Ok, so you have decided that you want to put up a website. Congratulations, it is a great way for you to be able to interact with others online! Now your time online won't just be spent browsing other peoples hard work. Those people will be browsing yours. And best of all you may even be able to make a few bucks while you're at it.
You probably either have a friend who has a site helping you, or you're doing the research on your own. You have probably heard about something called a domain registry, and about something else called a web hosting service. You have probably also been a bit confused by the different kinds of Web hosting available. Shared hosting, dedicated hosting, and VPS are only a few of the choices you have (though the most common).
Well, if there is one piece of advice you should take in, the best thing you can tell yourself is to relax. While it may seem confusing now, with a few short hours of research you should have a good idea on getting your own site up and running. You won't be able to learn everything just yet though. The amount of trouble you can get yourself into is pretty limited in the area of Web hosting and websites and the most dangerous pitfalls can be avoided with a little bit of research, some forethought, and then just some good old common sense.
Through all of your decision making, keep in mind that web hosting it the most important aspect of having your own website. For sites just getting started, the vast majority should work with Joomla templates. At some point your site may outgrow shared hosting. At that point you can start looking into VPS hosting or dedicated servers. Remember that researching the Web host you plan on using is a good idea, but also remember that if you get started and your Web host turns out to be hard to work with, you can always leave and find another one.
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
Finding the Right Joomla Hosting Company
Choosing the right host is very important if you plan on using a CMS, such as Joomla. Some web hosts are very restrictive with what they allow, which can render many of Joomla's amazing features useless. There are several really good web hosts out there who will be able to work with Joomla, so don't sweat it. If you're confused right now, this article should help clear the air.
First, find some web hosting companies that are Joomla friendly. The company you find should use Apache 2, PHP 5 and MySQL 4 or 5. You also want to be on the lookout for safe mod_rewrite support and safe mode and register_globals off. If you can find a host that offers Joomla tutorials that can also be helpful.
Once you find a few that you like, you should definitely start doing some investigative research. This research should include, but is not at all limited to, customer reviews, critic reviews and consumer reports. But remember, just because you don't find a lot of praise for a given company doesn't mean they aren't good. It's well known that people take more time to let others no of a bad experience than they do for a good experience. If the host you're looking into has some positive reviews, but comparatively few negative ones, that may be a keeper. In the same breath, mostly negative reviews is an indicator of a host you might want to avoid.
You will also want to test their response time by sending in a question to their sales department. Make sure your ticket addresses some of the points above so you can make sure they are Joomla friendly. You definitely want to make sure the prospecitve host is Joomla friendly before thinking about them any more. If you do you may be wasting your time, or even worse, run into major headaches down the road.
At this point you want to have no more than three Joomla hosting companies left on your list. You should be happy with all three left and be comfortable signing up with any of them.
The last step should be looking at the prices. Prices should definitely be last on your list. The quality of the host is much more important than the price. A bad quality host will require a lot more of your time and attention which will far outweigh any savings you may make on monthly fees.
Now you should be able to put all of these factors together to find the right Drupal hosting company for you.
Other articles that may be of interest:
So You've Got Your First Website
Bluehost Reviews
First, find some web hosting companies that are Joomla friendly. The company you find should use Apache 2, PHP 5 and MySQL 4 or 5. You also want to be on the lookout for safe mod_rewrite support and safe mode and register_globals off. If you can find a host that offers Joomla tutorials that can also be helpful.
Once you find a few that you like, you should definitely start doing some investigative research. This research should include, but is not at all limited to, customer reviews, critic reviews and consumer reports. But remember, just because you don't find a lot of praise for a given company doesn't mean they aren't good. It's well known that people take more time to let others no of a bad experience than they do for a good experience. If the host you're looking into has some positive reviews, but comparatively few negative ones, that may be a keeper. In the same breath, mostly negative reviews is an indicator of a host you might want to avoid.
You will also want to test their response time by sending in a question to their sales department. Make sure your ticket addresses some of the points above so you can make sure they are Joomla friendly. You definitely want to make sure the prospecitve host is Joomla friendly before thinking about them any more. If you do you may be wasting your time, or even worse, run into major headaches down the road.
At this point you want to have no more than three Joomla hosting companies left on your list. You should be happy with all three left and be comfortable signing up with any of them.
The last step should be looking at the prices. Prices should definitely be last on your list. The quality of the host is much more important than the price. A bad quality host will require a lot more of your time and attention which will far outweigh any savings you may make on monthly fees.
Now you should be able to put all of these factors together to find the right Drupal hosting company for you.
Other articles that may be of interest:
So You've Got Your First Website
Bluehost Reviews
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