Anyone using godaddy?

[schoolboy]

Blue Host is good.

[RGME]

Hmm. My 1st store I installed by myself. Has over 3k products. Usually runs fine, but occasionally will display a partial page or even get a server error. Is a bit slow, though. My 2nd store, well, I must have messed something up somehow because it can't display a page faster than 1 click per minute. So I got quite angry with GoDaddy, and I'm a long time customer. They suggested I use THEIR installation instead of doing it myself. So today, I did that (3rd store, really a product stock clone of the 2nd which I'm gonna have to rebuild). I've got the footer showing parse time etc. turned on. I'm amazed at how fast it works! No problems with a bit over 1k products, Easy Populate imports segmented files (250 lines each) with no problems, and no server error resultant pages (my 1st store always gets that error). To me, that's just amazing as it's not what I'm used to using GoDaddy. Fast as I can click, it displays almost as fast. 1,688 queries in 1.35 seconds.

Not sure why THEIR install should seem to work much faster than my own install, but I've a theory that shared hosting is prioritized and during the install by GoDaddy they up the internal networking priority level and MySQL works like it should. So far, seems to be the case.

Lots of work to do to the appearance, and I didn't follow the all important template override rules (I'll get to that later) but I'll be ready and advertising before Black Friday.

My suggestion is do not install ZC yourself if it's hosted on GoDaddy. Let them install it, then just make it look the way you want and stock it. Made a large difference for me. Don't forget the login is Admin and pw is admin right after the install (change it).
http://www.RGMEusa.com/eStore3

[Sunday]

Hmm. My 1st store I installed by myself. Has over 3k products. Usually runs fine, but occasionally will display a partial page or even get a server error. Is a bit slow, though. My 2nd store, well, I must have messed something up somehow because it can't display a page faster than 1 click per minute. So I got quite angry with GoDaddy, and I'm a long time customer. They suggested I use THEIR installation instead of doing it myself. So today, I did that (3rd store, really a product stock clone of the 2nd which I'm gonna have to rebuild). I've got the footer showing parse time etc. turned on. I'm amazed at how fast it works! No problems with a bit over 1k products, Easy Populate imports segmented files (250 lines each) with no problems, and no server error resultant pages (my 1st store always gets that error). To me, that's just amazing as it's not what I'm used to using GoDaddy. Fast as I can click, it displays almost as fast. 1,688 queries in 1.35 seconds.

Not sure why THEIR install should seem to work much faster than my own install, but I've a theory that shared hosting is prioritized and during the install by GoDaddy they up the internal networking priority level and MySQL works like it should. So far, seems to be the case.

Lots of work to do to the appearance, and I didn't follow the all important template override rules (I'll get to that later) but I'll be ready and advertising before Black Friday.

My suggestion is do not install ZC yourself if it's hosted on GoDaddy. Let them install it, then just make it look the way you want and stock it. Made a large difference for me. Don't forget the login is Admin and pw is admin right after the install (change it).
http://www.RGMEusa.com/eStore3

Are you paying your own server or are you just sharing one? I am not understanding why using GoDaddys upload for Zen works really well for some and doesn't work well at all for others.

[RGME]

Are you paying your own server or are you just sharing one? I am not understanding why using GoDaddys upload for Zen works really well for some and doesn't work well at all for others.

No, Sunday, just using regular shared hosting at GoDaddy, business account though. I don't understand why their install works well for some but not for others, either. All I know is this is the first time I've used their install instead of my own, and the speed difference is quite noticeable. No comparison, really. Maybe it's a fluke. Perhaps those others not having good luck are copying over some existing .php files from a different install to their new store that GoDaddy installed?

On the other hand, I would not put it past GoDaddy to throttle MySQL in hopes they can get a more expensive account. Maybe my consistent complaining, from an account over 7 years old with them, convinced them to give higher priority to MySQL internal network traffic on shared hosting than I'd otherwise of gotten. I just don't know.

[Sunday]

Yeah, I don't know either. All I know is I uploaded my site through them and I can't get my site, admin, or FTP to open without waiting at least 7 sec

[RGME]

Yeah, I don't know either. All I know is I uploaded my site through them and I can't get my site, admin, or FTP to open without waiting at least 7 sec

I was having delays of much longer than 7 seconds. What happens if you install another store and then, with no modifications, stock it identically? Does it work faster then? Got more than 1,000 items in your store? Using Easy Populate, I noticed that on my 1st store once I got over about 1.5k products then things suddenly got much slower.

[Kim]

As stated numerous times before ... You really need to find another host.

[Sunday]

I was having delays of much longer than 7 seconds. What happens if you install another store and then, with no modifications, stock it identically? Does it work faster then? Got more than 1,000 items in your store? Using Easy Populate, I noticed that on my 1st store once I got over about 1.5k products then things suddenly got much slower.

I will try that and see what happens... I only have 250 products.

[RGME]

As stated numerous times before ... You really need to find another host.

Kim, moving to another host doesn't solve the issue nor help in understanding why it is occurring. It's costing people lots of money both for accounts that don't work properly with Zen Cart, and in lost labor time due to confusion that increases ZC support questions. These things should NOT be happening. Now, GoDaddy blames Zen Cart and Zen Cart blames GoDaddy. Who's really at fault, why, and what if anything can be done? Are there other PHP/MySQL combined apps also working everywhere else except at GoDaddy, or does Zen Cart have a monopoly? I think the Zen Cart community should be very supportive in finding out what is really going on.

Sunday, you can pm me if you like. I really don't want to change host, I want a solution for myself and other GoDaddy users. I'll work with other GoDaddy users towards that end. I thought this was the proper forum for this sort of thing.

[schoolboy]

Now, GoDaddy blames Zen Cart and Zen Cart blames GoDaddy. Who's really at fault, why, and what if anything can be done?

Zencart works faultlessly on literally hundreds of thousands of other installations. Most of my clients' sites are hosted with one provider and never (in nearly 6 years) has any fault arisen that can even be remotely attributed to Zencart. I have a smattering of client sites with other providers, but likewise - not a single minute's problems - ever!

I want a solution for myself and other GoDaddy users. I'll work with other GoDaddy users towards that end. I thought this was the proper forum for this sort of thing.

What utter rubbish! Neither Kim, nor this forum is the person / place to SOLVE hosting issues. It is a place where problems are aired and opinions are offered. Many people have gone further and offered solutions to some of the more practical issues. But the only place GoDaddy clients can voice their anger and frustration is with GoDaddy itself.

To suggest that the developers of this superb software must assume resopnsibility for the inadequacies of an independent company that has nothing to do with this project, is both insulting and inappropriate.

You owe an apology!