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Hey y'all
I'll buy a round for each person who chimes in here.
My local webhost is closing up shop and I need a new home for my company's site.
The site's reach is mostly local, low volume and just a place to send lawyers and others who need a home appraised.
You could look at it HERE .
There used to be a thread here about good webhosts. Of course there are a bunch of top 10 lists out there but I trust y'all more than the advertising bots that make those lists. We have moderate needs and need moderate costs and I have to move both the website and the mail server (would like to avoid using Google if I can.)
So what do you say? A round for each person who chimes in with a suggestion.
I'll buy a round for each person who chimes in here.
My local webhost is closing up shop and I need a new home for my company's site.
The site's reach is mostly local, low volume and just a place to send lawyers and others who need a home appraised.
You could look at it HERE .
There used to be a thread here about good webhosts. Of course there are a bunch of top 10 lists out there but I trust y'all more than the advertising bots that make those lists. We have moderate needs and need moderate costs and I have to move both the website and the mail server (would like to avoid using Google if I can.)
So what do you say? A round for each person who chimes in with a suggestion.
A bit late, but the best shared host I've found for a relatively small site like that is Nixihost. I run almost every small business website I produce through them, unless the client requests a specific host. Their 'Mini' plan is $6/mo ($60/year w/annual discount) and should more than suffice. Their customer service is great, speaks clear English, and has always been prompt the few times I've needed to contact them. Very similar to what ASO (A Small Orange) was before they were bought out and ruined by EIG. I still have a lifetime hosting plan at ASO that I rarely use, other than to park domains and for secondary email. I wouldn't put anything that needed guaranteed uptime there, as EIG had ruined them. I moved all the other sites I manage away about 5 years ago.
An alternate and free option that works well for simple static sites (no PHP or SQL) uses GitHub as a repository and Netlify to manage and deploy the site. I run a few sites this way, including my personal one (which has been under construction since `21
) that uses 11ty and the Netlify CMS (a different entity than the Netlify used for deployment). It does require a bit of extra setup, and there's no email, but you can attach custom domains. You also gain versioning and deployment capability. I actually have a few 'minor/test' sites running like this, with their email being handled by iCloud. I've also started to use them to park the domains as well. While I've never seen/experienced a server going down there (cloud-based), it is a possibility, and I wouldn't necessarily use it for a site requiring an uptime guarantee.Namecheap also has decent hosting, but I don't like having domains and hosting at the same company. Definitely better than GoDaddy for domains, especially their customer service/experience.
I'd very strongly recommend ditching HostGator, as they're also part of the EIG (Newfold Digital) conglomerate [list of EIG hosting companies].
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For surprisingly little I get all of the bells and whistles and great 24/7 service! (Support is via a dedicated Web portal. Answers arrive in less than 10 minutes no matter when you ask them! However, there is no telephone support.) A huge amount of Web space, unlimited e-mail addresses and e-mail hosting, the facility to quickly and easily set up e-mail discussion lists, etc. Renewal of my domain name only costs $8.38. They never seem to experience any down time.