TwiTip has grown so fast in the last 16 days since launch that we’ve already outgrown our server and were starting to get a few ‘over capacity’ errors.
As a result today we’re moving servers to a much more powerful and reliable service (here’s hoping anyway). We’re starting the move any minute now – so there could be a few glitches and errors for the next little while. Hopefully we don’t lose anyone’s comments or have too much disruption. Thanks for your patience
Update – I think we’ve moved everything without too many problems.
One NEW FEATURE you’ll notice here on TwiTip is the ability to leave your Twitter ID when you leave a comment – it’s now part of the comment form.
@mollermarketing
What server are you going to?
It’s a server at Linode
@mollermarketing
Which size are you going to get and why? I’ve been using Bluehost and have had quite a few problems with CPU errors. Interested in switching too.
@antnzdotcom
Cool! Glad to see TwitTip is growing fast!
@dpotts
You should write a ProBlogger post on how to move a blog between servers (something I’m about to try for the first time soon).
good idea – thanks
@pranavbhat
Congrats darren for twitip’s success and i hope you go as far with twitip as with problogger!!
@Peety
Glad too hear that the move went smoothly. Congrats on Twitip , I really enjoy your tweet tips!
@glauser
Wow that didn’t take very long at all. Congratulations!
@tutormentor
thx for the extra promotional tool; and to giving us insight into how to meet client needs when things go AWOL. Not that I noticed :-/
@yuyudin
Neat. I’m really really glad for you. I hope it becomes as big as Problogger! This is so exciting.
@weemundo
Awesome , Twitip will grow bigger and better for ever ( if twitter goes on for forever of course ) , a great idea Darren and yeah as above commenter said can you Please tell everyone how to move a blog between servers !
@FreelanceTwins
As a new twitter ID section for comments too now. So what will I change my website to
@abhishek
I love this feature of leaving my twitter id, this way i would be more involved nice way to increase comments
@benhomie
The joy of using a new server.
Basically to move to a new server you’ll have to:
1) Move your files to the new server
2) Export your database and import them into the new one
3) Change your DNS setting of your domain name pointing to the new one
This is just a general overview, perhaps Darren will post a more detailed one in the near future.
@willhiggins
I’m really enjoying TwiTip, even if I already know some of the tips
The concept is great, and so far all the articles have been top notch. The Twitter ID in comments is awesome too!
@coryobrien
Love the addition of the Twitter id! (Keeps me from having to triple check my HTML code before every post!
Congrats on the huge traffic, as it’s well deserved. You’re giving insights into Twitter that you just can’t get anywhere else, so keep it up, and I can’t wait to see what you’ve got planned.
@rlineker
Twitter ID is a nice touch and congratulations on the site growing so fast.
@hendrylee
Great move, Darren. I have 3 linodes, and I can’t be more satisfied with it.
@gloson
Mr. Darren, how did you put the Twitter ID Form?
@ipears
Darren,
Wowie… impressive growth!
Guess that this will result in a nice post on Problogger: “How to fast-grow a blog in 1 month and make its server wobble…”
@bradhart
I love the new twitter id box, I have been thinking about doing this myself but hadn’t gotten around to it. Did you modify the comments.php directly or did you do it with a plugin?
@dturnbull
Nice new feature with the Twitter ID’s. May just encourage me to do some commenting.
@filipination
Congratulations, Darren! Fantastic growth… That’s a nice “problem” to have.
@valeriatimeless
Congratulations on the success of Twitip Darren, I really enjoy your tweet tips!
@orangejack
Like the twitter ID in the form. Wanted to test it out.
@jnraptor
Congratulations on the super-fast growth of TwiTip (less than a month – Wow!!!). Happy to see you’re on linode too. They provide really great service and support. (I’m hosted there too) Anyway, looking forward to more interesting posts on TwiTip.
By the way, how’s the thesis theme? I’m looking into purchasing it for my blog.
@lifestyle_proj
Nice twitter ID in comments, what a good idea. I suspect that plugin will go viral on blogs quickly!
Must be nice to be able to grow a blog so quickly, even if it does throw up teething problems! Well done.
@fmckinnon
running great here in GA!
@olorinpc
Wow – congrats on overgrowing a server that quickly!
I agree with some of the other comments, a ProBlogger post on moving a blog between servers might be useful for a lot of people. I did it myself not too long ago and managed, but a lot of bloggers probably haven’t.
@overnightsite
You gotta spill the beans, what server or what kind of server are you moving onto? What kind of server were you on before? I think I’m going to have to switch soon and I’m thinking about getting a really powerful and fast server. Thanks Darren!
@mollermarketing
@MattGio dude, read the first comment! He’s getting a server at Linode. He was using GoDaddy initially.
@BlogVibrator
I like the twitter link, good idea!
its great to see you got it moved ok! it seems faster now!
@hectorhenry17
So this mena that you new page its giving really good impresion and its going viral. that good
@seanwalberg
Hey folks,
I helped Darren out on this server move. It’s an Linode 540. We wanted the extra RAM because we’ll be putting a Rails app on the server too, and it has a tendency to eat RAM. The extra disk is also helpful, and the price is still very reasonable. The old server was shared hosting through GoDaddy.
The server is running Nginx and PHP through FastCGI. Pretty standard WordPress move: file, DB, DNS. A bunch of testing on the new plugin for the Twitter ID and the Nginx url rewriting for Wordpress and wp-supercache.
@bradhart
I just found a plugin that will let me add an extra field to the comments and have one blog serving up twitter links. Anyone else who gets twitter id’s into their comments is welcome to list their site in my link directory
@stretchmarkmama
I’m just laughing that you need a new server in 16 days. Most of us would take 16 YEARS to get to that point.
I love how your comments are in blue, and how we can add our twitter IDs. Brilliant!
@BeatlesLane
You should have know that any site that you launch would get a ton of traffic in no time! We should be so lucky
@airabongco
Congratulations to Twitip! Well deserved success.
@jensenrf
Outgrown your servers already?!? Microblink has been around for months and haven’t had that problem yet… and I can only assume it is a good one to have. Congrats and looking forward to many more great tips!