Static Version of a WP Blog?

  • Every day, the MySQL server of my hoster is down for a few minutes (backup, maintenance, whatever). During that time, my visitors get an ugly error messages without any layout, in English and probably thought for me as the administrator only:
    Error establishing a database connection
    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost.
    * Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
    * Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
    * Are you sure that the database server is running?
    Can I 1. change this error message and 2. can I provide a static version of my blog in case of a problem with the MySQL database connection?

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  • Thread Starter Anonymous

    Might be easier and more practical to find a new host.

    Thread Starter Anonymous

    No way, I’m satisfied with my hoster and even without the regular maintenance in the middle of the night, the MySQL server might be down sometime.
    In such a situation, there should be a nice looking error message in the blog’s layout and language, or even better, a static version of the blog. Don’t you think so?

    If you need static versions u should try an alternative solution. such as movabletype. the way i see it, the whole idea of WordPress is to get rid of the nasty “page bulding” required by most other software.

    Thread Starter Anonymous

    Well, then I guess you’ll just have to fork off
    a new version and build WordPressStatic.

    If you don’t want to find a new host, at least head over to WebHostingTalk and ask them if that’s the best way a host is supposed to do backups and maintenence. It just doesn’t seem right.

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