I wanted all of my websites to be secure so I switched my hosting account to a new hosting account with GoDaddy. All of my websites did not backup and none of my WordPress websites moved over like I wanted. I tried to fix the issues for a week.
I was informed by GoDaddy that the SSL in my new hosting account was only worked 40% – 60% of the time and it would be better if I purchased SSL certificates for all my websites. This is not an option for me because they quoted like $600 and I cannot afford that. I decided to switch my domains back to my old hosting account. All of my websites are automatically working again and I do not have to redevelop those websites. I am very glad I switched back.
During this down time, I researched WordPress templates, typography, and color schemes for my clients projects. I was able to decide on two templates for each website. I am going to try both templates out to see which one is the best match for my clients’ websites, such as layout and design.
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Wow! I’m glad to hear you were able to switch back to your old hosting provider and have everything up and running with no issues! I saw Lillian said something similar to this, but I was going to say to reach out to Dom with SSL certification help. He helped me get mine up and running.
I am sorry to hear you had a hard time with GoDaddy – I have been struggling to get the certificated working on my own domain sometime when I tried to set up a Cron job like Dr. Garofalo showed me, but sometimes it does not work on subdomains. I know Dr. Dom recently updated his tutorial process since the free Cron job SSL code got updated.
I have enjoyed reading about how your projects are going since your workflow seems to be a lot closer to the process in the WDIM class than mine. I hope everything goes well for you with picking out themes!