{"id":12976,"date":"2014-10-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espirian.co.uk\/site-up-or-down\/"},"modified":"2014-10-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T00:00:00","slug":"site-up-or-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espirian.co.uk\/site-up-or-down\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check whether a site is up or down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s usually easy to check a site&#8217;s online status. But what you see isn&#8217;t always the same as what everyone else does. In this post, <a title=\"About John Espirian\" href=\"https:\/\/espirian.co.uk\/about\/\">John Espirian<\/a> explains a simple way to check whether a site really is up or down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<strong>Update 2 July 2015<\/strong>: The Down For Everyone Or Just Me website has now moved to <a href=\"http:\/\/isitdownorjust.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/isitdownorjust.me<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all been there. You try to access a website but\u00a0find that it&#8217;s not responding. Perhaps it&#8217;s not important and so you decide to try again later. Or perhaps it <em>is<\/em> important and you decide to let someone know there&#8217;s a problem.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-788\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-788 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/espirian.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/icon_chrome_broken.png\" alt=\"Is a site up or down?\" width=\"210\" height=\"204\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 210px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 210\/204;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-788 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/espirian.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/icon_chrome_broken.png\" alt=\"Is a site up or down?\" width=\"210\" height=\"204\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When is a site really down?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Website administrators appreciate when users do some basic checks before raising the red flag.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Typical conversation<\/p>\n<p><strong>User<\/strong>: Your site&#8217;s down.<br \/>\n<strong>Admin<\/strong>: No, it&#8217;s fine here.<br \/>\n<strong>User<\/strong>: But I can&#8217;t get in \u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Why does such a situation arise?<\/p>\n<h2>The problem<\/h2>\n<p>Our browsing experiences are not all the same. There may be times when you&#8217;re unable to reach a website that&#8217;s working perfectly well for everyone else. This can happen for many reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Software<\/strong>: your antivirus program, web browser cache or cookies may be at fault<\/li>\n<li><strong>Permissions<\/strong>: parental controls or corporate restrictions may prevent access<\/li>\n<li><strong>Network<\/strong>: routing issues or other problems with your ISP could stop some sites loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The solution<\/h2>\n<p>My top tip for checking whether a site is up or down is to use the following free service:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Down For Everyone Or Just Me \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/isitdownorjust.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/isitdownorjust.me<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A free online service for checking whether a site is up or down.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The service is simple to use: enter the site name you&#8217;re trying to reach and click the <strong>or just me?<\/strong> link to check its status.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-771\" style=\"width: 799px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/isitdownorjust.me\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-771 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/espirian.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/isupme1.png\" alt=\"Use http:\/\/isitdownorjust.me to check whether a site is up or down\" width=\"799\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enter the site&#8217;s domain name, then click the link<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-772\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/isitdownorjust.me\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-772 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/espirian.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/isupme2.png\" alt=\"This site is up\" width=\"646\" height=\"175\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 646px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 646\/175;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-772 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/espirian.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/isupme2.png\" alt=\"This site is up\" width=\"646\" height=\"175\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the result if a site is up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-778\" style=\"width: 909px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/isitdownorjust.me\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-778 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/espirian.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/isupme3.png\" alt=\"This site is down\" width=\"909\" height=\"185\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 909px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 909\/185;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-778 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/espirian.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/isupme3.png\" alt=\"This site is down\" width=\"909\" height=\"185\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the result if a site is down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you use the service regularly, you might want to create a bookmark that checks a specific site. To check my site, for example, the address would be <a href=\"http:\/\/isitdownorjust.me\/espirian.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/isitdownorjust.me\/espirian.co.uk\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, that&#8217;s it. Next time you need to check whether a site is up or down, you&#8217;ll know what to do.<\/p>\n &nbsp;\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s usually easy to check a site&#8217;s online status. But what you see isn&#8217;t always the same as what everyone else does. In this post, John Espirian explains a simple way to check whether a site really is up or down. 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