So, what happened to your site?
Anyone who’s been here before knows there used to be a whole lot of content. Now, it’s gone buh-bye and it will take some time for me to replace it. What happened? A web hosting company called iPower happened.
iPower hosted my site for a number of years and provided fairly decent service. So much so that I placed several clients with them. Then, in October of last year, iPower merged with iPowerWeb (yes, they were separate companies) and forced all of their customers onto a new platform which made use of updated vDeck control panel functionality.
It doesn’t sound like a single site moved without drama. I lost a lot of trust from my clients and I can’t say that I blame them a bit.
Well, they never transitioned mine. In fact, I received several emails from them, asking if I wanted to move. To all of them, I replied ‘no’.
So, early this week, they just took it down. No notice. No warning. No migrating the site to the new platform. They just took the entire thing down. After 24 hours of trying to get a reply from their technical support team, I learned that iPower would provide no backup to me, no refund for unused hosting services and — essentially — nothing to correct their cock up.
Now, part of the purpose of this site is to support my freelance creative and PR business. The rest is just me ranting like a madwoman. So, I’m not entirely dependent on it for my livelihood. If I were, I’d be hotter than a two-dollar pistol.
iPower is pretty much the most irresponsible business provider I’ve had to deal with. I feel rather sorry for their corporate customers.
So, the content will come back one day, but not today. Thanks for not pointing at me and laughing hysterically (you’re not, are you?). I’ve learned my lesson.
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