Something's been going on with TypePad recently. TypePad, launched this month in 2003, is the blogging service I've used since 2007 for The Online Photographer. Various readers have been finding the blogsite down or slow when they try to log on as usual this week, and...so have I. This happens from time to time over the years. The team at TypePad is very responsive to issues (it's the reason I chose them in the first place—TOP was originally on Blogger, Google's platform, but it wasn't manned by humans and when something went wrong there was nothing you could do). These occasional issues have always gotten resolved in the past. The place to go for updates is TypePad on Twitter.
Everything's working for me this morning. But I just wanted to apologize to you if you've had any problems in the past week or so.
TypePad is going to be "migrating to a new data center," whatever that means, later this month. "The maintenance window will be during off hours to minimize the impact." Off hours here in the USA might not be off hours where you are. As I learn more specifics I'll pass them along. Meanwhile, I'll do a fresh site backup to capture any new material since the last backup, and, as usual, keep my fingers crossed.
—Mike, with his Maintenance Guy hat on
FWIW I’ve had no problems from UK.
Posted by: Richard Parkin | Friday, 07 October 2022 at 09:03 AM
Norton Antivirus is blocking your site with a big red “DANGEROUS WEBPAGE BLOCKED …This is a known dangerous webpage” banner.
Posted by: Gerry O'Brien | Friday, 07 October 2022 at 09:10 AM
Photo.net has been down for days. These things happen. I might have to go out and take some pictures since it's hard to read about taking pictures.😀
Posted by: Albert Smith | Friday, 07 October 2022 at 10:33 AM
Thanks for the update.
I've always wondered why the URL is "https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/"? A bit repetitive and can be confusing if try to connect by typing the URL in the browser.
I suppose this is because you have or left room for alternative such as "https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/some_other_group/".
Maybe buy https://the_online_photographer.com and redirect.
[You can use
theonlinephotographer.com
--Mike]
Posted by: Greg | Saturday, 08 October 2022 at 11:46 AM