[arm-allstar] Website problems resolved (hopefully)

David McGough kb4fxc at inttek.net
Sun Nov 17 22:41:57 EST 2019


After finding the issue, I can't blame this on Google/Bing/etc.  This was
a new problem with a hosting provider (Godaddy), where some of the HamVoIP
content is stored. The HamVoIP website is spread across several hosting
sites and gets real-time integrated together using proxies and caching.  
The was originally done for simplicity, with plans to phase some parts of
this method out, eventually. Until now, nothing was broken, so nothing got
changed. (not broken, don't fix!). This method has ended up working quite
well in actual practice, which is counter intuitive to theory, where it
seems likely problematic.

Anyhow, in the last few days, clearly Godaddy has made some hosting
changes regarding filtering/verifying of referring sites. That, of course,
may mean there are some new hosting problems if you use
godaddy....Otherwise, you're probably fine.

73, David KB4FXC


On Sun, 17 Nov 2019, David Ranch wrote:

> 
> Very strange David.  What was your fix?  I wonder if I need to make a 
> similar change on my website
> 
> --David
> KI6ZHD
> 
> 
> On 11/17/2019 05:51 PM, "David McGough via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I've made some server config changes. I think the issues where the
> > hamvoip.org website didn't come up when searched for with google / b
> >
> > We don’t have the weather alert systems like they do in the states, so 
> > we would need a regular transmit period, or transmit when its changed.
> >
> > ing /
> > portable devices is resolved.
> >
> >
> > Please try again from devices that didn't work, earlier.
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> >
> > 73, David KB4FXC
> 
> 



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