Comments on: Five Things That Will Kill Your Site http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/ The Web Practitioner's Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Interview Questions http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-16895 Interview Questions Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:06:52 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-16895 Thanks for sharing such great information!! Thanks for sharing such great information!!

]]> By: qammar feroz http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-16627 qammar feroz Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:53:50 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-16627 Hi! All the measures are verywell taken and must say that 'becoming popular over night is NOT bad thing'. Thanks for sharing Hi!

All the measures are verywell taken and must say that

‘becoming popular over night is NOT bad thing’.

Thanks for sharing

]]> By: schuhe http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-15587 schuhe Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:21:07 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-15587 I want to know why my comments are not working here? I thoroughly replied on one of the post but nothing happened. Are all above comments are fake? I want to know why my comments are not working here? I thoroughly replied on one of the post but nothing happened. Are all above comments are fake?

]]> By: Best of the Web – August | KolayOnline http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-14842 Best of the Web – August | KolayOnline Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:46:54 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-14842 [...] Visit Article [...] [...] Visit Article [...]

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]]> By: サイトマスター必読、あなたのサイトの人気を落としてしまう5の行為 | ノンプログラマの糞勉強 http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-14507 サイトマスター必読、あなたのサイトの人気を落としてしまう5の行為 | ノンプログラマの糞勉強 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:41:29 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-14507 [...] http://carsonified.com/blog/web-apps/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/ VN:F [1.6.1_878]please wait...Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)VN:F [1.6.1_878]Rating: 0 (from 0 votes) 9月 1st, 2009 in サイトマスター向けTips, 雑記 | tags: アクセシビリティ, コンテンツマネジメント, サイトマスター向けTips, 雑記 [...] [...] http://carsonified.com/blog/web-apps/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/ VN:F [1.6.1_878]please wait…Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)VN:F [1.6.1_878]Rating: 0 (from 0 votes) 9月 1st, 2009 in サイトマスター向けTips, 雑記 | tags: アクセシビリティ, コンテンツマネジメント, サイトマスター向けTips, 雑記 [...]

]]> By: Technical Resources http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-14444 Technical Resources Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:52:08 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-14444 You raised some valid points. Thanks a lot. You raised some valid points. Thanks a lot.

]]> By: Ray http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13838 Ray Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:22:30 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13838 Not only licenses expire: certificates, too. Not only licenses expire: certificates, too.

]]> By: Five things kill ur site « Nagini http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13780 Five things kill ur site « Nagini Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:56:41 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13780 [...] can found the original post here: A high availability website: It’s all about expensive redundant hardware with top of the line [...] [...] can found the original post here: A high availability website: It’s all about expensive redundant hardware with top of the line [...]

]]> By: John Hewitt http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13700 John Hewitt Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:51:36 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13700 Here's one more thing that can bring your site down. I have see this one overlooked many times because it is so obvious. Make certain that your domain name has not expired. To a client or a visitor it will look as though "the site is down". Here’s one more thing that can bring your site down. I have see this one overlooked many times because it is so obvious. Make certain that your domain name has not expired. To a client or a visitor it will look as though “the site is down”.

]]> By: Dom http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13674 Dom Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:59:33 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13674 Curious as to why you are not a big fan of dnsmadeeasy.com.. have you had any problems with their services? I think their control panels are pretty ugly, and occasionally awkward, but I've never had a problem with their service. Thanks for the article, Dom Curious as to why you are not a big fan of dnsmadeeasy.com.. have you had any problems with their services? I think their control panels are pretty ugly, and occasionally awkward, but I’ve never had a problem with their service.

Thanks for the article,
Dom

]]> By: Week in Review - 8 August 2009 | Robert Casto http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13589 Week in Review - 8 August 2009 | Robert Casto Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:34:49 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13589 [...] Carsonified » Five Things That Will Kill Your Site By Jonathan Howell This involves performance testing your application in advance. Set a level for what you consider to be an acceptable response time, and ramp up simulated users carrying out typical tasks until you exceed that threshold. … In theory modern garbage collected languages like Java and C# make memory leaks much less likely than the direct memory allocation of C and C++, but they are still possible: watch for memory allocated by static classes, caches that are not cleared, … [...] [...] Carsonified » Five Things That Will Kill Your Site By Jonathan Howell This involves performance testing your application in advance. Set a level for what you consider to be an acceptable response time, and ramp up simulated users carrying out typical tasks until you exceed that threshold. … In theory modern garbage collected languages like Java and C# make memory leaks much less likely than the direct memory allocation of C and C++, but they are still possible: watch for memory allocated by static classes, caches that are not cleared, … [...]

