I haven't spoken to him in over a year, since he decided my friendship with @michelios only confirmed that I am Satan and ducked out on me and Steemhouse as well. We, too, had a website hosted by him, but since we decided to abandon @steemhousepub in favor of rebranding, it was no loss for us when the site went down. I don't know how to contact him. Admittedly I haven't tried, but if he's not responding to emails from people he had no known beef with, I can't imagine he'd spend any time responding to someone he clearly thinks is the devil.
He never made any attempt to explain what sin I had committed that was so great he'd throw away a two-year friendship over it. I finally quit stressing over it, but it took a while.
Really sorry to hear this. We put so much work and creativity into building websites and even invest in it in the hopes of future returns. To me, this is supposed to be an area where we help provide something different, where at least the content and engagement are still there. I think it would be useful if we also provided an additional option for people to retrieve all their content stored on Steem with the same formating you had on WordPress. So that if you were to start a new website, you can just bulk post it and have it back up the way it used to be.
As for hosting, I would probably recommend FastComet. Or a serious provider of that standard. If one is already going to pour a lot of time into the site and writing, then that would make sense to me.
I think it would be useful if we also provided an additional option for people to retrieve all their content stored on Steem with the same formating you had on WordPress. So that if you were to start a new website, you can just bulk post it and have it back up the way it used to be.
This would be a fantastic innovation. I think there well may be folk concerned about their work given the current Steem/Tron challenges and what might happen if there's a fork.
Thanks for the hosting recommendation. I have already (happily) committed to hosting with Afrihost through which I purchased the domain. Three reasons: it's local, it's reputable and it's affordable.
I have to say that what has made me even more angry is that I'm an advocate for small businesses. I am/have been a micro business, so I get the challenges. However, it's exactly this kind of behaviour that jaundices people from using small business. Quite understandable.
I am hoping that I'll be up and running again soon.
Jeez Fiona, sorry to hear about this situation. Sucks when you see and experience such unprofessionalism especially as a website is paramount to bloggers and anyone providing a service... I hope he does the right thing and responds and also hope that your new host provider can get it all back.
Really so frustrated for you Fiona! It's bad enough to pay for a service and not receive what you paid for, but even worse to have lost access to YOUR content in the process. I am hopefully that someone will be able to help you resolve this. Resteemed to help try to spread the word in case anyone on Steem can help!
Thank you @fionasfavourites, for using the CO2 Compensation Coin (COCO) to reduce your CO2 footprint.
@rhondak knows him pretty well, I think, at least she was hanging out with him a lot at SF3, so she might know what's going on with him,
Best of luck!
I haven't spoken to him in over a year, since he decided my friendship with @michelios only confirmed that I am Satan and ducked out on me and Steemhouse as well. We, too, had a website hosted by him, but since we decided to abandon @steemhousepub in favor of rebranding, it was no loss for us when the site went down. I don't know how to contact him. Admittedly I haven't tried, but if he's not responding to emails from people he had no known beef with, I can't imagine he'd spend any time responding to someone he clearly thinks is the devil.
Oh sorry to hear that, how very strange!
He never made any attempt to explain what sin I had committed that was so great he'd throw away a two-year friendship over it. I finally quit stressing over it, but it took a while.
Oh dear. I am sorry. Thanks to you both for stopping by. Just heard of another in the same predicament - @zaxan. Also left in the lurch.
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That's not good, I too recommended his services to others. I hope this all does not cost you too much to get sorted.
Thanks, Paula. I hope that this post alerts folk who don't yet know and perhaps does get some action.
Really sorry to hear this. We put so much work and creativity into building websites and even invest in it in the hopes of future returns. To me, this is supposed to be an area where we help provide something different, where at least the content and engagement are still there. I think it would be useful if we also provided an additional option for people to retrieve all their content stored on Steem with the same formating you had on WordPress. So that if you were to start a new website, you can just bulk post it and have it back up the way it used to be.
As for hosting, I would probably recommend FastComet. Or a serious provider of that standard. If one is already going to pour a lot of time into the site and writing, then that would make sense to me.
I appreciate your comment @fredrikaa.
This would be a fantastic innovation. I think there well may be folk concerned about their work given the current Steem/Tron challenges and what might happen if there's a fork.
Thanks for the hosting recommendation. I have already (happily) committed to hosting with Afrihost through which I purchased the domain. Three reasons: it's local, it's reputable and it's affordable.
I have to say that what has made me even more angry is that I'm an advocate for small businesses. I am/have been a micro business, so I get the challenges. However, it's exactly this kind of behaviour that jaundices people from using small business. Quite understandable.
I am hoping that I'll be up and running again soon.
Thanks again for the support.
Jeez Fiona, sorry to hear about this situation. Sucks when you see and experience such unprofessionalism especially as a website is paramount to bloggers and anyone providing a service... I hope he does the right thing and responds and also hope that your new host provider can get it all back.
Thanks, Nicky. I'm hoping... You know I'm a glass-half-full kinda gal...🥂🙂
Better top it up then 😁
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Really so frustrated for you Fiona! It's bad enough to pay for a service and not receive what you paid for, but even worse to have lost access to YOUR content in the process. I am hopefully that someone will be able to help you resolve this. Resteemed to help try to spread the word in case anyone on Steem can help!
Thanks and much appreciated, Katie.
That is terrible. so sorry to hear that!!
Thanks @mariannewest. I ham hoping that tomorrow brings some positive news. If it does, I'll share... 😀
Sorry to hear about this. I hope you find a path forward.
Thanks, me too. I am hoping I am somewhere today. If so, I will shout from the rooftops (again) and thank those who made it possible. 🙂