[clue] Web host recommendations?

[M Paul Webb]

I've always heard that GoDaddy was good for simple sites and domains, but not for dynamic sites. They do make a bad impression due to extremely hard sell marketing. However, I've never had a problem that could not be solved with them. I had been having problems with a forum at 1 and 1, and the support was crap, always with an explanation on how everything was really my problem, which was why there was no solution. And talking about marketing approaches, I do not even want to go over the stunt they tried to pull on me. So I researched some other hosts for php and MySQL, and all had negatives showing. So the other day I decided I would just put it with GoDaddy. And it worked. So, dispite what they say about GoDaddy, they also have good points. I just moved the forum into a static site that has always just worked, and now I'm saving money, as there was no increased cost. They are cheap. But watch out for their sales techniques... like any contact with
 support results in including a sales approach, which has to be recognized for what it is, in order for it to really mean nothing.



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 From: Philipp Giddings <phil9x at gmail.com>
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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. 
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>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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