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    Changing Web Host

    Hi,

    A warning to anyone hosting their Actinic shop with Fasthosts!

    My Actinic shop is hosted by Fasthosts. Over time the shop has grown in size and complexity. The Fasthosts server is now returning an increasing number of CGI Timeout script errors. To cut a long story short, the Fasthosts shared web servers are all configured with a CGI timeout of 10 seconds. This is too short. I think Actinic recommend a setting of 30 seconds.

    I have raised this with Fasthosts tech support and was told:

    Unfortunatly we are not able to change this setting on the shared hosting servers.
    I asked 'What are my alternatives?' and was told:

    If you need a higher timeout for your CGI scripts than we can set on our shared servers then your best option is to move to a Dedicated Server where you will have full control over the system.
    So be warned - Fasthosts Web Hosting is not suited to Actinic.

    A Question: if I move to a different host will my google and other search engine rankings be affected?

    TIA,
    Pete
    Pete

    www.Euro-Yo.com Europe's largest online yo-yo shop
    www.LetsHaveFun.biz for skill toys
    www.Euro-rang.com specialist boomerang store
    www.Kendama-World.com for Japanese Kendama

    A heart transplant at Papworth Hospital in February 2005 saved my life. Please consider signing up on the Organ Donor Register at www.uktransplant.org. Give Life!

    #2
    A Question: if I move to a different host will my google and other search engine rankings be affected?
    No they won't as it is the URL that is indexed, not IP, server etc

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      #3
      Ta!

      Thanks Jo
      Pete

      www.Euro-Yo.com Europe's largest online yo-yo shop
      www.LetsHaveFun.biz for skill toys
      www.Euro-rang.com specialist boomerang store
      www.Kendama-World.com for Japanese Kendama

      A heart transplant at Papworth Hospital in February 2005 saved my life. Please consider signing up on the Organ Donor Register at www.uktransplant.org. Give Life!

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        #4
        Hi Pete

        That's a very low timeout, obviously not enough for Actinic, is it OK if I email you?

        Malcolm
        ¤ The world wide web needn't cost the earth
        ¤ ARTISAN INTERNET LTD
        ¤ www.artinet.co.uk

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          #5
          Timeout

          Originally posted by Artisan
          Hi Pete

          That's a very low timeout, obviously not enough for Actinic, is it OK if I email you?

          Malcolm
          Please do!
          Pete

          www.Euro-Yo.com Europe's largest online yo-yo shop
          www.LetsHaveFun.biz for skill toys
          www.Euro-rang.com specialist boomerang store
          www.Kendama-World.com for Japanese Kendama

          A heart transplant at Papworth Hospital in February 2005 saved my life. Please consider signing up on the Organ Donor Register at www.uktransplant.org. Give Life!

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            #6
            Hide your email Pete, you will get more spam than a spammety spam spam.

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              #7
              Spam

              Good point Lee!
              Pete

              www.Euro-Yo.com Europe's largest online yo-yo shop
              www.LetsHaveFun.biz for skill toys
              www.Euro-rang.com specialist boomerang store
              www.Kendama-World.com for Japanese Kendama

              A heart transplant at Papworth Hospital in February 2005 saved my life. Please consider signing up on the Organ Donor Register at www.uktransplant.org. Give Life!

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                #8
                Hosting

                I have just spoken to Malcolm on the phone and wanted to recommend Artisan if anyone is looking for a very knowledgable and helpful Actinic web hosting company. Blatent plug for him but he deserved it - thanks Malcolm
                Pete

                www.Euro-Yo.com Europe's largest online yo-yo shop
                www.LetsHaveFun.biz for skill toys
                www.Euro-rang.com specialist boomerang store
                www.Kendama-World.com for Japanese Kendama

                A heart transplant at Papworth Hospital in February 2005 saved my life. Please consider signing up on the Organ Donor Register at www.uktransplant.org. Give Life!

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