Yes, I’ve shifted to a new hosting company and what a breath of fresh air! Page loading times have dramatically improved and uploading files etc using the FTP program would have to be ten times as fast (the new host even commented how long it took to get the files from the old servers when they did the transfer process for me).

Twice the price, but worth every cent!

Who am I with now? GD Webhosting is the company and I’m happy to give them a plug!

Honestly, I have had it with this current host I’m with. I’d tell you about them, but I won’t take the risk just yet.
I’d actually expect that the chap (I believe it’s a one-man-band) would be as likely to ‘accidentally’ delete my sites!

I’ll just say this - if you are considering cheap web-hosting,

AVOID THEM LIKE THE BLOODY PLAGUE!

My experience has been that I would have wasted hours and hours of time and energy creating sites only to have them become corrupted - usually for the same reason: lack of space on the shared hosting.

I began getting this cryptic error message before Xmas whenever I attempted to access the Admin for the site. Didn’t have the time to investigate further and an urgent email or two to the useless hosting co that I’m stuck with for now wasn’t answered. I gave up expecting answers months ago - unless I whinge about changing hosts!

Google of course came up with a cure - to add a line like ‘php_value memory_limit 16M’ to the .htaccess file - and ‘bingo’ success!
I presume the reason is the shared hosting space is running low on the host’s servers. I don’t really care, all will be resolved soon anyway with a shift to a proper webhost.

Merry Christmas anyways (I prefer Xmas) but I’m feeling generous. I even put on some nice Xmas Carols at the family dinner and got some bemused looks from those who know my beliefs (or lack of them). I take the view that they are pleasant music and they invoke pleasant memories from my past. I can enjoy them without buying into the myth…