I'm adding a drupal site of my own to my other sites. Any suggestions for good drupal hosting?
I don't envision my site as heavy traffic (mostly for my classes and students) but I know drupal has some heavy demands for sql queries and I would like to make sure the site is pretty fast. I'm building a test site on my ASO account, and response time seems pretty slow.
Of the many sites I have, I have one hosted at Bluehost. In the beginning I was very sattisfied and happy. Lately due to workload and stuff, I changed the sites scripts into Drupal.
This seems in retrospect a bad choice because I get CPU exceeds suddenly. Now because I was new to Drupal I thought it was mistake. But with caching enabled agressivly, a minimum of mods enabled and FastCGI on there are still reports of CPU exceeds. This is something which ticks me of. Google Analytics says (I have hosting stats disabled) I get about 300 unique visitors per day.
So the real question is, whats suxors the most. Drupal or Bluehost? Bluehost says Drupal is a falty script made up of bad coding...
I find 300 visitors per day a little low to move to a VPS host. So my question is, is there another host where I can host my site(s) that has equal settings as Bluehost?
I've made a Social Networking site based on Drupal and I'm now looking for a place to host it. My budget is of 100$ and i'm thinking of buying a premium hosting plan or vps or maybe even a dedicated (if the budget allows) for 1 month, in order to see if the site will have any success. The hosting company must have an option of upgrading the hosting plan so the site's growth will not be limited.
An other alternative would be bluehost but from what I've read they are a total rip-off.
My special requirements are: php5, mod_rewrite and imagemagick installed, SPF domain records or any other method to avoid the email going into the spam folder. mhash and mcrypt are a bonus but not a must.
Anyone can suggest me a truly professional hosting solution for my needs? I don't want the months spent into developing the site gone to waste because of a bad hosting company that suddenly decides they want to suspend my account.
I'm developing two Drupal websites and now looking for a host. I have never used Drupal before, and all my hosting experiences are with shared hosting. Since I have read lately a lot about problems with performance of Drupal sites on various shared hosts, I decided to look for a VPS. Managed, since I don't have skills to manage it by myself. From what I read I have concluded that for one low-mid traffic Drupal site with few modules active, I'll need 200-250MB RAM. How much will I need for two websites on same VPS? Double? Should I use one Drupal installation for both sites? Does that mean I don't need double amount of RAM?
I have instal image sharing web and run well. But when i install my drupal site, my DS give me some error with that CMS.
1. First time, when i'v tried to open it, but browser always ask me to download it.
2. And then i've tried to change .htaccess and remove about addhandler, i can load my web. But not well. The page displayed just cache page. if i tried other page, just blank displayed no html or php tag displayed at source.
config my server? I think there is something wrong with my apache and/or PHP configuration.
I have Drupal setup for one domain on my VPS, and it is the only domain I have.
However, I don't use it that much, and I want to purchase another domain for just a small personal site.
I want to run this on WordPress because I am happier with the simplicity that WordPress offers.
However, I want to do this on the same VPS.
Installing WordPress is no issue, but beyond that, I am screwed!
I have no idea what to do as far as multiple sites go, and it took me forever to get the settings right on my Drupal site, but I have read that it is possible to setup separate sites on the same VPS. But reading about it, and finding information about how to do it has not worked out; I'm not exactly sure what to search for on Google, and most guides give directions on using control panels I don't have access to.
I want the drupal site to still be blah.com and then the WordPress.com site to be whatever.com, and I want them to run on the same VPS. I need them to be separate. One person asked the same question on this forum, and I think he got an answer that was how to point a different domain to the same VPS, but again, these will act as completely SEPARATE sites.
Any help, guides, resources that you fine members of WHT could provide would be greatly appreciated. I can get dirty in the command line (although I still am new to all this networking stuff), but if I had someone point me in the right direction, I should be able to get it done.
I know how to point the domain to the VPS' DNS, but beyond that, I am completely lost, and I could use some help.
I own a portal which is heavy on photo, video and audio. My developers have just switched the language from asp.net to drupal.
Can someone help me the ideal server strenghth for such a site. we presently have approx 20000 Images and 3500 Video and 3000 Audio. We have 12000+ members as of now without a single rupww spent on promotions.
We would be now doing a SEO / SEM / SMO and mailers internationally. We expect the numbers to grow atleast 4 folds with a few months
I have a Drupal based website which allows comments on posts after validating through CAPTCHA. Someone has been using a robot to bypass Image CAPTCHA and spam my site by posting hundreds of comments each day.
I use Google Analytics and Statcounter counters on my site. But I haven't been able to find spammer's IP address from visitor logs as the spammer comes directly to my site without any referral. Is there a way to find spammer's IP address and block it in the .HTACCESS file?
I don't think I can stop the spammer just by applying CAPTCHA on comments.
i've a problem with my SMTP settings.The strange thing is that my drupal site, which is located on the server can send mails. But when i try to send from Gmail it does not work.
SMTP-Settings on Gmail Server: IP-Adress/ or Domainname Port: 25 User: E-Mail adress and password
I've also tryed several combinations, it still does nothing.Gmail is showing that it has send the Mail but after a few hours it arrives an email that says:
Action: failed Status: 4.3.0 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; local data error while talking to smtp.mailchannels.net[54.214. 243.124]
My server is a debian 7 64 bits with plesk 12 last update.
A customer installed drupal 7.4 from plesk panel successful. However from Drupal/Configuration admin panel can not enable "Clean url". Clean test url failed too:
"The clean URL test failed"
.htaccess was ok .
