Which host do you use for your site??

[brianm4289]

I have a website in the works that will provide content, videos, and allow users to share content. I need a host that can handle this and I was going to use yahoo but I just read their policies and from the sounds of it that "abuses" there shared server or something... any input would be great and some recommendations on a host... thanks guys

 

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[JayKim]

I use hostgator

http://webhostinggeeks.com/

WEB HOSTING TOP 10 • BEST WEB HOSTS November 2010

 

[TaxGuy]

Host Gator - unlimited storage and sites for $9.99/mo, however they do have sales from time to time.

 

[brianm4289]

i am using yahoo site builder for the creation of my site can I still use hostgator for a host? thanks for the help

 

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[JP66]

Thanks for the link JayKim. Many have the money back option if you don't like what your getting. I am planning on starting a website as well, so I have a few to decide between.

 

[sk24iam]

I use hostgator as well. They are excellent.

 

[madison]

I use Hostgator too.

 

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[exon]

I use Hetzner.de, both shared and root servers. Excelent customer service. They are in Germany and if you are outside Germany prices are without tax (minus 19% MwSt.). And there is nothing unlimited, and I still don't understand why they say "you have unlimited bandwith... or storage" when it is limited.

By unlimited they want to say that *There are no charges for overage. They will permanently restrict the connection speed to 10 MBit/s.

*from hetzner.de website

 

[MJ DeMarco]

LiquidWeb.com

 

[Don't-Try-DO-It]

I use hostgator too. I love their control panel! It makes thing so easy. Also make installing wordpress extra easy!

 

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[arohan]

ServInt VPS. Used to use BlueHost, loved them but they were shared servers only so could not scale.

In my over 6 months with ServInt, never had any problems, and the tech service was excellent and responsive when I had an occasion to use them (when upgrading to a higher grade of VPS server)

Hopefully soon enough I will have a reason to move to ServInt Dedicated servers

 

[aptohosting]

I use aptohosting.com !

 

[brianm4289]

thanks for all the replies... but I am using yahoo site builder to design the site, can I use this and still have a host such as hostgator?

 

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[JayKim]

thanks for all the replies... but I am using yahoo site builder to design the site, can I use this and still have a host such as hostgator?

I have never used it but I dont think you can.


Yahoo! SiteBuilder BAH!!!!!!!!!

If you ever want to be a serious web developer, don't ever, ever, EVER use Yahoo's SiteBuilder.

No, this is not just a rant.

Yes, I have valid reasons.

First, let me state that I have no real complaint with Yahoo web hosting. For $10/month, I have 5 gigs w/200 gigs of bandwidth a month, 200 email addys, PHP and MySql support, user specific FTP security, and a generous suite of support tools.

That said, the SiteBuilder tool is a wolf in sheep's clothing, BIG TIME!!

On the plus side, it is free, easy to use, and somewhat powerful. It makes otherwise complicated stuff like iFrames and Audio/Video support as easy as it does text.... plug it in, right click, link it, and go. It supports WYSWYG for PHP. Yahoo add-ins are plentiful. You don't have to know how to spell HTML to use it.

But (and thats a big BUT), SiteBuilder has some serious drawbacks.

First, Yahoo Site Builder only works on Yahoo Web Hosted sites. If you use any other host, you can't use YSB.

If you use any other editor to modify your page(s), YSB complains upon reopening the page(s) in YSB. It WILL open the page, but you may have some very nasty surprises when you view the results of your outside work, once back in YSB.

To compound this problem, you cannot publish any YSB developed page outside YSB. If you try, it will put a nasty disclaimer across the top of your page. You can manually remove the disclaimer, but who wants to do that every time you publish a page.

You can't selectively publish. That is, SiteBuilder will upload EVERY PAGE IN YOUR SITE THAT HAS BEEN MODIFIED, every time you publish. Wanna work on two pages at once, then publish the one you finish first without publishing the other... no way. Both of them get uploaded.

You can't selectively synchronize your local folder. Every time you download into your local box, YSB will download EVERY byte on your site.
So.... if you DO decide to go outside YSB and FTP into your site, whatever code you uploaded is orphaned from YSB unless you download the entire site.

You can't decide to just use another editor without rewritting your entire site, cuz what you've done in YSB won't work in other editors. See the notes above about disclaimers etc. If you have a lot of pages, you are pretty much stuck with YSB and its limitations.

Yes, YSB has some limitations...

HTML support is trashy. YSB does not allow you to see your HTML. It does offer some very limited support for inserting HTML, but you never get to see your code unless you go outside of YSB.

Some simple stuff like anchor tag/link pairs is not supported in YSB.

Background color for text blocks, tables, iFrames, etc. is not supported.

Borders are not supported except in tables and iFrames.

Special characters are not supported. (No Horizontal Rule or copyright signs).

Combine YSB's limitations with the inherent tendency (Read "Yahoo's jealous control of your website development), to lock you in to YSB and prepare to be very frustrated if your web site takes off and you want to take your development skills to the next level.

And, If for some reason, you, like me, find your self in the situation where SiteBuilder won't communicate with your site (Yahoo tech support says they can't duplicate the problem so can't help me ), you are stuck and can't do any further development to your site.

Wanna talk about Yahoo Site Builder, email me... and check out my site, Make Your Own Free Web Site | Spiritual Development Theory at Americanphire.com. It is my first website and is pure SiteBuilder code as of this writing. It will be redone in Dreamweaver shortly.

 

[MooreMillions]

I use 1&1.com and Go Daddy, with my preference being the former.

I see HostGator mentioned many times in this thread. Have heard nothing but good things about them, as well.

 

[brianm4289]

Which other software would you guys recommend for site building? The only other I know of is dreamweaver but I'm sure there are a lot more I know nothing about. Is there any free ones that are worth trying?

 

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