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What website hosting do you use?
Jason Frizzelle, Photographer
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Greenville | NC | USA | Posted: 6:14 PM on 09.28.07 |
->> Just curious whos using what website service out there and if these build your own website sites are any good. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Jason |
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Geoff Miller, Photographer
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Portage | MI | USA | Posted: 6:23 PM on 09.28.07 |
| ->> WebHost4Life... "I roll my own." |
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Jim Redman, Photographer
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Austin | TX | USA | Posted: 6:25 PM on 09.28.07 |
| ->> I use Aplus.net 170 Gig of space for $9.95 a month. Great customer support. Been with them for about 6 years. I did my own web site, but I think they offer that service. |
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Clint Austin, Photographer
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Duluth | MN | USA | Posted: 7:03 PM on 09.28.07 |
| ->> I use Dreamhost. $7.95 per month for 179 GB and they give you monthly disk storage and bandwidth upgrades. They are a carbon neutral service as well if environmental impact matters to you. |
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Jason Frizzelle, Photographer
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Greenville | NC | USA | Posted: 7:04 PM on 09.28.07 |
| ->> Okay another newbie question. If i get the seemless custom option on photo shelter do I need a shopping cart option from the hosting company? Basicly I need a photo site I can learn on and customize with my ps galleries. Any specifics would be great. And thanks. |
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Les Bentley, Photographer
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Orlando | FL | USA | Posted: 8:23 PM on 09.28.07 |
| ->> Siteground, 5.95 per month - 500 GB. |
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Andrew Smith, Photographer
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Tain | Ross-shire | United Kingdom | Posted: 8:28 PM on 09.28.07 |
->> Pair. I'd recommend them because they're reliable but the two problems I've had with them were big ones:
1. When I first signed up I found that their e-mail server was terrible, so I decided to move my e-mail elsewhere and just use Pair for web hosting, which they do very well.
2. I used to run a high-volume site and I paid $180/month for the huge amount of bandwidth it churned through. When I closed that site I switched to a cheaper account. It was then that I discovered they had changed their accounts some time earlier and the amount of bandwidth I was paying $180 for had been available on an $18/month package. I dread to think of the hundreds if not thousands of dollars I paid unnecessarily. I do feel aggrieved that they didn't notify me of the changes. |
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Ramsay de Give, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Santa Fe | NM | USA | Posted: 9:14 PM on 09.28.07 |
->> http://www.Mediatemple.net - is unstoppable! They have the best customer service out of ANY company I've dealt with. Very highly recommended
rams |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Live HVN : Work SFO-NYC | | | Posted: 10:47 PM on 09.28.07 |
->> My site lives on http://www.s2f.com
s2f is run by the lovely folks who also seem to watch over SportsShooter, Grover and Burf. |
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Eric Wolfe, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Fullerton & Los Angeles | CA | USA | Posted: 10:49 PM on 09.28.07 |
->> I would stay away from anything that offers high or unlimited bandwidth/storage space for pretty cheap. These hosts tend to oversell their server space and therefore are more prone to slow loading times and outages.
I am actually in the process of shopping around myself as I would like to leave my current host, IX Webhosting. The reliability of http://www.hostgator.com seems good. |
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Matthew OHaren, Photographer
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Harrisburg | PA | USA | Posted: 12:13 AM on 09.29.07 |
| ->> I currently have my site hosted by godaddy.com, and I was in the process of having my friend help me out, but it's just been taking too long and I've been thinking about switching over and going with a service that is all backdriven. This way, all I have to do is talk with the designer on how I want the appearance and how I want it laid out and they take care of setting it all up. The designers I've looked at are livebooks.com, sitewelder.com, and also bludomain.com. I've pretty much narrowed my choice down to sitewelder.com and bludomain.com. Anybody have any insight on these two web designers? |
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Kevin M. Cox, Photographer, Assistant
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Galveston / Houston | TX | US | Posted: 12:42 AM on 09.29.07 |
->> I also have several domains hosted using S2F. Support has been prompt the few times I've needed it. They can even help out over IM which is nice. I had a simple problem last week and Grover sorted it out over IM in about 3 minutes which was great.
