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| Author: | Stable [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Hosting |
Who would you guys recommend for fairly cheap but reliable hosting? I want to start a couple of sites and was thinking of using wordpress, but I haven't had a website before. |
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| Author: | BobC [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting |
1] How much traffic do you expect? 2] Will you use videos/high bandwidth? |
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| Author: | Stable [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting |
1) It's go related so probably not that much.  2) No high bandwidth stuff, but probably downloads of pdfs. Are you likely to recommend diff. companies for high traffic sites? I had thought to get a low priced plan and just buy a bigger one if it took off. |
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| Author: | BobC [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting |
Probably best is to go free first: http://www.000webhost.com/ If the site takes off you can back it up and restore to a paid host OR upgrade. This free host has most of the features of paid hosts. Even if you want a paid host- the above is a good learning environment.. |
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| Author: | Stable [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting |
Looks cool, do you think I can use wordpress with that? They don't mention it specifically and seem to have a "website builder" of their own. |
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| Author: | Li Kao [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting |
Stable wrote: Looks cool, do you think I can use wordpress with that? They don't mention it specifically and seem to have a "website builder" of their own. I guess you will have to manually install it, but since they support php+mysql it should work. But since it's free you could simply try it. IMO the biggest problem with such hosts is that you need to use FTP instead of a version control system. But that mainly matters if you change the website often. |
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| Author: | BobC [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting |
wordpress can be installed through "Fantastico" - it takes two or three clicks... http://www.000webhost.com/fantastico You don't need FTP - it can all be done through "Cpanel" http://www.000webhost.com/free-cpanel-hosting |
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| Author: | Stable [ Mon Aug 08, 2011 9:11 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting |
Thanks for the help! |
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| Author: | davidg [ Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting |
You can never go wrong with hostgator but that is on the upper echelon of hosting services and would cost more as compared to average services offered. I do not think that using a free service would hurt though as they are as well known to provide comparable services already. Some people mistake free to be not on a good level but being free would not automatically say the level of services it offers, but just explains how they earn from. There are a lot of free ones out there that are definitely worth a look, even compared to paid ones. |
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| Author: | BobC [ Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Hosting |
Yes I'd agree. I use hostgator a lot and in six years it's never let me down - and I've seen some weird things. I've never use3d HG above shared level - there are better offers around for VPS and deicated I think. Just going back to the original point. I've played with "ooo" and it seems to do a good job and is pretty robust. Added to that having Cpanel for free means its a good introduction to webhosting. In truth, if the proposed website was to take off - I'd probably be looking at different hosting... Let us know how it goes Stable - if you need any technical input post here. |
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