[clue] Web host recommendations?

[Philipp Giddings]

I use goDaddy
Very cheap, I think it was less than $150 for two years including the
domain.
this plan does not come with Fantastico or some other package loader, but
if you know how to talk to the mysql server and have command line knowledge
it is simple to load lamp stack applications such as Wordpress, Joomla,
Drupal...
P Giddings

On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:38 AM, <foo7775 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've spent parts of the last several days trying to determine which
> provider to host my newly-purchased domain with. The site is intended for
> two primary purposes, the first being to share/highlight/document
> professional (I.T.) skills that I have developed, some of which I've
> developed on my own/outside of my 'professional' experience.
>
> The second purpose is to serve as a bit of a communication with one of my
> nephews who's in his final years of high school & who has an interest in
> going into the I.T. field - my thought is that I can document (and/or link
> to) a lot of the basics that he should start learning. So all in all, I'd
> guess that this sounds a bit "bloggish" (although I'm *hoping* to present
> it in a way that's a bit more professional than that!) if that helps with
> the determination of who to suggest.
>
> I've quickly learned that there is a *LOT* of absolute *crap* out there
> when it comes to reviews of different hosting providers, & some of it looks
> believable.  So far, I've found whoishostingthis.com & dslreports.com,
> each of which appear to have relatively straightforward information (yes, I
> knew of dslreports before this week).
>
> Additionally, I'm also looking to refresh some skills that I haven't used
> in a while (say DNS), or develop some that I simply haven't had a chance to
> in my professional life (Apache, Postfix).  It seems that the "easy" thing
> to do would be to self-host which I have no problem with, except that
> trying to host a domain's email with dynamic DNS sounds like more hassle
> than it's worth.  (Not to mention trying to get my ISP to cooperate,
> without upgrading to a business plan...)
>
> So - I've said all of that to try & define what I'm hoping to get from the
> hosting provider, so that anyone who reads this is able to make the best
> recommendation.  The real requirements that I have are that they offer
> Linux hosting, US-based support, & (ideally) can do it for less than
> $10/month (I don't expect a lot of traffic).
>
> At the moment, I'm considering inMotion and BlueHost, but from what I've
> seen, EVERYONE sucks.  Hostgator is NOT an option (I'm not going to send
> *strangers* a copy of my photo ID!).  I'm hoping that a few people here
> will have some solid suggestions to offer, any & all info is appreciated.
>
> Thanks all.
>
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