I tried set domain vhost.con with (https://www.drupal.org/getting-started/clean-urls#enabling-7):
I built a web hosting server, the following is its state
Cent os 5 AMP server loaded updated (installed it as a complete suite during installation so it was all set to go with php mysql modules loaded) webmin usermin virtualmin
created 2 named based hosts.
now when i load up wordpress in a site and try to run install.php
the following pops up
"Sorry, I can't write to the directory. You'll have to either change the permissions on your WordPress directory or create your wp-config.php manually."
I had this issue before and research said to redo the entire server (tried everything and was fed up had fedora then"
you can have a look at www.itgrunts.com just click create config file and the errror pops up.
The php and mysql db work great on simple scripts but i dont know why this happens.
i worked with assigning the users and apache user to the directory and everything, no joy.
I'm configuring a website for a client who has moved their web hosting to downtownhost, but is keeping their email hosting with their current provider. They do not want to configure an MX entry on DTH to autoforward email back to their current provider because they don't want their email to pass through DTH.
In order to do this, do I keep the nameserver entries on the current provider the same, and configure an http redirect to point to DTH? Or is there something else I should configure on the current provider?
I was with Blue Host and their support and service was pretty bad. Servers going down all the time, and chat support was terrible. Then I moved to Host Monster and received the same kind of service/support. I later then figured out that Blue Host and Host Monster is runned by the same people. For example, I opened up a tech support ticket with Host Monster and then they replied signing their signature with Blue Host. So I got the same service: terrible tech support and servers kept going down. Now I'm looking for a new web hosting. I a few people here gave Host Gator some good reviews. I hope Host Gator is not run be the same people that runs Blue Host and Host Monster.
with this being my first website goddady's website tonight or there blog site plan seem pretty good as I do not know how to build a professional looking website nor do I have a knowledge of HTML. Are there other hosts that offer better services such as these?
Also I would want to register with 1&1 as to register privately is free but with godaddy it costs around $15 and I've heard of godaddy stealing persons domains when they haven't even expired yet i.e. familyAlbum.com?
Is it allowed for instance to register my domain name with 1&1 and host my site with godaddy?
If you had to chose either Host Gator or Hawk Host which would you go with and why? Don't bring any other hosts into consideration just compare these two. This would be for a standard website, forum, and a few downloads if it makes a difference...nothing too fancy.
I have just made a personal website using photoshop, html, css and php. My site contains an index page, a gallery page with 8 photos, a contact page with a form and an extra page with some quotes. I am planning to use a paid host for the first time. Based on feedbacks from some of my sitepoint friends, I decided to go in for shared hosting. I thought of using Hostdogs.com as they have the option of a monthly billing cycle. I thought that I have the option of changing my host after a month if I am not happy with them. I have also read a lot about Hostgator.com. A lot of sitepoint members seem hooked to it.
1. Can anyone give an opinion as to which host I should go in for? Hostdogs also give a free domain. Is there any reason I should go in for Hostgator instead of Hostdogs?
2. One more question, I have heard that once I have a site running, I can earn money through the advertisements placed on it? How do I place advertisements on my site?
3. One last and very important question is whether it is right to go in for shared hosting at this point of time. I just read this
Quote:
When you look for a suitable host, be sure to check out the amount of bandwidth that will be available to your site. Even a site that doesn't require a great deal of data transfer per month could run slowly if you're hosted on a shared server; particularly if you are on the same server as a more popular or bandwidth-intensive site. The more sites hosted on a server, the more likely they are to compete with each other for available resources, including bandwidth. This is why you may notice a reduction in server response times during busy periods, or during a sudden peak in traffic at a busier site on a server that you share.
This made me wonder whether I should go in for shared hosting. But then mine is a personal home page which may not have so much of traffic.
4. What does the paragraph below mean? How does one handle ones registration manually?
Self-Management (no cost) Select this option if you prefer to handle your registration manually.Your web host can establish service with any Top-Level Domain (TLD), international or domestic.
I will be setting up a site which uses ASP.NET 1.1. I know versions 3.0/3.5 are available, but they are not yet V2.0 compliant. Anyway thst is not the issue - just context.
Would like your advice as to whether it would be better to host this site with a company who looks as though they are specialising in ASP; such as DiscountASP, or Softsyhosting, or go with a general Windows hoster such as Steadfast, Fluidhosting, or 3Essentials?
I know nothing about ASP, so I don't know whether it is not at all neccessary to have a host specifically knowledgable about it, as I am unlikely to ever have problems with it, OR; I will most certainly have to address ASP issues sometime, so it would be essential to have support who really knows ASP.
I got the beta of vis studio 2005 about a month ago and happily started coding away. I recently told my host to convert to asp.net 2.0 so I could upload the stuff and have it work and he said he couldnt until the non beta comes out.
Is there anyone out there at the moment who will host asp.net 2.0?
Is there any disadvantages to hosting on a US based host? When I'm currently in the UK, I'm planning on a website with a huge amount of content, and so far only the US hosts seem to offer enough bandwidth for the price? I've checked out a lot of UK Hosts but they all seem to be considerably lower than the US bandwidths.
I have been with a lot of web hosting providers and I even gave my experiences a few days ago with heart internet, but 'JUST HOST' justhost.com rocks!! Can you imagine, I tried calling them and lines were busy, and submiitted a form online asking them to call, and I was called in under 3 minutes. The servers are fast, I uploaded my entire website in a few minutes. And what they offer for £3.95p/m is just unbelievable.They even offer a free domain, but make sure you claim it at point of buying or you cannot do this after.