Members jwwright Posted November 1, 2008 Members Report Posted November 1, 2008 My website has undergone a complete over haul. Stop by and tell me what you think. www.madcowsaddles.com Thanks, JW Quote
ArtS Posted November 1, 2008 Report Posted November 1, 2008 JW, It goes to a page that says that AOL Hometown has been shut down. Art Quote
Members jwwright Posted November 1, 2008 Author Members Report Posted November 1, 2008 Art..........it is up an running. Make sure that you are not trying to view the site through AOL, as their servers only update once every 24 hours or so. Thanks, JW Quote
ArtS Posted November 1, 2008 Report Posted November 1, 2008 I don't use AOL. I cleared my cache and history and tried again and it went to the same site. I also tried IE ( I use Firefox) and got the same thing. I don't know why. Art Quote
Members jwwright Posted November 1, 2008 Author Members Report Posted November 1, 2008 Art............I am not having a trouble getting the new site to open on IE. Thank You for letting me know that you are. I will check with the web guru and see what's up. JW Quote
tashabear Posted November 1, 2008 Report Posted November 1, 2008 I had no problems in Firefox or IE. Haven't explored the whole site yet, but what I've seen so far looks good! Quote
Contributing Member Denise Posted November 1, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted November 1, 2008 It opens fine for me in IE. Looks good! The pictures take a while to load (good old dial up here, but maybe some of your customers are on that still too). I don't know if they can come down in size a bit without reducing the quality too much. But it wasn't excessive. In other words I was willing to wait for them rather than clicking off and going elsewhere which I do if it takes TOO long. But you know, the term "mad cow" may have some unwanted connotations these days... Or, maybe it will bring more traffic to your site!! Quote
hidepounder Posted November 1, 2008 Report Posted November 1, 2008 My website has undergone a complete over haul. Stop by and tell me what you think. www.madcowsaddles.com Thanks, JW JW....I've been prowling around your site...it's very nice! Easy to negotiate. Added it to my Favorites. You look very familiar...I've probably seen you around the shows. Quote
Members CitizenKate Posted November 1, 2008 Members Report Posted November 1, 2008 I had problems getting to it yesterday, but it seems to be working fine today. Great looking site, by the way! Kate Quote
Members jwwright Posted November 1, 2008 Author Members Report Posted November 1, 2008 Thank You to all for your input and comments. This is the first professionally designed site I have had for either our ranch or saddlery. I am sure there are things I will add, delete and improve upon as we go along. Denise......as for the mad cow thing........I am the sort of feller that you need to have a sense of humor to be around. Not because I am particullarly humorous, but because a keen sense of humor and irony is required just to tolerate me. So.....I reckon if someone finds the name of my business offensive in some way, then they probably are not going to enjoy doing business with me any way. Thank You for your comments! JW Quote
Contributing Member Denise Posted November 1, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted November 1, 2008 I am the sort of feller that you need to have a sense of humor to be around. Not because I am particullarly humorous, but because a keen sense of humor and irony is required just to tolerate me. Sounds like a lot of the cowboys I know - including the one I married. We'd all get along just fine! Quote
Members jwwright Posted November 1, 2008 Author Members Report Posted November 1, 2008 I am quite sure we'd all get along just dandy. I've always enjoyed visiting with our fellow North Americans from north of the border........especially those from Albertical,,,,where the east side's flat, the west side vertical. If your husband Rod is who I think he might be (besides a great tree maker), then I think I met once at Elko quite a few years back. Many Thanks, JW Quote
Contributing Member Denise Posted November 1, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted November 1, 2008 Never heard that description of Alberta before. I like it! Nope, you wouldn't have met Rod at Elko since he has never been there. Know a bunch of people who go often though, and you know how it is - all those guys with hats and mustaches look alike... Quote
Contributing Member rdb Posted November 1, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted November 1, 2008 Your website is not accessible to me, like ArtS, either in firefox, or IE. An AOL People Connection Page saying that AOL Hometown is closing down after Oct 31. If you are no longer using AOL Hometown, and have set your domain up on another ISP, your Domain name is still linked to them. You really need to check on this. If you are getting it on your own machine, you should verify with other people's machines to assess. Pinging www.madcowsaddles.com comes up with an IP Address of 216.21.239.197, and constant Requests Timed Out. Doing a "whois" www.madcowsaddles.com gives this info, including the number to call for problems at Register.com OrgName: Register.com, Inc OrgID: REG Address: 575 8th Avenue City: New York StateProv: NY PostalCode: 10018 Country: US NetRange: 216.21.224.0 - 216.21.239.255 CIDR: 216.21.224.0/20 NetName: RCOM-1BLK NetHandle: NET-216-21-224-0-1 Parent: NET-216-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: NS1.REGISTER.COM NameServer: NS2.REGISTER.COM NameServer: NS3.REGISTER.COM NameServer: NS4.REGISTER.COM Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE RegDate: 2000-06-28 Updated: 2006-04-05 OrgAbuseHandle: CUSTO-ARIN OrgAbuseName: Customer Service OrgAbusePhone: +1-800-899-9724 OrgAbuseEmail: support@register.com OrgNOCHandle: NOC207-ARIN OrgNOCName: Network Operations Center OrgNOCPhone: +1-902-749-2488 OrgNOCEmail: ops@register.com OrgTechHandle: NETWO55-ARIN OrgTechName: Network Engineering OrgTechPhone: +1-212-798-9100 OrgTechEmail: neteng@register.com # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2008-10-31 19:10 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database. Quote
Members jwwright Posted November 1, 2008 Author Members Report Posted November 1, 2008 rdb...........no worries my friend. My site is not hosted on AOL, and neither is my domain pointing that way. The new site was all put on new servers last night, and the domain was changed as well. As indicated by the majority of folks being able to access the site just fine..............it will take another 24 hours for all servers around the country to update . Thanks, JW Quote
Moderator Johanna Posted November 1, 2008 Moderator Report Posted November 1, 2008 I'm seeing the site just fine here. Sometimes new sites need 48 hours to get around the world DNS. Looking good, JW! Johanna Quote
Contributing Member rdb Posted November 1, 2008 Contributing Member Report Posted November 1, 2008 In my best Gilda Radner..."Never rnind" Quote
Members jwwright Posted November 1, 2008 Author Members Report Posted November 1, 2008 Denise.................I can't take credit for the Albertical line.........Ian Tyson came up with that one. Well, even though it was a different feller.........tell your Rod howdy for me any way! JWrdb.............."it's always something, Rose Ann Rosannadanna." JW Quote
Members Tosch Posted November 1, 2008 Members Report Posted November 1, 2008 Jerry, I think I might have an idea or two. Will send you an email. Tosch Quote
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