Temporarily Me is hosted with DreamHost and has been since I moved to Wordpress in 2007. You may have noticed that my blog is perpetually slow. Yes. Shocking. I know. Commenting is quite often a nightmare, and so you’re aware: so is writing a damn post.
I’ve dealt with their support staff on many occassions trying to devise a resolution that will last for more than 24 hours – which still has yet to be done. That’s the joy of shared servers my friends. I find myself in the mix of some high volume sites which are sucking all the juice and leaving virtually nothing for my wee blog.
During one of the many excrutiatingly slow periods, I requested a move to a different server. Which was met with immediate service and friendly, informative help – I will say that their staff is very pleasant to deal with – but I think I was moved to an even SLOWER machine which has resulted in even more slow periods and now the recent commenting fiasco. You know the one – where everyone and their dog was met with a big fat FAIL!? (I wish I could have my very own FAIL WHALE each time a reader was met with the This fuckin’ web host is eating my brains page.
Why haven’t I jumped ship you’re wondering? Well, I have a contract until February of ‘09 and at that time, I will consider it. Unless someone from DreamHost spots this post and in an effort to keep me aboard they offer me a private server.
(Hey, it could happen.)
Don’t get me wrong, DreamHost has been an excellent service and have great staff. They are very inexpensive and I can host all my sites through one package, which isn’t the norm (so I’ve read). But with the inexpensive fees they also have a large customer base and everyone is cramped on to servers like passengers on a Chinese subway. Getting fast service is really a hit and miss based on which server you’re on.
(Think of my little blog like a band geek getting run down by an entire football team. I know, it’s sad, right. Poor band geek.)
(I mean no disrespect to band geeks because HOLY SHIT! I can barely chew gum and walk let alone read sheet music, play and walk – sometimes dance.)
And the whole point of this fuckin‘ boring post?
It’s not my designs that are screwing up everything! *phew* I was getting a complex.
And!
Look at me! I have a new design!
It’s got less images to load which will *hopefully* help my pages load a little faster as they fight their way through the masses to get to you.
All for you guys.
Aren’t I the sweetest thing EVAH!?
Miss Britt says:
Dude, I pay $15 a quarter for hosting fees – if you ever DO decide to shop around. (And the problem with my load time WAS my design)
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Peggy says:
I’m with dreamhost too so I completely feel your pain. Did you get the email from them late last week saying they were moving such and such and the sites will be slow or down? I haven’t a real clue what they were talking about really.
Peggy´s last blog post..DreamHost and Me (Read:Why My Blog is Messed)
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Peggy says:
Odd. How come it’s saying my last blog post was really your last blog post? haha
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Jen E @ mommablogsalot says:
Your new design is super pretty. We had server issues when I switched to a .com, too but apparently switching to a server with a larger hardrive or memory or something did the trick. We use something called a virtual private server which is supposed to be better than standard servers but less expensive than a private server. Or something. I don’t know, dh tried to explain it to me and I probably fell asleep standing up but whatever he fixed, it worked.
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:54 pm
anna says:
Hmm, I have dreamhost as well. I have heard bad things about them, but never really had any problems (yet). I need to keep knocking on wood constantly now, so bye!
October 23rd, 2008 at 5:33 pm
samantha says:
@ anna:
It’s really hit and miss I think – you could have perfect service with only a few interruptions forever, while I have a hot mess of a blog. LOL
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:19 pm
samantha says:
@ Jen E @ mommablogsalot:
Can you believe I understood what you were saying? LOL I took a couple times… but I did get it.
That’s what I’ve been contemplating doing – going to a web server still hosted by someone else bust dedicated to me. We’ll have to see how it plays out.
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Sherendipity says:
Stupid interweb, making us make all these changes and mess with stuff that we wouldn’t normally mess with. Lawd knows I’ve done my share of messin’.
It’s a good thing all this pain in the assery is worth the headache.
Sherendipity´s last blog post..DreamHost and Me (Read: Why My Blog is a Hot Mess.)
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
maggie, dammit says:
I have Dreamhost, too. Sometimes my site just goes down completely. It’s awesome.
I like the new design!
maggie, dammit´s last blog post..DreamHost and Me (Read: Why My Blog is a Hot Mess.)
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:04 pm
Sammanthia says:
Love the new design!
I’m computer illiterate… I go through Wordpress. Trust me, it’s safer for everyone that way.
Good luck!
Sammanthia´s last blog post..DreamHost and Me (Read: Why My Blog is a Hot Mess.)
October 24th, 2008 at 12:42 am
Vic says:
Urbanvox only pays £30 a month on a reseller package from heart. It seems to work quite well – or at least we very rarely seem to have problems with it. I guess he does have quite a few sites paying him to host though.
Vic´s last blog post..DreamHost and Me (Read: Why My Blog is a Hot Mess.)
October 24th, 2008 at 5:30 am
SciFi Dad says:
I know Ali and Haley swear by Thinknine for support, and their load times seem faster than yours. Maybe that’s who you should use?
I like the cleanliness of the new design.
SciFi Dad´s last blog post..DreamHost and Me (Read: Why My Blog is a Hot Mess.)
October 24th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Marylin says:
I love the new design – very clean and crisp! Hope you get a hosting solution soon. I’ve been with Bluehost and as far as I’m aware there haven’t been any problems with my site… either that or no one has moaned about it at least.
Marylin´s last blog post..DreamHost and Me (Read: Why My Blog is a Hot Mess.)
October 24th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Kathy says:
I used Dreamhost for a year and had more downtime than I had with any free service. Their tech help is good, but doesn’t offset the downtime.
Love the new look, by the way.
Kathy´s last blog post..DreamHost and Me (Read: Why My Blog is a Hot Mess.)
October 24th, 2008 at 10:52 am
justmylife says:
I like the new design! And it did seem to load up a bit faster.
October 24th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Double Agent Girl says:
The design is cute. I love you. Do not sweat the internets. Isn’t it funny that we all wrote a post about DreamHost?? LOL!!
October 25th, 2008 at 8:07 am