So which one of these pictures best describes me this week? How ’bout all three combined???
For most of you, my site has been up and running just fine this week. However, for many of you, you’ve experienced very long loading times, no page load at all, or random posts from days prior showing up. If that’s your experience this week, PLEASE READ THIS POST. I’m not promising a cure-all, but hopefully for most of you this will help! =)
Long Load Times or No Loads
If your internet service provider is in any way affiliated with Time Warner, then you probably experienced slower than average load times. Time Warner had severe technical difficulties this week, and because Addicted to Saving is also hosted with a company that uses Time Warner, this created tremendous loading time for pages, and sometimes caused the page to not load at all. If you have a Road Runner or AOL internet account (Brighthouse, Adelphia, Comcost), then you were probably affected in some way. This problem has been resolved as of about 5 p.m. today, so hopefully you are not finding this to be an issue.
Today’s Posts Not Showing
This is probably because of a caching issue. If you don’t know what that means, don’t worry, we really didn’t either before this week. Basically it’s your computer browser’s way of temporarily remembering what you’ve done. What you’ll need to do is clear the temporary files on your computer to fix the problem of not seeing my current posts. Here are some suggestions:
1) Hit F5 – this gives a “super reset” of your temporary files and may do the trick. If you see the most current post, then you’ve fixed it!
2) Clear your cache and delete your cookies – I’ve provided some helpful quick videos below depending on which browser you use.
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Safari
Google Chrome
3) Finally, if none of these tips work for you, turn your computer off and turn it back on. Sometimes it’s the simplest thing that I think of last, and many times that works!
Thank you for your patience with the site this week. We were racking our brains all week, yet it looks like this was a problem that was actually totally out of our control, due to the Time Warner issue. Or as my husband said, it’s “life.” 😉
Please let me know by leaving a comment if this worked, or you can always come to Facebook where the conversation is always going!
Thanks for coming to Addicted to Saving! Here’s a little bit about me so you can know who’s behind all these posts!
My name is Liza and I began my money-saving journey in the Spring of 2009 as a way to stretch a limited household income. I had lost my job and my hubby was self-employed. I launched Addicted to Saving in November of 2009 and it has grown by leaps and bounds. Since then, my hubby and I have struggled with the ups and downs of two failed adoptions and are now LOVING being parents to our little man Asher who we brought home from Ethiopia in August of 2013. I feel incredibly blessed to be able to help you save money. My goal is that you will have FUN and become empowered to save more and more money each week..
When I read your post from yesterday about having site problems, I was able to get to your site without a problem. Today all I saw was yesterday’s posts. Luckily the F5 worked for me. I use Mozilla on a Mac (if that makes any difference.) Also, our brighthouse internet was down for a while this morning.
These are great internet tips for refreshing the browsing. Your husband sounds like a great man. Maybe he and I would be friends under different circumstances. Most of all, I am glad I can see the latest deals and be certain I am getting the best to feed my love for savings.