No current issues.

Please let us know if you need any assistance choosing the best server for your hosting.

I’ve gotten quite a few clients asking me lately which server is the fastest to load their website. Here are the results, compiled from 5 tests of each node through iwebtool.com. I had hoped more tests would help eliminate ties, but we still had one in the end.

1) Node 7 – HighLayer (with 0.03 seconds average)
Test results were 0.04, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, and 0.02.

1) Node 6 – Nixism (with 0.03 seconds average)
Test results were 0.04, 0.02, 0.02, 0.03, and 0.04.

1) Node 1 – SmokyHosts (with 0.03 seconds average)
Test results were 0.04, 0.05, 0.02, 0.02, and 0.02.

4) Node 3 – OSHS (with 0.046 seconds average)
Test results were 0.05, 0.05, 0.04, 0.05, and 0.04.

5) Node 2 – Felweb (with 0.054 seconds average)
Test results were 0.07, 0.04, 0.04, 0.08, and 0.04.

6) Node 5 – Addora (with 0.076 seconds average)
Test results were 0.06, 0.04, 0.21, 0.03, and 0.04.

As you can  see, even among the  fastest servers, there is still a great amount of fluctuation. We may repeat tests in the future, depending on demand for this type of knowledge.

Just received this:

Nixism Web Hosting Solutions has been acquired! The new Nixism group would like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding. In the next few days, all clients will be moved to new top-of-the line hardware in LA, California. The clients will be moved via. live transfer. This means that every client will receive 0 downtime during the move.

Due to the nature of the move, every client will incur a IP change. Within a few days everyone should receive [their] IPs, and other information. We thank everyone for their patience.

This means, changes with the move will include:

• All current cPanel links will need to be updated to the new IP address. The update will happen automatically within your account, however any links already sent out in email will not work.

• If you are connecting with FTP via the IP, remember to adjust the IP address.

• Be ready for any problems that may arise with the transfer, and be sure to always keep a current backup of your data.

• We have yet to meet the  new administration, and we sincerely hope they are just as nice as the last.

• The message also mentioned free upgrades, so there may be more space available for websites on this node.

The IP address will be made available to you via private message within the next few days, as soon as we have it ourselves.

Their motto is “Choose With Confidence”.

They offer “[s]ecure, [r]eliable, [a]nd [c]ustomer [f]riendly” hosting. And they sucked me in with 90% off the first month (normally $8.99). So I figured for a dollar I’d try it out for a month, and see.

Most everything was outdated, although I can’t complain as I never requested for anything to be new. I was having some problems with getting things working, (I mean aside from lack of time), and now I know why:

Dear Customer

We get firewall problem it disable Server Services

We will solved it soon

We are sorry about that

Well, I guess it’s back to the drawing board. Not to worry though. Many more where that came from.