The setting up and running of a server to serve web pages via the internet or LAN. Technical questions about the server (if you have access to it) maybe best asked on serverfault.com. Read the answers to this question: ...
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How to find web hosting that meets my requirements?
This question is here so we can offer users who are looking for information on how to determine which web hosting solution is right for them some guidance. All future questions pertaining to finding ...
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How difficult is an unmanaged VPS?
I have some sites hosted on a shared-hosting/cpanel environment and need to make a move up. I have some experience running my own server, but it is very basic (a local box to do live testing/file ...
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Why would anyone need my registrar information for a new web site?
I work for a company that has an older website. We hired a firm to update our web site and index it properly. I have control of the actual domain name. I created an FTP site for them to use, but they ...
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What are advantages and disadvantages in using VPS hosting vs standard Web hosting services?
I saw many companies offer Virtual Private Server hosting beside their Web Hosting packages.
I was wondering what are the differences, pros and contros.
Thanks
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Do web hosts really mean 'Unlimited'?
I'm developing a webapp where my users can save a lot of images,videos and audios on my site.So I need a hosting service which offers large disk space.Many hosting services say 'Unlimited',so do they ...
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Web hosts for controversial (yet legal) content
A lot of web hosts will take down a site at the first hint of trouble. What sites can I use to host controversial (yet legal) content?
(Examples of such content might be a whistleblower site or an ...
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How to choose between web hosting and cloud hosting?
How to choose between normal web hosting and cloud hosting, what are the key points that can make this decision easier.
and does everything i can do in the normal web hosting is possible in cloud one?
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7answers
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Whats actually wrong with GoDaddy? [closed]
I've heard in many places that Godaddy is a horrible hosting provider, but rarely exact reasons on why. I've been with them for a 2+ years and am okay with their hosting. And I run roughly 7 low ...
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What should I consider when choosing a hosting provider?
I finished my website. It's awesome! How should I go about selecting a hosting provider? What features should I look for? What "got-chas" should I be aware of?
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How widely used is VPS hosting for personal sites?
I'm considering a move from my shared hosting setup to a Virtual Private Server. I'm aware of the major benefits and downsides of this idea.
I have a few personal sites I would be running. Given the ...
12
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3answers
367 views
Shared vs. Dedicated Hosting [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find web hosting that meets my requirements?
What is the difference between shared hosting and dedicated hosting for my website?
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Does changing web hosting server affects SEO page ranking?
I have been hosting in a server from last 2 years. I am planning to change the hosting server. Before i change the hosting server i would like to know whether it affects my page ranking or not?
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Can someone explain the true landscape of Rails vs PHP deployment, particularly within the context of Reseller-based web hosting (e.g., Hostgator)?
Currently, I have a reseller account with the company HostGator. I design websites, which up until now have occasionally been wrapped in Wordpress CMSs and the like (PHP applications). I then sell ...
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Image CDN with API?
My company uses flickr and picasa web albums as poor man's content delivery networks (CDN) for image hosting, but I'm curious if anyone has any recommendations on any other services that might be ...
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2answers
268 views
Is it common, or “smart”, for high-traffic sites use externally-hosted js/css frameworks?
Many popular JS/CSS frameworks are offered via Google's Libraries API (jQuery, Dojo, MooTools etc.). Yahoo also hosts it's own YUI toolkit, as do many others.
Do any high volume/traffic sites ...
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Hosting speed tests?
Are there any sites to test the speed of your hosting? I know there are sites that will tell you why your site is slow, e.g. - YSlow, etc., but how about the speed of bandwidth you get from your ...
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2answers
518 views
Investigating and finding a web host [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find web hosting that meets my requirements?
I am looking for a website host and have been searching the web for similar websites(similar to my website) and ...
8
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6answers
952 views
Cloud hosting vs dedicated hosting: advantages and disadvantages
I'm currently looking for a hosting company that can provide a very solid service with a 100% SLA.
In the search both cloud hosting and managed dedicated hosting have come up. (I'd rather not manage ...
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333 views
Can you store your site entirely with Amazon Web Services?
Can I host my entire site at AWS or do I need to have shared hosting/server in order to use AWS, my site runs on php and mysql.
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2answers
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What is the maximum number of DNS A-records you can use on one domain?
Is it correct that there is no limit to how many DNS A records can be set on a domain?
My boss asked me this and it made me curious, I can't find anything online.
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How can I measure website page load times from different countries?
Recently, I migrated one of my personal projects into cloud and hosted the app on UK based servers.
I reside in Turkey and I would like to see how long it takes for my pages to load for UK based ...
7
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3answers
277 views
Company blog, host internally or not?
If I have a website for a company selling product(s). Is there any difference in terms of rewards/penalties from having a company blog hosted interally (for example mycompany.com/blog) or going ...
7
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3answers
215 views
Virtual Private Server vs. Dedicated Hosting [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find web hosting that meets my requirements?
What is the difference between virtual private server and dedicated hosting for my website?
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What are the steps for starting a website from scratch?
Starting before design, before coding anything. What steps need to be taken to fully implement a working website?
EDIT
I mean both from a technical and a non-technical perspective.
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4answers
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Is it feasible to run a public-facing website from my home network?
I have to a get a very simple data entry website up and running. This website will be accessed by only a few people at a time (at most), but usually only one person, and not very frequently - maybe a ...
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Whats is the best Windows VPS hosting? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find web hosting that meets my requirements?
