I’ve put this off as long as possible, but it’s time to upgrade my hosting package to accomodate HC’s growth. I have hesitated on doing this because while I’m happy with my host overall, I’ve heard some scary stories about difficulties when upgrading. Most likely, we’ll have some downtime, but I won’t know when or how long it will be. I haven’t put the request in yet, but will probably do so in the next few days. I’ll let you know if I find out more info on what exactly will happen during the upgrade. Most likely, the HC database will be deleted. I’ll be backing it up (as I always do), every evening. That does mean, though, that if you add some items or have a sale go through between backups, this information might be lost. I’m apologizing ahead of time for this. The other alternative is to shut down HC now, until I know for sure the upgrade has gone through, but I don’t want to do that because I don’t know if it will be a day or a week between my request and the actual upgrade. If anyone has any suggestions or requests to make this smoother, please let me know. Like I said, I haven’t put the request in yet, so anything you add / change in the database today will be backed up. I emailed my host and asked how long it would take, but as expected, I haven’t heard back. I will let you all know exactly when I request the upgrade so you can know not to plan any huge stockings in those next few days.
Thanks everyone for your understanding. I’m hoping this upgrade will fix the dropped email problems, and the increased storage space will make it possible for me to host your images directly on the HC server. I’ll be working on that code next week. The charge will be an extra $2.50 per month, if you’re interested (it will be optional).