[Web4lib] wordpress hosting for academic libraries

[Polly-Alida Farrington]

Chris,

I don't have any recent experience with really high traffic sites, 
but I have used a number of hosting services over the years. Bluehost 
is one, but they haven't always given me the most accurate tech 
support. I have been happy with the hosting itself though.

For tech support, I've always been most impressed with hostmysite(aka 
hosting.com) There hosting plans are bit hidden: http://goo.gl/EYDMs 
They've always gone above and beyond to help me when I've had problems.

I'm also running some sites on psek.com. Have been happy with their 
tech support too.

Looking forward to hearing what others recommend!

Polly Farrington
polly at pafa.net



At 06:25 PM 2/22/2011, c wrote:
>I am in the early stages of looking into hosting for new versions of a
>couple of sites that support my academic library. Wordpress.org lists
>Bluehost, Dreamhost, MediaTemple, and Laughing Squid. I was wondering if
>anyone has any experience working with any of those hosts or any other
>hosts.
>
>Yes, I know I can search in any search engine, but we are in an era of data
>overload, where it is very difficult to tell whether complaints or praise of
>any host is an actual issue or just part of a spambot war. I am hoping that
>people on the list may have actual experience with hosts that might lead me
>towards some over others.
>
>I am far more concerned with support and uptime than price. A more expensive
>option with greater uptime and more knowledgeable support staff is much more
>tempting for us. Yes, I can build and run my own servers, but I am not
>certain that anyone in my position in the future will be able to and I would
>rather have a hosted solution with a company with full time sys admins, so I
>can devote most of my time to working on new projects instead of maintaining
>the server.
>
>Thanks,
>Chris
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