web hosting

[jennywren]

We have a web site but we would like to transfer it else where. the company that does it is very slow to respond to anything, , I feel that they might be ready to close down, can anybody recommend.

[Justin]

I usually use 1and1 but for this forum I've just started out with Just Host. Decent package at a good price, it has all the facilities we need for the forum.
The longer you sign for, the cheaper you get it. That said, there is a money back guarantee.
I'm still getting to grips with the control panel and images uploads etc.

This is a good site....

http://www.thetop10bestwebhosting.com/ukg

Justin :-)

[mrs maggot]

i use servage, have always been good, and well priced.

[Stitch Up]

I'm with Just Host too.

Excellent so far.

John

[Justin]

Well, having spent many hours trying to deal with Just Host I'm on the verge of cancelling the blooming lot! Having big problems getting straight answers out of them and response times are several hours when they say less than an hour!

[JSR]

Well, having spent many hours trying to deal with Just Host I'm on the verge of cancelling the blooming lot! Having big problems getting straight answers out of them and response times are several hours when they say less than an hour!
I'd never heard of them before but one quick Google brought up this: http://www.webhostingreviews.com/just-host-reviews.htm

Oh dear. I know the internet tends to amplify complaints (in that people are more likely to complain than praise), but there's just so many of them... Just 9 positive reviews out of 94.

[Justin]

Maybe I should have read that first! I've cancelled everything with them...within 24 hours of starting. I tried so hard to communicate with them through Live Chat and emails but they just wouldn't/couldn't help with very simple requests. Their attitude was extremely poor.
Back to the drawing board here.

[JSR]

I would recommend the people I have my server hosted with, but they don't do "small" sites and their cheapest "business hosting" is far more than you want to pay. I've no doubt you'll get rapid response and good service, but the price puts them out of the equation.

Back in the old days I used to use Easyspace (http://www.easyspace.com/web_hosting) and Easily (http://easily.co.uk/whataremyoptions.php) - never had any real complaints (except when Easily switched their registrar to some other organisation without any pre-warning which caused some confusion). I'd still be using both of them today if I hadn't consolidated my sites.

[mrs maggot]

try these guys ukhost4u (http://www.ukhost4u.com/shared-web-hosting/basic)

my friend hosts a number of web forums with them, and says they are reliable, he runs YUKU sites with them and SMF

[JSR]

This is a good site....

http://www.thetop10bestwebhosting.com/ukg

Justin :-)
I've just clicked that link and find it odd that top of the list is the very same site that has 90% complaints from webhostingreviews.com. Seems bizarre that all the "positive" reviewers post on one site and all the "negative" reviewers post on another.

We humans are very organised creatures sometimes, aren't we? :D :D :D :D

[Justin]

LOL. Just goes to show, until you use a company you just don't know. Even then, some folk have great experiences, others very poor.

[JSR]

LOL. Just goes to show, until you use a company you just don't know. Even then, some folk have great experiences, others very poor.
I've just been reading some of the complaints on the other site and it seems that several people were conned into signing up with them after reading a review site putting them "top" in everything.

Looks to me that they're only at the top of the list because they're cheap.

thetop10bestwebhosting.com claim that they have websites hosted a 100 of the internet's "largest web hosts" to test them out yet, when you look at nbonlinemarketing.com (NB Online Marketing is who they say they are) there's nothing there but the equivalent of a holding page. So what websites do they have hosted with these 100 "largest web hosts"? Sounds almost like a shill.

[Justin]

Even cheaper if you can find the 'secret link' on the front page, which isn't hard. When you sign up they start to throw the optional extras at you and keep piling them on.
When I went through the cancelation procedure I was offered another years hosting free along with several other add-ons, a total package of £240.
For me this would make no difference (although i paused tho think!) if the service is this poor as a new user then what hope would we have in the future!?

Overall I get on well with 1and1. I've rung them a few times today and they try their best to be helpful, there's a wee language barrier though :-)
I find there admin interface works well, Just Host panel was huge and seemed geared towards upgrade...upgrades, wll the while.

[Justin]

In addition.....i'd just like to say, this obviously ISN'T a good site!!!

http://www.thetop10bestwebhosting.com/ukg

[jennywren]

My web site is www.plymouthmilitarygifts.co.uk (http://www.plymouthmilitarygifts.co.uk) just so you can see and maybe that makes a difference to the web hosting that I need.

[jennywren]

Does anyone know which would be the best, for me I've looked at the webs but they all say they are the best, but which one, I also need aonther web site does anyone that they know thats reasonable. and know what there doing :?:

[JSR]

My web site is www.plymouthmilitarygifts.co.uk (http://www.plymouthmilitarygifts.co.uk) just so you can see and maybe that makes a difference to the web hosting that I need.
Like many e-commerce websites, yours looks like it's based on a derivative of osCommerce (the copyright in one of the stylesheet indicates this). Therefore, it should work on any web-host that offers both PHP and MySQL.

You'll need to check if you're using additional functions that may or may not be enabled with your new host. Just ask your new host (whoever you decide to go with) if they support whatever e-commerce package you're using and you should be good to go.

If you're using SSL, make sure you can transfer this to your new host. If you're using shared-SSL you'll need to check the new host offers the same and then do some tweaking.

[jennywren]

Thanks for that, I'm hoping that who ever takes it over will do all of that, We have'nt got a clue I did the design for it and my husband picked the way it wanted it laid but neither one of us has a clue how the backend runs. We would like a better and faster web site keeping the layout and design but not know anything webs we are not sure what we need to ask for, the best thing we can say we need a very good upgrade but whats its called maybe someone could point us in the right direction

[rudders18]

I have a few websites hosted with www.pickaweb.co.uk (http://www.pickaweb.co.uk) They certainly provide PHP and MYSQL and I have found their support people to be very helpful and responsive even when the issue is self inflicted

[purpledragon]

anyone clicking on the abouve link and wondering why its not working delete the comma after .uk

[rudders18]

Removed comma to make it work easier for people

[Market Mik]

I have been using streamline.net for the past 2 years. I have no real complaints and the cost of hosting is reasonable.
There mid range package is to my mind cheap and if, like me, you pay for 2 years hosting at once, its another expense you dont have to worry about.
The things that attracted me to it are unlimited bandwidth, 10 sql databases and unlimited subdomains and mailboxes.
At the start I used their web design program which has a cart included but I found it limiting so i now use a program called cubecart, Initially the free version and when everything was working ok, i paid for the license(this removes the cubecart license details from your web pages.)
All told the hosting has cost me £76 for the 2 years and cubecart has cost me a one off payment of £55.
I will point out that I am not the worlds greatest web designer but I am quite happy with my site and hopefully this year I will make it look even better.

mik