Occasionally, my web page has gone down. It was annoying, not so much because I couldn’t have my purple prose seen, but because, almost always, I was trying to write some NEW ramblings.
I know the vendor, in fixing the last problem, suspended someone’s user account “for CPU overage,” whatever THAT means.
And I can’t always tell whether it’s a problem with my Internet at home – which has also failed me – or the blog itself. So I email a list of trusted folks and ask them, re my site, “Is it down for everyone or just me?” Unfortunately, almost always, it’s down for everyone.
I do back up my blog every month, or three, but still, it’s a pain.
As it turns out, I noticed that another website was down recently. I wrote on the closed Facebook discussion page, “Is it down for everyone or just me?” Someone wrote This is always a handy check and pointed to down for everyone or just me.com. There are similar sites, such as Is It Down Right Now.
Oddly, when I went to Is It Down, when a blogger I know was down in May, it showed: “[URL] is not down. (it took me 0.02 seconds to check, if it is down for you, go shout at your IT support or ISP). BTW: The status code I got was 502, which means that there is something wrong with URL or site.” To me, that means the site is not working.
At least the first two sites will be, I’m afraid, quite useful in the future.
About “CPU overage”:
On a typical shared-hosting plan, you’re on a machine with several other users, each of which is deeded a fraction of the available machine resources. However, it’s still just one machine: if something goes haywire — typically, in WordPress, it’s either a plugin gone bad or a rogue program sneaked onto the premises — all the other users suffer while the CPU tries to stay ahead of the game. Those who make a habit of this get suspended, or kicked upstairs to a more expensive plan.
Overuse of your available RAM can cause similar grief.
Interesting- I will make note of the site because I am always wondering if a web site is truly down or if it is just my internet.