web hosting

Hey,

I am looking to purchase some web space in order to put a website together. I was hoping to buy a wordpress template from themeforest to use.

Also it is quite important that the package offers email that can be linked to a blackberry.

I have already heard that go daddy is meant to be decent

Thanks

Sleight

I use http://www.hostgator.com/ they are very reliable and affordable

never had a problem with them and the support is second to non

they also give auto installers for mail clients and all the settings to be entered.

Hope on to their live sales support and see if they have what you are looking for.

Thanks Matu, will check their website out.

Anybody dealt with GoDaddy?

Sleight

+1 Hostgator for hosting

+1 Namecheap for domains

I wouldn’t go with GoDaddy for anything personally. Moved my domains years ago. Never had hosting with them but last I knew some themes/plugins encounter problems with their hosting configuration?

deiby said

+1 Hostgator for hosting

+1 Namecheap for domains

I wouldn’t go with GoDaddy for anything personally. Moved my domains years ago. Never had hosting with them but last I knew some themes/plugins encounter problems with their hosting configuration?

Cheers Deiby will keep that in mind

Stay away from shared hosting plans. I’ve been terminated from so many I can’t even keep count. I would get strong spikes of traffic and they would suspend my account, then just terminate me without even giving access to get my files off of their servers until I had my lawyer send them a letter.

You are better off getting a VPS from www.alienvps.com they are cheap and reliable web services.

I’ve had problems with godaddy. You can try http://www.bigwetfish.co.uk. Been using them for about 8 years or so. The support is great and good on hosting and domain packages.

Media Temple is quite popular within the design community and I’ve spoken to several people who’ve used them for a while and none of them gave a negative review.

I moved to try Eleven2 a few months back after a promo that was run on Tuts+ and to be fair I have not been massively impressed with the service, although it’s rock bottom dirt cheap and not bad for the money + only hosting small websites.

BoxedCreative said
I’ve had problems with godaddy. You can try http://www.bigwetfish.co.uk. Been using them for about 8 years or so. The support is great and good on hosting and domain packages.

I have a handful of college & trade school clients right now that are using Godaddy and it’s a nightmare. They change servers on you without notifying you and their email IP get’s blacklisted all the time, it’s ridiculous.

Than again, this is only shared environment, not sure how their dedicated and vps services are.

Gatorhost seems to be the strongest contender, anybody want to give some last minute advice?

Also somebody mentioned 1and1 for hosting…but I am not convinced

Cheers for the input

Sleight