A frequently-asked query:
I looked around and so far all the websites listing / reviewing web hosts seem to be either poorly constructed, in business with the hosts they advertise and not at all objective. So instead of crawling the net, i decided to ask peoples opinion.
Heres the deal: I’m a graphic designer / web designer and i generally know what the hell i’m doing. Right now i’m stuck with justhost, and i really do hate it pretty bad. I guess they base their features around it being "so easy a beginner could do it" but if you’re not interested in using their site builder, wordpress, or any of their other features, you basically have to work around all the clutter they left for you. I’m sick of all the little sh** thats out of place, like not being able to find the "config.inc.php" file for phpmyadmin, not being able to connect to my FTP accounts and then talking with a robot (yeah, a ROBOT) for an hour while he lists off FAQs i’ve already checked…
I’m thinking its probably just best to find a reliable web host with only the functionality i cant install myself for free. Hopefully one with decent customer service.
So maybe you could read through all the stuff i plan to do with my hosting service and then tell me any names that pop into your head:
I code all my sites in adobe dreamweaver and i’ve got a nifty little application called Transmit that lets me turn my ftp server into web attached storage so its as easy as drag and drop. I’m probably going to have some sort of IRC or instant messaging chat on my site and i’ll most likely find a third party plugin… That kind of coding is beyond my skill level. One of my sites in progress is a social networking site, and it uses jQuery, PHP, and mySQL to accomplish that at the moment. I need autoreply emailers and email forwarding at the least. I plan to add my own error pages so i need .htaccess. i need support for multiple domains, one for my portfolio and design website, and one for my social networking site. i might pursue an idea regarding adult entertainment, so if the host allows adult content that would be something to consider. My sites might gain a bit of traffic, so i need a host that will work WITH me instead of kicking me out on the curb or slapping on crazy fees when my traffic exceeds their limits. I dont like the idea of all my personal data a whois search away, so domain privacy would be nice. And SSL / merchant services would be nice too…
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Some of my pages suddenly disappeared in ranks and when I type site:myWebsite.com its also not there.. So I was thinking it’s not index anymore because of what happen.