What is the best platform for designing and a hosting a user-created content website?
Question:
My friend and I have an idea for a website along the design lines of textsfromlastnight.com and fmylife.com – I grew up with computers and have designed and hosted basic websites before but it’s been 6+ years since then and a lot has changed; I’m suddenly feeling very lost.
Right now our plan is to host a WordPress website on goDaddy – is this the best option? If not, what is?
Answer:
WordPress is the drop dead simplest way to get a user-created content website up and running in just a couple of minutes, but Lord God Almighty, do not use GoDaddy for your web hosting.
Both of the following hosts will give you unlimited hosting space, bandwidth, email, databases (for WordPress) and a lot more. You can also get a free domain name with hosting purchase. You don’t need to buy any of the extras, just get the hosting. You’ll also be able to host additional domain names on the account without buying more hosting. They are cheaper than godaddy and you’ll get so much more for your money without the frustration of that horrible control panel they have. With as many complaints as they have about it, I’d think by now they’d do something about that.
#1 Choice for WordPress Hosting
If you want the absolute best WordPress hosting, get a WebHostingHub account. It’s my personal favorite. I have one and it’s the best WordPress host I’ve ever used. WordPress runs blazing fast on it because the web servers are configured for WordPress and they’ve got a great tech support team team that knows how to do WordPress. You will NOT get that “we don’t support WordPress” crap from them. FTP is really fast, too. The Hub has an A+ BBB rating, too. They use cPanel control panel with Fantastico, a 1-click script installer for WordPress and a whole bunch of other software. Plans start as low as $4.95/month.
#2 Choice for WordPress Hosting
iPage is another very popular host for WordPress. They use the vDeck control panel and use the SimpleScripts software installer. It has about 20 more scripts that Fantastico does. The control panel is easy to use and they don’t limit you to the number of web page files you have on your account. Other hosts actually have limits, even with unlimited hosting space. Oh, and they are eco-friendly. The data center is powered by renewable wind energy WITHOUT charging extra for it like some other green hosts. Plans start as low as $3.50/month, sometimes only $2.95.
