Hosting from Hell -
Whoops, I just changed servers and (you might have seen the site was down for 9 days; so keep well away from MidPhase, the “Hosting from Hell”) all the links have quit. Hopefully fixed soon………..
O-Kay - We’re finally fully operational again and totally cured of dealing with Mid-Phase.
- Too Slow
Any time you go near one of their control panels you better be ready to wait - the servers are so slow that quite often the page times out before you get the next link to work. Like log in and click “Domains” then wait, wait, and wait again……. ( and their best trick, you go and look up some info to enter, and when you come back the page cookie has timed out, and you have to start all over again….)
- No Help
So you have a problem and use the e-mail contact to the help desk, and they take forever to reply, I’m in the southern hemisphere and the response is not usually till the next day. The “Live Chat” is worse, took 2 days just to get a connection, and then an hour and a half to not get my problem solved. I finally rang the “Toll Free” number (starting at; “You are caller number 37, and the delay will be about 45 minutes”), and got it all sorted 8 hours later after a total of 9 days delay - 9 days of no website!
- Incompetent Systems.
I asked for a number to transfer the domain to another ISP, and they sent a dud number, (3 days delay), then when the new number worked at the new ISP, they didn’t release it for a further 6 days - Unbelievable! And of course the Help Desk can’t (or won’t) actually DO anything about it because, “that is dealt with by another department!”
- Pathetic Service
You can’t get at the DNS record to change the info, you have to send an e-mail and ask. There are no AW Stats available, so you have to get third party stats to see what’s going on. Everything else you might want to have is an extra fee.
- The Best way to Monetize Your Site of course is to keep well away from these cowboys who will cost you most of your sanity, and all of your AdSense and affiliate income while they horse about.
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I got to admit I wondered about these guys ’cause when you look at their prices, you aren’t likely to be getting much value
Reply to Adminit looks like you’re getting an error with your live comment preview (aWP_livepreview), it’s having trouble including a script and that’s tripping up commentluv.
does the live comment preview work when commentluv is deactivated?
Reply to Andy BaileyTried every permutation I could think of then fell back on the tried old remedy - reinstall the flamin’ program, and viola - it works.
Reply to RhysI have turned it off to see, but no different, I am now trying different settings in the AjaxedWordPress panel.
Reply to Rhysnow that your ajax preview comment is turned off, your comment fields have changed their id names!
they are now
comment form: #commentform
name: ID author
url: ID url
comment: ID comment
change back to these and commentluv will have some luv to give
Reply to Andy BaileyGot to leave it now and catch some sleep….
Reply to RhysThis is a test comment
Hi Andy - Finally worked out the conflict in the Preview settings. I have set the parameters to match the form - EG #awpsubmit_commentform_19, but still no CommentLuv arriving
Reply to Andylooks like it got the last post and displayed the pulldown box below.
you are using version 10 of the beta here, the latest version 13 will make things a little better
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just to let you know that commentluv has been updated to 2.1.5 and should resolve any issues reported.
still time to install and get ready for the beta tester contest!
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Reply to Andy BaileyI want to change my hosting company and was considering MidPhase as an option but after your post they are out..
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Reply to Ada HaneyWhenever I initially set up a website for clients I always insist they do not just go with the cheapest hosting company. Many times you get what you pay for and if you want to have your site to succeed you will pay attention to the company you choose.
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Reply to Tracy - Massage ChairSorry to hear about your hosting from hell experience, however I can relate. I went through 2 hosating companies that had absolutely horrible service. I’m not going to mention any names (Hostnine, startlogic) I won’t go into the specifics of the problem excpet that one of the companies almost erroneously deleted my accounts. I have been very happy with hostgator. Their support has been excellent. Anyhow glad your back up and running now.
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There is something to be said for having premium hosting. I use rimuhosting for our main site. Definitely not the cheapest (not the most expensive either) but their service is TOP NOTCH. I had a database corruption and one of their techs fixed it for me that same day. I’ll never move the site from them.
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Reply to Charles@Las Vegas HomesI can’t tell you how happy i was when i changed my Previous Host Technoportsolution to international renowned Bluehost. Life is hell if you are not with the best host
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Reply to Shanker BakshiIf you spend all your time trying to contact them you have no time for your site. Not sure what took longer trying to fix site or trying to move site to new host.
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Reply to freestuffThis sound as the ultimate web hosting horror story. I have experienced similar circumstances with other web hosting companies. When I was searching for reviews for various web hosting providers I came across some of the worst experiences with Midphase. I am glad that I didn’t register with them. On the contrary, I am not happy neither with my current web host. I have to start looking again for a new web home…
Reply to John - Web Hosting ArtSound slike you had the worst of everything with that hosting company. Can not believe how long they took to transfer domain name sounds like they tried making it hard so you would stick around.
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Reply to Best etf funds listHi Best etf
When you say; “sounds like they tried making it hard so you would stick around”, I sadly have to agree……
However it didn’t work, did it?
Reply to Rhysthere are a lot of pathetic hosts my host seems to be very reliable so far.
Reply to Market TimingI´ve just had a terrible hosting from hell experience too!!!
Reply to PedroHi,
It is too bad.how you deal with them.I never contact the MidPhase.It is really hell.
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Reply to Webinar serviceI collegue of mine have had a terrible experience with MidPhase too… but I heard that they have improved their services. Anyway, I wouldn´t like to be the one to try if this is true…
Reply to José ArySometimes hosting companies charge not enough to give good service or be reliable. I think everyone should realize that you do get what you pay for and anything under $4 a month will either be a problem or wind up costing you more money because you have to pay for more space and transfer.
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Reply to powertoolsI can not believe they where down 9 days. I bet they lost most of thier customers. I know it cost more to find new ones than to keep them. Thier is no reason a web host should be done that long. Any good one has mutiple internet lines and back up power.
Reply to Radon testingIf the control panel is that slow the hosting has to be bad. I can not believe a company would be down 9 days. They should have back up power and servers thier is no reason for them being down. I do not blame you for moving your websites no one would want to pay for service like that.
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Reply to Mold removalIt seems like the company tried to make it hard to move your site and only cared about the money you paid not the service they provided. I remeber not to use he company since they did not even try to fix the problems. I do not know any company that will be in business if the service is down 9 days in a row.
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Reply to digital photographySounds like you had a real problem with that company. I cannot belive how they made it so tough to move domain and site to new one after not responding to you for that long and site being down. Your better off now because any company that does not respond to customers after that long never will.
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