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Web Hosting for WordPress

Over the last 3 years I’ve been all over the map for hosting, and have seen quite a bit. However there are a few that I really want to check out but haven’t been able to yet. MediaTemple and Rackspace are two I really want try. I’ve been asked a number of times who I recommend or who I use and so I thought I would put it here for those of you who may be looking.

You’re definitely using WordPress, but hosting is confusing?

The easiest and quickest answer is to see who WordPress recommends. Check out their list of recommended hosting companies. This site is hosted with BlueHost. I have a basic account that allows me to host unlimited sites, domain names and a variety of other cool things. However the BlueHost basic account is shared hosting which can mean slow load time every now and then.

Side Note: If you’re thinking about Godaddy hosting right now, please stop and take an about-face in the other direction. Godaddy is good for domain names, after you’ve figured out the admin, but they are not a hosting company on pare with the vast majority of comparable alternatives. The only time you’ll ever hear Godaddy and WordPress in the same sentence is when a sad face is at the end of that sentence :( Plain and simple, your going to have more questions about things not working than you will have questions about doing cool things with your hosting.

Ok, No Godaddy. Then what?

Apart from the list of WordPress suggestions, the sign of a good hosting company is there customer service and their control panel. The majority of WordPress users do not need anything more than your basic shared hosting plan. Typically you’re looking at $10 to $15 a month maybe $7. If that’s to much for you than maybe you can find a friend to split it with. The vast majority of hosting companies I’ve dealt with have been dedicated servers, random companies that started in the 90′s and have never updated and a handfull of companies that are actually up to date with today web.

  • Hostgator
  • BlueHost
  • Dream Host
  • Network Solutions
  • Host Monster

Hosting Admin

One of the biggest tasks you will ever face when having your own host is using the admin for your hosting account. Some hosting companies have their own custom control panel and some will use a WebHost Manager type control panel. My favorite is cPanel. Widely used amongst affordable shared hosting cPanel offers the easiest web interface to manage your account. Don’t get me wrong there are plenty of other very usable and reliable systems out there, I just think cPanel is the easiest.

Never Let Me Down!

My personal preference for hosting is HostGator. Great support, cPanel, WHM and a slew of pricing options. The only reason I’m still with BlueHost is because I’m to lazy to move all of my friends sites that are sitting on this account. Hostgator is scalable for many different uses, but I feel like it’s the best option for a first time user.

The One Click Install!

If you’re new to the this hosting thing and are a little worried about getting WordPress installed, rest assured there is a thing call “One Click Install”. It’s really that easy, and if you can’t find that click call support, that’s what they’re for.

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Comment | January 29, 2011

Google Sync over MobileMe

Let me just start off by saying that I’ve been a loyal MobileMe (.mac) user since 2001. I’m not any kind of guru, but I’ve been around long enough to notice that my MobileMe account really hasn’t been worth the $100 it used to be.

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Google Sync has been out for quite a while at this point so I’m pretty sure I’m not going to say anything new so I’ll just give a quick outline of [...] Read More

Trying Something New – Drupal

So here I am tearing into Drupal. Well kinda tearing into it. Drupal doesn’t seem to need so much tearing as it seems to come with a lot of abilities. I’ve spent the last two years building with WordPress and love it so I figured I should venture on to more so that I have a broader range of the CMS concept.

So far I like it! Modules, Blocks and User levels that put a new [...] Read More

What Happens to Old iPhones? Does Anyone Really Know?

This morning I went to the apple store and ended up walking out with a new 3g model. The story goes, I got an iPhone, Apple updated to 3.0, My iPhone WiFi broke, Apple gave me a new phone…

Here’s how it went at the Store… in short

You’re going to need a new phone

Well that sucks!

Why? Are you not under warranty?

No, It’s just, Where to the old Phones Go?

ummm

I mean, do they open them up and [...] Read More

Web Wednesday :: Facebook Connect

I’ve decided that I’m going to figure out this Facebook Connect thing that seems to be gaining ground. I feel a little late to the party on this one, but better late than never.

At any rate I’ve installed the Facebook Connect Wordpress Plugin and I’m giving it a go. It’s not integrated into my comments because I’m using Intense Debate, but from what I’ve read I’ll have it soon.

I’ll admit I don’t know much [...] Read More

Good Mac Apps

Over the last week I’ve been noticing a few slowdowns on my computer so this weekend I decided to take inventory on all my Installed Apps and do a back up of all the data in prep for reformatting my HD. Every year I’ll do this, where I swip my computer blank sending it back to 0, and then re-installing all my apps and putting my files back on. ( this way I’ll always be [...] Read More

Web Wednesday :: Captain FTP

It’s been a little while since I’ve done a Web Wednesday, but I received an email this morning from the Support team of the FTP Application, Captain FTP. About a month ago I submitted a ticket about their app and possible bug. Nothing to be concerned about, but I thought I’d drop them a line anyway.

They sent me a message saying, “Can you please let me know if this is still a problem in the [...] Read More

IE6Death March 2009

As of yesterday March 1st, 2009 I stripped all CSS from my site for IE6 and posted this message at the top of the page.

The stats in general will say that a 15% of online viewers are still using IE6 which is a large enough block to say it needs to be supported. But!!! Research will tell you that it is the most none compliant browser out there. You actually increase your risk of getting [...] Read More

It’s time for a change.

I just want to say that I am throughly disappointed with this graph below. I feel like I’m just not doing my job well enough here when I see this. Perhaps IE8 is going to be amazing, and lets be honest IE7 isn’t that bad, but if you’re on IE6 you’re about to get shut out of my design.

By the end of February I am going to strip all CSS from my site for IE6 [...] Read More

ecto Publishing

This is ecto which is a desktop publishing app for the mac which I think you’ll like to check out if you’re into having more control over you blog publishing. (not to mention the fact that if you’re like me you can’t stand having a publisher that tells you how to write your html)

I pretty sure I saw the copywrite say 2003-2009 so I get the feeling this one has been around for a [...] Read More

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