]]> By: John http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13568 John Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:10:19 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13568 That is very good advice indeed. Although I am not a huge fan of dnsmadeeasy, their services have saved me a few times. That is very good advice indeed. Although I am not a huge fan of dnsmadeeasy, their services have saved me a few times.

]]> By: Five Things That Will Kill Your Site | Ethiopian News http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13413 Five Things That Will Kill Your Site | Ethiopian News Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:15:14 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13413 [...] By Jonathan Howell | Carsonified var infolink_pid = [...] [...] By Jonathan Howell | Carsonified var infolink_pid = [...]

]]> By: Andy Hume http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13391 Andy Hume Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:09:24 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13391 Something I'd suggest: make sure your developers are friends with your operations people and that they communicate well. Get Operations to review feature plans/technical designs, and understand what the development team are trying to do. On the other hand, get developers to understand where operations are coming from - why they're scared of uncontrolled change, and what it will take to get them on side. Something I’d suggest: make sure your developers are friends with your operations people and that they communicate well.

Get Operations to review feature plans/technical designs, and understand what the development team are trying to do. On the other hand, get developers to understand where operations are coming from – why they’re scared of uncontrolled change, and what it will take to get them on side.

]]> By: Ennuyer.net » Blog Archive » Rails Reading - August 12, 2009 http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13341 Ennuyer.net » Blog Archive » Rails Reading - August 12, 2009 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:25:30 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13341 [...] Carsonified » Five Things That Will Kill Your Site [...] [...] Carsonified » Five Things That Will Kill Your Site [...]

]]> By: Zero 2 Hero | Five Things That Will Kill Your Site http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13313 Zero 2 Hero | Five Things That Will Kill Your Site Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:32:44 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13313 [...] By Jonathan Howell [...] [...] By Jonathan Howell [...]

]]> By: NexNova » Blog Archive » Links del giorno: August 12, 2009 http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13304 NexNova » Blog Archive » Links del giorno: August 12, 2009 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:28:00 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13304 [...] Carsonified » Five Things That Will Kill Your Site [...] [...] Carsonified » Five Things That Will Kill Your Site [...]

]]> By: MakinMo's Tech Blog http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13284 MakinMo's Tech Blog Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:26:48 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13284 [...] you splash your cash on lots of kit. Here are my top five things that bring sites down ...Source:http://carsonified.com/blog/web-apps/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/ Aug [...] [...] you splash your cash on lots of kit. Here are my top five things that bring sites down …Source:http://carsonified.com/blog/web-apps/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/ Aug [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Howell http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13273 Jonathan Howell Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:07:26 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13273 I assumed that using a version control system like Subversion was so obvious I didn’t need to mention it. From your experience with your clients, it seems that was a bad assumption to make. You are completely correct: version control is not a luxury it is an absolute requirement from long before your web site goes live. There is no excuse for not setting this up before you write your first line of code. I assumed that using a version control system like Subversion was so obvious I didn’t need to mention it. From your experience with your clients, it seems that was a bad assumption to make. You are completely correct: version control is not a luxury it is an absolute requirement from long before your web site goes live. There is no excuse for not setting this up before you write your first line of code.

]]> By: Jonathan Howell http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13271 Jonathan Howell Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:04:03 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13271 Good point about CDNs – you are right this probably features before EC2 scaling. Good point about CDNs – you are right this probably features before EC2 scaling.

]]> By: Alfred http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13265 Alfred Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:44:40 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13265 I know this is going to sound like I'm from 1999, but my favorite websites are almost pure HTML. If possible (and it obviously isn't always) avoid anything complicated. No databases, no scripts... nothing. Also, never make your site purely Flash. HTML is fast, clean, and easy. Most of the time you shouldn't need or want more than that, even if it seems outdated from a design standpoint. I know this is going to sound like I’m from 1999, but my favorite websites are almost pure HTML. If possible (and it obviously isn’t always) avoid anything complicated. No databases, no scripts… nothing. Also, never make your site purely Flash. HTML is fast, clean, and easy. Most of the time you shouldn’t need or want more than that, even if it seems outdated from a design standpoint.

