If you happen to choose bluehost, I might be able to help you with migration!
Have you seen their prices? Are they acceptable within Kubuntu's budget? 28 maj 2015 23:03 "Ovidiu-Florin BOGDAN" <[email protected]> napisał(a): > Hello World, > > > > Considering current events I have some doubts ahout our new site hosting. > We have had reasons to consider a different hosting for our new site, but > now I feel that we have more. > > > > I've talked with a hosting company about hosting our new website. They are > the top most recommended hosting company by WordPress. I'm talking about > BlueHost. Here's a copy of the chat trancript I've had with them. I believe > this answeres most of our questions. > > > > Do you like this? Should we go for this? I'm waiting for votes from the KC > and feedback from the community. > > > > If necessary I'll make a side by side comparison with our current hosting, > but I don't think that's necessary. > > > > BEGIN TRANSCRIPT > > ======================================== > > [Initial Question] Provider: Bluehost - My Domain is: "kubuntu.org" > Hosting options > > (13:57) [Braxton] Hi there! Thank you for contacting Sales today! How can > I help you? > > (13:57) [Ovidiu-Florin] Hello > > (13:58) [Ovidiu-Florin] We've built a new website for our project, and > it's currently here http://kubwp.kubuntu.co.uk/ > > (13:58) [Ovidiu-Florin] we are looking for hosting for it > > (13:59) [Ovidiu-Florin] WordPress.org recommended you guys > > (13:59) [Braxton] You could certainly host here, what is it you are > looking for in a hosting provider? > > (13:59) [Ovidiu-Florin] We don't have sysadmins in our team, so that > would be a requirement > > (14:0) [Ovidiu-Florin] we have developers, and we like to tinker with the > theme and very likely with some plugins > > (14:0) [Ovidiu-Florin] so access to change their code is desired > > (14:1) [Braxton] All of our plans support and include WordPress. I would > recommend starting on the Starter plan here > https://www.bluehost.com/shared > > (14:1) [Ovidiu-Florin] we would prefer to talk to plugin developers and > help them update the plugins, but if that isn't possible, we'll > roll our own > > (14:2) [Ovidiu-Florin] the shared option is like a VPS? > > (14:2) [Ovidiu-Florin] or just FTP? > > (14:2) [Braxton] No it is not s VPS. It does come with FTP and SSH > > (14:4) [Ovidiu-Florin] if we have SSH, how is it different than a VPS? > > (14:5) [Braxton] It is not a private server with guaranteed resources and > root/sudo access > > (14:5) [Ovidiu-Florin] does it have load balancing? > > (14:6) [Braxton] Yes > > (14:6) [Ovidiu-Florin] Awesome > > (14:6) [Ovidiu-Florin] how about support? > > (14:7) [Ovidiu-Florin] get Support to optimize or fix security threats to > our website? > > (14:7) [Braxton] We have 24/7 support via phone, chat, and email. We do no > provide free optimization or security fixes for your sites though. That > would be a paid service. > > (14:8) [Ovidiu-Florin] what does the free support cover? > > (14:8) [Ovidiu-Florin] where can I find a list of prices for the paid > support? > > (14:9) [Braxton] Hosting related issues > > (14:9) [Braxton] We do have have list of this. Basically we cover anything > hosting/network related. Design/development issues are not covered. > > (14:10) [Ovidiu-Florin] I understand, Thank you. > > (14:11) [Ovidiu-Florin] How would the site move take place? Can you guys > help us move the site over to your hosting? > > (14:11) [Braxton] You would need to migrate all of your files and content > over to us. Alternatively we have a paid migration service for $99 that > will move up to 5 websites and 20 email accounts over from one hosting > account to us seamlessly without downtime if the sites are currently live. > This process begins 24/48 hours after the service is purchased and the > information is submitted. The entire transfer process can take several days > to complete but as I mentioned previously it is done seamlessly to prevent > downtime. > > (14:13) [Ovidiu-Florin] Ok. Thank you for your help. I'll talk with > our team and get back to you if I get a positive answer. Thank you very > much. > > (14:13) [Ovidiu-Florin] Can I have this conversation sent to me by email? > > (14:14) [Ovidiu-Florin] I see the shared hosting has an option > "Marketing offers" what's that? > > (14:16) [Braxton] These are discounts and coupons for services such as > Google Ads or Yahoo > > (14:17) [Braxton] You can save a copy of the chat when I close it. > > (14:17) [Ovidiu-Florin] Awesome, thank you. > > (14:17) [Ovidiu-Florin] Have a nice day. > > (14:18) [Braxton] After the chat there is a one-question survey. I would > really appreciate it if you could fill that out to rate your experience > with me today! A 9 or a 10 means that your experience was excellent today! > Thank you! > > (14:18) [Braxton] :) > > ======================================== > > END TRANSCRIPT > -- > > Ovidiu-Florin BOGDAN > > GeekAliens.com <http://ovidiu.geekaliens.com> > > Kubuntu România > > -- > kubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel > >
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