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We have a new home

New home Hosting Company

Since the beginning of the year we have been having many problems with the existing home hosting company. The final straw was in February, when the server this website was hosted on was hacked. We managed to get it working again and then 3 days later, down again.

Opened tickets concerning the problem went un-answered, live Chat sessions produce promises which never happen. So the decision was made to final a new hosting company, with the type of hosting we required, the excellent WordPress platform and great support staff. Eventually we think we have found one and will be test the installation live over the coming weeks.

Since moving to the new hosting company we are happy to report that uptime has been excellent.

Normal Service will be resumed as soon as possible

We apologise for being off-line

The Munich City Guide was off line for 6 days due to the web server at the hosting company being hacked. We take pride in offering a guide to Munich for English speaking visitors and depend on the services provided by a hosting company. Over the last 20 years the Guide has been operating this has happened a few times, mainly due to technical problems. Hacking is the latest challenge facing website owners and service providers. Our site was not hacked and regular checks are made to prevent any malware being distributed.

Were does the title come from?

In the early days of television in the UK, the BBC had a test card displayed when technical problems happened. The words ” Normal Service will be resumed as soon as possible ” are part of British television history. There is an article about the very first video recorder used by the BBC, and when this stopped working for any reason, then the message ” Normal Service will be resumed as soon as possible” was displayed.

Display cards

Normal Service will be resumed as soon as possible BBC2 Testcard

Munich City Guide 2016

Update 2016

New Style & New Layout

2016. Finally there has been enough time to update the original Munich City Guide. This is the 6th and possibly the last major update since 1996, the guide is now 20 years old, one of the oldest websites still operating. The original design was made with Microsoft Notepad using a magazine article to copy and past code, now it is a lot easier.

Wordpress 4.4.1 2016 This Guide uses WordPress with a modified Theme from a market leader in Professional Themes What makes any selection of a Theme important, is the support provided.

2016

Unfortunately I no longer live in Munich to provide more personal information and images on a regular basis. Living in the Bavarian Forest one and half hours from Munich makes it much harder. The Guide is a mixture of personal pages and selected links to other suitable companies. This is always under review and new additions are planned monthly.

I have also decided to accept more advertising as this is more acceptable nowadays, but apart from the Google ads, the other advertisement are selected to suit the guide. If you are interested in advertising, please see the advertising guide (opens in a new window) for more information.

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