I'm currently using shared hosting.
I want more control over my IIS and also I need to run in full trust.
There are a ...
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How to find out which hosting company someone is hosting at?
You can whois a domain to see who the domain is registered with.
Is there anyway you can find out which company a individual is hosting with? (i.e. Rackspace, Godaddy, etc.)
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Do I need to physically host my website in separate countries for SEO?
I run an ecommerce store that is hosted in Ireland, and ranks ok with google.ie
The market for this comapny is the Republic of Ireland and the UK.
Is it beneficial for me to have a UK hosted ...
6
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3answers
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How can I host a website on a dynamically-assigned IP address?
I recently upgraded my internet to the point that it is much faster and more reliable than my current webhost. I would like to move my current domain to be hosted at home, but my IP address is ...
6
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2answers
290 views
Web hosting providers and performance
Is there a way that we can measure performance for a host provider? If so, I would like to start this post as a wiki for everyone to chime in regarding their hosting provider.
(I want to change but ...
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2answers
140 views
How to test the migration of a domain without actually changing the domain?
I have a somewhat complicated situation. We have a blog let's say at myblog.com and it is running fine. However, we now want to cut the budget and use a free hosting service isgreat.org. The service ...
6
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2answers
369 views
Why shouldn't I use Amazon S3 for hosting a static webpage
I remember reading somewhere that there was a serious pitfall to using Amazon S3 for hosting a static website. I forgot what it was though. To me, S3 seems like a perfect option. Super fast, super ...
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4answers
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Webhosting company able to unhash passwords?
Tonight I was using the cPanel of a web-site I host and when I went to change the password I received a warning that I couldn't change the password to my desired password because it was too similar to ...
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When to upgrade your web-hosting? Advantages of VPS?
Right now I'm using shared hosting from ixwebhosting. As I've developed more websites for clients and continue to receive more visitors each month I have experienced a lot of "lag" and slow load times ...
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4answers
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Getting domain & hosting together or separate
some people suggest getting hosting and domain names separate as hosts that bundle domain names with hosting make it difficult to switch hosts. how true is that?
i am considering host gator. i see a ...
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4answers
436 views
Can you recommend ways to manage code deployment to a Linux based web server?
I've always used a very simple bash script to deploy code. I'm moving away from using subversion to Mercurial but I don't really think the revision control software matters for deployment.
What are ...
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462 views
What is the difference between JSP and PHP regarding hosting?
Is it easy to host a jsp website like PHP? Is the server open source like Apache? and What is the best server for jsp?
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What is your experience with Amazon EC2 hosting?
What is your experience with Amazon EC2 cloud hosting service?
a) setting up and configuring the service
b) maintenance
c) speed / latency
d) reliability?
Amazon did experience some major outages ...
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2answers
271 views
How to check on the 99.99% Up time Guarantee?
I subscribed to a Virtual Private Server (VPS) which promises 99.99% of up time guarantee. But I often encounter down time, slow access time and I'm thinking about how to "get them".
Is there anyway/ ...
6
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6answers
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Frustrated trying to find a hosting company for my .Net site ? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find web hosting that meets my requirements?
I have spent weeks trying to find information on hosting sites for my site. I currently use 1&1 but I need to ...
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What are the best hosting services for Drupal?
When I upload a drupal website on the web, I usually have issues such as:
imagecache module failing to create duplicates of my images
FUpload (multiple image upload) creating issues and warnings
...
6
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1answer
289 views
What are the consequences of leaving a domain name's TTL value low
My host recommends lowering the TTL value of my domain prior to making DNS changes and then suggests that I should raise them after changes are finsihed. What are the negative consequences of leaving ...
6
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2answers
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How steep is the learning curve when moving from shared (cPanel) webhosting to a VPS (e.g. Linode)?
In all shared hosting environments, one can be agnostic to the running OS. What happens in the case of Linode?
I know it allows pretty flexible Linux installations, but for starters, besides choosing ...
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2answers
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Does using Litespeed instead of Apache speed up wordpress?
I've read that Litespeed is alot faster than apache. I use mostly wordpress and joomla sites and am looking for a new server. Will i see a significant increase in speed of wordpress being on a ...
6
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5answers
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How to include content from remote server while keeping that content secure
I am hosting collection of videos, for which I retain the copyright, on a file server that I'd like to share with family and friends. When a user visits my file server via a web browser they are ...
5
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3answers
291 views
Dedicated Hosting 101
I've been running small websites for years, but recently developed a site that is attracting more traffic than expected. My shared web hosting provider has warned me that this is causing a high load ...
5
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2answers
2k views
Cost of hosting on Google App Engine
How does the cost of hosting on Google App Engine compare to hosting on more classical servers for a high traffic website?
What's the answer for a website with 1000 page views per minute and how do ...
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3answers
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My Sites Were Hacked. What To Do?
I host multiple domains with this very popular hosting provider and I just went into one of my sites and... I see a black page with message "Hacked by...". I checked and all my sites with the provider ...
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4answers
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WebHosting solutions allowing self-made Apache modules [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find web hosting that meets my requirements?
I am searching for a web hosting solution that would allow me to use my own Apache modules written in C.
Have you ...
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Can I buy a domain from one company and use it at another web host?
I've been out of the loop of this kind of stuff for a while but can someone please explain to me how buying a domain name and then getting it hosted works. Let's say if for example I bought a domain ...
