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Hey guys I have a quick question. I originally purchased the domain name www.sitesamuri.com and had it pointing to a reseller account. Only till now i realized that "samurai" is spelled with an "AI" and not just an "I" (talk about an oversite!). I think i need to go back to 4th grade to learn to spell those "o so tricky" words..... Anyways, I wanted to know what to do to get my new (correctly spelled) domain name to point to my site. I already changed the DNS servers to NS1.TOTALCHOICEHOSTING.COM & NS2.TOTALCHOICEHOSTING.COM. Should I open up a help desk ticket? Will people laugh at me??? Embarrassed , Sam

Wow. Honestly. This is why I love TCH. I had a response from Lisa less than 5 minutes after I posted my message. The issue was fixed within 15 min. Thank you very much for the quick support and all the help. You guys rock!

Thanks Lisa! I tried live support but there was no one available at the time. Will let you know how it turns out! --Sam

Hey everyone. I recently upgraded to a reseller account and am having problems accessing all of the websites i am hosting through that account. I can't remember the name of the server it's on, but the site is sitesamuri.com If anyone can please help or point me in the right direction ASAP I would appreciate it greatly. I wanted to show a new client her website tonight. Thanks guys! -Sam --edit-- In my haste, I didn't realize that i posted this in the wrong part of the forum. Please feel free to move. Thanks again!

Nothin' better than a good turkey sandwich with some mayo, mustard, and swiss or baby swiss cheese! mmmm.....saaaandwich....... Naughty

Thanks again for all the kind words. This experience has taught me to enjoy everything I have in life and to live every day to it's fullest. I have submitted a help desk ticket for my problem and look forward to having a reseller account soon. You guys are great! Rock Sign -Sam

Thanks for the response guys. I will definately look into upgrading to a resellers account. I apologize for not getting back to you earlier. This weekend has been very hectic for me. 2 of my good friends were victims of a fatal shooting this weekend before a North Carolina State football game. Please keep them and their families in your prayers. Thanks again. -Sam

Hi Everyone. I hope this Labor Day weekend finds you all well. I had a few questions regarding my accounts here at TCH. As of today, I have 3 different sites that are being hosted by TCH. 2 of them are sites that I picked up doing freelance work and another is a personal site that I set up so I can test everything (does not have a domain name pointing to it. I want to have TCH host another of my sites and, upon registering for another account, I recieved a message saying: I am unsure as to what account this is referring to. My guess is that I inadvertently created 3 separate accounts with TCH (all under the same name, but with different company names). Is there a way that I can consolidate all accounts into 1? If not, how do I get around this error message if I don't know what account it's referring to? Thanks for your time.

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Thanks for the quick response Lisa! That's why Rock Sign --Sam

I was looking into buying a silver hosting plan for my own personal use. I do not have a domain name and when I went to register, I could not complete the registration without entering a domain name. I manage two sites that are hosted through TCH, but when I created these sites, the companies already had a domain name purchased. Can I purchase a plan without having a domain name and just use the IP address to access the account? Or do I need to sign up for a different plan? Thanks!

Thanks Mike. Very Informative! Here's another question....is anyone credited for "inventing" spam. I'm sure they're not the most popular person in the world, but to whom do we owe the thanks to (or the death threats! )?? My sister (not very technically versed) tried to tell me that her friend's brother invented spam. I tried to tell her that spam is not a "thing" it's just a label that people put on unwanted unsolicited email. Am I wrong or is she?

Nevermind...my idea would never work....I didn't take into consideration that not everyone has a static IP address. oops. But there has to be SOMETHING we can do!

Hey guys...would this be possible? Marketing emails (the legal ones from actual marketing companies) are usually deployed from one main source....which would be a certain IP address. What if the government were to require these companies to register their IP address. Then, any mass email or spam mail without a registered IP address can be traced and prosecuted on that basis. Does that affect any privacy issues? It wouldn't really affect consumers or companies that are doing it legally. It would just create a way to target illegal spammers they could trace their IP addresses....There's got to be some way to combat spammers. We just have to outwit them!

