Posted on 07/18/2023 7:58:13 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
We just created a new website and aren't keen on the company we engaged to do that, who are currently handling the hosting/maintenance. We'd like to contract directly with an entity to host it ourselves and possibly even maintain it ourselves, as there should be very little changes to it overall.
The site was created through wordpress.
Would love some guidance on taking over the daily/monthly ourselves.
I use hostgator, Wordpress
For years I’ve used 3rdstwebhosting.com
On the rare occasion I’ve needed something fixed, service was very quick
I just ended an association with https://www.ning.com/.
My sight was https://pcmp.ning.You may be able to take it over if you wish.
My website was https://pcmp.ning.com/
smokingfrog, do you use them?
I prefer word of mouth over articles and sites that may not know what they are talking about or may be benefiting by promoting certain outfits.
“Data Transfer: Unlimited”
I have found in the past that this is a little deceptive with some hosts. They will say that it’s “unlimited” but if you get too much traffic at one time, they will tell you that you have to upgrade your package.
Many professional web site builders use WebFlow. It’s a stand-alone build/host platform with all the tools you need to diy.
A professional web site builder in my family swears by it.
at the risk of coming across as a complete ignoramous, are you saying your hosting site would make changes to the site (ie rewriting text, adding a photo, etc)? We left a larger company that handled all of this and now that we’re a boutique firm and doing it on our own, I’m swimming blind.
I have used EPIK but I am looking to move on. They recently changed hands and it’s not up to par and they have money and support issues.
I have had the best luck with https://www.hostinger.com/
Others nickle and dime you to death, I most recently got two years of their “business plan” for $95 which included:
200GB of SSD Storage
A free domain for the first year
100 Websites
Unmetered Traffic (Unlimited GB).
24/7 Customer Support
Unlimited Free SSL
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
Free automatic daily backups.
Free Website Migration
Cloudflare Protected Nameservers
Before that I had their cheapest standard plan which I paid $33.48 for a year. I purchased the business plan when that plan was about to revert to monthly fees of something like $10 a month. My websites transferred freely quickly and easily to the new plan I purchased. After my two years I will transfer my current websites to another business plan.
I used GoDaddy for a couple years before that, but they nicked me especially on the SSL fees which you absolutely have to have these days or no one will go to your websites.
I tried to shop around after the GoDaddy fiasco; currently Hostinger has the best deal for my needs. For me their “business plan” was worth the few extra dollars compared to their cheapest wordpress plan.
great info. they are recommended on the hosting advice link someone posted too.
so, our site is new, done on wordpress, we have 2 months left with the current co that designed our website. it’s ‘locked’ on wordpress.com, probably because we’re under contract. But, I could just move the hosting to hostinger without much issue, wouldn’t you think? I know it’s more of a rhetorical question but just trying to get my head around how all of this works.
But, I could just move the hosting to hostinger without much issue, wouldn’t you think?
Unfortunately, it is likely going to be a little more complicated because it is a wordpress.com affiliated site. Ours have all been affiliated with wordpress.org and they are very simple sites that were done by myself. You are probably going to have to do a little more research and possibly get some help from which ever web hosting provider’s support staff that you use.
But don’t get discouraged... in our case it was just following some very easy steps even though it sounded complicated to begin with. Of course, we have transferred from one hosting account to another several times now, so it feels easy at this point.
To be safe, you might think about getting a domain very similar to your current domain like spacejunky2000.org instead of spacejunkie2000.net set it up with whatever provider you prefer and then back up your current website then copy everything over to your new site to make sure that it works. The piddly amounts that you will spend on the new hosting plan probably pale in comparison to what you might have paid someone to design your site.
Sorry posted back to myself:
To be safe, you might think about getting a domain very similar to your current domain like spacejunky2000.org instead of spacejunkie2000.net set it up with whatever provider you prefer and then back up your current website then copy everything over to your new site to make sure that it works. The piddly amounts that you will spend on the new hosting plan probably pale in comparison to what you might have paid someone to design your site.
If you are a professional developer, you can get yourself a static IP address and control EVERYTHING on your server.
If you live in the northeast Pennsylvania area, you can get a static modem from PenTeleData for about $120 a month.
You would have to pay for all the hardware (disk drives, CPU, memory) but this option would let you install SQL Server, TSL certificates, etc. You would manage and own the entire infrastructure of your website.
good point.
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