]]> By: lee sanders http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13257 lee sanders Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:11:14 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13257 Aren't the points listed kind of common sense for any IT pro that manages web based applications? Maybe I misread the audience of the post. I do agree that if you are ignoring any of these items then you should be prepared to fail at some point. Aren’t the points listed kind of common sense for any IT pro that manages web based applications?
Maybe I misread the audience of the post.
I do agree that if you are ignoring any of these items then you should be prepared to fail at some point.

]]> By: Trendy Wordpress Themes http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13255 Trendy Wordpress Themes Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:57:52 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13255 Useful tips, thanks! Useful tips, thanks!

]]> By: Beat http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13251 Beat Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:10:25 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13251 Indeed Great article Jonathan. You're perfectly right that hardware failures are not #1 reason for failure. That's why really good pro-active monitoring is a as essential as redundancy. You should probably add security / hacking to the top list. As we didn't find a hosting provider doing all of that, we have been designing a specially monitored, redundant, high-availability with automatic failovers, in a cloud-cluster way for our high-traffic site http://www.joomlapolis.com/ which has now run for over a year without any interruptions, despite 2 hard-disk failures, 1 configuration error by an admin, 2-3 disk and memory treshhold alarms treated in time, and so on. After several demands, we now ended up offering that same hosting on that same cluster as well, with same redundance and monitoring. Learned a lot on the way on how hosting should be done: the biggest is that it's lots of work to set it up right: from a barebone root-box to a redundant secured monitored hosting, it's around a year of learning curve...a never-ending one in fact...LOL Indeed Great article Jonathan. You’re perfectly right that hardware failures are not #1 reason for failure. That’s why really good pro-active monitoring is a as essential as redundancy. You should probably add security / hacking to the top list.

As we didn’t find a hosting provider doing all of that, we have been designing a specially monitored, redundant, high-availability with automatic failovers, in a cloud-cluster way for our high-traffic site http://www.joomlapolis.com/ which has now run for over a year without any interruptions, despite 2 hard-disk failures, 1 configuration error by an admin, 2-3 disk and memory treshhold alarms treated in time, and so on.

After several demands, we now ended up offering that same hosting on that same cluster as well, with same redundance and monitoring. Learned a lot on the way on how hosting should be done: the biggest is that it’s lots of work to set it up right: from a barebone root-box to a redundant secured monitored hosting, it’s around a year of learning curve…a never-ending one in fact…LOL

]]> By: donna http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13249 donna Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:07:19 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13249 Wow, excellent article and some gereat tips.. Wow, excellent article and some gereat tips..

]]> By: Nick Bond http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13246 Nick Bond Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:35:35 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13246 Of course you don't have to resort to an "expensive hardware load balancer", when you can use a much better value software one (with more functionality)! Deploy it on whatever hardware you want, use it in a cloud or virtual environment etc. All of your points (and others you have missed, such as attacks) can be overcome (or at least hidden from the users) using an intelligent traffic manager. Why write code in your app to cope with this (then have to replicate it across all your apps), when you can write code in your load balancer that can be used for all of your online services? Download our no-cost development license to find out how easy it is to do. http://www.zeus.com/downloads/zxtm.html Nick Of course you don’t have to resort to an “expensive hardware load balancer”, when you can use a much better value software one (with more functionality)!

Deploy it on whatever hardware you want, use it in a cloud or virtual environment etc.

All of your points (and others you have missed, such as attacks) can be overcome (or at least hidden from the users) using an intelligent traffic manager. Why write code in your app to cope with this (then have to replicate it across all your apps), when you can write code in your load balancer that can be used for all of your online services?

Download our no-cost development license to find out how easy it is to do.

http://www.zeus.com/downloads/zxtm.html

Nick

]]> By: Mark @ Alchemy United http://thinkvitamin.com/code/five-things-that-will-kill-your-site/#comment-13245 Mark @ Alchemy United Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:34:30 +0000 http://carsonified.com/?p=2715#comment-13245 Great stuff. Thanks. The only thing I'd like to see add is... Change (The Lack of). Certainly many sites suffer because of not being kept current as well, no? Security comes to mind. Great stuff. Thanks.

The only thing I’d like to see add is… Change (The Lack of). Certainly many sites suffer because of not being kept current as well, no? Security comes to mind.

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