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Post by mumbleswan on Apr 19, 2016 19:20:36 GMT
I was wondering if this happened to anyone else who had a website on free webs, or webs as it is called now? I lost my general model pony 'yardhand' site and the Mumbleswan Equestrian one with the Julips. I can log in to webs but I can't see what the offending material ('in violation of their terms of service') they mentioned in the email could be… hmmm  |
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Post by EG on Apr 19, 2016 20:35:22 GMT
I had the same problem with my non Julip site but have no idea what caused it!  |
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Post by kits on Apr 20, 2016 15:23:33 GMT
I thought they stopped offering free web hosting and took all the sites down because of that? My old site just says it's no longer available, although it used to reappear randomly sometimes.
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Post by mumbleswan on Apr 21, 2016 5:40:59 GMT
Thanks guys! I remember your Moonacre site Kits I guess I'll just have to make a new one then... Wix and Squarespace look like good free platforms. |
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Post by FarfraeFarm on Apr 21, 2016 6:36:16 GMT
Thanks guys! I remember your Moonacre site Kits I guess I'll just have to make a new one then... Wix and Squarespace look like good free platforms. Something to think about if you're looking at Wix - you can't backup your site. I haven't tried Squarespace, but I left Wix wanting to set something on fire. It's a nifty little site, but finicky in some areas, an unsuited to my way of working. I was trying to edit something on on the site and there was an error in saving that corrupted multiple pages on my site. I was already a little :/ , but that incident and not being able to have a simple backup put me over the edge. It's not too difficult to learn to build your own basic site, if I can do it, anyone can.  If you want to go that route, I suggest using Notepad++ to write your site off-line and then just upload to whatever host you go with. It's easy, you have a back-up at all times, you can un-do anything, and you can quickly view any changes just by opening the file in your web browser and hitting refresh after a save. N++ is freeware and is pure awesome. Among its many features, you can open multiple (I've had over 100 open at once) files in tabs, do "replace in all open documents" (important if, like me, you change your mind about layout every few months), highlight your opening and closing tags so it's easy to spot issues, and it has a spell-check. These are just the features I use the most, and is just skimming the surface; the more experienced would get much more out of the program than I do. |
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Post by EG on Apr 21, 2016 9:16:10 GMT
I didn't know about a lack of backups on Wix, that's annoying. :/
I'm already most of the way through making a new EAE one on there though so I'll probably just keep a word doc with all the text somewhere as I've got the photos backed up elsewhere. XD
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Post by Magda on Apr 21, 2016 20:00:25 GMT
There's also Weebly, I'm using it - and it has a backup option, as far as I'm aware! |
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Post by mumbleswan on Apr 21, 2016 20:07:52 GMT
Thanks CFH - well Notepad++ does sound awesome from what you've said but my knowledge of html is pretty sketchy - it would be a very long project! Do you have a link to your site if it's finished? I do love the home-made style ones, pretty refreshing compared to the same generic templates over and over... I'll check out weebly too, thanks Silver |
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Post by FarfraeFarm on Apr 21, 2016 20:36:27 GMT
It's been a bit of a long haul learning it myself, but they do have great tutorials these days. I use google *a lot* when I'm working The new template sites are awesome, but back in the 90s when I made my first site, you could use their plug n play templates, but then you could go into the editing mode where you could see and edit the actual code. It was a great way to start learning HTML and it's a shame you can't do that now. Lab Rat Tango used to be my website, but now it's just the home page for my various projects. The design isn't anything groundbreaking, but it works for me and is java-free, so it (should) load quickly and cleanly for just about anyone. |
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Post by mumbleswan on Apr 24, 2016 19:58:02 GMT
That looks lovely CFH - also, that's one epic collection of Stablemates!
