I'm using DreamHost for my personal stuff. They even integrate with Google Apps and their Web Panel is pretty easy to learn and being able to install and configure open source applications like WordPress without much with a shell is great. Upgrading these applications is a snap as well. However, as great as these features there is a learning curve to these open source applications and you probably still have to learn some HTML/CSS.
If your traffic or perhaps application exceeds a certain threshold MediaTemple probably is a better option than DreamHost. DH is slower than MT, but for a lot of people DH seems to be fast enough. Personally, I don't really know where the threshold would be since I'm not running any site with significant traffic whatsoever nor anything processor intensive yet. Since you mentioned he doesn't want to know anything about XHTML/CSS/PHP/MySQL. Intuit's Homestead service might be a fit. It's targetted specifically at beginners and provides a WYSIWYG interface for building/maintaing a simple site to hosting it with their service. Homestead has been operating since '98, but it was purchased by Intuit in 2007. http://www.homestead.com/ On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Keith Aric Hall <[email protected]>wrote: > I agree with Greg. > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Gregory Stewart > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I personally use dreamhost.com for development and small sites, but >> usually push my clients towards using MediaTemple's dv hosting package >> ($50/month). >> See more at www.mediatemple.net >> >> Cheers, >> Greg Stewart >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Art Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> A friend recently registered his domain on, um, GoDaddy.com and I was >>> just able to catch him before he signed up for their web hosting package. >>> Whew! He knows nothing about XHTML/CSS/PHP/MySQL and wants to keep it that >>> way. I host with an uber-nerdy company and am simply unfamiliar with >>> self-publishing tools that other hosts offer. Anyone got a favorite that's >>> reliable and cheap? He doesn't need e-commerce or anything too complicated. >>> It's a promotional site for an author. >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> Art Thompson, Jr. >>> Logical Things - Design + Technology >>> 917-609-1158 [m] >>> 512-692-9865 [w] >>> www.logicalthings.com >>> linkedin.com/in/logicalthings >>> twitter.com/logicalthings >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Keith Aric Hall > > http://www.keitharichall.com/ > twitter: keitharichall > > > > > -- Warren --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
