Hmm, why did you have to recode your site if it was static? (Well, you said
it was non-CF, so I guess it could be ASP.) I mean, if you reference
imagines as img src="/images/foo.gif", don't tell me they actually made you
use a new directory name. If your site is dynamic, no matter what the
technology is, if you do any kind of file reading and need absolute paths,
be sure to keep the base directory as a global var. Then the ISP can move
you around and it's no big deal.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Hannum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 9:43 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: OT: Check out your ISP (was ISP's with CF)
>
>
> Lesson learned: Check out how your ISP does business BEFORE you put
> valuable sites on them. Case in point. I have an ISP that I put NON-CF
> sites on. This past weekend, they have hardware problems. First, their
> primary RAID failed, then in the process of restoring, the backup failed
> too. This in and of itself could be forgiven, BUT (and it's a BIG BUT),
> they had no tape or CD backups, so every single website and everything in
> their MySQL database was lost. Then, to add insult to injury, when they
> rebuilt their system, they completely changed their directory
> structure, so
> not only must you re-upload your sites, but you must also recode your site
> to match their new directory structure.
>
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