Dear Friends, ATT is erasing my web page http://www.home.bellsouth.net/p/pwp-tatsamore (and all the other old Bellsouth personal websites) on December 4, and there is nothing I can do about it. I plan to get myself a new website and restore all the content, but I do not know how long that will take. I encourage you to go now and print any patterns or tutorials you want a copy of. Please remember this is copyrighted material for your own use and do not reprint or repost without my express permission.
This personal website was part of my internet service package when we signed on with Bellsouth. When ATT absorbed Bellsouth, they were bound to keep those websites, but not indefinitely it now appears. I am disappointed, but not surprised, since I got the impression when I had difficulties last summer, that they were maintaining those sites with only the least grudging effort they could manage. I am irate though, that they did not have the decency to notify me about this. I only accidentally found out when I visited my site on a whim, something I don't do often if I'm not working on it, and found the notice on a pop-up there.
I've been raised to do comparison shopping before making a big purchase. Jane likes Freeservers. Does anyone else have a website provider they have personal experience with to recommend? I require low cost, ease of use, and no advertising on the pages.
I was already planning to shop for a new website where I would have more control over page layout and the ability to make the patterns more printer friendly, but on my own time, not right away, aargh.
Back to happier posting soon, I hope.
2 days ago
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I,m sorry to hear this. Please know that we of the tatting world have been most appreciative and look forward to your new site, wherever it is!
ReplyDeleteIt's SUCH a hassle when this happens. It happened to me too a year or two ago but at least BT gave me some warning. I'm interested in the answer to other suggested providers although I am happy with freeservers I didn't shop around!!!
ReplyDeleteWoah, that wasn't very nice of them. Have you tried going to purelyhosting.com It has various price ranges and they can set you up with wordpress which has several blog type themes to choose from. Some are free while others you pay a fee for. Hope you find something that will fit your needs no matter where you go.
ReplyDeletemy blog is totally free and I am not that great with computers and I do okay it's google blogspot infact I wondered why people were paying for theirs.
ReplyDeleteOh dear, that must be annoying. It's going to take a lot of work to put everything up somewhere else. Those of us who use your patterns and tutorials will appreciate it, once you've decided where to go.
ReplyDeleteDreamhost has decent prices and you can host multiple sites per account.
ReplyDelete1&1 and fatcow and lunarpages are all good hosting companies - comparable prices - no ads.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the advance notice - I've saved your patterns. I couldn't bear the thought of losing Paprika!
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