Saturday, October 24, 2015

Another server, new presets

Since the beginning, Da Button Factory had been running on a single server. While there was no problem keeping up with the load, this situation was not so great regarding availability: if the server had an issue, dabuttonfactory.com could experience downtime; there was no redundancy.

To alleviate that risk, we have been testing serving dabuttonfactory.com using two computers, the original one located in France and a new server in north America.
So far so good after a few weeks of trial, so we made the switch today to fully run on this dual server, redundant architecture.

As a side-effect of this, our american users will experience reduced latency and higher speed. Our capacity also doubled; as a result, we raised some API limits :-)


And to celebrate all this, we added three button presents on the Examples page:
New button examples screenshot
Hope you like them!

10 comments:

  1. I love your buttons..I have them on my Website and I love the easy way of making them..since I do have them..I would like to add an Affiliate Button to my site to show my appreciation..but I can't find one..do you have an Affiliate Button..please let me know..and thank you for your Buttons..:)

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    1. There is no official affiliate button, but you can use one created on Da Button Factory with the caption text you’d prefer.

      Here are some suggestions:
      — http://dabuttonfactory.com/button.png?t=Create+web+buttons+on+DaButtonFactory.com&f=Calibri-Bold&ts=20&tc=fff&tshs=1&tshc=111&hp=12&vp=6&c=3&bgt=gradient&bgc=3d85c6&ebgc=073763
      — http://dabuttonfactory.com/button.png?t=Buttons+made+with+DaButtonFactory.com&f=Open+Sans&ts=16&tc=000&hp=20&vp=10&c=3&bgt=gradient&bgc=d6f962&ebgc=99bc39&bs=1&bc=99bc39
      — http://dabuttonfactory.com/button.png?t=Buttons+from+DaButtonFactory.com&f=Bellota-Bold-Italic&ts=16&tc=fff&hp=20&vp=8&c=5&bgt=gradient&bgc=3d85c6&ebgc=073763

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    2. Thank you..How do I use these? Do I put it in my Photobucket then into my site?

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    3. You can do something like that, yes.

      See also http://dabuttonfactory.com/info#embed

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    4. I uploaded all three of those links to Photobucket and then downloaded it to Photoshop but it wouldn't go..I really don't know how to make an Affiliate Button..but I will do my best to make one..I will then give it to you for approval..if that is ok..All my Affiliate Buttons were made by someone else because that 88x31 is so small to work with lol..

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    5. This is a 88x31 button: http://dabuttonfactory.com/#t=DA+BUTTON+FACTORY&f=Calibri-Bold&ts=9&tc=fff&tshs=1&tshc=000&w=88&h=31&c=2&bgt=gradient&bgc=3d85c6&ebgc=073763&it=gif

      See the instructions on http://dabuttonfactory.com/info#embed to put it on your site.

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    6. [URL=http://s304.photobucket.com/user/broomhilda61/media/button45_zpsnwdwnjnt.jpg.html][IMG]http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn190/broomhilda61/button45_zpsnwdwnjnt.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Here is what I was able to make I hope you like it..let me know..thank you

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  2. Sorry about that had that link in the wrong place here it is again..[URL=http://s304.photobucket.com/user/broomhilda61/media/Da%20Button%20Factory/button45_zpsnwdwnjnt.jpg.html][IMG]http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn190/broomhilda61/Da%20Button%20Factory/button45_zpsnwdwnjnt.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

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    1. Thank you..I tried to get a picture in it as well but I just couldn't get that sorry..I do have it up and working if you want to look at it..http://www.broomhildassims2.my-freeforum.com..it is on the right hand side of the forum in a Widget scroll down..if it don't look right let me know and I will try and redo it..I used your button maker to make it thought that would be more appropriate :)..thank you for making something simple that a computer idiot can use lol..awesome job :)

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