Wordpress website for non-technical user/manager
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I'm going to help a buddy set up a website for his new construction business. He's not technical at all and needs a very simple platform to create content, edit pages occasionally (if ever), etc. Wordpress is my go-to choice for this. I'm no web designer, but there are plenty of great templates out there, to fit this exact need. Decision 1, made.
Now for decision 2. I'm looking to get some feedback in regards to hosting. Simple options that I thought of so far:
- Vultr. Get a $5 box, spin up WP on CentOS7.
- A2 hosting (I picked them, because a quick google search yielded a comparison site, listing A2 as a pretty good option.)
- Some other shared hosting provider.
Which option is recommended in this scenario? I'd imagine, since it is a new business, that the traffic will be very low for the foreseeable future. The guy just needs a web presence right now.
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@fuznutz04 said in Wordpress website for non-technical user/manager:
- A2 hosting (I picked them, because a quick google search yielded a comparison site, listing A2 as a pretty good option.)
I take it that you missed their thread this week where they were shown to be ridiculously slow?
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@fuznutz04 said in Wordpress website for non-technical user/manager:
- Vultr. Get a $5 box, spin up WP on CentOS7.
Doesn't really make sense to build your own at that price. Not unless you are setting up a hosting business.
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@scottalanmiller said in Wordpress website for non-technical user/manager:
@fuznutz04 said in Wordpress website for non-technical user/manager:
- A2 hosting (I picked them, because a quick google search yielded a comparison site, listing A2 as a pretty good option.)
I take it that you missed their thread this week where they were shown to be ridiculously slow?
Yep, must have totally missed that one. -
We've been pretty happy with A Small Orange.
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@scottalanmiller said in Wordpress website for non-technical user/manager:
We've been pretty happy with A Small Orange.
What's the story with those guys? Weren't they bought out a couple years ago by some large org?
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@fuznutz04 said in Wordpress website for non-technical user/manager:
@scottalanmiller said in Wordpress website for non-technical user/manager:
We've been pretty happy with A Small Orange.
What's the story with those guys? Weren't they bought out a couple years ago by some large org?
Yeah, and they have remained mostly the same, but I don't like what they've joined. I'm not saying that you should use them, only that we were on them before they were acquired and they remained good. We are moving off as we have several large clients doing loads of websites now and it will make sense to run a dedicated infrastructure for them. But that's very special case.
It's more money, but Cloudways is here in the community and offers a premium service. But you can't get below $11/mo.
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So with ASO, for WP, would you recommend their "Shared" plan at $5 or their specific "WP" plan?
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@fuznutz04 said in Wordpress website for non-technical user/manager:
So with ASO, for WP, would you recommend their "Shared" plan at $5 or their specific "WP" plan?
I've never used their WP specific plan. Their $5 shared plan has been very good.
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@scottalanmiller That's good enough for me. I'll check them out.
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https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1978828-a-small-orange-keeps-suspending-my-account
What's going on with this then?
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@Breffni-Potter lol I just saw that and was going to post
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We are looking at moving, now I'm glad that we are! Eeek.
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@Breffni-Potter Sigh... And I was just about to mark this questions as "answered."
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How is basic webhosting a market that is so hard to get a good product in?
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Because its a race to the bottom commodity service.
Give up the idea that you can get good service for cheap these days. It just does not work. You need to pay more if you want good service.
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@Breffni-Potter said in Wordpress website for non-technical user/manager:
Because its a race to the bottom commodity service.
Give up the idea that you can get good service for cheap these days. It just does not work. You need to pay more if you want good service.
Sure, but show me an expensive once that is good. Cloudways looks great, but lacks a Softaculous-like component that a lot of people are looking for.
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I run a single site on a VPS. It's easier to manage Drupal installations that way. It's set for auto update and it automatically does a backup of the site/database each night and ships it off. It's as simple as
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Well there is this FANTASTIC company out there called Dara IT. You can choose from a list of providers and they do all the config, handle billing, support. Oh it is a dream to work with those guys.
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@Breffni-Potter said in Wordpress website for non-technical user/manager:
Well there is this FANTASTIC company out there called Dara IT. You can choose from a list of providers and they do all the config, handle billing, support. Oh it is a dream to work with those guys.
*cough*shameless plug*cough*
