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on: August 16, 2013, 12:03:25 PM
I've been with hostgator for several years as it was cheap and cheerful, and I wasn't really trying to do much with my website(s) other than have email accounts and store things.

However now, having www.microphoto.co.uk and my photography website, it's apparent it's wayyyyyyyyy to slooooooooow. Can take several seconds for a page to load etc.

Question is, what do you guys recommend?

Ideally I need a host service that can migrate everything across, and isn't too stingy with storage space due to the photo-heavy nature of the websites.
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Re: Web hosting
Reply #1 on: August 16, 2013, 12:11:28 PM
I'm using 1&1 and even their smaller packages cope fine with multiple websites. I think all of the packages are unlimited bandwidth/hosting. It's all a bespoke system (no cpanel or anything like that) so takes a little getting used to but it works fine, their support are actually pretty decent and I rarely have issues (running about 20 websites off their top package). The main thing is that they make it very easy to manage multiple sites and databases. Import the domains, point the domain destination to a folder on the server with the site files in and make sure there is a db setup in the mysql admin section.
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Re: Web hosting
Reply #2 on: August 16, 2013, 12:26:36 PM
I'm guessing Tek is hosted on 1&1?
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Reply #3 on: August 16, 2013, 12:52:00 PM
why dont you tell ohstgator they are slow and see if there is a better server or package for a photo heavy site?
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Re: Web hosting
Reply #4 on: August 16, 2013, 12:57:34 PM
Yes, Tek is hosted on 1&1.
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Re: Web hosting
Reply #5 on: August 16, 2013, 14:50:22 PM
one.com :)
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Reply #6 on: August 16, 2013, 15:02:09 PM
I use a vps at quickpacket. Think I posted it up in the bargains section. $15 a year.

I also have used www.asmallorange.com for nearly a decade I think at $25 a year and they've been pretty flawless. Good customer service too.

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Re: Web hosting
Reply #7 on: August 16, 2013, 19:15:44 PM
I'm not entirely sure how much of the slowness is down to the config of the sites. I suspect that microphoto could be slow due to having 800+ pages, and plugins that index and list child pages etc.

I'll certainly drop them an email to let them know.

I emailed 1&1 to inquire about the transfer process. The reponse was that they'd give me an ftp account and I'd just upload the sites contents. No mention of transferring databases, that's not right is it?
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Reply #8 on: August 16, 2013, 20:30:54 PM
Hmm, depends what you said in the email i guess, maybe they assumed you just have files. I don't know any webhost that offers a database copying service, its not as simple as transferring files as you need to export it first into an sql dump. The 1&1 standard package will give you up to 10 databases.
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Re: Web hosting
Reply #9 on: August 16, 2013, 21:09:55 PM
cpanel contains a transfer mechanism that can move one site to another.
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Re: Web hosting
Reply #10 on: August 16, 2013, 21:50:04 PM
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Our shared hosting does support Joombla and Wordpress. You would need to go into a Linux based package for those two websites. For migrating your sites you will simply be uploading the websites into FTP accounts that we provide for you. As for email and your domains, those will be a little of a process. Domain names usually take between 3 and 5 days to fully transfer over. You will also need to back up all of your emails into a temporary storage area (such as a gmail or yahoo account).

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Hello
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> I have been a hostgator customer for several years, and can't really fault
> them for their value and service, other than that their shared hosting is
> very slow. I own several domains with a number of email accounts. It's all
> controlled through cpanel. My websites are a mix of either wordpress or
> Joomla CMS systems.
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> I was wondering if you could tell me how easy it would be to migrate across
> to one of your packages? You've been recommended by a friend as being fast
> and trouble free!
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> Many thanks,
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Re: Web hosting
Reply #11 on: August 17, 2013, 00:08:23 AM
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Hello,

You have been hitting your limits as defined by our Terms of Services here: http://support.hostgator.com/articles/pre-sales-policies/rules-terms-of-service/processes-limit

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This is an old uni-buddies email account. Guess i'd better see if he's still using it. I wonder if getting rid of it will make much of a difference. The logs above certainly makes it look bad!
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Re: Web hosting
Reply #12 on: August 17, 2013, 02:30:27 AM
Transferring a database is usually easy as 123. Just dump it and import it.

And don't go 1&1 they are sh*t, the customer service abysmal and they just don't understand technology, unless you like explaining the basics to some callcenter teen. Hell use godaddy even, just don't go 1&1.

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Re: Web hosting
Reply #13 on: August 17, 2013, 10:24:20 AM
What one.com uses http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php is that workable ?
http://www.one.com/en/product/mysql
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Re: Web hosting
Reply #14 on: August 17, 2013, 10:33:53 AM
Quote from: M3ta7h3ad on August 17, 2013, 02:30:27 AM
Transferring a database is usually easy as 123. Just dump it and import it.

And don't go 1&1 they are sh*t, the customer service abysmal and they just don't understand technology, unless you like explaining the basics to some callcenter teen. Hell use godaddy even, just don't go 1&1.

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When was the last time you used both? I've used both extensively, GoDaddy are dire. How many websites do you manage?

'Just dump it and import it' isn't quite accurate, you will probably have to replace a lot of relative paths in the SQL dump, at least for Wordpress its not as simple as that. You can duplicate your Joomla site in a click using Akeeba backup.
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