the UK UVGUIDE website down?

[Hilikus311]

hey is anyone else having problems accessing the uk uvguide website?

 

[kinyonga]

They are trying to restore it.

 

[Hilikus311]

what happened? Hack or what?

 

[summoner12]

simple issues with the host provider.. it is moving to a new host.

Not a huge deal, just needs some down time and will be back soon.

Great news.

Paul Williams, who was hosting our site, was having great problems with the hosting company. He has now got the site out of there, and has just transferred the site ownership to me. I received the documentation about an hour ago. Paul has kindly hosted the site for us, for nearly 4 1/2 years... Many thanks, Paul!

My friend and colleague Chris Davis, who is Co-ordinator of the UK Sand Lizard Captive Breeding Programme, is also a website designer and much to my delight, has offered to host the website from now on. Thanks SO much, Chris.
I will start uploading the site (from the saved files on my hard drive) as soon as all the nameservers, and things like that are sorted out. We'll soon be back online!

I would also like to thank Joe Heinen, a member here, who also kindly offered to host the site when he heard we were having problems.

Everything should be back to "normal" by Monday.
Have a good weekend, everyone.

Frances

 

[Miss Lily]

It's good to know that it is only down temprarily and hasn't gone for ever! I tried to access it last night several times whilst researching!

 

[summoner12]

This is an update on the UV Guide website from the UV meter owners group....

Hi everyone

I thought I would clarify the timetable a little so that you all know what to expect, and won't suffer disappointment if things are a littel slower than you would hope. For those of you who don't know how these things work I trust that the reasons for any delay will be clearer.

These are the steps and the timetable:-
a.. Transfer of the domain ownership to Frances - completed, thanks to Paul.
b.. Setting up new server - completed.
c.. Uploading the site to the new server - commencing later today, due for completion today or tomorrow.
d.. Setting the nameservers so that the domain name points to the new address - completed.
e.. Site goes live with full content - 1 to 3 days.

The latter point needs clarification. Once the nameservers have been changed to point the domain name to the new server, this change has to propagate through the internet. This can take anything from 4 to 48 hours. For those of you whose ISPs hold copies of websites in cache (AOL is a typical example) there could be a further delay of up to 24 hours depending on when the ISP updates its servers.

In the meantime you will see a "holding page". Should you still see this after tomorrow, it may be worth clicking the "Refresh" button in your internet browser as the temporary page may be held in cache on your own PC.

Thankyou, everyone, for your patience.

All the best

Chris
Chris Davis