Webhost recommendation - 06/06/2001 3:58 AM
This is not one of those unbelievable deals! recommendations, simply a heads-up for a decent webhost I've recently moved to and why I'm happy about them (so far ;)).
A year ago I had no idea how to pick a webhost, but after some months of tending a decent little ubb community I've gotten a heck of a lot more picky, and my then-webhost turned out to suck, not to put too fine a point on it. (Nav & Charles are still traumatized that these doofi run the oldest version of Apache they've ever seen). *ahem* Anyway this is what I looked for in a new webhost, and www.webintellects.com turned out to fulfill them (found 'em on cnet):
— ~$18.95
— telnet access
— 200M of space, upgradable if I need to (without having to go up to the next-level package)
— good tech response (so far, very nice: normal daylight hours, but you can send a form that gets forwarded to the techs after-hours, and unbelievably, the one time I've used it after 10pm they responded within the hour.)
— recent versions of apache/perl etc
— decent uptime (they checked out fine on netcraft.com)
Extras I didnt' expect but appreciate:
— site admin control panel that lets you add other users & give them space/priviledges as you see fit
— a back-up utility that tars and gzips the entire site when/where you want for easy download to your own comp.
— this might seem petty but I liked it: the welcome email included the paths to perl & sendmail, which added that simple pro touch I like so much.
Anyway, this is long-winded enough, but it took me weeks to hunt them down, so in case it saves anyone the trouble, check 'em out.
A year ago I had no idea how to pick a webhost, but after some months of tending a decent little ubb community I've gotten a heck of a lot more picky, and my then-webhost turned out to suck, not to put too fine a point on it. (Nav & Charles are still traumatized that these doofi run the oldest version of Apache they've ever seen). *ahem* Anyway this is what I looked for in a new webhost, and www.webintellects.com turned out to fulfill them (found 'em on cnet):
— ~$18.95
— telnet access
— 200M of space, upgradable if I need to (without having to go up to the next-level package)
— good tech response (so far, very nice: normal daylight hours, but you can send a form that gets forwarded to the techs after-hours, and unbelievably, the one time I've used it after 10pm they responded within the hour.)
— recent versions of apache/perl etc
— decent uptime (they checked out fine on netcraft.com)
Extras I didnt' expect but appreciate:
— site admin control panel that lets you add other users & give them space/priviledges as you see fit
— a back-up utility that tars and gzips the entire site when/where you want for easy download to your own comp.
— this might seem petty but I liked it: the welcome email included the paths to perl & sendmail, which added that simple pro touch I like so much.
Anyway, this is long-winded enough, but it took me weeks to hunt them down, so in case it saves anyone the trouble, check 'em out.