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Post by Dantelsh on Apr 25, 2016 11:55:15 GMT
I also use Weebly for both my Skylark Stables and my Barvil Guinea pigs and for a numpty with anything pc I find it rather easy to do. Have a few hic-ups but that is down to me more than the site
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Post by george on Apr 25, 2016 12:14:28 GMT
Do either Weebly or Wix have a limit on how much webspace you get? I have a ridiculous amount of model horses (well over a thousand) so obviously I'd need to have a lot of photo on there, and wouldn't want to start uploading pictures and making pages only to find I run out of space part way through and it was all wasted effort cos I can't fit the whole collection on it. On my old Geocities one, I got round the problem of a size limit by uploading small thumbnails to save on webspace and having each one linked to its full size version hosted on photobucket, so clicking each one got you a new tab with the big photo, but I don't know if the site-builder/templatey things like Wix and Weebly use, would have an option to add a URL to each image you put on there - I don't want the bother of signing up and starting to make one if it'll turn out I can't actually show all my horses on it  |
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Post by abbeymore on Apr 25, 2016 12:39:00 GMT
Do either Weebly or Wix have a limit on how much webspace you get? I have a ridiculous amount of model horses (well over a thousand) so obviously I'd need to have a lot of photo on there, and wouldn't want to start uploading pictures and making pages only to find I run out of space part way through and it was all wasted effort cos I can't fit the whole collection on it. On my old Geocities one, I got round the problem of a size limit by uploading small thumbnails to save on webspace and having each one linked to its full size version hosted on photobucket, so clicking each one got you a new tab with the big photo, but I don't know if the site-builder/templatey things like Wix and Weebly use, would have an option to add a URL to each image you put on there - I don't want the bother of signing up and starting to make one if it'll turn out I can't actually show all my horses on it  I use Weebly for mine and I have about 15 pages and 300 photos on there, all full size versions and it's not telling me I am running out of space yet, (hope I haven't jinxed that now!), I am 99% sure there is an option of adding a URL to an image but I have not yet worked out how to do so... I have found I am not very computer literate! I want to be able to do that at some point to link to each horses pedigree. That is the reason I moved to Weebly, Webs allowed me about 20 photos and then told me I had to pay for adding more, so I just moved on. Good thing now if it's deleting or freezing all the sites! |
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Post by EG on Apr 25, 2016 12:58:25 GMT
Wix definitely lets you link to things - I think most hosts will these days.
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Post by Magda on Apr 25, 2016 16:36:25 GMT
AFAIK free Weebly website can now have unlimited number of pages. I think there's only a limit per one file size (don't remember what it is exactly), still allowing you to add pretty big and good quality pictures. You can link image from external source, but it will be copied to Weebly anyway - I'm not a fan of this solution, but I can cope with that. Here are some Weebly drawback listed: www.webnots.com/drawbacks-of-weebly/I'm hoping to find some other hosting eventually, for now I'll stick to Weebly anyway (And good ol' Blogger for my blog!) |
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Post by kits on May 14, 2016 10:45:26 GMT
I just found a whole bunch of emails I forgot about an old Freewebs site of mine - from before they stopped offering free hosting I think but they did unfreeze it from the looks of things. Dom (Webs Support) Sep 19 03:09 PM Dear Caitlin, Thank you for contacting us regarding the status of your account. The account in question was suspended because it was associated with a set of criteria used to identify high risk accounts. High risk includes malicious, fraudulent, or otherwise illegal content. Through further review we have identified that your specific account does not show high risk factors and the suspension has been removed. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. Your website should be back online within the hour. NOTE: Please allow an hour for the suspension to be removed from your account. If after an hour you continue to see the frozen page, be sure to delete your browser cookies so that you are viewing the most current version of your site. You can also hold down the ctrl key and hit f5 on a PC or CMD + Shift + R on a Mac to hard refresh your browser. For more information on what Webs constitutes as high risk, please visit our Terms of Service located here - www.webs.com/terms.htmPlease let us know if we can be of further assistance. Thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter. Kindest Regards, Dom ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reference ID: 708787 History of this Inquiry (Including the most recent comment from above): Dom (Webs Support) Sep 19 03:09 PM Dear Caitlin, Thank you for contacting us regarding the status of your account. The account in question was suspended because it was associated with a set of criteria used to identify high risk accounts. High risk includes malicious, fraudulent, or otherwise illegal content. Through further review we have identified that your specific account does not show high risk factors and the suspension has been removed. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. Your website should be back online within the hour. NOTE: Please allow an hour for the suspension to be removed from your account. If after an hour you continue to see the frozen page, be sure to delete your browser cookies so that you are viewing the most current version of your site. You can also hold down the ctrl key and hit f5 on a PC or CMD + Shift + R on a Mac to hard refresh your browser. For more information on what Webs constitutes as high risk, please visit our Terms of Service located here - www.webs.com/terms.htmPlease let us know if we can be of further assistance. Thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter. Caitlin Sep 18 12:07 PM Dear Webs, Please can you continue the review of my website? It has been frozen and I would like to know why. Thanks,Caitlin Webs Caitlin Sep 18 09:58 AM Your Site Address: my-beautiful-horses.webs.com Your Question: Hiya, just wondering why my site has been frozen? Thank you, Caitlin ------------------ Submitted from: my-beautiful-horses.webs.com/ |
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