Thanks for the links Rob! I didn't know that putting quotes around a search string affected the search. I actually figured out what was wrong with my code. There was nothing wrong with my loop statement. I had a nested if statement inside the loop where I was displaying the results set and for some reason, vbScript does not like spaces in the 'elseif' statements. It's funny how 90% of the time one little error like this can cause hours of headaches. Here's an example of what a correct if statement should look in VB script. ><%if left(varCT,3)="DA9" or left(varCT,3)="NC6" then%> Inbound <%elseif left(varCT,3)="DA2" then%> Outbound <%elseif varSource="2" then%> OLB <%else%> SS <%end if%> I hope this post saves some other hours of headaches. Have a great day! -Sam

Well....I've been working on this problem for about 4 hours and still no closer than I was before. I guess this teaches me a lesson to always save a copy of "what works". (I made some changes to the site and published it to the web to test it but forgot to save the original code that worked.) I google searched the error message but no help. I'm going to work on this tomorrow and I'll post the solution when I figure it out. -Sam

I'm working on a site that has a connection to a database. I keep getting an error that says: Microsoft VBScript compilation error '800a040e' 'loop' without 'do' /BusCardInquiry/BusCardresults.asp, line 291 Loop ^ the site is basically a search site that creates an SQL statement and inserts a where claus based on the inputed criterea. i've checked the code and everything seems ok. I used the same exact loop with out the 'do' in a very similar site and everything was working fine. Any suggestions?

Hey guys, I haven't posted anything in a while cause i've been busy with a new job. I missed ya! I must say...between dreamweaver and frontpage, I prefer dreamweaver. We have frontpage 2003 at our office and it is a lot better than previous verisons especially if you're creating asp pages. But really I only use it to modify nested tables. I hate all of the extra crap it adds. Most of my coding I just throw on notepad. I havent' had a chance to fully play with DreamweaverMX. I'm still using 4.0! I really like it, but have been saving up so I can use the newer version with all of the extra toys! Rock on guys it's good to be back. I forgot how much I liked this forum.

Hey TCH-Mike. Thanks for your response. I hadn't checked this thread in a while and didn't see your response until now. I really appreciate the info! It's exactly what I wanted to find out about it. A brief overview. Rock Sign -Sam

Thanks Andy. I appreciate your help and sorry I can't be more specific. I am not directly working with the certificates, but wanted to know more about them in general. I wanted to know more about their purpose, how they work, how they are implemented...etc. I appreciate your help though. Rock Sign

could the error message possibly be something on the user end? I work for an advertising company and we created a special request page that sends information to a database. I know everything has been taken care of on the back end and a certificate has been purchased for this campaign, but the error message still keeps appearing. It states that the information sent through this page cannot be seen by anyone else however there is an issue with the security certificate. It may be expired or not valid.....

This is not for a site that is hosted on TCH. I was just wondering in general so I could find out more about security certificates. Sorry for the confusion.

Hey guys. Can anyone point me in the right direction or tell me now security certificates work? I am trying to reserach this because I am experiencing a prompt for an expired security certificate on a site that I know is secure. Why does this happen and what has to be done to get it taken care of? Thanks for all your help! -Sam

That's very true Jim. The old saying, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" definately applies. Another suggestion is to use a sort of guerilla marketing and use every type of media possible. One suggestion that I made to my client was to feature a certain part of the website through her voicemail and in correspondances to clients. It's like free advertisement and all of your clients get it. While it may not generate new customers, it helps establish brand awareness and it helps to establish better communication with your repeat customers. Unfortunately, google is one of the strongest marketing tools to increase traffic towards your website, so while it may not be good to depend on it, it is definately worthwile to invest time into understanding how to use it properly. That's my 2 cent's worth anyways....hope everyone's having a great day! -Sam p.s. - Horde on my webmail has been down for the past week. Squirrel Mail and the other one still work....has this happened to anyone else?

I'll be drinking some green beer!! Happy St. Patricks day to everyone!