Web Hosting Reviews

Gate.com launches VPS

Today web hosting provider Gate.com has launched service called VPS (Virtual Private Server). This new product combines the power and flexibility of a dedicated server with many of the advantages of a shared hosting account.

Virtual Private Server plans have many of the features of a dedicated server:

• Full administrator / Root Access
• Completely isolated environment
• Each account has it’s own virtual operating system and storage volume
• Customers can host multiple domains and websites
• Customers can install and run any almost any application
• Comes with many pre-packaged applications – one click install

But also have many of the advantages of a shared hosting account:

• Low monthly cost (about half the price of dedicated)
• We maintain the hardware and keep the server up and running
• Easy to use control panel
• Less technical knowledge required

Costs and Features (Unix Plans):
VPS U100
Setup Fee: $19.95
Plan Price: $29.95 / month
Operating System: Fedora Core 4
Disk Space: 25 GB
Data Transfer (1 Mbps guaranteed): 1,000 GB
Number of IPs: 1
Plesk: 10 Domain License
Guaranteed Resources: 256MB Burstable to 1GB
VPS U500
Setup Fee: $19.95
Plan Price: $49.95 / month
Operating System: Fedora Core 4
Disk Space: 40 GB
Data Transfer (1 Mbps guaranteed): 1,500 GB
Number of IPs: 1
Plesk: 30 Domain License
Guaranteed Resources: 512MB Burstable to 1.5GB
Costs and Features (Windows Plans):
VPS W100
Setup Fee: $19.95
Plan Price: $49.95 / month
Operating System: Windows 2003
Disk Space: 25 GB
Data Transfer (1 Mbps guaranteed): 1,000 GB
Number of IPs: 1
Plesk: 10 Domain License
Guaranteed Resources: 256MB Burstable to 1GB
VPS W500
Setup Fee: $19.95
Plan Price: $69.95 / month
Operating System: Windows 2003
Disk Space: 40 GB
Data Transfer (1 Mbps guaranteed): 1,500 GB
Number of IPs: 1
Plesk: 30 Domain License
Guaranteed Resources: 512MB Burstable to 1.5GB
There is no monthly payment option for VPS: only quarterly, semi-annual and annual. Initially, Gate.com is offering 1 month free on the quarterly plan, 2 months free on the annual plan. Click here to learn more…

Web Hosting for WordPress Sites

In recent yeas WordPress has become a platform of choice to many bloggers. Worpress not only alows you to create or update your website in minutes, it also offers you great opportunity to utilize RSS to syndicate your site’s feed. All of that without any programing knowledge what so ever.

How to find good Web Host for your WordPress site?

Before you look for a place to host your WordPress site you should know that a web hosting provider needs to support PHP and MySQL in order to be able to host your WordPress site. WordPress utilizes both PHP and MySQL to create dynamic sites that you may have seen before. Without PHP and MySQL you will not be able to run your WordPress site.

If you already have a web hosting provider use following steps to find out whether or not your hosting plan supports PHP:

1. With you favorite text editor like Notepad create a file named “anyname.php”. Make sure that the file ends with .php .
2. In the first line of your text file write following code:  < ?php phpinfo(); ?>
3. Save your file and upload it to the root of your website. For example url for your file should like something like http://www.yoursiteurl.com/anyname.php
4. Now open this url with your browser. Your browser should display a page that will look like the image below:

What you have just done is you have created your very first php and called on your system to give you info of supported PHP.

If your web hosting plan does not support PHP you either will get error trying to open the file or just get  blank page.

If you web hosting plan supports PHP you are ready to install your WordPress site. Just follow the instruction of installing your WordPress.

The installation should be easy and you should have your site running 20 minutes from now. Before you do that inquire from your hosting provider whether you can install your WordPress via Fantastico Installer. If so, we highly recommend to do so. It will save you more time (installation takes less than a minute). The benefit of using web hosting provider that offers Fantastico is that will ease the process of setting up custom permalinks, and you most likely will have no need to modify .htaccess file.

Following hosts support PHP and MySQL:

Bluehost

Apollo Hosting

Hostgator

Hostmonster

Host I Can

IPowerWeb

PowWeb

 

BlueHost updates its hosting plan.

BlueHost has recently updated their hosting plan. Now new customers will enjoy 50 GB of disc space and a whooping 999 GB of monthly transfer. For more details on BlueHost’s web hosting features for to: Bluehost.com.

Linux Hosting vs Windows Hosting: Which One is Right For You?

You may already know that when hosting a website, the operating system of the server where your website files are stored can either be Windows or Linux. When people browse the Internet it does not really matter what system is utilized for hosting your website. The output of the files from your server is generally translated into HTML so that any many browsers will see your website and so will Internet users.

What is the difference between Linux and Windows hosting?

It all comes down to ASP and APS.net related files and applications. If you are absolutely sure that your website will be made utilizing these files and applications then your choice should be Windows hosting. The simplest way to find out whether or not you will need Windows hosting is to make sure that your files end up with an ASP extension. If your index file name is “index.asp” instead of “index.html” or “index.php” than you need Windows hosting.

Many people may think that if your home computer is running Windows that you will also need a Windows hosting plan for your website, which is absolutely incorrect. It all comes down to a server side scripting language, specifically when it comes to ASP. So the answer is simple if you need ASP you need Windows hosting, otherwise Linux hosting will work for you.

