Choosing a Web Host and CMS
For my WDMD 346 Winterim class we have to choose a web host for our final project. I narrowed my choices down to 1and1 or GoDaddy. I looked online for reviews to see which one was better. What I realized was that GoDaddy was really slow because of how many people use it and 1and1 was slightly less slow, but still slow. I also checked out prices and the two are pretty similar. When I checked out forums that compared the two hosts I found the majority of people thought that 1and1 had terrible support and GoDaddy had decent support. I’m not sure which one I will choose for my final project quite yet.
As far as choosing a CMS I have decided to go with Joomla! because Drupal is more confusing and I’m very new to working with Content management systems. I think I will have a lot more support with Joomla! than Drupal and at the end I’m sure that’s what I’ll need. It should be an interesting and challenging experience.
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I decided to go with 1 & 1 web hosting – it seems like the more secure choice. I’ve been reading too much negative feedback about godaddy.com – it seems too mainstream and too popular to have adequate support and bandwidth capabilities to suit my needs. Then again, 1 & 1 didn’t have the greatest customer support either.
Oh well, what can you do? (rhetorically speaking) I have heard that “inmotion hosting” was a quality web hosting company, however I have yet to check them out and as a non-WDMD major, I feel it is the safest alternative to stick with a host that the professor, as well as other students, are properly versed in – just in case.
mrscottv - January 11, 2010 at 5:26 am |