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10-31-2010, 05:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Prince Edward Island | | | A beginners guide to choosing a web host?
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My band wants to have our own website, nothing extravagant or anything, just having links to our interpunk account, album info, some videos and audio available. We have someone lined up to build the site but none of us really know much about choosing a web host.
I assume there's a few of you on here with extensive knowledge of what would suit our needs. Can you give me some pointers and lead me in the right direction?
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10-31-2010, 05:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | | If your site's maker can't recommend (or name) major hosting services I'd hold up a bit on that too.
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10-31-2010, 05:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Your web designer should be able to recommend a good host. With the kind of traffic you'd probably be getting, just about any "economy" package should be more than adequate.
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10-31-2010, 05:57 PM
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EXAR pedals rep for North & Central America | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: PDX, OR | | | FWIW, Godaddy.com is perfectly reasonable, even though their boss man can be obnoxious. My personal choice is Dreamhost.com, they are great to work with, affordable, and useful services are included. |
10-31-2010, 06:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | GoDaddy gets the most harsh and numerous critiques about their hosting. Domain registration is just fine but I wouldn't recommend it for hosting.
Try: iweb.com - For super-high quality hosting. About 9 bucks a month if you don't buy it for more than two or three years, otherwise it gets cheaper. limedomains.com - You can have a basic hosting plan free with your domain purchase. I've had excellent experiences with these guys on small-scale sites.
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Originally Posted by tom once dead Also to prove my Australianism, I've been stung by an irukandji jellyfish before, while snorkelling at an island looking at stingrays. | |
10-31-2010, 06:07 PM
|  | My Forte is my forte | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: La Jolla, CA | | dreamhost is great
I use bluehost.com
Top notch customer service too
$6.95 a month |
10-31-2010, 06:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | I've been using ezwebhosting.com for years, no issues.
Check them out, and if you decide to go that way let me know.
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10-31-2010, 06:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Columbus, OH | | http://www.1and1.com Cheap, lots of features, unlimited bandwidth per month, reliable.
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10-31-2010, 07:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vortex of sin and degradation | | I use TotalChoiceHosting: http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/
I have used other web hosting services but found that their download
speeds stink. One day, I downloaded a big video from some other
person's site and the download speed was wicked fast. I decided that
was the host for me and found out who they were. It was TotalChoiceHosting.
I maintain multiple websites with this service (band, local soccer club, personal).
I've been using it for years now and have no complaints. |
10-31-2010, 10:53 PM
| | You can't plagiarize yourself. | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Elgin, IL | | www.weebly.com
It's free (unless you upgrade to a premium package) and you can build the site yourself with no web knowledge. If you go with the free site you just get a tiny "get a free site with weebly" at the bottom.
I'm telling you, it's simple drag and drop! Plus tons of features including sound clips, downloadable files, pics, youtube videos, you name it!
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10-31-2010, 11:02 PM
|  | I Know Nothing | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Columbia River Gorge, WA. | | I've been using Hostica.com for several years. The price keeps going down, and the bandwidth up. A dollar a month works for me.  |
11-01-2010, 06:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Buffalo | | | I think it comes down to what your coder is going to be writing in, if its just php, just find the cheapest available. But if its .Net I rec Arvixe, they've served me well so far, and really inexpensive. If its Java, choose another language :P |
11-01-2010, 08:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida, US | | | Stay away from Mochahost, whatever you do.
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