Comments on: Self Hosting? http://www.toddrjordan.com/thebroadbrush/2008/01/self-hosting/ Demystifying the web and more. Come join me. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:10:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Courtney Watson http://www.toddrjordan.com/thebroadbrush/2008/01/self-hosting/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Courtney Watson Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:52:36 +0000 http://toddjordan.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/self-hosting/#comment-59 Hmmm... well you could host with Kyvon, where I work! Would be lovely. Check out www.kyvon.com for pricing/packages, and let me know if you have any questions at all. Hmmm… well you could host with Kyvon, where I work! Would be lovely.

Check out http://www.kyvon.com for pricing/packages, and let me know if you have any questions at all.

]]> By: Cynthia Armistead http://www.toddrjordan.com/thebroadbrush/2008/01/self-hosting/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Cynthia Armistead Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:24:18 +0000 http://toddjordan.wordpress.com/2008/01/23/self-hosting/#comment-58 I started using LiveJournal to blog years ago, but was soon getting frustrated with not having full control. I tried embedding that in my <a href="http://technomom.com/" rel="nofollow">technomom.com</a> site, but it just wasn't right. Our family's sites had been hosted by <a href="http://larp.com/" rel="nofollow">a marvelous friend</a> for several years, for free or darn near. As we developed more sites, we decided we'd best go with a professional host to avoid taking advantage of Jay. We compared quite a few different hosts, talked to lots of people, and chose <a href="http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=10664315" rel="nofollow">1&1</a> for the reputation, price and features. They certainly were NOT the most expensive! They've been very reliable. We didn't care for fancy control panels and the like—if that's what you want, 1&1 isn't your best choice. Their staffers aren't astonishingly personable, but their support people do seem to know what they're doing most of the time. We've only got one real complaint: they haven't upgraded the latest version of php yet. I keep meaning to call them about it, but haven't, so obviously it isn't that big an issue. WordPress is very, very simple to install and configure on your own. I'd never run any CMS before trying it last year, and had absolutely no problems with it. We have an installation on a subdomain that we use for testing new themes and plugins. I prefer doing it that way, but then I have a QA background :-) I'd be more than happy to help you get WP up and running on whatever host you choose, if you do decide to self-host. I started using LiveJournal to blog years ago, but was soon getting frustrated with not having full control. I tried embedding that in my technomom.com site, but it just wasn’t right.

Our family’s sites had been hosted by a marvelous friend for several years, for free or darn near. As we developed more sites, we decided we’d best go with a professional host to avoid taking advantage of Jay. We compared quite a few different hosts, talked to lots of people, and chose 1&1 for the reputation, price and features. They certainly were NOT the most expensive!

They’ve been very reliable. We didn’t care for fancy control panels and the like—if that’s what you want, 1&1 isn’t your best choice. Their staffers aren’t astonishingly personable, but their support people do seem to know what they’re doing most of the time. We’ve only got one real complaint: they haven’t upgraded the latest version of php yet. I keep meaning to call them about it, but haven’t, so obviously it isn’t that big an issue.

WordPress is very, very simple to install and configure on your own. I’d never run any CMS before trying it last year, and had absolutely no problems with it. We have an installation on a subdomain that we use for testing new themes and plugins. I prefer doing it that way, but then I have a QA background :-)

I’d be more than happy to help you get WP up and running on whatever host you choose, if you do decide to self-host.

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