My only complaint would be the loss of the email contact form they used to provide (but Grover is supposed to be working on fixing that for me). |
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Andrew Wilz, Photographer
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Karsten Moran, Photographer, Photo Editor
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New York | NY | United States of America | Posted: 1:54 AM on 09.29.07 |
->> I'll second recommendations for Pair and Ipower. Over the last few years I've run a few websites off of Ipower servers for clients - and now host my own with them. Occasionally we run into problems, but they seem to be on top of things over there. Pair is a bit more hands on, but also more expensive. I set up one site on Pair for a client who was unhappy with the ipower service. Great hosting in both cases.
I also suggest you hire someone to set up a site for you. If you go with photoshelter, you can use their checkout system so you don't need to worry about something like that built into your server - though most come standard with that sort of thing these days.
Feel free to email me if you have any specific questions about either service. |
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Wade Barker, Student/Intern, Photographer
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College Station | TX | USA | Posted: 2:53 AM on 09.29.07 |
| ->> I've had several sites with Powweb for about 5 years and have been very happy. |
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Svein Ove Ekornesvaag, Photographer
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Aalesund | Møre og Romsdal | Norway | Posted: 6:01 AM on 09.29.07 |
| ->> I use http://www.easerve.com. Lot's of diskspace, bandwith and support for the superb .NET 2.0. Great customer service also. |
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Max Gersh, Student/Intern, Photo Editor
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St. Louis | MO | USA | Posted: 9:31 AM on 09.29.07 |
->> I recommend http://www.1and1.com They have tons of different package options. They also don't overcharge for the domain name. It is really easy to set up and they have been around for a while so they have a solid foundation. BTW, you probably dont need hundreds of gigs of storage. The photos you put on your site ought to be highly compressed and downsized so people dont rip you off and also so people dont have to wait forever for your images to load. I started with 10 gigs of storage. 1and 1 makes it easy to upgrade your account if you ever need to.
-Max- |
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Jason Frizzelle, Photographer
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Greenville | NC | USA | Posted: 12:16 PM on 09.29.07 |
| ->> Oh yeah one more question....How many people are doing multimedia and which hosts support flash and soundslides on a mac......and thanks once again its been a lot of help. |
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Svein Ove Ekornesvaag, Photographer
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Aalesund | Møre og Romsdal | Norway | Posted: 12:38 PM on 09.29.07 |
| ->> I've just started doing multimedia, and the output is just regular swf files. So I think it only depends on the computer/browser wich the user has when it comes to being able to play the swf(flash) slideshow. I don't know how flash works on mac, but on a regular pc it's no problem. |
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David Ahntholz, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Cleveland | OH | USA | Posted: 1:18 PM on 09.29.07 |
->> http://www.eleven2.com
Fast servers, inexpensive rates, lots of bandwidth, and good customer service. Look up the "launchparty" service.
Flash (and Soundslides) can be run on any server, but there are differences if you want to run PHP or MySQL databases, as not all hosts will provide those services. |
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Karsten Moran, Photographer, Photo Editor
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New York | NY | United States of America | Posted: 1:33 PM on 09.29.07 |
| ->> Svein is right, you can upload swf files to any server you want. If you want to use mysql, php, and perl, however, you will want to make sure that your server supports the versions of those programs/languages you are using. |
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Marie Hughes, Photographer
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Fremont | CA | USA | Posted: 1:52 PM on 09.29.07 |
| ->> I have VPS on servint.com. It's like having my own server only I share the physical machine with a few other people. I run about 5 sites through that one account. |
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Jesse Beals, Photographer
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Silverdale | WA | USA | Posted: 4:39 PM on 09.29.07 |
->> Ipowerweb
Never had a problem with the site. Plus they have help me every time I had a question.
http://www.jboriginals.com |
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Josh Gibney, Photographer
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Somerswowrth | NH | USA | Posted: 5:19 PM on 09.29.07 |
->> I just signed up for lunarpages and so far am very happy. I used kazix for a few years, they came highly recommended, and until just recently was very happy with them.
two weeks ago, my site was 'temporarily deactivated' according to a default suspension page all of my webpages were switched to. I tried to contact the company for 2 weeks and was ignored. They didn't have a phone number listed, and I think their address is bogus. I sent a certified letter to them this past week, but I don't think much will come of it...