HostGator overcomes cPanale security flaw

Web Host News:

Last weekend, hackers exploited a flaw in cPanel (cpanel.net), among the most popular Web hosting control panels, gain access to the networks of seven Web hosts. The attackers took control of hundreds, possibly thousands, of Windows-based machines using Internet Explorer.

Hackers injected iframe exploits into PHP pages located on the Web hosts’ servers, redirecting some visitors to sites off the hosts’ networks. The IE bug is related to the way the browser processes Web-based graphics code written in the Vector Markup Language, enabling hackers to install spyware and malware onto the computers of Internet Explorer users.

Bocan Raton, Florida-based HostGator (hostgator.com) was the first Web host to discover the attack, which lasted from late Thursday to Saturday afternoon.

Multiple Domains in One Account: Benefits and Risks

Today many web-hosting providers offer plans where you get an opportunity to host multiple domains in one account. You can find providers that offer somewhere from 6 domains to unlimited domains that you can host in a single account. Unlimited domains do not necessary mean unlimited hosting space (aka disc space). Some time you can host unlimited domains as long as you can fit them all in 30GB of space for example.

What are the benefits of having multiple domains in one account?

The answer to this question is simple: it will save you some money. Your monthly payment will be the same for multiple domains as it would be just for single domain. It can save you considerable amount of money to host few domains with the same host. Let say you have chosen a provider with a monthly plan at $6.95. If you host five other domains with the same provider it will save you $417 a year. This money can be used on promoting your site instead. When choosing a provider that will host multiple domains under one account you need to carefully review all your option since there may be some risks involved in hosting all your websites in one account.

What are the risks of hosting multiple domains in one account?

The risk of hosting multiple domains in one account generally related to a possible “down time” that can happened due to many factors. Some time as simple as severe whether in the area of your providers server. When choosing a provider you should factor in a possibility of server down time. If your website is meant to make you money, on day of server being down may cost you way more than $417. You need to decide if you can loose $417 or more just because your sites were down.

Treat your websites as you would treat your investment, do not put all your eggs in one basket. For your convenience we provided you a list of provider that host multiple domains:

6 Domains in One Account:

Blue Host

Dot 5 Hosting

4-10 Domains in One Account:

Apollo Hosting

AN Hosting

Unlimited domains in one account:

HostICan

Hostgator

HostMonster

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Fantastico Installer

Fantasctico is a script that allows you to install web based application directly from you cPanel. Many webhosting providers offer this script as part of your services. Generally it takes less than a minute to install an application via Fantastico script. Since our website is hosted by BlueHost, we will use their Fatastco Script as an example. Keep in mind that applications within Fantastico may vary and may not be up to date. Another reason we have chosen to provide BlueHost as an example is that their Fantastico script notifies you whenever an update to an application(s) is available so you can update to most current version.

When you log into your cPanel on BlueHost, you will find Fantasctico under Addons / Plugins menu. Generally Fatastico script represented by this smiley face icon:

When you click Fantastico, you browser will bring you to the installation panel where you can choose from many different applications. Note that with Fantastico a MySQL database (where required) will be created, so you will need to assign database user when prompted.

Following is the list of applications available through Fantastico with BlueHost

Blogs

• b2evolution
• Nucleus
• pMachine Free
• WordPress

Content Management

• Geeklog
• Joomla
• Mambo Open Source
• PHP-Nuke
• phpWCMS
• phpWebSite
• Post-Nuke
• Siteframe
• Xoops

Customer Relationship

• Crafty Syntax Live Help
• Help Center Live
• osTicket
• PHP Support Tickets
• Support Logic Helpdesk
• Support Services Manager

Discussion Boards

• phpBB2
• SMF

E-Commerce

• CubeCart
• OS Commerce
• Zen Cart

F.A.Q.

• FAQMasterFlex

Guestbooks

• ViPER Guestbook

Hosting Billing

• AccountLab Plus
• phpCOIN

Image Galleries

• 4Images Gallery
• Coppermine Photo Gallery
• Gallery

Mailing Lists

• PHPlist

Polls and Surveys

• Advanced Poll
• phpESP
• PHPSurveyor

Project Management

• dotProject
• PHProjekt

Site Builders

• Templates Express

Wiki

• TikiWiki
• PhpWiki

Other Scripts

• Dew-NewPHPLinks
• Moodle
• Noahs Classifieds
• Open-Realty
• phpAdsNew
• phpFormGenerator
• WebCalendar

Extras

• Language
• Side menu appearance
• Email notifications

Apollo Hosting: Linux vs Windows Hosting

We have recently updated Apollo Hosting Profile on our website. With this update you can see detailed plan information on Linux Shared Hosting as well as Windows Shared Hosting. If you are not sure which plan is better for you please read following.

When should I choose Linux Hosting?

If you do not need any of the Microsoft-specific applications, such as ASP, ASP.NET, MS SQL or MS Access databases, it is most likely that Linux hosting will be a good choice for you since majority of websites on the Internet are hosted on Linux servers.

When should I choose Windows hosting?

If you are absolutely certain that your website requires Microsoft-specific applications then Windows hosting will be your choice.