Calm before the Storm
A few years back, Keith decided to set up his first website at www.keithrmt.com (the site is now dead). I don’t remember how it came to pass, but we started doing business with WebsiteSource.com as our web hosting company. Slowly he added more sites, and as my time at UTD was drawing to a close (also meaning my UTD website was going to die) I decided to start one myself.
Time has proven that WebsiteSource.com was not the best choice for our hosting company. Our needs are pretty simple – the main ones being good customer service and technical support. After all, neither of us are experts in this field (despite Keith’s latest post), and we need somebody that can and will explain things to us so we can understand them.
Because WebsiteSource has let us down so many times, we’ve decided it’s time to switch to a new hosting company. Keith has already initiated the process… we’re moving to HostMonster.com.
So the main reason for this post is to twofold:
- In preparation for the move, this will be my last post for a few days. This will make things easier for me in that I can just backup the site right now and not have to worry about missing stuff later in the process.
- Once we initiate the domain transfer, it can take 24-72 hours for everything to be moved. (I’m trying to keep the explanations simple here; if you’re interested in what all is involved, check this out). This means the site may be unreachable during that time. So if you can’t access this blog, just try again later – sorry for the disruption.
As if that wasn’t enough… I’ve regretted a couple decisions I made recently when moving this blog here from Blogger, and have decided to correct them while these other changes are taking place. The most obvious is the URL or address for the blog. Right now, this blog lives at www.thelifeofbrian.info/blog. After the switch, the address will be blog.thelifeofbrian.info. Hopefully I can get everything set up behind the scenes so you won’t have to worry about remembering that it’s changed (it will automatically forward you there), but just in case — heads up that’s the plan. :)
So are you thoroughly confused now? Sorry. Just bear with me over the next week or so as I work through this (AND start a new job!)…
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