In the past few weeks many readers have emailed to report they were hitting “403 forbidden” pages, having comments disappear or most recently, were unable to access the site at all.
A bit of background: in September, our original hosting company was sold, and as a result, SDA was moved to a new hosting company and server. All seemed well at first, but as the reports of problems began to escalate, I ordered a site audit. That has been underway for the past couple of days and a number of issues were discovered that led us back to the hosting company and their service being inadequate and misconfigured for this type of site. Without going into the gory details (and they are gory), the issue has been found and (fingers crossed) resolved.
I apologize for the difficulties that so many of you have dealt with, and that it took so long to tease out the problem.
Does this also solve the issue with random comments disappearing?
Thanks Kate for all you do.
My first stop every day. And often second and random
Too err is human …. to get things really f’ed up requires a computer.
Thank you for your tireless work and creative posts, Kate. Yeah, I’m obsessed. Forgive my kvetching about disappeared posts. But I never took it personal as it appeared far too random to be deliberate.
Oh, okay. I thought it was just the RCMP spying that was messing things up.
Appreciate all the efforts. The higher the volume and complexity the higher the likelihood that there will be issues. This remains one of my go to sites daily.
Mine too. In spite of some complaints I have about the platform and format, I’ve been a regular reader for twenty years or more (I think). I really appreciate the work Kate & Co. put into this project. I know I don’t have what it takes to anything like it.
Switch to a platform where you can use Discus for comments. This WordPress thingy is clunkier than my first car.
What did SDA switch to a while back that made comments appear in a weird format? Everyone complained, switched back real quick.
Thank you Kate.
aka ‘aint technology wunnerful’ /sarc off lol
bravo Kate. hope the site is still here another decade.
the filter . . . . talk about ‘black box’ . . . . . . .
Well that explains why no one responds to my comments. (That and communists). Thanks!
SDA has stood the test of time (two plus decades) and has consistently stayed on
top of news items and opinions relevant to conservative Canadians, and thinking
people elsewhere.
May this portal of sanity continue until the ‘madness of crowds’* abates.
Thank you Kate & Co.
*Douglas Murray
I blame GYM
Hay Bluddy
Thanks for the mention, butt ewe still can’t blow me!
NME666
Was another Randy in charge at the hosting company?
Were you with Hosting Matters previously?
Still not working for me…getting the same “The connection has timed out” error. 🙁
Thanks. I enjoy the site as well. All I noticed was a slight slowdown.
No worries. You’re a joy, Kate, and one of the most creative people going.
Thanks Kate and crew for looking after this site.
Sent a small donation to help with the effort.
403 _ Forbidden
404 _ Verboten
405 _ Flee to hills
406 _ Bill Gates is looking in your front window.
Any minor inconvenience is outweighed by the people and content on this site. Thank you to Kate and crew.
Thanks for the info, Kate.
Ditto Kate.
403: Andrew Coyne has a question about GST holiday on men’s incontinence garments.