Surviving the Nightmare

I'm starting to breathe again. While things are not perfect (I can't re-claim the old domain), I was able to register another domain name that is fairly close. It still means a lot of marketing material will have information crossed out and written in, but things could have been worse.

That said, I have to accept the lion's share of responsibility for losing the domain name. In all honesty, I truly thought it didn't expire until October. I was wrong. And ... I failed to provide the hosting company with updated e-mail information. (This part really irks me. I don't understand how they could fail to have my new e-mail address, since it was attached to the domain. I was using delia@delialatham.com. How could they not know how to contact me?) Nevertheless, I didn't update.

Be sure to do that, if you have a domain name you're strongly attached to. Update all information and make sure you're up on expiration dates.

And now to update you.

New web address: http://www.delialatham.net

New E-mail: delia [at] delialatham [dot] net (Obviously, you'll need to fill in the bracketed information with appropriate symbols.)

Thanks for listening to me rant. Thanks for your prayers!!!! And thanks for caring.

Sniped!

I'm living a virtual nightmare. My domain name has been sniped. Yes, sniped! Yesterday morning it was mine. I opened my website and everything was fine. Yesterday afternoon, a friend notified me that my website opened up to a "Go Daddy" page. Sure enough, when I tried to open it, that's what came up. I called the hosting company, but apparently not only was my domain stolen, but somehow my password and pin number were erased in the process. Since I couldn't provide a "valid" password or pin number, they couldn't give me any information.

So ... the site I have owned for several years, and sunk hundreds upon hundreds of hours of labor into is gone. Just gone.

Fortunately, the site itself is still intact, and can be accessed. I'll include that information at the end of this post. Trouble is, every single piece of marketing material I own - and there are lots of pieces - contains the information from that domain: the domain itself (www.delialatham.com) and the e-mail attached to it (delia@delialatham.com). So it is basically rendered useless, unless I want to cross out old information and write in new, and we all know how unprofessional that looks. Ugh!

All of that said, even though my last post on this blog stated my intention of taking a break for awhile, I am posting my new information here for reference. Please ... if you know others who ever go onto my website or might have a reason to e-mail me, please pass it on. And be sure to update your own records.

New web address: www.delialatham.net

E-mail: delia (@)delialatham (.) net (You'll have to remove the parentheses, of course. Just trying to protect myself from further spamming and/or sniping attacks.)

Thanks a bunch!