I'm about to CRY! PUBLISHING ISSUES!

[horsetrickrider]

I uploaded my site for the first time on my Godaddy hosting account. It all looked PERFECT for a minute. then went back into it and its all messed up! I deleted my homepage from the server about a dozen times, rebuilt the HTML in WE then published it again.. Still looks like CRAP! Any advise???

www.rodeotrickrider.com Go see for yourself!!!!!! AAAAAAHHH

Jan

[horsetrickrider]

Well, I finally got my site to work after I purchased hosting with Ieasy (the hosting thats built in the software) I guess thats where this software works the best? Anyway, I couldn't take any chances so I bit the bullet and bought the space. Does anyone else use other servers such as GoDaddy??
www.rodeotrickrider.com
Jan

[AaronT]

Just so you will know, the site looks just fine on my end.

AaronT

[horsetrickrider]

Thanks! I dumped my GoDaddy account and went with the Avanquest hosting that seems to be built with this WE software. Its more expensive but I was having too many uploading issues with GoDaddy. The server kept timing out and my pages were a mess! With this Avanquest account its all working correctly and the upload process was easy. I guess you get what you pay for.

Jan
www.rodeotrickrider.com

[athomps]

Your site looks great to me too. I use "startlogic" and they are fabulous. No issues.

[devek]

I use 1and1.com ($4.99 per month for their Home Package, which is more than what a small business needs - if done right) to host all my sites (over 170) and never had a problem with the hosting company for 19 years that I use them.

Server timeout is usually an issue with the FTP client setting and not with the hosting company. All FTP software clients should be set to Passive and Binary upload. Many default to Passive rather than active, but not many default to Binary. They usually default to Auto, where server load can cause server timeout error.

About your site: it looks great using Firefox. Other members here have sites that are not compatible with Firefox and I'm sure they lose visitors. Aside from the annoying blinking text on the right and the off-center banner of Pet-smart, I really like it. I appreciate you placing the Gallery atop, which gives a first time visitor immediate display of what the site is about. I was never on a horse in my life and your site is a great source of what people do beyond riding, or as you put it: sittin' is boring.