About Web Design: Backups are Fun

Web Design In the Spotlight | More Topics | Top Picks | Suggestions |   from Jennifer Kyrnin So, it's been an interesting week for me. My husband's birthday was last week, mine is this week, and we had both his parents and my parents visiting. Normally, I wouldn't bore you with all this, but our Web server hard drive died completely out of the blue on Friday night. I've been scrambling to get it running, restore from backups, and assure clients that this is a once in a lifetime occurrence (fingers crossed). All while juggling family staying with us. Needless to say, I haven't written a lot for About.com in that time. In fact, I haven't even gotten my mail in that time, because it was coming through that server as well. Whee! The moral of the story? Don't Leave Backups to Chance   In the Spotlight What is Colocation and Why Would You Choose It I used colocation for nearly five years and I loved it. The great thing about colocation is that you own the hardware. So if you want to add more space, you just add more space. If you want more memory, you add it. If you want a faster machine, you change that too. But the drawback is, if the machine dies, you have to fix it. Sometimes late at night, and sometimes when guests are at home. I guess I'm glad it didn't die on my birthday. :-)              More Topics Great New Color App for iPhones Color Stream Web Horror Stories - Tales of Woe in Web Design I'm not the only one with bad luck What are the Most Important Aspects of Web Hosting What do you value in your host? Do You Resell Hosting? Why or why not? What is Your Favorite Cheap Web Host? Under $10 per month What Web Hosting Features are Most Important? Is PHP more important than ASP? Web Server Management Apache, Tomcat, IISd or something else Web Hosting Providers - Types of Web Hosting Providers I don't recommend free Web hosting for any use but personal pages. Most free hosts have too many restrictions or just put your content at risk. The nice thing is, there are many other options for Web hosting that are inexpensive or worth the price.   Poll: Do you use tables for layout? (2009) As we come to the end of the first decade of the 21st century, I wonder how many people still use tables for layout. One of my favorite Web design tools to come out of this decade is the use of CSS for defining the look of your website. So I wonder how many people still use tables to define the layout... Vote Now View Results     Sponsored Links   Top Picks - Free Classes About Web Design and HTML  from your  Web Design / HTML  Guide It's easy to learn Web design and HTML online. And you might be surprised at the things you can learn for free. These online newsletter courses can help you improve your skills or teach you new ones. 1) Free HTML Class 2) Free Web Design Class - Weekly 3) HTML Forms Class   What should I write about? Are there Web design topics you"d like to learn more about? Is there a topic you'd like to see covered on the Web Design / HTML site at About.com? Let me know what you think.   Feeling Under the Weather? Evaluating Your Cold Symptoms How to tell when a runny nose is just a cold, and when it might be turning into something more serious and require a visit to the doctor. More> Web Design / HTML Ads Web Design Web Design Group Price for Web Design Web Design Tips Web Design Download Advertisement     Visit Related About GuideSites: Focus on JavaScript Perl Graphic Design Focus on Java Web Logs   Search About      Sign up for more free newsletters on favorite topics. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Web Design newsletter as adamsmith016@GMAIL.COM. If you wish to change or remove your email address, please visit: http://www.about.com/nl/usgs.htm?nl=webdesign&e=adamsmith016@GMAIL.COM About respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy. Our Contact Information. 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2008 About, Inc.