Picking a Web Hosting Company for our Site
We had decided that we wanted to go with a web hosting company so we could set up our on site. I did some research and here is what we decided.
We went with Inmotion Hosting. I did some research and they looked like they had very good uptime and support and the features we wanted, at a reasonable price. We pay $9.95 a month and got a free domain (with the 12-month package). If you get the 24 month package, it is $8.95 a month. I picked it especially because it is supposed to have very good customer service and it had a decent package (Power Business class – the middle business class plan) for a decent price.
Another company I considered was Host Gator. It was also supposed to be good. It was about the same price for similar features. And LunarPages got excellent reviews but had less plans.
Actually, I probably would have gone with Blue Host instead, had I found it earlier. When I went to WordPress.org to set up WordPress on my site, they recommended it and it looks good and is cheaper. What I particularly liked about it was that they had an active developers forum where members helped each other.
CPanel is really a nice tool to manage your site and Fantastico is an easy way to install things (like WordPress). Subdomains are where you can add something to the front of your domain name, like I created clear.bluedei.com for my blog and Sean is thinking about deep.bluedei.com for his. You could also set up say support.bluedei.com or store.bluedei.com. Ours allows 50 mySQL databases. Some have less and some have unlimited. It appears that when something is installed through fantastico, it takes a database so it is good to have plenty (or at least more than you think you need).
Also, the web hosting companies have different servers that they can put you on and if you plan to do development or leading edge stuff, be sure to ask for one with the latest versions installed (like php or mySQL) since not all of them do.
You can do a search on: web hosting reviews, to get sites with ratings, reviews and overviews of the different web hosting companies. And here is a link to a blog post on MySitesAdvisor called Review of 3 Reliable Web Hosts that looks at 3 web hosts that they like. Blue Host was also on their list. They also have a post on 5 Keys to Choosing a Better Web Host that has a lot of good information in general on what to look for in a Web Hosting service.
We are in the process of setting up our own site at bluedei.com. We haven’t done the front web page yet, but I have set up a subdomain clear.bluedei.com and installed WordPress there and copied my posts over and am working on getting it set up. You can take a look if you want, but it is still a work in progress as I figure out themes and plug-ins and whatnot. I will do another post about the difference between WordPress hosted by them at wordpress.com and WordPress that you host on your own domain.
But this is the first step to having our own site.
~Susan Mellott
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Here are even more tips, tricks and bargains for the Las Vegas Strip. There is more transportation information, Dining and Drinking, free and interesting things to do, good websites and more.
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Since we are leaving next week for Vegas, I thought I would share some tips, tricks, discounts, websites, etc that I have picked up while planning this trip.
Airfare:
By checking Travelocity, Airfarewatchdog and other airfare sites, I ended up getting very good priced tickets: $254 air from Dayton (+taxes, $601 for 2). We will take carryons only = no charge. We live in Fort Wayne, but I… Continue reading
We go to Chiang Saen on the Mekong River and take a longtail boat ride. We stop at Don Sao in Laos for some Snake Whiskey, we go to our hotel, Phowadol Resort and then we go to the Chiang Rai night market. Continue reading
Our Smartours Amazing Thailand trip. This is the first half of our day where we meet Uncle Gao at his Pineapple Farm, see Phayao Lake, eat Dancing Shrimp and visit Mae Sai, the border town to Myanmar. Continue reading
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November 29th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
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Jill
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76.91.74.192
Submitted on 2008/03/10 at 2:53pm
Another good web host is Server Intellect. We have been extremely happy with its services. Server Intellect is one of the first Windows Web Hosts and Microsoft Gold Certified Partners to offer Windows Server 2008 ‘Longhorn’ on all Dedicated Servers.
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Jill
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Zack Illian
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Submitted on 2008/03/01 at 10:09pm
Good post. Had some things I hadn’t thought of before. For anyone looking there was some good info on http://www.pickingawebhost.com too.
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Zack Illian
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Ilsa
serverintellect.com/hosting/tier2.aspx
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76.91.169.88
Submitted on 2008/02/29 at 2:24pm
If you’re ever looking for a great web hosting company, try Server Intellect. We signed up a few months ago, and their tech support is awesome!
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82.22.103.4
Submitted on 2007/12/19 at 5:46pm
“Also, the web hosting companies have different servers that they can put you on and if you plan to do development or leading edge stuff, be sure to ask for one with the latest versions installed (like php or mySQL) since not all of them do.”
Do you prefer a Unix Hosting provider or a Microsoft one?
Judging by your post you are on a Unix Server. Which Version of PHP is it using?
I just wondered as I use a Unix one because they have Mod-rewrite capabilities and Microsodt ones dont. In case you dont know it’s really useful for SEO.
Wish you all the best mate.
Anyways, great post.
Duncan
November 30th, 2009 at 12:42 am
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