Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Re: [Skunkworks] Domain Registration and hosting

General recommendation - let ISPs provide Internet
and let hosting companies do the hosting ...

When choosing a domain and web host I would recommend:

1. Separate domain and web/email hosting so if there is
a problem with one of them you are covered

2. Make sure you have full access over DNS with your
host so that you can do emergency changes yourself
without having to email someone and wait for a reply. All
serious domain hosts offer this service and a few of the
combined domain/web/email hosts as well.

3. If you are even just considering creating more than one
website get a web host that allows more than one domain
per hosting account as this will save you a lot in the end.

4. If you will do anything out of the ordinary (PHP or other
static file based hosting) like Ruby or Django make sure the
web host supports this. The most common hosting platforms
cPanel and Plesk do not support anything but the basics.

5. SSH access to your hosting account is also a
must if you want to do advanced stuff

6. Don't believe the word unlimited. If bandwidth or disk space
is unlimited make sure to read the fine print carefully as
all web hosts offering this usually have something like
"unless misused or interferes with our services" in their
terms and conditions and they decide when you misuse their
services.

For domain hosting of .com there are a number of companies.
GoDaddy (don't do web hosting with them!), Joker.com,
Network Solutions etc

For .co.ke the cheapest one where you have total control
over your domain is http://www.eacdirectory.com/ for
2,340KES

For dynamic web applications and websites the best one
I know of is http://www.webfaction.com/. They offer 10GB
space and SSH access (you can install your own web server
if you want Nginx features that are not available in their
standard installation for example). You can host as many
domains as you want. The main limit is 80MB memory for
your Apache processes but if you just run PHP apps you
can probably host 20 sites. With Django I found that 5-6
still works. All for 102USD a year ... they don't do domain
hosting - another sign of quality :)
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