TypePad Suffers Server Problems
The blogging site TypePad started suffering some serious server hiccups this afternoon. The web-based publishing tool maintained by Six Apart is used by thousands of people as a simple blog tool. Users who logged in to update their blog were greeted with a message saying that the publishing system is unavailable. They were also informed that their site would remain viewable, even though that isn’t true for many of the users. David Berlind notes:
It’s basically telling customers that the only problem is with TypePad’s authoring side when that’s not the case… The statement is misleading because, as it turns out, TypePad’s Weblogs are not available for reading and viewing. At least not in their entirety. As you can see from the 404 message pictured [on his site], the problems that are plaguing the authoring side are impacting the viewing side too.
Some blogs are viewable, but with a half-dozen or so entries missing. This is especially troubling since Six Apart has been marketing the paid TypePad service as a professional alternative to free, more restictive services like Blogger and DiaryLand. As Berlind points out, TypePad’s user base is actually comprised of many businesses, many of whom are steamed that they aren’t getting what they paid for.
