Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Don Tai wrote: > I would also council to separate your domains from your hosting provider. > If you have a dispute with your hosting provider you should be able to > easily switch hosts. You cannot do this if your domains and hosting are

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Don Tai wrote: > > I would also council to separate your domains from your hosting provider. > If you have a dispute with your hosting provider you should be able to > easily switch hosts. You cannot do this if your domains and hosting

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

me I check in, they just start and run. EH has many server sites, my stuff runs on EH servers in Toronto. Steve - Original Message - From: Don Tai via talk To: o1bigtenor Cc: GTALUG Talk Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 8:18 AM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions I

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

On 10/30/2017 08:18 AM, Don Tai via talk wrote: I would also council to separate your domains from your hosting provider. If you have a dispute with your hosting provider you should be able to easily switch hosts. You cannot do this if your domains and hosting are from the same source. It is

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

Web hosting can be purchased on the occasional sale, such as Black Friday, so renewal costs can be much higher. I always compare renewal costs and not the initial loss leader signup cost. The 2.7 times higher hosting costs may be valid, depending on the hosting services provided. Moe importantly,

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

I would also council to separate your domains from your hosting provider. If you have a dispute with your hosting provider you should be able to easily switch hosts. You cannot do this if your domains and hosting are from the same source. It is like separating your email address from your internet

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

Greetings On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:27 AM, Don Tai wrote: > Web hosting can be purchased on the occasional sale, such as Black Friday, > so renewal costs can be much higher. I always compare renewal costs and not > the initial loss leader signup cost. The 2.7 times

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

Greetings On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 5:54 AM, Mauro Souza wrote: > I've seen renew contracts getting cheaper, not the other way. Moore's law > at work. If your provider is asking for more, change the provider. > > Copy all content from one site to the other, put an entry on

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

On 10/30/2017 06:39 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > I have managed to setup a webserver here at home. I tried to use one > of my domains - - - that doesn't work because dns resolves to my host > and not here. Any suggestions on what and/or how to setup things to > experiment here before I go live

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 05:39:32 -0500 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Greetings > I bought web hosting and registered 2 domains with a company. The > domains need to be renewed annually but the hosting is on a three > year rotation. The renewal is going to be about 2.7 x the original >

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

I've seen renew contracts getting cheaper, not the other way. Moore's law at work. If your provider is asking for more, change the provider. Copy all content from one site to the other, put an entry on /etc/hosts for your domain, pointing to the new IP, and test everything. Before the move,

[GTALUG] Web hosting questions

Greetings I bought web hosting and registered 2 domains with a company. The domains need to be renewed annually but the hosting is on a three year rotation. The renewal is going to be about 2.7 x the original hosting contract. Is this normal? What do you of those that have a personal or small