So yeah, stay away from Kazix. |
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Bill Mitchell, Photographer
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Tempe | AZ | USA | Posted: 8:51 PM on 09.29.07 |
| ->> I use Go Daddy for all of the sites that I support and I'm very happy with them. I had Yahoo Hosting for a couple of years but became unhappy with their email reliability. I then tried StartLogic for a while, but couldn't get away from them fast enough. |
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Avi Gerver, Photographer
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New York | NY | USA | Posted: 11:01 PM on 10.02.07 |
| ->> I second David's http://www.lunarpages.com recommendation. You can't beat them when it comes to features to cost ratio and their excellent customer service. |
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Paul Nelson, Photographer
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Temperance | MI | USA | Posted: 11:13 PM on 10.02.07 |
| ->> bluehost has been worth the cost consolidation for me. I really liked XO and was with them for a good 7+ years, but didn't like the recent prices. |
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Walter Calahan, Photographer
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Westminster | MD | USA | Posted: 12:16 PM on 10.03.07 |
->> http://www.dogbark.com/
Tell them I sent you. Grin.
I have no idea if they are better or cheaper than anyone else. |
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Russ Isabella, Photographer
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Salt Lake City | UT | USA | Posted: 3:20 PM on 10.03.07 |
| ->> Another lunarpages recommendation. |
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Jon Thorpe, Photographer
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Toronto | On | Canada | Posted: 4:48 PM on 10.03.07 |
| ->> http://www.hostgator.com remains at the top of my list. Fast, reliable, and the tech support is GREAT. have been hosting numerous sites with them for a few years now. |
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Patrick Murphy-Racey, Photographer
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Powell | TN | USA | Posted: 1:06 PM on 03.25.08 |
| ->> I've been using dogbark.com for almost nine years now. they are not the cheapest, but if you use a Mac, they are a great choice. No longer will you hear from tech support, that "our mac guys is off today... call back next tuesday." They are more expensive than most discounted hosting services AND WORTH EVERY EXTRA PENNY!!!! |
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Bastian Ehl, Photographer
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Magdeburg | _ | Germany | Posted: 5:07 PM on 03.25.08 |
->> All-Inkl - http://www.all-inkl.com
I do all coding and design on my own. For my archive, I use the customize option from Photoshelter, so it's look like the rest of my site. |
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Rene Mireles, Photographer
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Holland | MI | USA | Posted: 10:02 AM on 03.26.08 |
| ->> I use godaddy & bludomain, plus now photoshelter for archiving |
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Steven E. Frischling, Photographer
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Live HVN : Work SFO-NYC | | | Posted: 12:31 PM on 03.26.08 |
| ->> My sites all live on s2f, http://www.s2f.com. The same folks who host some sites you might like....like SportsShooter. |
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Scott Mallon, Photographer
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Bangkok | N/A | Thailand | Posted: 2:02 PM on 03.26.08 |
| ->> I also use Host Gator and they've been excellent. Virtually no down time in all the time I've used them and excellent customer service. |
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David Harpe, Photographer
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Louisville | KY | USA | Posted: 2:48 PM on 03.26.08 |
->> I am in the process of leaving dreamhost. I've given them a try since November. During that time I've had numerous performance issues on my really simple sites and several outages. They've moved me to several servers and the new ones would work for awhile, then they'd overload them again and I'd start getting outages. Yesterday they had a major outage which took out their control panel for several hours, so I decided to bail even with several months left on a contract.
Currently evaluating Host Gator. A little quirky to set up, but customer support has been great so far and performance seems really good.
Dave |
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Kevin Clifford, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Reno | NV | United States | Posted: 3:13 PM on 03.26.08 |
->> godaddy.com
yeah I know their web site is messy, but you get lots of storage at a cheap price and I haven't had issues with them for over two years. |
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Rick Yeatts, Photographer
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Dallas | TX | USA | Posted: 3:13 PM on 03.26.08 |
| ->> Sorry wrong post. For web site service if you have a Mac try machighway.com |
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Eric Canha, Photographer
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Not Listed | MA | United States | Posted: 3:14 PM on 03.26.08 |
| ->> I've been on GoDaddy for almost a year now. Haven't had any issues. Hosting 4 domains. Great service too. |
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Richard Favinger Jr, Photographer
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Pottstown | PA | USA | Posted: 4:49 PM on 03.26.08 |
->> I use : http://www.westhost.com/
Have had them for over 3 years now, no trouble at all, call for service even on Sunday's some one picked up! They have been rated, Web Host Magazine Editors Choice, CNET Platinum Performer,E-Commerce Host of the Year... ect, ect... great service. |
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Nic Summers, Photographer
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Nic Summers, Photographer
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Mount Prospect | IL | USA | Posted: 10:38 PM on 07.30.08 |
| ->> I retract my recommendation BLEUHOST.com They have developed issues. |
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